CANTONESE COMEDY Local standup comedian Jim Chim Shui-man from Theatre Ensemble will present his solo stage performance, Man of La Tiger - a humorous live act about the plight about men. The Cantonese-language standup comedy act will run at the Hong Kong Arts Centre's Shouson Theatre until March 27. There will be matinees on Saturday, Sunday, April 3 and 10 at 3pm and additional shows from April 5 to 10 at 8pm. Tickets at $220, $180 and $120, with half-price concessions for students, are available from Urbtix on 2734 9009. FESTIVAL OF FILMS Film buffs should not miss the 19th Hong Kong International Film Festival which runs from today until April 6. Nearly 300 films from around the world - ranging from award-winning films to avant-grade indies - will be screened. Kicking off the film festival is Stephen Fung Tak-lun's House of Fury which will be screened at 7.30pm tonight at Grand Ocean theatre. The film, starring pop duo Twins and heart-throb Daniel Wu Yin-cho, is a homage to classic kung-fu flicks. A showcase of films featuring Andy Lau Tak-wah will also be presented, including Infernal Affairs III and Love on a Diet. Screenings will take place at various venues. Tickets are available from Urbtix. For film schedule details, visit www.hkiff.org.hk Tuesday, March 22 On this day 2004: Sheikh Yassin, founder and spiritual head of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was killed in a targeted Israeli air strike 1599: Prominent Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck was born 1907: The first cabs with taxi meters began operating in London 1933: The Nazis' first concentration camp opened at a former munitions factory at Dachau, near Munich 2004: The UN said a major humanitarian crisis was unfolding in Sudan, where ethnic cleansing was taking place in Darfur region with the complicity of the government
