How Tony Leung Ka-fai’s Hong Kong Film Awards record caps a wild journey for the actor

This is the 75th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades.
When Tony Leung Ka-fai took to the stage of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s Grand Theatre on April 19 to accept the best actor prize at the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA), he became the only person to win that honour across five consecutive decades.
Yet for the 68-year-old veteran, his accolades are a by-product of his endurance – he has previously admitted to keeping his...