Early Life. Actor, director, producer. Born April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China. When his parents moved to Australia to find new jobs, the 7-year-old Chan was left behind to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute, a Hong Kong boarding school. For the next 10 years, Chan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing, and was subjected to stringent discipline, including corporal punishment for poor performance.
It's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.But the young singer from South Wales has the entire audience on their feet following her powerful performance of I Have Nothing.t's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.
She is identified with the Roman goddess Venus. May -- Maia's month Old French Mai Old English Maius Latin Maius of Maia Latin Maius mensis month of Maia Maius has always had 31 days. Maia (meaning the great one) is the Italic goddess of spring, the daughter of Faunus, and wife of Vulcan.