Hong Kong media tycoon, Sir
Run Run Shaw, is seen in this undated file photo. Shaw turned 100
on Thursday, October 4, 2007.
Hong Kong entertainment guru Run Run Shaw became a centenarian
on Thursday.
His 100th birthday was celebrated with a ceremony on Thursday
evening in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Hong Kong
Television Broadcasts Limited, better known as TVB, which is a
dominant producer of long-running Cantonese TV dramas.
Shaw, who still serves as TVB's executive chairman, co-founded
the empire in November, 1967.
He also co-founded another company, Shaw Brothers, in 1930.
Since then it has contributed enormously to the Hong Kong
martial-arts film industry. Its well-known productions include
One-Armed Swordsman (1967), Five Fingers of Death
(1972), and Five Deadly Venoms (1978).
The film and television tycoon is also a generous
philanthropist, financing several schools in Hong Kong and the
Chinese mainland. Many universities have buildings named after
him.
He also set up the Shaw Prize, which has been dubbed the "Asian
Nobel Prize."
Run Run Shaw attributes his longevity to regular exercise and
his media career.
(CRI.cn October 5, 2007)
