Member MarsHarmony Posted December 12, 2011 Member Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thanks to KyFi at KFCF for originally posting this news. By Patrick Frater Wed, 07 December 2011, 21:09 PM (HKT) Executive Shuffle News Run Run SHAW 邵逸夫, the 104-year-old Hong Kong media mogul is to retire at the end of the month from Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) 電視廣播有限公司. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange the company said that Shaw will step down as chairman, non-executive director and executive committee member. He will instead be named as chairman emeritus at the company he founded in 1965. TVB announced that it will promote 71 year-old executive deputy chairman Norman LEUNG 梁乃鵬 to executive chairman. He will receive a salary of HK$5.76 million ($740,000) and directors fees of HK$150,000 ($19,300) and a bonus. In his deputy chairman role Leung is entitled to a HK$1 million ($129,000) bonus for the current year. TVB, which has terrestrial TV broadcasting in Hong Kong as its mainstay, now has broadcast operations in Taiwan, North America, Australia and Europe and a programme distribution network throughout Asia, particularly in mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/shaw-finally-set-to-retire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MarsHarmony Posted December 12, 2011 Author Member Share Posted December 12, 2011 Many thanks to Sir Shaw for Shaw Brothers and such a wealth of great entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jadedragon61 Posted December 18, 2011 Member Share Posted December 18, 2011 He has just got to, I mean GOT TO, live to 108!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Many thanks to Sir Shaw for Shaw Brothers and such a wealth of great entertainment. I second that Mars. and JD, why must he live to be 108? What's the significance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jadedragon61 Posted December 19, 2011 Member Share Posted December 19, 2011 108 is a number of "magical significance" to the Chinese; the idea is rooted in ancient astrology. You must have seen however: 108 weapons, monks, styles, laws of Buddhism, sins of Buddhism... blah, blah, blah. Hell, even Edgar Allan Poe knew about it: The Raven has has 108 lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member nectarsis Posted January 5, 2012 Member Share Posted January 5, 2012 That "Black Magic" really worked LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shaolin swords Posted January 18, 2012 Member Share Posted January 18, 2012 it was a great run he had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MarsHarmony Posted January 18, 2012 Author Member Share Posted January 18, 2012 I was watching The Water Margin(1972), again, and noticed that there are 108 Liang Shan heroes in the story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I was watching The Water Margin(1972), again, and noticed that there are 108 Liang Shan heroes in the story! Very cool Mars. I'm sure I will be looking out for "108" to come up in movies I watch from now on. "36" is my personal magic number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jadedragon61 Posted February 19, 2012 Member Share Posted February 19, 2012 Very cool Mars. I'm sure I will be looking out for "108" to come up in movies I watch from now on. "36" is my personal magic number. And 36 X 3 (representing the Past, Present, and Future = TIME) = 108. And Time X by Time = 9 108 divided by 9 (the symbol of the Goddess = Time in Time = Creativity) = 12 And 12 is both the Full number of months in a year AND the half number of hours in a day... Therefore... maybe I've been living in China too long ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMK Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Love the break down, do you teach a course in school on all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jadedragon61 Posted February 20, 2012 Member Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yeah, the course is called, "Accounting with Chinese Characteristics"!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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