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Lee Kin Wo, Hong Kong football star, Hong Kong National Representative; Lee Lai Shan (李麗珊), windsurfer, Olympic gold medalist; Lilian Lee (李碧華), novelist, best known as the author of Farewell My Concubine and Rouge; Martin Lee, Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Martin Lee Ka-shing, businessman, son of Lee Shau Kee
Adam Cheng (Taishan, Guangdong) – Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer; husband of Lydia Shum (肥肥) Joyce Cheng (Taishan, Guangdong) – Hong Kong musician, writer, actor and performer. She is the daughter of famous Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and veteran actor Adam Cheng. Chapman To (Taishan, Guangdong) – Hong Kong actor
Hongkongers (Chinese: 香港人; Jyutping: Hoeng1gong2 jan4), Hong Kongers, Hong Kongese, [13] Hongkongese, [14] Hong Kong citizens [b] and Hong Kong people are demonyms that refer to a resident of Hong Kong, although they may also refer to others who were born and/or raised in the territory.
As many Sze Yap in Hong Kong who are either second, third or fourth generation Hong Kongers, Taishanese people speak Cantonese as their usual language and some may not know their ancestral origin. Therefore, that makes it hard to know the exact population, but based on the 1960s Hong Kong Census, it is probably right now about over 30% – 40%.
There are over 25,000 Japanese people in Hong Kong, so it is not uncommon to hear Japanese conversations. More than 10,000 people in Hong Kong had taken the JLPT in 2005. [19] Hong Kong-based R by R Production produces a television travel show set in Japan, which, as of April 2016, is broadcast on ViuTV. However, the language is often misused. [20]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2017) This is an incomplete list of notable people that are regarded as being of Cantonese origin: Historical Liu Yan, king of Nanhai and first emperor of the Yue/Han kingdom between 917–971 Yuan Chonghuan, Ming dynasty general and patriot famed for defeating Qing dynasty rulers and founder Nurchaci and Hong Taiji ...
Born Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on 12 December 1924, Uncle Ray was one of six siblings. [4] His family descended from Portuguese immigrants to China. . Cordeiro's paternal grandfather was born in Shanghai and met his grandmother in the Portuguese colony of Macau, before moving to Hong Kong in 186
The extensive migration from mainland Cantonese-speaking areas to Hong Kong continued up until 1949, when the Communists took over mainland China. In 1949, the year that the People's Republic of China was established, Hong Kong saw a large influx of refugees from mainland China, prompting the Hong Kong Government to close its border.