Hong Kong gov't asserts film force.Fresh off the success of last year's Filmart '97, the Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. government plans to begin taking an active role in its film industry. Along with developing plans for a Film Services Office. the government will auction off a plot of land to companies looking to build a motion picture studio on the site. Thanks to the government's largesse lar·gess also lar·gesse n. 1. a. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner. b. Money or gifts bestowed. 2. Generosity of spirit or attitude. , film studios bidding for the land will not have to compete with property developers, while the Film Services Office will facilitate day-to-day day-to-day adj. 1. Occurring on a routine or daily basis: the day-to-day movements of the stock market. 2. film operations. Woody Woody Slang to describe when the market has a strong and quick upward movement. Notes: For example, you'll hear "the market has a woody," when the market is performing well... seriously, we don't make this stuff up. Tsung Tsung (formerly known as idx-Tsunami) is a stress testing tool written in the Erlang language. It can currently stress test HTTP, PostgreSQL , SOAP and Jabber/XMPP servers. Tsung is distributed under the GPL license. , chief executive of the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association, calls it a "historic moment" for the industry, which already turns out as many as 140 films a year. Filmart '97, organized to promote the sale of Hong King films abroad, was a success with local distributors and foreign visitors. The second Filmart in June will attempt a more international flavor and will focus more closely on acquisition and distribution in Asia's expanding film and television markets. |
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