Live tweets from the Asian Film Awards
Stars of big screen travel to Hong Kong for film honours
The Asian Film Awards launched on Monday, with the stars of the big screen gracing the red carpet in Hong Kong.
Actress Michelle Yeoh was one of the first to be honoured ahead of Monday night's gala with the "Excellence in Asian Cinema Award".
And Hong Kong actress Deanie Ip Tak-han received the award for Best Actress for her role in A Simple Life at the 6th Asian Film Awards, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Michelle Yeoh was pleased to win the award but asked reporters, “I hope it’s not their way of telling me that I need to retire?”
The star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and last year’s Aung San Suu Kyi biopic The Lady was being honoured at the Asian Film Awards opening Sunday night.
Yeoh said she’s happy to receive the award where her career started, in Hong Kong.