STORY: HKHM stages new pop-up display "Bruce Lee: a Timeless Classic" and special programmes
DATELINE: July 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:15
LOCATION: HONG KONG, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the display
2. SOUNDBITE (English): BRIAN LAM, Museum Director of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum

STORYLINE:

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the legendary martial arts superstar Bruce Lee. The Hong Kong Heritage Museum (HKHM) launches a series of programmes in July to pay tribute to Bruce Lee.

HKHM showcases some of the finest of Bruce Lee in popular culture, including publications, commemorative stamps and figures in the pop-up display "Bruce Lee: a Timeless Classic", which is held from July 12 to January 1 next year.

SOUNDBITE (English): BRIAN LAM, Museum Director of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum
"(We select the) films about Bruce Lee's impact on the popular culture, Hong Kong's popular culture. We select some comic books and also some small figures that with his post in different films and also with some objects such as magazines to see how his Kung Fu skill was promoted by the magazine."   

Moreover, the HKHM and Bruce Lee Foundation also join hands to present the five-day Camp Bruce Lee Hong Kong 2023 from July 18 to 22, which enables 30 students of Primary 4 to 6 to discover Bruce Lee's legacy and philosophy.

The internationally renowned megastar Bruce Lee (1940-1973) introduced Chinese Kung Fu skill to the American public through television and film. In 1971, he returned to Hong Kong and made five films, which became classics.

The megastar had charmed the world with his fists as well as his wits and remained a constant source of inspiration to popular culture ranging from movies, comics, animations to action figures in various manifestations.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong, China.
(XHTV)