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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Cantopop icon Alan Tam: from Leslie Cheung’s rival to fans smashing albums

‘Principal Tam’ ruled Cantopop in the late 1970s and ’80s but later vexed fans with his offstage actions. Still, he’s going strong today.

Fame and celebrity

How Hong Kong heartthrob Moses Chan became one of city’s top TV stars

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Myolie Wu went from Hong Kong TV stardom to mainland China fame

K-drama news

Profile | Who is Ahn Eun-jin, the late-blooming star of K-drama Dynamite Kiss?

Korean actress Ahn Eun-jin made the big time in Hospital Playlist and with her role in romantic drama My Dearest. We look back at her career.

Korean actress Ahn Eun-jin will next be seen in the K-drama series Dynamite Kiss (2025). Photo: Instagram/eunjin___a
My Life

He plays music with his elbows and brings skateboard tricks into his performances

Steve Hui Ngo-shan reflects on his journey from teen raver to Hong Kong’s leading sound artist. He even writes operas.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How actor Anthony Wong survived terrible films, ‘shut out’ by mainland China

From humble beginnings, Anthony Wong overcame adversity to become one of Hong Kong’s top actors and a man unafraid to speak out.

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NBA

Shaquille O’Neal: kung fu taught me one lesson. My dad taught me another

While teammates partied, he studied business. Now he’s a Reebok president with stakes in Ring, Google and a 20-year China relationship.

Shaquille O’Neal, American basketball legend, is helping spearhead the NBA’s return to China. Photo: courtesy Authentic Brands Group
Japan

Still on a roll at 100, this Japanese sushi legend aims to live to 114

Jiro Ono, owner of three-Michelin-starred Sukiyabashi Jiro, says work is the secret to his longevity.

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Auctions

She once tried med school. Now she sells multimillion-dollar art every day

The auctioneer tells of her journey from med school to the art world, and explains how she stays on top of everything the day artworks go under the hammer.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Shirley Kwan, Cantopop’s complex ‘queen of cool’, is a star like no other

Kwan experienced a meteoric rise followed by an artistic metamorphosis in the 1990s, before personal struggles began to take the spotlight.

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Shirley Kwan (left) sings at the JVC Hits Award presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong Coliseum in January 1996. Photo: SCMP
My Life

His Parsi great-grandfather chose Hong Kong in 1880. 6 generations followed

Jimmy Minoo Master went from importing Indian textiles to running a Swiss asset firm. Now he plays golf and runs a family charity.

Jimmy Minoo Master was born in St Paul’s Hospital in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay in 1955 into the city’s then growing Parsi community. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Timepieces

How horology fan Wei Koh made the watchmaking show he’d been wanting to see

The Revolution magazine founder hosts the documentary series about the inspiring, often enigmatic characters behind independent watch brands.

K-drama news

Profile | Who is Choi Woo-shik, the handsome star of Parasite and romance K-dramas?

Appearing now in Would You Marry Me, the young-looking, goofy Choi Woo-shik is best known for his roles in Parasite and Train to Busan.

Icons and Influencers

At 70, Qin Huilan defied stereotypes to walk the runway for Miu Miu in Paris

From surgeon to fashion influencer ... the journey of this modest native of Guangxi, China, is inspiring women around the world.

China’s Qin Huilan walked the runway at age 70 for Miu Miu, at Paris Fashion Week autumn/winter 2024. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Chow Yun-fat became one of Hong Kong’s most down-to-earth superstars

The professed ‘country bumpkin’ made it big in Hong Kong movies and broke Hollywood. But that doesn’t stop him from living a ‘simple life’.

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Chow Yun-fat at an interview with the Post in 2003. The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star can still be found taking the bus in Hong Kong or buying food at his local market, despite his global success. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong’s ‘Fat Mama’ Maria Cordero went from Cantopop to controversy

The Macau-born singer, actor and TV chef was a beloved star from the 1980s to the 2000s, but more recently her politics have divided opinion.

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K-drama news

Profile | Who is Kim Da-mi, the enigmatic star of Itaewon Class and Nine Puzzles?

The reserved Kim, who this year appears in Nine Puzzles, A Hundred Memories and The Great Flood, is a role model for aspiring actors.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How ‘ugly’ Hong Kong star William So overcame scandal to return to the top

From taking Anita Mui’s fashion tip to rebuilding himself after drug charges, the bespectacled singer and actor’s story is one of resilience.

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William So in 2008. By the late 2000s, the actor and Cantopop star had rebuilt his career after a drug scandal in 2002 nearly ended it. Photo: William So
Sustainability

She started with recycled toilet paper. Now she’s taking on luxury fashion

Elvis & Kresse have redefined sustainable luxury, turning 315 tonnes of landfill-bound waste into handbags and belts – and it all started in Hong Kong.

Thai Celebrities

Meet Faye Peraya Malisorn, Thai beauty queen turned ‘girls’ love’ star

The actress shot to stardom with miniseries Blank, which depicts a lesbian age-gap relationship – and is queer in real life, too.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Charmaine Sheh went from Miss Hong Kong runner-up to the queen of TV

She almost quit acting after criticism over her first TV leading role, but now Charmaine Sheh is one of Hong Kong’s most popular actresses.

Charmaine Sheh Sze-man The Queen of the News.jpeg Photo: Apple TV+
Wellness

Can better data make us better athletes? Technogym’s radical wellness vision

Technogym started in a small Italian garage, and became a US$2.6 billion fitness empire. Now founder Nerio Alessandri is betting personalisation will define the future of wellness.

Italian Nerio Alessandri, who founded Technogym in 1983 when he was just 22. Photo: courtesy Technogym
Art

Leslie Cheung rated this sculptor. Can he gain wider appreciation in Hong Kong?

Prolific sculptor Ming Fay, who discovered a love of the art growing up in Hong Kong, is currently being honoured in a US exhibition.

Fashion

Australian designer Raechel Temily opens up about making it in fashion

Temily on the joy of getting noticed by Gabriela Hearst, her place in an unsustainable industry, and what it means to have women want to wear her clothes.

K-drama news

Profile | Who is Kim Nam-gil, star of K-dramas Trigger and The Fiery Priest?

Heartthrob Kim Nam-gil debuted in the series School in 1999, waited five years for his next role, and has not looked back since then.

Kim Nam-gil in a still from The Fiery Priest
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | ‘It’s great playing the villain’: the rise of Hong Kong actor Francis Ng

Francis Ng’s journey from background roles to Hong Kong cinema stardom showcases the actor’s versatility and enduring legacy.

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Hong Kong actor Francis Ng pictured in 2017. Ng, who shot to fame playing bad guys, is one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed performers, despite a surprising awards statistic. Photo: SCMP
My Life

What tailoring and book publishing have in common

Hong Kong art book publisher Mary Chan on her decades-long publishing journey, from journalism and art, to advertising and books.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | When Sally Yeh dominated Hong Kong music and film in the 1980s and ’90s

After learning Cantonese from George Lam, Canada-raised Yeh became a Cantopop queen and shared the big screen with the likes of Chow Yun-fat.

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