Archive for July, 2006

Joint Interview with Ada Choi & Adrian Kwan (November 2003)

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Still drafting something about Lok Lok. What to say when a five-year-old dies? In the meantime, here’s something to keep you occupied.

This is a transcript of a November 2003 interview with Ada Choi mainly, but with some Adrian Kwan thrown in. The interview was conducted for The Media Evangelism, Ltd.’s five-part series From Stars to Rainbows, which focuses on various Hong Kong personalities who happen to be Christian. This interview was Part Three.

There are three sources for the following transcript: (1) the program’s own English subtitles (terse, abbreviated, and of questionable accuracy); (2) an English translation made by “Angela” for the old adacache.com website (much more wordy and expansive than ME’s translation, perhaps too much so, but spot on in capturing Ada Choi’s effusive tone - if you read it really fast, you’ll get a sense of Ms. Choi’s conversational tempo); and (3) my own select re-translations of certain sections, hopefully for accuracy’s sake. (more…)

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Sheren Tang Interview (2004)

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

The following is a transcript of a 2004 interview with actress Sheren Tang. The interview was conducted for the GNCI-produced eight-part television program Purpose Driven Life - To Our Next Generation. The transcript is largely based on the program’s English subtitles, but I’ve made some edits to improve accuracy.

INTERVIEWER

(To viewer.)

Welcome to our eight-part series Purpose Driven Life - To Our Next Generation. We hope to convey two messages. First, for the youth, you are truly valued. Second, for adults, be more responsible for them and build them up through more support.

Our guest for the first episode is Sheren Tang. A graduate from the TVB Artiste Training Class, Sheren quickly rose to leading lady status. In 1991, she gave up a promising career and chose to study in the US. Three years later, she returned to Hong Kong where her great talent was once again recognized. Although her career has suffered great obstacles with periods of few offers for new roles, she persevered and in 2003 received TVB’s acting award and was recognized for her genuine talent.

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Hacken Lee NOT a Christian

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

TVBspace News Roundup has translated a July 4th article from The Sun about singer Hacken Lee’s trip to Germany for the World Cup. He was accompanied by his fiancee, Miss Hong Kong 1992 Emily Lo, who was harassed by some rowdy English fans.

If you’ll recall, earlier in the tournament, there were fears that the English were going to drink Germany dry. Coincidence? I think not. In any case, the end of the article there’s a quote in which Lee mentions that he is not a Christian…

Hacken reveals that he and Emily visited the Dom (Cathedral) in Cologne, but he says: “I will not get married in a church, because I am not a Christian.”

Indeed.

Presumably, Ms. Lo is not a Christian either, then. This is not too surprising given that only about 10% of Hong Kong people are Christian and/or Catholic.

By the way, I still plan on writing about Liu Man Lok in the near future. I will.

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