Charles Heung
| Charles Heung | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 向華強 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 向华强 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | xiang4 hua2 qiang2 (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | heung3 wa4 keung4 (Cantonese) |
| Born |
16 December 1948 Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Xiang Huaqiang Heung Wa-Keung |
| Occupation | film producer, film presenter, Chairman of China Star Entertainment Ltd |
| Spouse(s) |
Betty Ting (1976-1978, 1 daughter) Tiffany Chen (1980-, 2 sons) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | Heung Chin (father) |
Charles Heung Wah-Keung is a Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter. As founder of Win's Entertainment in the 1980s and China Star Entertainment Group in the 1990s, he has helped established the careers of various cinematic icons in Hong Kong that include Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Johnnie To, Jet Li and Andy Lau among countless others. Apart from being one of the most successful film producers in Hong Kong, Heung is also one of the most controversial due to his family's Triad background.
Heung is widely suspected of ties to one of Hong Kong's largest and most powerful organized crime groups, the Sun Yee On Triad. Heung's father, Heung Chin, founded the Sun Yee On in 1919. Charles is the tenth of the Sun Yee On founder's thirteen children.
Heung Chin's eldest son, Heung Wah-Yim, was convicted in 1988 of being the triad's boss, although his conviction in Hong Kong was overturned on a technicality. The Senate Subcommittee on Investigations also identified him as the triad's leader in a 1992 report on Asian organized crime.
In the 1970s, Charles subsequently married Betty Ting, the actress, who is remembered today primarily because of the "mysterious" death of Bruce Lee in her apartment. The marriage, however did not last, and Charles later married Tiffany Chen, in the early 1980s.
Charles is the older brother of Jimmy Heung, who later became his partner in the formation of Win's Entertainment. The partnership between the two ended in 1992 as Charles felt that Jimmy's style of negotiating business too closely resembled that of a triad member. While Charles sees Jimmy as a "good triad," it is widely believed that Jimmy has moved on, and supposedly runs the triad to this day.
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