Weekly exclusive selection｜Hong Kong pop music is alive and well

"The memory of the times is written in records full of melody." The "revival" signal of Cantonese songs was launched by the Cantonese pop music variety show "Sounds Endless" jointly launched by mainland Hunan Satellite TV and Hong Kong TVB (TVB).

It was watched by more than 100 million people when it premiered on April 24. When the classic songs of the "Golden Age" sounded again, when new and old faces joined forces to perform "old songs and new songs", they successfully evoked cultural memories and emotional resonance of generations. .

If "Sound Lives" is a solemn and serious music festival, then ViuTV's music program "Chill Club" is a relaxed party full of energy.

"Chill Club" is a music variety show created by ViuTV for young people in Hong Kong. It has been broadcast since 2019. Each episode will invite different singers to perform Hong Kong pop songs with different themes. Lin Jiaqian, the most popular new force in the music scene and the backbone represented by Henry Zhang, have attracted the attention of many young people.

Pop music from generation to generation, Hong Kong pop culture also needs new blood to pass on.

In addition to reminiscing about the glorious days of the past, it is also time to unveil a new scene, and let the front waves and the back waves work together to compose the pop music culture of the new era.

Series reports:

"The Sound of Life" reproduces the memory of the times and signals the "renaissance" of the Hong Kong music scene?

In the era of digital music industry, Cantonese songs fell from the altar to the edge of the Chinese music scene

The old and new encounters are destined to alternate?

No, it can also be merged

Lack of vision, lack of resources, lack of communication, how can Hong Kong pop music break through its own world?

In the 12 episodes of "Sound Unceasing", 121 songs were sung, and more than 70% of them were from the 1980s and 1990s.

(Hong Kong 01 cartography)

Is Vietnam's industrial chain high-speed cultivation still better than China's?

Affected by factors such as the Sino-US trade war and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Vietnam's total exports in the first quarter of this year exceeded Shenzhen by more than 170 billion yuan, of which the gap in March was even greater, almost twice that of Shenzhen.

The transfer of a large number of mid-to-low-end industries from mainland China to Vietnam seems to be an irresistible trend.

Some people in the manufacturing industry who often travel between mainland China and Vietnam even pointed out that Vietnam's development speed in recent years is "just as fast as China's", and seeing the situation of manufacturers transferring production capacity to Vietnam in recent years is shocking and worrying.

However, "Made in Vietnam" faces many challenges. Whether it is infrastructure, transportation, skilled labor, and the integrity of the industrial chain, there are many problems.

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"Made in Vietnam" faces many challenges.

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How was the performance of the parliament half a year after taking office?

The Legislative Council has recently resumed its summer recess. A group of new members took office at the beginning of the year, and it has been nearly 200 days since then, so this is a time point for their annual "mid-term assessment".

Recalling that the Hong Kong Liaison Office issued a statement after the conclusion of the seventh Legislative Council election at the end of last year, stating that "it is foreseeable that the new Legislative Council will completely get rid of the political quagmire of "speculation" and "rab". With further development, the positive interaction between the executive and the legislature will be realized, and Hong Kong will surely open a new chapter of good governance and good governance." And all sectors of the society are also very much looking forward to the implementation of "patriots ruling Hong Kong" in the parliament to improve the quality of Hong Kong's political deliberation. We might as well Take this opportunity to examine whether a member of the House of Representatives has achieved the above-mentioned effect.

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Members of the Legislative Council must not only support and cooperate with the "executive-led", but also improve the quality of deliberation.

(China News Agency)

Important issues reflected in the suspension of loans for unfinished buildings

Last Tuesday (July 12), the news that the owners of unfinished buildings in many mainland cities announced a "mandatory suspension of loans" circulated on the Internet.

This situation is truly sympathetic.

For most homeowners, the down payment of a house in the city may drain their years of savings and even empty their family's six wallets, but because buying a house in the city has the hope of living a decent, stable, and affordable life The middle-class life has expectations for the future, so they can still endure the pain of high housing prices.

However, if the off-plan house they bought with the savings that they have worked hard to save suddenly fails, and they have to repay the mortgage on time every month, it is reasonable and difficult to accept.

The owners of the unfinished buildings jointly issued a "compulsory loan suspension notice", which to some extent can be regarded as their desperate resistance.

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The "collective suspension of loans" by owners of unfinished buildings in many places and the plight of the middle-class group reflected by them are enough to cause deep thinking in the current society.

(China News Agency)

State Bankruptcy Sri Lanka is just the first domino

Last Friday (July 15), the president's resignation letter, which came two days late, was finally handed over to the Speaker of the Sri Lanka Parliament. "Gota Go Home") finally stepped down, satisfying the demands of the street people who chanted "Gota Go Home" for months.

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Large-scale demonstrations occurred in Sri Lanka due to the economic crisis. Demonstrators broke into the presidential residence. President Gotabaya later agreed to resign.

(Associated Press)

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