Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor. He has been active since the 1980s and to the present. He is considered one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong. Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson. While most of his songs are in the dance-pop genre, he has experimented numerous times with rock and roll, ballad, rock, R&B, soul, electronica and traditional Chinese music.

Kwok earned 130 million HKD in 2014.

Biography

Kwok graduated from St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong. After graduating from secondary school, Kwok worked as a junior staff in King Fook Gold & Jewellery Co. Ltd. His father, who owns a small gold retail store, desired that he gain experience in the business with the view of eventually handing the family business over to him. If not for one of Kwok's brothers taking over the gold business, his father would not have allowed him to join the entertainment industry. In 1984, he was fired for prolonged absenteeism (sick leave) caused by a foot muscle injury from trying the splits in a party.

Guo

"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese; it can also be spelled Cok, Guo, Quo, Quoc, Quach, Quock, Que, Quek, Kuo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, Kwek, Kwok, Kwak (Korean), Kuok, Kuek, Gock, Koay or Ker. The different way of spelling of this surname indicates the origin of the family. For example, "Kwok" is Cantonese originated in Hong Kong and surrounding area. It is the 18th most common family name in China. The name Guo was noted as far back as the Xia Dynasty. There are eight legendary origins for the Guo surname. Among them, three are foreign. They are Persian (Hui), Korean, and Mongolian, as a result of sinicization. These are only minority. The majority of people bearing this surname are descended from Han Chinese.

Origins

Hui Surname

KWOK

KWOK (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format to the Aberdeen, Washington, USA area. The station is owned by Alpha Media LLC and features programming from Fox Sports Radio and Westwood One.

History

The station went on the air as KJET. On April 13, 1999, the station changed its call sign to KGHO, and on February 18, 2000 to KWOK.

In November 2012, KWOK filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move to a different transmitter site, reduce night power to 760 watts and change the city of license to from Hoquiam, Washington to Aberdeen. The FCC issued the approval for the move on July 7, 2014.

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