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Not long after Wan Tat-kong swam from mainland China to Hong Kong as an illegal immigrant in the early 1960s, he had to quit studying and worked in a restaurant at the age of 13 to help his family make ends meet. “My family was not wealthy when I was a child. I joined the industry because we needed food to fill our stomachs,” Wan, 73, the eldest of nine children, told the … [Read more...] about Cooking up a storm: Immigrant who swam to Hong Kong, dropped out of school to work becomes top chef

Eclipsed by the rise of K-pop and Mandopop, Canto-pop’s popularity went dark for many years, until it found its voice again. For decades, it felt as if the historical performance on July 1, 1997, at Hong Kong’s handover, also immortalised the peak of Canto-pop: When superstars the 'Four Heavenly Kings' and George Lam Tsz Cheung, Alan Tam Wing Lun, Sally Yeh, and Faye Wong … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s Canto-pop returns with a bang

Despite the almost two decades' worth of retirement, she can't hide her stage presence. Hong Kong cinema legend Joey Wong was spotted by Vancouver media at a dharma meeting in the Canadian city that took place a few days prior. Joey, 55, was pictured among a group of participants on stage, humming along in the Buddhist conference in images shared on Xiaohongshu captioned … [Read more...] about ‘Caught a wild Joey Wong’: Former Hong Kong actress seen on stage in Canada, but this time for Buddhism

TOKYO (Bloomberg): A international school building boom is underway in Japan, fuelled by top-shelf names in education seeking to attract the children of wealthy Asian families, especially from China. Famed British institutions Harrow, Rugby School and Malvern College are setting up campuses in the island nation, with more than 3,000 new student slots to be added over the next … [Read more...] about International schools offer golf, skiing in Japan, luring rich Chinese parents

Luxury property purchases by Chinese buyers have long made headlines in Singapore, but quietly, Chinese money has also been flowing into the city state's many fund management companies. Back in 2009, Grace Tang, executive director at Phillip Private Equity, used to go to China to woo investors for her company's fund catered to those who were seeking to be part of Singapore's … [Read more...] about Singapore lures new wave of Chinese investors eyeing good schools, stability