Special award for veteran film producer Raymond Wong


FAMED Hong Kong comedian and filmmaker Raymond Wong Pak-Ming will be honoured with a special award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival to be held from Nov 29 to Dec 1, Oriental Daily reported.

He will receive the Asia Pacific Outstanding Filmmaker Honorary Award for his extensive work in show business.

The film festival will take place in Genting Highlands.

Upon receiving the news, Wong expressed his gratitude.

He also confirmed his attendance at the film festival to personally accept the award.

VIP guest: Wong has confirmed his attendance at the film festival in Genting Highlands.VIP guest: Wong has confirmed his attendance at the film festival in Genting Highlands.

Wong, 78, has been part of the film industry for over 40 years as an actor, director, screenwriter, producer and film company founder.

He is regarded as one of Hong Kong’s most notable film producers.

> A woman found herself in a heart-stopping race against time when her parked car began a perilous descent down a slope as the handbrake was down, China Press reported.

She quickly jumped into the car, pulling the handbrake in the nick of time to avoid colliding with another car.

The dramatic incident, which occurred on Nov 5, was captured on video and later shared on her TikTok account.

The location of the incident is not known.

Many online commentators praised the woman’s quick action, saying that it was fortunate that an accident was avoided.

Others described the scene as extremely tense.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.

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