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Wars Of Bribery
{{Chinese, t=廉政行動組, s=廉政行动组, l=" ICAC Operation Unit", p=Lián Zhèng Xíng Dòng Zǔ, j=Lim4 Zing3 Hang4 Dung6 Zou2 ''Wars of Bribery'' is a 1996 Hong Kong crime television series produced by TVB that aired on its channel TVB Jade from 10 June to 5 July 1996. This drama is also that final series that stars Aaron Kwok and Athena Chu filmed for the television station. Plot Yeung Tai-chi (Aaron Kwok), a newcomer investigator of the ICAC, is met with frequent failures, but he remains optimistic. Chiu Wing-yee ( Athena Chu), also a new member of the ICAC, is so aggressive that she always challenges Chi. Police officer Yau Lok-sang (Ben Ng) gets to know Leung Siu-man (Esther Kwan), who is blind, by chance. He is attracted by her optimistic personality and the two become lovers. Though Chi and Yee quarrel often, they manage to discover various briberies and they eventually fall in love. In the course of investigation, Chi is forced to make decisions between love, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has multiple subgenres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hard-boiled fiction, and legal thrillers. Most crime drama focuses on crime investigation and does not feature the courtroom. Suspense and mystery are key elements that are nearly ubiquitous to the genre. History The ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (''Arabian Nights'') contains the earliest known examples of crime fiction. One example of a story of this genre is the medieval Arabic tale of " The Three Apples", one of the tales narrated by Scheherazade in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Kok
Derek Kok Jing-hung (, born 18 November 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who had worked for TVB from 1986 to 2015. He filmed over 70 dramas. He is specialised in action and Chinese Kung Fu performance. Career His career started when he entered the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985. Even though he only made it through to the semi-finals, his stage performance, including the acrobatics he demonstrated throughout his performance impressed the folks at TVB. He then entered the TVB Artiste Training Class in 1985 and was signed with the station after completion of the program. The first notable role he played was Lee Yuen Ba in The Grand Canal. He left TVB in 2015 to sign a contract with a mainland Chinese company. In 2020, he also signed a contract with Shaw Brothers. Personal life Between 2007 and 2010, Kok was rumoured to be involved with actress Joyce Tang, but both have insisted to have only been good friends. He has been married with his current wife since 2011 and has two daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Hong Kong Television Series Debuts
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Hong Kong Crime Television Series
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark * Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Television Shows
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations * Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong' ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The Company was incorporated on July 26, 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was Chairman from 1980 to 2011, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is known primarily for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Kwok Filmography
This is the filmography of Hong Kong singer and actor Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. Active since the 1980s, Kwok is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. Dubbed the "God of Dance", Kwok's onstage dancing is influenc .... Film Television series References {{reflist Kwok, Aaron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuki Lee
Zuki Lee (; born 26 September 1977) is a Hong Kong actress. Lee is noted for her roles as Qian Meimei and Shu Qing in the television series '' Flaming Butterfly'' (2007) and ''Mr. and Mrs. Gambler'' (2012) respectively. Life Lee was born and raised in Hong Kong. She enrolled at the TVB's acting classes (), where she studied alongside Damon Law Kwun Fung, Lo Hing-Fai Marco, and LuLu Kai. In 2012, Lee signed with Wang Ziqi Studio (). Personal life Lee dated Eric Li when she studied at TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...'s acting classes. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Zuki 1977 births Living people Hong Kong television actresses Hong Kong film actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruco Chan
Ruco Chan Chin-pang (; born 14 January 1977) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Chan is the first TVB actor to win My Favourite TVB Actor at the StarHub TVB Awards for three consecutive years (2014, 2015, 2016), and is also the first actor to make two consecutive wins for Favourite TVB Actor at the TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2015, 2016). In 2016, Chan won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor with his performance in the action drama ''A Fist Within Four Walls''. Early life Chan was born in Hong Kong with ancestral roots from Xiamen, Fujian. His father was a firefighter and his mother was a tailor. Influenced by his father at a young age, Chan developed a love for table tennis and joined the Hong Kong Table Tennis team after receiving rigorous training at the Jubilee Sports Academy when he was thirteen. He was the youngest player to represent Hong Kong in overseas competitions at the time. After five years of committing to the sport, Chan left the team upon finishing his high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Charles Rivers
Gregory Charles Rivers (; born 30 April 1965) is an Australian–Hong Kong actor. Biography Rivers hails from Gympie, Queensland, and attended medical school at University of New South Wales, where he was friends with students from Hong Kong who introduced him to Cantopop. After discontinuing his medical degree, he moved to Hong Kong. Two weeks after he landed, he ran into some band members of Alan Tam, whose driver he had been during a Sydney visit, and was invited to sing with him. As a debutant with a modicum of Cantonese, Rivers auditioned and was chosen for a Caucasian role at Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). Rivers adopted the Chinese name Ho Kwok-wing, the surname meaning River and the given name being that of his idol Leslie Cheung. He went on to become TVB's staple stereotypical 'gweilo' (Caucasian) for two decades. In 2005, Rivers appeared on stage beside Teresa Teng in an opera production. In October 2007, Rivers was one of the four non-Chinese TV actors feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lau Kong
Lau Kong () is a Hong Kong actor who worked on the network TVB. Biography Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV (now ATV, Lau would be an actor there from 1979-1982. From 1982 onwards, Lau has been serving as veteran actor there, portraying various types of roles, (mostly as a patriarch, and many TVB actors and actresses have been his "son" or "daughter“, and there are very few actors in TVB that have never worked with him. Filmography Films *''Last Hurrah for Chivalry'' (1979) *''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers ''Ming Pao'' in Hong Kong and '' Nanyang Siang Pau'' in Singapore. It has been ...'' (1982) *'' Queen of Kowloon'' (2000) *'' Beast Stalker'' (2008) *'' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010) Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kong Lam
King-kong Lam is a TVB actor born in Hong Kong, 13 October 1970. He previously played comedic characters, and now recently villains. Accident In August 2000, he was caught drunk driving. The incident caused a fire and small explosion. Luckily, there were no casualties. Television series * When Lanes Merge *A Fistful of Stances * A Watchdog's Tale *Beyond the Realm of Conscience *When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West * The Four *Speech of Silence * The Money-Maker Recipe *Forensic Heroes II *A Journey Called Life *The Gentle Crackdown II *The Ultimate Crime Fighter *Men Don't Cry *On the First Beat *War and Destiny *Life Art * Treasure Raiders *Face to Fate * Land of Wealth *Net Deception *A Pillow Case of Mystery *Real Kung Fu *Women on the Run * Misleading Track *Guts of Man * The Academy *The Prince's Shadow *My Family * To Catch the Uncatchable * Seed of Hope *Virtues of Harmony II *Vigilante Force *Take My Word For It * Burning Flame II *A Step into the Past * Armed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
