https://www.scmp.com/rss/113961/feed Charles Heung Wah-Keung is a Hong Kong entertainment tycoon, producer and actor. He founded Win's Entertainment with his brother Jimmy Heung in the 1980s and China Star Entertainment Group in the 1990s. He helped establish the careers of many top Hong Kong showbiz stars including Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Johnnie To, Jet Li and Andy Lau. He is a key backer of Jet Li's charity group One Foundation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The wife of showbiz mogul Charles Heung Wah-keung, is the “anonymous Asian buyer” of a 75.36 carat briolette diamond - one of the world’s most expensive ever to come under the hammer. Tiffany Chen, vice chairwoman of Hong Kong-listed China Star Entertainment, named the HK$86.1 million stone after the company at the viewing gallery of auction house Christie’s in Central on Tuesday. Now called the “China Star Diamond”, the stone was purchased by Chen at the Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1263627/film-boss-wife-buyer-worlds-most-expensive-briolette-diamond?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1263627/film-boss-wife-buyer-worlds-most-expensive-briolette-diamond?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:08 +0000 The nephew of movie mogul Charles Heung Wah-keung was sent to a drug rehabilitation centre yesterday after pleading guilty in Eastern Court to drug possession. Benson Heung Chin-wan, 23, said the ketamine, Ice, Ecstasy and sleeping pills found during police searches in North Point in April and Tsim Sha Tsui in May were for his own use. Defence counsel Heung Wing-yan argued Heung was an addict who could not control his habit. His release from the rehabilitiation programme will... https://www.scmp.com/article/558746/movie-moguls-nephew-gets-rehab-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/558746/movie-moguls-nephew-gets-rehab-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:00:00 +0000 A film telling the stories of 14 young prisoners detained at the Chief Executive's discretion has been withdrawn from the Hong Kong International Film Festival after being rejected as the opening attraction. A spokeswoman for China Star Hong Kong Distribution Ltd, which funded the film From the Queen to the Chief Executive, said it had been told by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department that the $3 million movie would not be shown to start the festival in April. The script centres on... https://www.scmp.com/article/339908/braemar-murders-film-pulled?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/339908/braemar-murders-film-pulled?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:00:00 +0000 China Star Entertainment is to place 50 million new shares in the company to an independent third party at 40 cents each, raising $20 million before expenses. Proceeds would be earmarked for the purchase of distribution rights of television drama programmes, the company said. The shares placed represent 15 per cent of the existing issued capital and 13.1 per cent of the company's enlarged share capital. On completion of the share placement, major shareholder Tiffany Chen Ming-yin (including her... https://www.scmp.com/article/247064/china-star-placing-shares-raise-20m?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/247064/china-star-placing-shares-raise-20m?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Jul 1998 16:00:00 +0000 Star Entertainment (International Holdings), taken over by the Heung family earlier this year, will not need shareholder approval every time it strikes a film distribution agreement with Win's Entertainment, after the stock exchange yesterday granted the company a waiver. Charles Heung Wah-keung, an executive director at Star Entertainment and chairman of Win's, said the waiver would enable Star Entertainment to carry on its business as a distributor of movies produced by Win's. The link-up... https://www.scmp.com/article/177045/exchange-waiver-wins-and-star?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/177045/exchange-waiver-wins-and-star?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 1996 16:00:00 +0000 A HONG KONG listed company has made a public statement clarifying its relationship with an entertainment firm controlled by two of the Heung brothers. Mandarin Dragon Holdings made an announcement last week stating that its exposure to a joint venture involving Win's Music and Video Enterprises is limited to $15 million. The clarification is the second made by Mandarin Dragon on the issue. It was made at the request of the stock exchange. Win's Music and Video Enterprises is controlled... https://www.scmp.com/article/46296/mandarin-dragon-clarifies-heung-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/46296/mandarin-dragon-clarifies-heung-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Oct 1993 16:00:00 +0000 MOVIE industry brothers Heung Wah-keung and Jimmy Heung Wah-shing yesterday went to the offices of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau to assist an investigation into a gang attack on Christmas Day. The brothers were invited to police headquarters following the arrest earlier in the day of a wealthy businessman, said to be a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. The 43-year-old businessman, surnamed Chan, was arrested at his Ho Man Tin residence in relation to an attack on a... https://www.scmp.com/article/31876/brothers-aid-police-over-gang-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/31876/brothers-aid-police-over-gang-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jun 1993 16:00:00 +0000