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简介

Tam Pak Yip was a Hong Kong Chinese film producer and Cantonese opera singer, born in 1908 in Kaiping County, Guangdong Province. He studied at Pui Ching Middle School in Guangzhou. He spent most of his career organizing record production, specializing in Cantonese opera, Cantonese music, and musical arts recordings. He participated in the Guangzhou-Hong Kong strike, and after the Mukden Incident in 1931, he supervised the recording of the Exile Trilogy and dozens of patriotic records. He served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Production Trade Association and as an executive member of the Hong Kong Music and Arts Association. Many prominent Cantonese opera stars studied under him, including Qin Xiao Li and Huang Feng Nuo. He returned to Guangzhou in 1983 and died at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan Medical College on May 10, 1983, at the age of 75. A memorial service was held in Guangzhou with over 250 attendees.