Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Traditional: 劉德華; Simplified: 刘德华; Hanyu Pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4) (born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮) is a Hong Kong popstar and a movie actor. The first lead role that made his initial popularity was the TVB series Hunting in 1982. In the same year, Andy started in his first movie in Boat People. Later in 1983, his role as Yang Guo in wuxia TV ...

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Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Cantonese pop music", a form of popular music that is a subgenre of C-pop. It is also known as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong pop". Cantopop draws influence not only from other forms of Chinese music, but from a variety of international styles, including jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, electronic music, Western pop music and others. By definition, Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed in Cantonese. Although Cantopop boasts a multinational fanbase, Hong Kong is the most si ...

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A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. List of Buddhists - Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools. Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere. List of Buddhists - Indian. The Buddha Shakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin and one of his chief disciples Aryadeva foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyam ...

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List of Buddhists - Modern scholars and authors List of Buddhists - Modern politicians activists and protestors List of Buddhists - Celebrity Buddhists List of Buddhists - External link

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Chow Yun-Fat (Chinese: 周潤發; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong) is among a handful of internationally recognized screen actors that Hong Kong has produced, along with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. A charismatic actor, he has been likened to a grittier, more intense version of Cary Grant. Raised on the tiny offshore island of Lamma, Chow spent his childhood in poverty. His life started to ch ...

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Chow Yun-Fat - Selected filmography Chow Yun-Fat - Selected TV Series

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Cantonese people (Chinese: 廣東人, Simplified Chinese: 广东人, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 yan4), broadly speaking, are persons originating from the present-day Guangdong province in southern China. A more narrow definition of 廣東人 based on a sociolinguistics and culture perspectives excludes groups that do not speak Cantonese (Yue) as a primary languauge and speak other languages native to Guangdong, such as Hakka, Teochiu (a variant of the Min Nan group). However, this sociolinguistic and cultural definition will often also in ...

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The New Culture Movement of the 1910s and 1920s evoked a great deal of lasting interest in Western music as a number of Chinese musicians who had studied abroad returned to perform Western classical music and to compose works of their own based on the Western musical notation system. Symphony orchestras were formed in most major cities and performed to a wide audience in the concert halls and on radio. Many of these performers added jazz influences to traditional music, adding xylophones, saxophones and violins, among other instruments. Lu W ...

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Music of China, Music of China - Instrumentation, Music of China - Traditional orchestral instruments, Music of China - History Modern, Music of China - History of Chinese heavy metal, Music of China - Ethnic Han music, Music of China - Instrumental music, Music of China - Folk music, Music of China - Opera, Music of China - Minorities, Music of China - Tibet, Music of China - Guangxi, Music of China - Yunnan, Music of China - Sichuan, Music of China - Manchuria, Music of China - Xinjiang, Music of China - Hua'er, Music of China - Kuaiban

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The plot involves Jackie Chan's character (an undercover cop) enlisting his childhood friends to travel to Japan to help him catch a Yakuza group. Despite being billed as one of the stars Chan's role in the film is relatively minor until the last half hour, prior to then the major star of the film is Sammo Hung. ...

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My Lucky Stars, My Lucky Stars - Plot summary, My Lucky Stars - Cast includes

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This page deals with current events in or relating to Hong Kong and Macau. January 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Monday January 31 2005. A total of 282 nests of red fire ants have been found. CRHK Agricultural department of mainland said the situation is controlled. CRHK HK fiscal deficit of the first 9 months of the FY04/05 is HK$2.8b. CRHK HK health, welfare and food secretary says Avian Flu is still a threat. CRHK A commission on discipline of Macao police forces ...

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Personality rights have developed out of common law concepts of property, trespass and intentional tort. Thus personality rights are, generally speaking, judge-made law, though there are jurisdictions where some aspects of personality rights are statutory. In some jurisdictions, publicity rights and privacy rights are not clearly distinguished, and the term publicity right is generally used. In a publicity rights case the issue to decide is whether a significant section of the public would be misled into believing (incorrectly) that a commer ...

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Personality rights, Personality rights - Publicity rights in common law jurisdictions, Personality rights - Personality rights in the United States, Personality rights - Personality rights in civil law, Personality rights - Personality rights in France, Personality rights - Personality rights in Germany, Personality rights - Personality rights in Quebec, Personality rights - Personality rights in the People's Republic of China

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Chinese Rock had its origins in the xibeifeng (西北风, Northwest Wind) style which emerged on the popular music scene in Mainland China. The new style was triggered by two new songs, "Xintianyou" and "I Have Nothing" (一无所有), both of which drew heavily on the folk song traditions of northern Shaanxi Province in the northwest. They combined this with a western-style fast tempo, strong beat and aggressive bass lines. In contrast to the mellow Cantopop style, Northwest Wind songs were sung loudly and forcefully. It represented ...

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Chinese rock, Chinese rock - The Northwest Wind 1986-1989, Chinese rock - Prison songs 1988-89, Chinese rock - Rise of Chinese rock and roll 1989, Chinese rock - Rock as popular music 1990-1993, Chinese rock - Decline of rock 1994-, Chinese rock - Chinese rock musicians, Chinese rock - Chinese rock bands, Chinese rock - Discography, Chinese rock - Compilations

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The film is set in 859 AD, and the Tang Dynasty is in decline. Numerous rebel groups have formed, the largest of which is the House of Flying Daggers, which is based in the Feng Tian county. The rebels have the support of the locals, as they steal from the rich and give to the poor. The local deputies, rivals of the House of Flying Daggers, have managed to kill the leader of the rebel group, but they only succeed in making it stronger, due to a mysterious new leader. Two captains, Jin and Leo, are ...

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House of Flying Daggers, House of Flying Daggers - Plot, House of Flying Daggers - Cast, House of Flying Daggers - Crew, House of Flying Daggers - Production notes, House of Flying Daggers - Trivia, House of Flying Daggers - Literary origins, House of Flying Daggers - Miscellaneous

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TVB enjoys an overwhelming dominance in the television market in Hong Kong; however, its programmes have often been criticised by some television viewers as being in bad taste, superficial, dull, and lacking in creativity. Its programmes have also been criticised for catering solely to the taste of housewives and therefore ignoring the diverse interests of the middle class. Despite such criticism, TVB continues to enjoy high ratings in Hong Kong. Occasionally, TVB also receives praise for its programming from a wide range of demographics (other than housewives), including the middle class, as was the case ...

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Television Broadcasts Limited, Television Broadcasts Limited - Development, Television Broadcasts Limited - Location, Television Broadcasts Limited - News operation, Television Broadcasts Limited - Notable shows from TVB, Television Broadcasts Limited - Notable people, Television Broadcasts Limited - Management and behind the scenes, Television Broadcasts Limited - Actors, Television Broadcasts Limited - Actresses

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Rogers Centre was designed by Rod Robbie and Michael Allen and was constructed by Ellis-Don Construction of Toronto. The stadium's construction lasted just over three years, from April 1986 to May 1989. The approximate cost of construction was $600 million (CAD) which was paid for by the Canadian federal government, Ontario provincial government, and a large consortium of corporations. Though nominally a multi-purpose stadium the primary impetus for its construction was the need for a new baseball stadium for the Blue Jays, who until 1989 played in ...

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Rogers Centre, Rogers Centre - History, Rogers Centre - Recent developments, Rogers Centre - Future developments, Rogers Centre - Features, Rogers Centre - Other sports, Rogers Centre - Other uses, Rogers Centre - Trivia, Rogers Centre - Notes

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2005 in HK and Macao: January February March 2004 in HK and Macao: December (For earlier events in HK and Macao, see November 2004 and preceding months) ...

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April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Deaths in March, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Chinese calendar, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Ongoing events, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Future events, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Past events, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Upcoming holidays, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Upcoming festivals, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Upcoming sports events, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Episodes, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Concerts, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Related pages, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - April 19 2005, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - April 17 2005, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - April 1 2005, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Past Hong Kong and Macao events by month, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - News collections and sources, April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Useful websites

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The movie is set in Hong Kong and in the Philippines in 1960. Yuddy, or 'York' in English (Leslie Cheung), was a playboy in Hong Kong and was well-known for stealing girls' hearts and breaking them as is the usual theme for movies with a dashing and charismatic male lead. His first victim is Li Zhen (Maggie Cheung) who suffered emotional and mental depression as a result of Yuddy's wayward attitude eventually seeking much-needed solace from a goody two-shoes cop Tide (Andy Lau). Their near-romance ...

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Days of Being Wild, Days of Being Wild - Plot details, Days of Being Wild - Cast and roles, Days of Being Wild - Music, Days of Being Wild - Awards and nominations

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Street Fighter series - Street Fighter 1987. Street Fighter made little impact when it was first released in 1987. However, it had a novel control system which involved a joystick and two large hydraulic buttons, where the force of the button press determined the strength of the punch or kick, with three varying strengths of both punches and kicks. Many of these machines, because of players' tendencies to hit the buttons too hard and damage the controls, were retooled to using more traditional buttons, thu ...

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Street Fighter series, Street Fighter series - Series synopsis, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter 1987, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II 1991, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II': Champion Edition 1992, Street Fighter series - First Home Conversions, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting 1992, Street Fighter series - Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers 1993, Street Fighter series - Beating the Bootleggers, Street Fighter series - Super Street Fighter II Turbo 1994, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 1995, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha 2 1996, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III - The New Generation 1997, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact - Giant Attack 1998, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter Alpha 3 1998, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight For the Future 1999, Street Fighter series - Street Fighter EX series, Street Fighter series - Future Street Fighter Games, Street Fighter series - Adaptations for other media, Street Fighter series - Animation and Motion pictures, Street Fighter series - Literature, Street Fighter series - Software piracy

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The fleet currently comprises (Aircraft Registration numbers): 2 BAe Jetstream 41 B-HRS B-HRT 3 Eurocopter Super Puma AS332 L2 B-HRL B-HRM B-HRN 4 Eurocopter Dauphin EC155 B1 B-HRU B-HRV B-HRW B-HRY Aircraft previously operated include: 3 Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawks (B-HZJ, B-HZI, and B-HZK) - retired 2002 6 Sikorsky S-76 - retired 2002See also:

Government Flying Service Hong Kong, Government Flying Service Hong Kong - Fleet, Government Flying Service Hong Kong - Personnel, Government Flying Service Hong Kong - Trivia

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This page deals with current events in or relating to Hong Kong and Macau. February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Saturday February 26 2005. The 6 last bottles of whisky produced in 1937 will be sold at HK International Airport. There were 61 bottles started being sold 4 years ago. They were sold at GBP£10 000. CRHK February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Friday February 25 2005. HK Government says an undersea tunnel will not be possible for the ...

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February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Deaths in February, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Chinese calendar, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Ongoing events, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Holidays, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Festivals, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Episodes, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Concerts, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Related pages, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Events in Hong Kong and Macau, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Saturday February 26 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Friday February 25 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Thursday February 24 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Saturday February 19 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Wednesday February 16 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Sunday February 13 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Wednesday February 9 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Monday February 7 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Saturday February 5 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Friday February 4 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Thursday February 3 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Wednesday February 2 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Tuesday February 1 2005, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Note, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Past Hong Kong and Macao events by month, February 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - News collections and sources

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List of Chinese people - Painters and calligraphers. Dong Yuan Fu Baoshi Jiang Tingxi Leung Long Chau Liang Kai Qi Baishi Wang Xizhi, calligrapher Wei Shuo, female calligrapher Xu Peiheng Xu Wei Xue Wei, painter Zhao Mengfu Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren See also: List of Chinese painters List of Chinese people - Actors and actresses. Nichola ...

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