It's hard to imagine John Lee as a long-haired rocker playing in a rock'n'roll band in between his business studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Sporting a business-buzz cut and dressed in a conservative navy blue suit, the 50-year-old entrepreneur admits that while his appearance may look different, his passion for music remains unchanged.
Interview Date: 2003/01
Good health may not come in a bottle, but that doesn't stop many people from wondering: Could it come in a capsule?
For many people, the thought of running their own business is a pleasant fantasy of short hours, lots of money and a product or idea that catches like wildfire.
Few companies can claim to have such a long and prestigious history as Hong Kong law firm Deacons. The firm's founder, William Bridges, arrived in Hong Kong in 1851, just nine years after Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Nanking.
Interview Date: 2002/12
Wayne Leung is not your average printer. A banker by profession, a sailor by heart and a chevalier of the arts, the easy-going managing director switched careers to take up the reins of Local Printing Press Limited and Ye Olde Printerie in 2000.
Onstage, jazz pianist Joop Litmaath leads his band in a high-energy performance of trad-jazz, weaving a tight blend of crowd-pleasing jams and the solo work that he loves.
Try telling Marjorie Yang that the sun is setting on Hong Kong's garment industry and she will most likely laugh in your face and then make you eat your words.
Interview Date: 2002/10
In 1949, Reginald Van and Annie Tsao watched the skyline of their native Shanghai sink into the horizon as they sailed to Hong Kong in search of a new life. Like many refugees fleeing China in the late 1940s and '50s, they landed in Hong Kong all alone with a suitcase in hand and a headful of dreams.
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