Xiang Huasheng
Heung Wah-shing, was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer and presenter, who occasionally made cameo appearances on screen. He was the younger brother of Heung Wah-keung. Their father, Heung Chin, a major general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, was the founder of the Hong Kong triad Sun Yee On. Heung Wah-shing started his career as an actor, debuting in the film Tiger Fist Iron Palm and later appearing in Feng Shui for Twenty Years. In later years, he primarily handled film company administration. After leaving the film industry, he invested in stocks for a period, and returned to the industry in 1999.
Biography
Heung Wah-shing was the 12th of 13 brothers. His seventh brother Heung Wah-bor and tenth brother Heung Wah-keung were also active in the entertainment industry.[1] It was reported that Heung Wah-shing and his brother Heung Wah-keung had Liu Huaqing, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, as their godfather.[2][3][4] He graduated from Munsang College Kindergarten in 1957[5]. In his early years, he and his brother Heung Wah-keung founded Win's Entertainment Ltd. (precursor to China Star Entertainment Group).
Starting in 1993, he temporarily withdrew from the film industry and turned to stock investments and the Macau gambling industry, greatly increasing his wealth. After the Asian Financial Crisis, his business development slowed. At the end of 1999, Heung Wah-shing made a comeback by injecting Win's Entertainment copyrights and broadband business worth HK$200 million in exchange for nearly 30% controlling stake. By the end of 2000, when Hong Kong internet stocks soared, Heung Wah-shing planned to sell his broadband business, prompting major shareholders to withdraw and stock prices to plunge. The market speculated he was offloading assets, but in fact, he had already made a strategic exit.[6]
His former girlfriend was Slim Beauty Group chairwoman Cheung Yuk-shan. In November 2009, he married Duanmu Yingzi, a businesswoman from Beijing, in France. She was 22 years his junior. In 2014, Heung Wah-shing was diagnosed with stage III nasopharyngeal cancer[7]. He was treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, where he fell into a coma. On the evening of November 20, 2014, he died of multiple organ failure caused by esophageal cancer at the age of 64[8].
Filmography
Films
- 1974
- Tiger Fist Iron Palm.... Actor
- 1983
- Feng Shui for Twenty Years.... Actor
- 1989
- Casino Raiders.... Director (co-director Wong Jing), Screenwriter, Presenter
- The Big Score.... Producer, Presenter
- Perfect Match.... Producer, Presenter
- The Romancing Star III.... Producer, Presenter
- God of Gamblers.... Producer, Presenter
- 1990
- The Top Bet.... Director (co-director Taylor Wong), Presenter
- 1991
- Dances with Dragon.... Producer, Presenter
- 1993
- Flirting Scholar.... Presenter
- Kung Fu Cult Master.... Presenter
- Fight Back to School III.... Presenter
- 1994
- The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens.... Producer, Presenter
- Hail the Judge.... Producer, Presenter
- God of Gamblers II.... Producer
- 2009
- Flirting Scholar 2.... Producer, Presenter
- 2010
- The Lion Roars.... Producer, Presenter
References
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-1
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-2
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-3
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-4
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-5
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-6
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-7
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%91%E8%8F%AF%E5%8B%9D#cite_ref-8