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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truth Seeker" data-source="post: 3058662" data-attributes="member: 11804">RIP Kwan Hoi-Shan, another Hong Kong Legend(Monkey Peaches)[imagel]http://www.monkeypeaches.com/pix/060911a.jpg[/imagel]Hong Kong TV and film actor [hq]Kwan Hoi-Shan[/hq], commonly known as Uncle Shrimp, passed away this morning *posted on 9/11/2006* in Hong Kong at the age of 81. [hq]Kwan[/hq] began learning Cantonese opera from his father when he was very young and become an actor by age 11. During the 1950s and 1960s, he starred in a large number of movies. In 1976, he joined Hong Kong's TVB and became a regular in many series by the station, while still kept showing up on the big screen. Some of the movies he starred in include Project A, Project A 2 and Hard Boiled. He retired from acting in 2001 after suffering from a stroke. In the same year, TVB gave him a grand award for his contribution to the station. Last year he returned to the small screen for the final time in a TV special by TVB.In Remembrance.</blockquote>