To make "The Matrix" (1999) and its sequels, the Wachowski brothers hired legendary Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo-Ping as a fight choreographer so Michelle Yeoh's scorpion kick from Mr. Yuen's "Tai-Chi Master" (1993) became Carrie-Anne Moss's scorpion kick in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).

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Yuen, head of microbiology at Hong Kong University.

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"Our labor force will ultimately compete on the basis of added-value, " says George Yuen, executive director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation.

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