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Through his long, productive career, Paul Theroux has mixed nonfiction books about exotic travel with novels set in exotic places. Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honduras - he lives in and writes about places most of us never see.
Floyd Skloot
Travel
Long
Hong Kong
Books
See
About
Through
Writes
Never
He
Most
Singapore
Kong
Nonfiction
Mixed
His
Exotic
Africa
Places
Paul
Us
Productive
Novels
Lives
Career
Honduras
Set
People often refer to Dubai as the Hong Kong of the Gulf, but it's really more like Vegas.
Tucker Carlson
People
Dubai
Hong Kong
Gulf
More
Vegas
Like
Kong
Refer
Often
Really
I think all the filmmakers in Hong Kong are influenced by John Woo.
Alan Mak
Think
Hong Kong
John
Kong
Woo
Influenced
Filmmakers
I have my clothes made in Hong Kong, but I love Shangai Tang in New York.
Alexandra Stoddard
Love
Made
Clothes
Hong Kong
New
Kong
York
New York
In 1874, Mary Fraser accompanied her husband Hugh to Hong Kong, arriving hours after a typhoon had wrecked the island. Some 10,000 boat families had drowned in the harbour. There was no way to avoid the bloated bodies, and when Mary disembarked, she felt her foot land on something soft.
Amanda Foreman
Husband
Hong Kong
Way
Some
Wrecked
Something
Mary
Foot
Had
Drowned
Hours
She
Felt
Island
Kong
Bloated
Accompanied
Arriving
Families
Hugh
After
Boat
Land
Bodies
Harbour
Avoid
Her
Soft
I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'
Andrew Lau
Time
Crazy
You
People
Remember
Hong Kong
New
Also
Industry
Kong
Said
Still
Very
So Many People
Movies
Hard
Moment
Many
Company
Hard Time
Start
In mainland China, there are many good theaters - sometimes better than Hong Kong.
Andrew Lau
Good
Better
Sometimes
Hong Kong
Kong
Than
China
Theaters
Many
I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.
Andy Lau
Hong Kong
Classified
Kong
Am
Idol
Asia
There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic.
Andy Lau
Others
Hong Kong
Kinds
Some
More
Kong
Commercial
Artistic
Movies
Many
I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.
Andy Lau
Work
World
Cinema
Hong Kong
Bit
Could
Like
Him
Became
Kong
Rock
Persons
Producer
I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.
Anna May Wong
Old
Hong Kong
Anna
Come
Kong
May
Hollywood
Hollywood Star
Star
Now
We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was growing up.
Benedict Wong
Action
Hong Kong
House
Kong
Lot
Up
Movies
Action Movies
Growing
Growing Up
Watched
Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
Camilla Belle
Genius
Girl
Style
Sense
Cute
Thinking
Enough
Hong Kong
Back
States
No-One
Individuality
Kong
Came
Any
Here
Socks
Hong Kong needs population growth to cope with a rapidly ageing population.
Carrie Lam
Needs
Hong Kong
Rapidly
Kong
Ageing
Population
Population Growth
Cope
Growth
Our common goal is to keep Hong Kong from chaos, severe polarisation, and violence.
Carrie Lam
Hong Kong
Chaos
Our
Severe
Kong
Goal
Common
Common Goal
Keep
Violence
Let's face reality. To ensure Hong Kong remains competitive, we have to uphold a very low tax regime.
Carrie Lam
Reality
Face
Hong Kong
Ensure
Face Reality
Remains
Kong
Very
Uphold
Tax
Regime
Low
Competitive
I am the first female chief executive of Hong Kong.
Carrie Lam
First
Hong Kong
Executive
Female
Kong
Am
Chief
Chief Executive
We want Hong Kong to do well.
Carrie Lam
Hong Kong
Well
Kong
Want
I am confident the SCMP and Hong Kong will continue to grow and prosper, hand in hand, in this 21st century of opportunity.
Carrie Lam
Opportunity
Will
Hong Kong
Prosper
Kong
Am
Continue
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Confident
Century
Grow
When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.
Carrie Lam
Matter
Hong Kong
Say
Administration
City
London
Had
Kong
Govern
Were
Governors
British
I think housing is not a simple commodity because we are so in short supply of land. So the government has a role to play in providing housing - decent housing and affordable housing - for the people of Hong Kong.
Carrie Lam
Government
Affordable Housing
People
Simple
Think
Hong Kong
Supply
For The People
Because
Housing
Kong
Providing
Role
Affordable
Short
Commodity
Decent
Land
Play
My mother wrote a teen column for the South China Morning Post in the 1950s when she was growing up in Hong Kong. Her name was Lily Mark, but she sometimes wrote under her confirmation name, Margaret Mark. That was how she met my father.
Celeste Ng
Morning
Post
Sometimes
Mother
Father
Met
Teen
Mark
Hong Kong
Column
Name
Wrote
She
Lily
Kong
How
South
Up
Confirmation
China
Growing
Growing Up
Her
Margaret
The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
Chen Shui-bian
Government
People
Hong Kong
Local
Local Government
Administrative
Taiwan
Majority
Accept
Kong
Becoming
Nor
Cannot
Republic
China
Region
Special
Second
In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.
Chow Yun-Fat
Love
Comedy
Hero
Action
Think
Films
Hong Kong
Dramatic
Like
Most
Kong
Always
Am
Audiences
West
Lot
Lots
Roles
Did
Romance
Love Stories
Romantic
Stories
Many
Novel
Star
Play
I was born in Cambridge but brought up in and around Winchester, in Hampshire. I've also lived in Hong Kong and America.
Chris Geere
Hong Kong
Winchester
Born
Brought
Also
Around
Kong
Cambridge
Hampshire
Up
America
Lived
I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments.
Clara Shih
Family
Class
School
Language
Hong Kong
Spent
States
Born
Impediment
Students
Had
Most
Kong
Chicago
Childhood
Placed
English
Elementary
Elementary School
United
United States
Second
Program
Speech
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