https://www.scmp.com/rss/524142/feed Maggie Cheung Man-yuk is a Hong Kong actress. Her illustrious career, spanning decades, began after being first runner-up in the 1983 Miss Hong Kong pageant. Cheung holds the record for most wins for Best Actress at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paul McNamara Paul McNamara A “pumped and motivated” Coleman Wong Chak-lam has been told he “does not have to be scared” of any of his rivals for National Games honours. Hong Kong favourite Wong will begin his medal quest against Shanxi’s unheralded 20-year-old Duan Hao on Friday. Wednesday’s draw in Zhuhai was dealt a blow before it even started with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen withdrawing from the women’s singles because she had failed to fully recover from the elbow injury that has blighted the second half of her... https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3332539/coleman-wong-has-nothing-fear-can-take-down-any-his-national-games-rivals-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/tennis/article/3332539/coleman-wong-has-nothing-fear-can-take-down-any-his-national-games-rivals-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:00:21 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer Hong Kong tennis player Maggie Ng Man-ying came close to pulling off a huge upset in the first qualifying round of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open on Saturday, before bowing out 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Lu Jiajing, who is ranked more than 1,000 places above her. Wild card Ng was up 4-1 in the final set after securing an early break, but could only watch as Lu turned the tie on its head, winning the match on centre court at Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in two hours and one minute. Ng usually plays... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330311/prudential-hong-kong-open-wild-card-ng-within-moments-shock-win-qualifiers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3330311/prudential-hong-kong-open-wild-card-ng-within-moments-shock-win-qualifiers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:39:00 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Hong Kong filmmakers have rarely focused on stories about modern history – historical films are expensive and the themes have always been considered too politically sensitive to address, even in colonial times. Unusually for a Hong Kong director, Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting described the broad sweep of history in The Soong Sisters. The 1997 epic depicted the lives of three politically influential Chinese sisters: Soong Mei-ling, who married Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Nationalist Kuomintang... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3327731/how-mabel-cheungs-1997-historical-epic-soong-sisters-portrayed-modern-chinese-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3327731/how-mabel-cheungs-1997-historical-epic-soong-sisters-portrayed-modern-chinese-history?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:15:07 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung Man-yuk has been praised on mainland social media for sharing details of her daily life in the south of France. The feelgood videos included images of the acting legend collecting eggs from a henhouse. On September 13, Cheung released a short video on a leading social media platform which shows her wearing a luxury brand scarf and sunglasses, crouching down to get into a hen house to pick up eggs. After collecting five eggs, Cheung comes out of the coop and says... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3325697/hong-kong-star-maggie-cheung-praised-sharing-simple-life-france-thanking-hens-eggs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3325697/hong-kong-star-maggie-cheung-praised-sharing-simple-life-france-thanking-hens-eggs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:00:09 +0000 Danny Mok Danny Mok Rhythmic gymnast Stacey Chan triumphed over 13 other finalists to claim the coveted title of Miss Hong Kong 2025 in a glittering ceremony at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O on Sunday evening. The 26-year-old newly crowned beauty queen had previously won plenty of competitions in rhythmic gymnastics as a Hong Kong team member. She is a PhD student at Columbia University in New York. “I was really moved. My goal was simply to do my best when I reached the Miss Hong Kong stage, and I didn’t think much... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3323834/rhythmic-gymnast-stacey-chan-crowned-miss-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3323834/rhythmic-gymnast-stacey-chan-crowned-miss-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:02:53 +0000 Matt Glasby Matt Glasby This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. While there are plenty of Hong Kong films about the city’s 1997 handover to China after British rule, there are precious few told from a Western perspective. Perhaps the closest is Chinese Box (1997), an American indie film directed by Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club). Wang was born in Hong Kong but is best known for his work in the United States, his... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3317665/how-wayne-wangs-chinese-box-presented-1997-hong-kong-handover-unique-viewpoint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3317665/how-wayne-wangs-chinese-box-presented-1997-hong-kong-handover-unique-viewpoint?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:15:07 +0000