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Louis Cheung in an interview with the Post in 2011. At one time , Hong Kong tabloids mocked the singer, songwriter and actor for being less successful than his pop-star wife, Kay Tse. Now he is flying high. Photo: SCMP

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

What is HKT x WestK Popfest – and who’s performing?

Hong Kong dancer paralysed in Mirror concert sues employer for compensation

Hong Kong Mirror accident: government not liable for stage safety, court hears

Coliseum employee who oversaw Cantopop boy band concert says organiser responsible for ensuring installations, including giant screens, are safe.

Security officers walk past a display promoting Cantopop boy band Mirror. Photo: Dickson Lee

How the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra transformed for a new generation

Former general manager John Duffus, in his memoirs Backstage in Hong Kong, recalls the challenges of leading the orchestra into the 20th century

Hong Kong Mirror accident: no proper standards for suspension wires, court told

Workers from principal contractor on trial for fraud, with six overhanging screens allegedly listed as weighing 3,600lbs when actual weight was 9,852.5lbs.

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Late Hong Kong star Anita Mui’s mother faces second bankruptcy

Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, named as debtor in High Court bankruptcy petition listed on court’s cause book.

Tam Mei-kam appears at the High Court in 2012. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong girlfriend of injured Mirror dancer slams medical staff over blunder

So Tsz-ching, girlfriend of Mo Li, says dancer earlier fell from support sling due to loose safety buckle.

Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

Hong Kong father of injured Mirror dancer hopes for ‘justice’ for son in trial

Mo Li ‘lost his years of youth and mobility’, says father Derek Li, before start of trial this month over high-profile concert accident.

Mo Li (centre) with his parents. A four-by-four-metre LED screen struck the dancer during a concert. Photo: Instagram/Mo Lee Kai-yin

Opinion | Hong Kong cannot afford to lose its entrepreneurial spirit

We owe it to ourselves and our city to think big, take risks and hold ourselves to a higher standard – and take our hats off to those who do.

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Profile | Why Cantopop stars from Faye Wong to Eason Chan love lyricist Albert Leung

Having created lyrics for stars from Anita Mui to Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, Leung is one of Cantopop’s most loved and prolific writers.

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Profile | How Hong Kong’s ‘good girl’ Vivian Chow became beloved Cantopop star

Vivian Chow Wai-man was one of the most popular Cantopop singers of the 1990s and also a noteworthy actress, famous for her good-girl persona – and her up-and-down relationship with husband Joe Nieh.

Singer of Hong Kong boy band Error denies he committed ‘hit and run’

Denis Kwok waited 27 hours to tell police he had knocked down pedestrian while driving his Ferrari.

A screengrab shows singer Denis Kwok returning to his Ferrari after speaking to a pedestrian.who checks her elbow. Photo: SCMP

5 art shows and performances in Hong Kong this weekend, August 17-18

A Leslie Cheung musical featuring over 20 of the Cantopop star’s hits and a food-themed art exhibition starring young Asian artists are among our Hong Kong arts and culture event picks this weekend.

Leslie Cheung performs at a concert at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in March 2000. Photo: SCMP

Then & Now | How Hong Kong’s Diamond Records gave birth to Cantopop

Cantopop didn’t begin with Anita Mui or Jacky Cheung, but with the humble studios of post-war Hong Kong

Review | Hilarious new musical makes fun of Hong Kong’s education system

Riotously funny and packed with celebrities, Black Comedy Di-Dar takes place in a Hong Kong secondary school that bribes students to help fulfil its requirement to promote traditional Chinese culture.

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How Hong Kong’s Avon Recording Studios served Cantopop’s biggest stars

Cantopop’s greatest, from Leslie Cheung to Faye Wong and Leon Lai, have put down tracks in Hong Kong’s Avon Recording Studios, which opened in 1983. We join a tour of the storied hit factory.

Visitors to Avon Recording Studios have the chance to make a recording of themselves singing, in the place where Cantopop’s greatest, from Leslie Cheung to Faye Wong and Leon Lai, put down tracks. Photo: Jonathan Wong

The Hong Kong musical paying tribute to Leslie Cheung

Starring Kimman Wong and Mischa Ip Hau-lam, new production Café I Do features a Broadway-style score with over 20 songs by the late Cantopop icon

Can this new Hong Kong music venue fill a hole left by Kitec?

The 1,500-person-capacity AXA Dreamland at Go Park Sai Sha in Ma On Shan could soften the blow of the loss of Kitec’s 600-seat Music Zone, where bands including Mirror launched their careers.

Hong Kong star Ronald Cheng’s drink, depression discussion cuts stigma: doctors

Mental health experts say people with depression often try to self-medicate with alcohol, but celebrities discussing their problems breaks the taboo.

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Ronald Cheng, who has said he will seek treatment for depression and alcohol problems, promotes a tour last year. Photo: Getty Images

How Sam Wong photographed ‘golden age’ of Hong Kong cinema

Sam Wong’s photos of Cantopop and film and pop stars like Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong helped immortalise them and other stars of the ‘golden age’ of Hong Kong film and music.

Detail from a portrait of singer Faye Wong by Sam Wong from his exhibition. Photo: Sam Wong

5 concerts and shows to see in Hong Kong this weekend Aug 3-4

Cantopop diva Frances Yip returns to Hong Kong for two rare performances, Jason Lai explores the genius of Beethoven with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Colleen Lee, and there’s a treat for MTR fans.

How Frances Yip helped put Cantopop on the map, seen in a new exhibition

Yip is in Hong Kong to give 2 concerts and to attend the exhibition ‘Soundtrack of Our Lives: Joseph Koo x James Wong x the Rise of Cantopop’ held at Tai Kwun, where she was once an auxiliary policewoman

Jacky Cheung cancels Hangzhou concert tour dates amid ill-health

Cantopop star, 63, leaves fans in Hangzhou disappointed after he cancels his three concerts in Chinese city at last minute because of inflamed vocal cords. It is the third such cancellation this year.

Singer Jacky Cheung Hok-yau performs during a concert on the Hong Kong leg of his Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour in January 2024. The singer cancelled tour dates in Hangzhou, China, this weekend, the third such cancellation since March because of health issues. Photo: Getty Images

Concert organiser on the time Jiang Zemin outsang Pavarotti in Italian duet

Jiang Zemin was the most knowledgeable world leader Luciano Pavarotti ever met, the tenor said after being outsung by the Chinese leader in an Italian debt, former Hong Kong impresario recalls in memoir.

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Luciano Pavarotti signs autographs following his first concert in Hong Kong, in February 1990. In his memoir, John Duffus (right) recalls the time Pavarotti sang a duet with Jiang Zemin in Beijing. Photo courtesy of Blacksmith Books

Profile | How Cantopop’s George Lam has stayed popular since the 70s by being genuine

Singer-songwriter George Lam has been a Hong Kong fixture since the 1970s. Still performing at 76, he puts his enduring appeal down to being himself and not bothering about ‘image and all that’.

Autistic teen sent to rehabilitation centre for vandalising grave of Hong Kong singer

Court sentences second defendant Yip Tsz-to, 23, to detention centre.

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9 September, 2024
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