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麥繼強教授
Prof. Kai Keung Mark is a retired professor
in Dept. of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and retired
Dept. Head and Principal Lecturer, Dept. of Science, Hong Kong Institute
of Education.
He started to collect Chinese coins to teach Chinese history
to his two daughters by 1980. He got hooked, and became a serious
collector. He later branched out his collection into other areas. After
collecting for 20 years in Hong Kong, the world center of Chinese antiques
trading, he has established five lines that may be ranked top ten
internationally. These include Chinese coins,
Chinese bronze mirrors, Tang dynasty Changsha kiln items, Neolithic
potteries, and ordos items. Being a molecular
biologist and biotechnologist, he is good at screening, and organize
random information. So he build up his collection from the common and
inexpensive items, and proceeded to the more rare and expensive items. He
is now an expert in authentication and dating. He is a central figure in
using high technology to study Chinese antiques in the Art Gallery in the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. This project is the only project
supported by government funds to study Chinese antiques so far.
Prof. Mark has a stock analysis column
in Asiawind.com (Mark's
Column under Hong Kong Stocks Report). He has been quite successful in
his stock analysis and forecast. He used ten percent of his gains from
stock trading to expand his collections. To him, stock analysis and
Chinese antique collection reinforce each other. To become a successful
collector, he must have inherited the collection gene from his great grand
father, the famous Chinese reformer, Mr. Kang Youwei
康有為 (1858-1927), who himself was a great collector.
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李兆良博士
Dr. Siu-Leung Lee is the founder
of InTechTra and Asiawind.com. He
was a chemistry professor turned internet entrepreneur. Dr. Lee has spent
his career in academic institutes and industry. Before establishing
InTechTra, he was associate director of Hong Kong Institute of
Biotechnology. His research interest was chemistry and biochemistry of
natural products. Dr. Lee's scientific research includes the chemistry of
Chinese herbal medicine and enzymatic synthesis of medicinal plant
products.
Dr. Lee has acquired a wide interest
in many areas of Chinese culture besides science. Since his early school
years, he has been interested in art. He won an international prize in
stamp design when he was in high school. He was one of the founders of the
first amateur Chinese traditional orchestra in Hong Kong. He is an erhu
player, second prize winner when the item was first listed in Hong Kong
Musical Festival. He is also a tenor in the local choir.
He has been
practicing Chinese calligraphy since age 6. Dr. Lee has mastered a number
of styles and integrated Wang Xizhi 王羲之style in his
own calligraphy. Some of his calligraphy
works are found in this website. He has collaborated with Ms. FU
Yiyao 傅益瑤, the famous artist, daughter of Master FU
Baoshi 傅抱石. Some of the collaborative works on "Zen
of Vegetable Roots" are now being published into a book. The book
published in China has gone through 2 editions (third one coming) and three printings.
The first Japanese edition is now just published. Dr. Lee provides the Chinese
calligraphy and translation for the animated television series "Avatar", a
production of Nickolodeon that is
distributed in more than a dozen countries. He has held solo calligraphy exhibits in New
York City, Kansas City, Columbus, and a joint exhibit with American Chinese artist at
Beijing University.
Dr. Lee is probably the first and only Chinese American with his calligraphy used on the
entrance gate of a major Chinese national park, the Eight-Spring Gorge nicknamed the
Oriental Black Canyon,at Mount Taiheng, .
He has been consulted by museums and antique collectors to identify and
authenticate Chinese relics using calligraphy contents. The Chinese
calligraphy of this website is his own creation.
Occasionally, he composes
Chinese couplets, translates classical Chinese poems into English and
English poems into Chinese classical formats. Using his
chemistry knowledge, Dr. Lee cooks Chinese gourmet dishes enjoyed by many
friends. He also practices Chinese martial art of Yang style Taiji
楊家太極.
Asiawind
now hosts some of the pioneer websites : Hong Kong Stocks Report (the
first internet infoservice on Hong Kong stock market), Hakka Chinese
culture (first Hakka culture site, rated best site in Hakka by
Britannica.) It also provides free website services to non-profit Asian
organizations, including Organization of Chinese Americans Columbus Chapter of
which Dr. Lee is a board member. |
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