HK Magazine: How long have you been working with the dead?
Fanny Leung: I started my business around 20 years ago, but I’ve been working in the field for over 30 years. My father, who had been in the undertaking business since 1952, introduced me. He has had a major influence on me, but I...
HK Magazine: How did the idea of St. Baldrick’s Day come about?
Richard Kligler: Back in 2000, three friends in New York City came up with the idea while playing golf. The trio asked family and friends to sponsor them if they shaved their heads in public, and the first-ever St. Baldrick...
HK Magazine: What was your motivation for doing your exhibition, “Full Blown 80s”?
Nelson Cabán: I started with a collage of all these logos and symbols—Ninja Turtles, Duck Hunt—and it was based on my remembering of the greatness and innocence of the 80s. There weren’...
HK: Where does the name “dai kum jeh” come from?
Lisa Ng: This profession has long existed in Chinese tradition. The uncle has a very important role in the family and his wife [the “kau mo“ or “kum mo“] has an equal status. Marriage was arranged back in the day...
I was born and grew up in upstate New York in Albany. I have five older brothers.
I was invited to Hong Kong in 1983 by [film producer] Nansun Shi, who is the wife of the director Tsui Hark. Back in the ‘80s they had one of the most successful film companies [in Hong Kong]—it was called...
I grew up all around Australia. My dad traveled a lot for work. Most of my time was spent in Victoria.
I moved to Hong Kong in 2005. I had been here for a couple of modeling contracts prior to that. Before I decided to move here I had actually decided to stop modeling and go back to Australia. I...
HK Magazine: The two of you originally planned to do just one show in Hong Kong, not three. I heard a rumor that your first show sold out in 30 minutes.
Sonia Lee: Less, I think. Hong Kong broke the record—Thailand sold out in 15 minutes but we sold out here in 10 minutes.
HK: Are you...
HK Magazine: How did you begin your career as a DJ?
Afrojack: My mom owned a dancing school, so I was always around music. I learned to play the piano when I was a kid. At one point I started working with simple music computer programs creating all these sounds—literally in my bedroom. I...
I was born in London. I grew up in Hong Kong, went on to Nottingham University to study law and then I came back and did my postgrad at the University of Hong Kong.
Both my parents grew up in Hong Kong, and they flew to London so that I could be born [there]. They weren’t sure what would...
HK Magazine: Tell me, how did you get into the film industry?
Kiyoshi Kurosawa: When I was very young, I loved watching films. I made some films with an 8mm camera when I was in university and I don’t remember how or when, but it became my work. In the 1970’s or 80’s the film...
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