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This book is the first autobiography written by Hong Kong veteran stage actor and director Francis Mao. With vivid imagery and frank words, he describes his artistic career and his relationship with drama. He was deeply influenced by his family and loved drama since he was a child. After growing up, he went to the United States to study and obtained a master's degree in drama art from the University of Iowa. During his time working in the United States, he performed in Broadway musicals and served as the artistic director of the Napa Valley Theater Company. At that time, it was a very rare achievement for a Chinese person in the American drama industry. He returned to Hong Kong in 1985 and worked at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, cultivating talents and leading by example. Whether as an actor or director, the works he participated in are well-known in the industry, and even non-drama lovers have heard about these titles. He is a face of the Hong Kong drama industry, both a pioneer leading the forefront and a pillar supporting its foundation. In addition to his colorful drama life, Francis Mao also revealed in the book his understanding of how Chinese traditional and Western drama can be integrated, his views and expectations on how Hong Kong drama can develop and popularize in the future. Readers can learn from it his decades-long love for drama, which is a lesson that never ends.
- AuthorFrancis Mao Chun-fai
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
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Cheng Yu-tung (1925-2016) was born in Lunjiao Town, Shunde County, Guangdong Province. He received his education in a private school in his ancestral temple in his hometown. During the war, he joined Chow Tai Fook in Macau and started from the bottom at the age of 13. After the war, he went to Hong Kong to embark on his career path. He gradually expanded his business empire from jewelry and real estate development to diversified investments and businesses in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Europe and America. While developing his business, he also practiced philanthropy, especially in the fields of education and medical care. This book describes the Cheng's business achievements, but the main tone is not to glorify him or make him legendary. Cheng Yu-tung is a successful businessman, and this is beyond doubt. What this book attempts to show is the real person behind the successful businessman and the life under the grinding of the times. It also involves family connections, local cultural customs, and regional history that are related to Cheng's personal life, as well as how he copes with the opportunities and limitations brought about by the turning point of the times. The sources of information for this book include oral history interviews, Cheng's family genealogy, archives of documents, media interviews, company data, and government statistical reports. Oral history interviews with Cheng Yu Tung's family, close friends, ex-employees, and partners are important sources of information for tracing his life, human relationships, interpersonal communication, and ideological values. Based on the recollections of different people, the book vividly profiles Cheng Yu Tung’s personality through interesting episodes and direct quotations. Throughout his life, Cheng's way of life can be best reflected by the three words "diligence, sincerity, and integrity", which makes the subtitle of this book.
- AuthorWong Wai-ling, Patrick Mok Kin-wai
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
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Ip Man, the grandmaster of the school of martial art known as Wing Chun, promoted the martial art in Hong Kong and had many students. The protagonist of this book, Dr Lewis Luk Tei, became a disciple of Ip Man's students, Huang Chunliang and Ip Ching, and inherited the orthodox Wing Chun. He also had the opportunity to learn Jeet Kune Do from Bruce Lee's disciple, Wong Kin Ming. Bruce Lee was a disciple of Ip Man, and Wing Chun was an important part of the creation of Jeet Kune Do. Dr. Luk combined the essence of both Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do, which was rarely done, and he also learned Yijinjing Bah Duan Jin from the Shaolin monk Shi Yanwang. He was well-rounded in both internal and external martial arts, and his experience and insights are valuable. This book describes Dr. Luk's martial arts life, including learning martial arts in his youth, the culture of martial arts schools in the old days, his experiences and insights in technique and spirit, as well as how he, as a teacher, pass on the martial arts culture to future generations.
- AuthorLewis Luk Tei
- PublisherJoint Publishing
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