Daughter of Hong Kong

Daughter of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港女兒 or 香港的女兒) is a nickname. People with the nickname include:

  • Anita Mui (1963–2003), an awarded actress and Cantopop diva dubbed as "Madonna of the East".[1]
  • Joanna Tse (1968–2003), a pulmonologist who died on duty while volunteering to save patients during the 2003 SARS pandemic.[2][3]
  • Chow Hang-tung (born 1985), a barrister, democratic activist and political prisoner.[4]
  • Yau Wai-ching (born 1991), former elected Legislative Council member, and a member of the localist camp Youngspiration.[5]
A statute of Anita Mui at the Avenue of Stars. The inscription below reads "Daughter of Hong Kong, Anita Mui"

References

  1. ↑ "香港的女兒 永遠樂壇大姐大梅艷芳" [Daughter of Hong Kong, the forever musical diva Anita Mui]. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei, Taiwan. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "回歸20年風雲人物系列之十九 香港女兒 謝婉雯" [Influential Celebrities in the 20-year Anniversary, Series No. 19, Daughter of Hong Kong: Joanna Tse]. Metro Hongkong (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "抗沙士殉職-香港女兒-謝婉雯逝世16周年" [Sixteenth Memorial for the Daughter of Hong Kong, Joanna Tse, who fought to death against SARS]. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Fan, Wenxin; Yu, Elaine (25 May 2022). "Hong Kong Lawyer Uses Her Trials to Keep Memories Alive of China's Tiananmen Massacre - Courtrooms are the main venue left for Hong Kong lawyer Chow Hang-tung, as the city erases statues and other memorials". The Wall Street Journal. Hong Kong. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Zhongjing, Liu (12 October 2016). ""People's Ref**king of Chee-na"". Medium (in Traditional Chinese). Indiana, US. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.