Over 100 make beeline to audition for ‘Blue Tears’

MIRI: Miri and Sarawak stand to benefit from the upcoming Internet movie ‘Blue Tears’ which will start filming on location here next month.
As at press-time, more than 100 local talents turned up for the audition from 8am to 5pm at Meritz Hotel here yesterday.
Shooting for the movie by a production house from China Global Movies is expected to start on Nov 26 at various locations, namely Tusan Beach including Niah Caves and Gunung Mulu National Park here.
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Anticipating that the movie will give bigger exposure to Miri and Sarawak as a tourist and filming destination, Assistant Minister of Tourism Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who made a brief stop during the audition, said: “In Mainland China, there are more than 650 million Internet users – and this does not include Chinese expatriates living overseas including this country – who subscribe to the website.
The movie is expected to be distributed to cinemas in China and in cinemas with distribution rights in some countries.
Also present at the audition was the movie director Chu Tan. Chu was impressed with good response from local talents who turned up for the audition for supporting roles in the film which is the first China movie in the love genre to be shot in in Miri.

October 31, 2016, Monday Anthony Joseph, reporters@theborneopost.com

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Miri Marriott to host audition for online movie

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MIRI: The casting audition for the highly-anticipated, first-ever Malaysia–China jointly-produced movie ‘Blue Tears’ will be conducted tomorrow (Oct 30) at Miri Marriott Hotel, running from 9am to 5pm.
The session is open for all local acting talents to be featured on the online movie, of which the shooting will commence next month.
According to film director Zhu Dan, his side looks forward to having local actors and actresses in the production, as the movie will also be featuring the beautiful scenes across this city especially at places of attractions.
“We are looking forward to not only shooting these beautiful places, but also its beautiful people,” Zhu said at a press conference on ‘Blue Tears’ here yesterday, which also coincided with the signing of an agreement between the Malaysian and Chinese stakeholders of Global China Film.
Adding on, Zhu highlighted the online movie as the latest Internet trend, regarding it as a huge opportunity in that it capitalised on online viewership platform that was significantly larger than the traditional media of television and cinemas.
“With a capital investment of 500,000 to four million Chinese renminbi (around RM310,000 to RM2.5 million), production costs are much lower with shorter film processing (time) and more importantly, with such interesting storyline, we are eyeing for a huge viewership of 650 million Internet users especially those in China,” he said.
China’s movie stars Ringo Yu and Sun Wei are set to play the leading roles.
Yu is already a big name in the Chinese movie industry, popularly known for his roles in Jackie Chan’s ‘New Police Story’ and the 2010 remake of ‘Karate Kid’, whilst singer-actor Sun Wei has been featured in five major television drama series on Beijing’s TV Channel Broadcast.
The 100-minute ‘Blue Tears’ tells a story of a young man, Ling Fu Sheng (Sun Wei) who arrived on the shores of Miri and fell in love with a local girl, Katrina.
However, Katrina’s parents vehemently objected to their relationship, causing the frustrated Ling to return to China and end up marrying someone else.
Years went by after that and one day, an ageing Ling (Ringo Yu) told his grandson that he had never really forgotten his lovely Katrina. This prompted Ling’s grandson to embark on a journey to Miri of which he was determined to find Katrina – his grandfather’s first love.
History seemed to repeat itself as Ling’s grandson, in his mission to find Katrina, met a local girl whom he fell in love with eventually.
‘Blue Tears’ is a joint venture between China–Malaysia Universal Television Company of Malaysia and Global Business International Group Ltd (China).
It is set for release between March and April next year via China’s major online movie sites.
The press conference yesterday was also attended by Assistant Minister for Tourism Datuk Lee Kim Shin, Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting, Global China Film (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd chairman Oliver Yong Tiing Hieng, Global Business Club (China) president Chen Yu He, Miri Housing Group of Companies executive chairman Datuk Lau Siu Wai and key investors.
The agreement was signed by Yong and Chen in representing the respective stakeholders from Malaysia and China.


October 29, 2016, Saturday Cindy Lai, reporters@theborneopost.com

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Food trucks: Rolling with the times

Food trucks are staunchily going ahead with their businesses, remaining undeterred by the lack of help of legislative push in the state while encouraged by local food enthusiasts critical of a new business model in town.

While there are still no specific licenses that can be applied for the operation of a food truck in Kuching, this has not stopped entrepreneurs from going forth and making a name for themselves in the local F&B scene.

Persatuan Penjaja dan Peniaga Bergerak Sarawak (PPPBS) president Kelvin Chong revealed to BizHive Weekly that the association had recently paid a visit to a local government minister on this matter, in addition to having sent proposals to the council to keep pushing for the matter.

On the feeback given thus far from authorities, Chong said they are in the midst of proposing a better system for food truck operators in the state.

PNR consolidating global environmental conservation

 

 

 

 

 

MIRI: Scheduled for completion end of next year, community-oriented Piasau Nature Reserve (PNR) is poised to consolidate the image of Miri City in global tourism and environmental conservation.

According to Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC), currently works are being carried out on two main components of the project – site restoration and Visitor Centre Complex.

The launch of the ‘Bring Back the Rainforest’ (BBtRF) Project on Sept 11 this year by the Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, marked a new era in site restoration of PNR – landscape restoration and conservation.

“BBtRF Project is to rehabilitate degraded forest areas in PNR, formerly called Piasau Camp, a residential area for Shell staff since 1950s.

“The target is to bring back the forest and hopefully within 20 to 30 years this forest will become a rainforest,” said SFC, the government agency managing the nature reserve.