Top award to Maggie Cheung at Cannes

Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung has won the best actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

She received the award for her role in the movie "clean", directed by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas.

The film tells the story of Emily, the widow of a rock star killed by a drug overdose, who rebuilds her life in order to get her son back from her parents-in-law.

Today (May 23), the Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, congratulated Miss Cheung on her accomplishment.

"The achievement of Hong Kong artistes in international film festivals has shown that Hong Kong has good local talents who never cease to upgrade themselves," he said.

In 2000, another Hong Kong actor, Tony Leung, won the best actor award at Cannes for his role in Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love", which also co-starred Miss Cheung.

Ends/ Sunday, May 23, 2004