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| Amy Yip says that she is 90 pounds and her waist is 21 inches. She can wear her old clothes |
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| Raymond Wong and Michael Hui courtesy of mingpao.com |
The Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong's 44th anniversary dinner took place last night. Guests included the (MPDA) chief director Raymond Wong Pak Ming, Michael Hui Koon Man, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Amy Yip Chi Mei, Philip Chan Yan Kin, Emme Wong Yi Man and husband Chan Kwok Kwan.
Wong Pak Ming repeated as the chief director. Later Wong Pak Ming revealed that he has repeated the post many times,from the first in 1997 and helping the Trade Development Council with the Entertainment Expo, to recent years especially during the pandemic when no movie were made. He was able to spend more time to think about how to make the Association have even more projects. Thus he invited Kenneth Fok Kai Kong to be the consultant and set up the "2022 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area International Film Marketing Certificate Program", the goal of which was to cultivate a new generation of filmmakers to face the nation, understand the mainland film market, and for the students through the courses to be able to completely understand different film production and distribution knowledge. Wong Pak Ming said, "Plenty of people are starting director and screenwriter classes, but none in distribution. You have to know how to sell to overseas markets, what kind of movie to make for the audience. For example (Donnie) Yen Chi Tan once in the classroom shared with the students that he has made a movie for himself, which lost so much money that he only had 100 bucks left in his bank account. He questioned whether he got into the wrong business. In addition (Eric) Tsang Chi Wai, (Clifton) Ko Chi Sum and others all spoke in person and shared their experience."
Wong Pak Ming also revealed that in May, the MPDA once brought students and industry insiders to mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area for a visit. This exchange tour went to Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Nansha and Qianhai and were treated to an understanding of local policies and facilities. "The students before going to the mainland thought that it would be very behind the times, after going they realized that they were the ones who were behind. Thus they wanted to go more to communicate." In September he would take another team to visit Guangxi for 4 days and 3 nights.
Yip Chi Mei who has not appeared in public for a long time attended the banquet. She said that Wong Pak Ming invited her to attend. She admitted that after marrying her doctor husband she hid herself for 30 years. At the time she did not feel bored, cooking and exercising everyday were still very fun for me. However her husband passed away 4 years ago and her friends all told her to come out more. Seeing Hui Koon Man, Chan Yan Kin again, she felt like she has returned to the 90s. Would she return to the film industry and make movies? Yip Chi Mei said that she had an acting bug and would not resist against coming back. Would she only work on movies and not television because how tough the latter would be? She said that she could not say that, as long as the script would be good she would be willing. However generations of new comers have appeared now, she has already been overtaken. Ultimately as long as she was happy she had no pressure. Despite being known for her figure in the past, Yip Chi Mei has "shrunken" in size. She revealed that she has been busy with stretching exercises and running, indeed she has slimmed down from before. She weighed 90 pounds and her waist stayed at 21 inches. Would she still consider a photo book now? She said that she would not. What about sexy performance? She said, "I want to focus on acting mainly, I am very tired. I did too many before, now the most important would be happiness."
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