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Fong Vou Wai
Fong may refer to: *the Bulu tribe of the Beti–Pahuin people of Cameroon *various Chinese surnames **the Hong Kong Government Cantonese romanization of the surname Fāng () **the Taishanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Kuàng () **a Malaysian–Singaporean form of Féng ( **a Taiwanese form of Fèng () List of people with the surname * Ching-Yao Fong, Chinese physicist *Cory Fong (born 1972) Unspecified * Adam Fong (born 1980), California futuristic composer *Alec Fong Lim (1931–1990) *Angela Fong (born 1985) * Christian Fong (born 1977) *Craig Fong (born 1970) *Danielle Fong (sport shooter) (born 1991) *Danielle Fong (born 1987), co-founder and chief scientist of ''LightSail Energy'' *Evan Fong (born 1992) *Fong Chi Chung (born 1968) *Fong Yee Pui (born 1991), Hong Kong sprinter *Gary Fong (born 1960) *Grace Fong * Harold Fong (actor) (1911-1982) *Harold Michael Fong (1938–1995) *Heather Fong (born 1956) * Ivan K. Fong (born 1961) *JJ Fong (born 1985 or 1986) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beti-Pahuin
The Beti-Pahuin are a Bantu ethnic group located in Center region of Cameroon. Though they separate themselves into several individual clans, they all share a common origin, history and culture. Estimated to be well over 8 million individuals in the early 21st century, they form the largest ethnic group in central Cameroon and its capital city of Yaounde. Their Beti languages are mutually intelligible. Group distinctions The Beti-Pahuin are made up of over 20 individual clans. Altogether, they inhabit a territory of forests and rolling hills that stretches from the Sanaga River in the north to Equatorial Guinea and the northern halves of Gabon to Congo to the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the west to the Dja River in the east. Beti The first grouping, called the Beti, consists of the (more precisely Kolo), , Fang (more precisely M'fang), Mbida-Mbane, Mvog-Nyenge, Bran (more precisely Brang or Brong) and Eton (or Iton). The Eton are further subdivided into the Eton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fong Yee Pui
Fong Yee Pui (; born December 24, 1991, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Konger sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.02 seconds, qualifying her for Round 1, and Round 1 in 11.98 seconds, which did not qualify her for the semifinals. She also competed at the 2013 World Athletics Championships, the 2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ... and 2013 Asian Championships, the 2012 World Indoor Championships and the 2012 Asian Indoor Championships. References 1991 births Living people Hong Kong female sprinters Olympic athletes for Hong Kong Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei Fong
Mei Fong (born August 8, 1972), also known as Fong Foongmei (), is a Malaysian-born American journalist who was staff reporter for the China bureau for ''The Wall Street Journal''. In April 2007, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as part of the bureau's "sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution." She is "believed to be the first Malaysian ... to achieve this distinction." Her story on China's migrant construction workers that won the Pulitzer Prize also garnered a 2006 Human Rights Press Award from Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club. Her book about China's one-child policy, ''One Child: The Past And Future Of China’s Most Radical Experiment'', was published as an e-book on November 3, 2015 and was released as a hard cover book (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ) on February 1, 2016. In 2017, she was named to Foreign Policy's "The U.S.-Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luise Fong
Luise Fong (born 1964) is a Malaysian-born New Zealand artist, known for her feminine organic abstract shapes in contrast to the hard-edge abstraction often associated with her male predecessors. Fong was born in Sandakan, Malaysia, and moved to Auckland, New Zealand, at a young age. In 1983, she started study at the Wellington Polytechnic for textile design. She was later accepted into University of Auckland, University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts in 1986, and was graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in print-making in 1989. Fong was lecturing at Elam School of Fine Arts between 1993-1994, and in 1994, she was granted artist-in-residence at University of Melbourne's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts. In 1994, Fong was the joint Premier Award winners with Bill Hammond for the Visa Gold Art Award, the largest art prize in New Zealand at the time. Fong moved to Melbourne in 1995, and worked there until 2001, when she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fong
Leslie Robert "Les" Fong (born 24 August 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Playing career After being recruited from Nollamara, he joined the club in 1973 as a rover in the reserves. Despite being only 16, he played well enough to take the fairest and best award. He made his debut in the senior team in round 8 of the same year against East Fremantle Football Club, becoming the youngest player to represent West Perth at league level. He tasted premiership glory in 1975 when West Perth Football Club, West Perth defeated South Fremantle Football Club, South Fremantle. He was club captain from 1980 to 1986 making him the longest serving captain at West Perth, during which he earned the nickname 'Captain Courageous'. Fong retired after the 1987 season having played 284 games. Coaching career After retiring from playing, he began coaching Trinity Aquinas in the Western Australian Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Fong
Leo Fong (; 23 November 1928 – 18 February 2022) was a Chinese-American martial artist, actor, boxer, and Methodist minister who had been making films, acting, and directing since the early 1970s. Fong was still acting in action films right up until his early 90s. Some of his films, such as '' Killpoint'' and '' Low Blow'', are considered cult classics. Background Fong was born on 23 November 1928 in Xinhui county (present Xinhui district of the city of Jiangmen), located in the province of Guangzhou, China. Fong soon relocated to Seattle with his parents and siblings. They were detained for a time, as was common with immigrants from Asia. Upon being released in Seattle, the family traveled to Chicago, where Fong's maternal uncle owned a restaurant in which his father had been guaranteed work. Working at the restaurant, Fong's father saved enough money to purchase a small grocery store in Widener, Arkansas, a small agricultural community. Fong was the victim of racial taunts a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Fong
Larry Fong (born June 19, 1960) is an American cinematographer, better known for his collaboration with Zack Snyder. Early life Fong showed interest and talent in art at a young age. His experience in photography and film was self-taught, beginning in junior high with short films shot on Super 8, cel animation, and stop motion projects. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Linguistics and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, specializing in film and photography. In addition of his merits as a cinematographer, Fong is also an accomplished magician and is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts. Career He began his professional career filming music videos, and garnered enough attention to result in him filming two independent films and various TV pilots, commercials, and shorts. In 2004, he was hired to film the '' Lost'' pilot, for which he was nominated for an ASC Award. In 2006, Fong worked on his first studio film, ''300 __NOTOC__ Year 300 ( CCC) was a lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Fong Lim
Katrina Mary Fong Lim (born 2 September 1961) is the former Lord Mayor of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Business and Master of Professional Accounting at the University of Southern Queensland The University of Southern Queensland is a public research university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the sixth largest city in the Australian state of Queensland Founded in 1967 after a successful campaign by the local Darling Down .... References 1961 births Living people Mayors and lord mayors of Darwin Australian people of Chinese descent Women mayors of places in the Northern Territory University of Southern Queensland alumni Members of the Order of Australia Australian politicians of Asian descent 21st-century mayors of places in Australia 21st-century Australian women politicians {{Australia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JJ Fong
JJ Fong (born ) is a New Zealand actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Alice Lee in the hit NZ television programme ''Go Girls'', Betty in the programme ''Step Dave'' and Jessica in the acclaimed NZ web series '' Flat3'' and its subsequent spin-offs. The web series was created by her production company Flat3 productions which she co-owns and started with friends and fellow New Zealand actresses Perlina Lau, Ally Xue and Roseanne Liang. She portrayed the role of Filipino New Zealander cosmetic surgical nurse, Ruby Flores, on the long-running and iconic NZ soap opera ''Shortland Street''. In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 Season of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021. She recently became known for her role as Jaime in the New Zealand post-apocalyptic dark comedy ''Creamerie'' which was also produced by Flat3 productions. Early life and education Fong, who is of Chinese New Zealand descent, was born and raised in Pukekohe, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan K
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bulgarian Saint Ivan of Rila. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is , while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is . The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in turn derive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Fong
Heather Jeanne Fong (, born 1956) is an American security official and the former chief of police for San Francisco, California, United States from 2004 to 2009. She is the first woman to lead the San Francisco Police Department, and the first Asian American woman to head a major metropolitan city police force. She is also the second Asian American police chief in SFPD history, the other being Fred Lau. Fong served as the assistant secretary for state and local law enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security from July 31, 2023. to January 20, 2025. She previously served in the same role from November 17, 2014 through the end of the Obama administration. Early life and education Her ancestral roots are in Ho Chung village, Chung Shan County (now in Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province, China. In high school, Fong joined the Police Athletic League's cadet academy for two years. She graduated from St. Rose Academy in Western Addition, San Francisco in 1974. Fong grew up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Michael Fong
Harold Michael Fong (April 28, 1938 – April 20, 1995) was an American lawyer and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Education and career Fong was born on April 28, 1938, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese Hawaiian family. He attended the University of Southern California where he received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1960. He later went to the University of Michigan Law School where he got a Juris Doctor in 1964. He was named the deputy prosecuting attorney for Honolulu the next year, serving until 1968, when he went into private practice. In 1969, Fong became an assistant federal prosecutor in the District of Hawaii. He was appointed United States Attorney in 1973 and served the same district until 1978, after which he returned to private practice until 1982. Federal judicial service Fong was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1982, to a seat vacated by Judge Walter Heen on the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
