Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kok Rui wins two awards at Taiwan's Golden Horse Award


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Malaysian director Lau Kok-rui holds his awards for the Best New Director and the Best Original Screenplay at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov 19, 2022. Photo: AP

Taiwanese actress Sylvia Chang edged out four other contenders, including Singapore star Hong Huifang, to take home the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress on Saturday.

Chang won the prestigious award for Hong Kong drama A Light Never Goes Out, in which she plays a devastated widow who attempts to carry on her late husband’s business of making neon signs.

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