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Mui-mui Lam
Mui-mui Lam () (January 17, 1912 – January 5, 1968) is a former Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Lam is credited with over 250 films. Early life Lam was born on 17 January 1912. Career In 1933, Lam began acting in Hong Kong films. Lam first appeared in ''Conscience'', a 1933 drama directed by Chow Wing-Loi and Mak Siu-Ha. Lam appeared as a wealthy lady in The White Gold Dragon, Part Two, a 1937 Cantonese opera film. Lam is known for her role as a shrew concubine or a wicked woman. Lam appeared as elder daughter-in-law in Mother and Son in Grief (1951), as a concubine in The Story of Liang Kuan and Lin Shirong (aka Leung Foon and Lam Sai-Wing) (1955), and Pleasure Daughter (1956). Lam also appeared in Cantonese Drama, Comedy, and Romance films. Lam's last film was The Reunion, a 1962 Historical Drama film directed by Ng Wui. Lam is credited with over 250 films. Filmography Films This is a partial list of films. * 1933 Conscience * 1937 The White Gold Dragon, Part Two - w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ... comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and the rest of the New Territories. The peninsula's area is about . Location Kowloon is located directly north of Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbour. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait to the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Butterfly Valley and Stonecutters Island, Stonecutter's Island to the west, a mountain range, including Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock to the north, and Victoria Harbour to the south. Also, there are many islands scattered around Kowloon, like CAF island. Administration K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Face Of Demolition
''In the Face of Demolition'' (危樓春曉) is a 1953 Hong Kong drama film directed by Lee Tit and starring Bruce Lee, Cheung Ying, Ng Cho-fan and Tsi Law-lin. The film was ranked number 18 of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures presented at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. Plot This film is about a crumbling apartment complex and its residents. Lo Ming (Cheung Ying) is an unemployed teacher and he is forced to take a job as a rent collector. Cast * Bruce Lee as Wah (華仔) * Mui Yee - Fong * Cheung Ying as Lo Ming (羅明) * Ng Cho-fan as Leung Wai (梁威) * Tsi Law-lin as Pak Ying (白瑩) * Lo Duen as Wong Tai-pan (黃大班) * Kong Duen-yee as Yuk-fong (玉芳) * Gao Luquan as Drunken Immortal (醉八仙) * Lee Yuet-ching as Third Aunt (三姑) * Law Lan as Nurse * Fung Ying-seung as Suave gangster * Chow Chi-sing as Rent collector * Lai Cheuk-Cheuk as Mrs. Wong (黃師奶) * Wong Cho-san as Second Uncle Tam (譚二叔) * Wong Man-lei as Tam's wife * Chow Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ba Jin
Ba Jin ( Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: ''Bā Jīn''; 1904–2005) was a Chinese writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote ''The Family''. Name He was born as Li Yaotang, with alternate name Li Feigan. He used the pen name Ba Jin, for which he is most known. The first character of his pen name may have been taken from Ba Enbo, a classmate of his who committed suicide in Paris, and the last character of which is the Chinese equivalent of the last syllable of Peter Kropotkin (克鲁泡特金, Ke-lu-pao-te-jin). He was also sometimes known as Li Pei Kan. Biography Ba Jin was born in Chengdu, Sichuan. It was partly owing to boredom that Ba Jin began to write his first novel, ''Miewang'' (“Destruction”). In France, Ba Jin continued his anarchist activism, translating many anarchist works, including Kropotkin's ''Ethics'', into Chinese, which was mailed back to Shanghai's anarchist m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a British colony, colony and later a British Dependent Territory, dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India, as it was causing widespread addiction among its populace. The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War, while the Qing was embroiled in handling the Taiping Rebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Deaths
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
