Tina Leung Kwok-hing (traditional Chinese: 梁幗馨) (died 31 March 2010), known by her stage name of Tina Ti (traditional Chinese: 狄娜), was a Hong Kong actress. Her credits include A Big Mess, One Day at a Time, Dark Rendezvous and The Warlord.[1] Aside from acting, she was also reportedly active in business and politics.[2] In 2008, she recognized that she used to gather intelli­gence for the Chinese Communist Party in the 1960s.[3] She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2005. In 1998 she began the practice of Zung saang gei, which she credited with extending her life. She died in 2010, aged 65. She is survived by a son, Michael Ma. [4] [5] ===================================== Chinese name 狄娜 (Traditional) Chinese name 狄娜 (Simplified) Birth name Leung Kwok-hing (traditional Chinese: 梁幗馨) Ancestry Xinhui, Guangdong, China Born 1945 Xingning, Guangdong, China Died 31 March 2010 (aged 65) Hong Kong Other name(s) Tina Ti Occupation Actress, entrepreneur, political commentator Years active 1962 - 1975 Spouse(s) Ma Yizhang (1967 - 1972) Children Michael Ma ============================== She was the first Hong Kong actress to appear nude in a film. She had a baby before she was married, married a swimming coach in preference to a wealthy tycoon and carried out multiple affairs that captivated the public's attention. Tina Leung went into business, accumulated massive debts, and repaid them all after a mere four years. She made investments in highly-sensitive industries and became a key player in the satellite business. Then, at the age of 63, she made the astonishing declaration that she had been a spy before she turned 20. Leung's colorful life ended at the age of 65 in Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital on Wednesday morning, where she died of multiple organ failure. According to a letter written by her son Michael Ma, Leung made an appeal to the media on her death bed. "Mum wanted me to convey this message to the media before she passed away: 'Guns and knives can kill people and cannot save people'," the letter read. "My friends in the media, please continue your constructive work. I'm thinking of you. The society will make progress if you work with a conscience," she said. She wanted no public memorial. "My mum wanted people to remember her cheerful laughter and humorous talk. She didn't want people to see a wooden face after her death," the letter read. Leung supplied some of the most juicy material for Hong Kong media during her life. Born in 1945 as Leung Kwok-hing, she was the daughter of an erudite and wealthy father who practised law, taught at a university and had overseen the taxation bureau of Guangdong. She attended schools in Macao and Hong Kong. When she was 17, she met the younger brother of Thai Prime Minister Sarit Dhanarajata. He chased after her and as part of courtship, she was offered roles in Thai films. When Leung returned to Hong Kong in 1965, she was already a beloved star. Her exceptional figure transformed her into a queen of the sexually liberated film era circa 1972. She dropped a bombshell in Hong Kong's cinematic world with her nude appearance in Li Han-hsiang's Warlords. The sensations she created were not limited to the silver screen. In 1968, the unwed Leung gave birth to a baby girl, who underwent a sex change operation when she grew up and became Michael Ma. Leung's marriage, in 1969, caused an equal sensation. Of all the tycoons and celebrities wooing her, she married Ma Yizhang, a swimming coach she met while shooting a film. The marriage lasted five years. Leung soon became the talk of the town after rumours spread she had been involved in a love triangle involving two men. Page after page of reports were written about it, which ended with one man's attempted suicide and the other man's divorce. But as a subject of gossip, even her numerous love affairs can't compare with her mysterious connection with the Communist Party of China. Openly admitting that she was a communist sympathizer, she tried to go to the mainland to join the cause of "serving the people" during the peak of the Cultural Revolution in 1973. She declared bankruptcy for her company in 1974, in a move she labelled as a severance with capitalism. It was previously reported that she had accumulated HK$200 million in debts, which she fully repaid over the next four years. Leung started meeting high government officials in Beijing in the late 1970s. Claiming credit for the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the US, she was also one of the first overseas investors on the mainland. She invested her money in the aerospace industry. By the 1980s, almost all mainland airports had adopted the Global Positioning System operated by her company. In the 1990s, her company participated in the European Galileo Positioning System. Leung remained in the public spotlight after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2000. She hosted documentary shows, judged beauty contests, wrote books and kept her fans enthralled with her sharp tongue. During a talk show in 2008, she disclosed she had gathered information for Beijing while making her first films in Thailand. "I played a spy in my first film. Actually I was really a spy," she said on the show. China Daily(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2010-04/02/content_9678087.htm) ============the end========