A father’s older brother is “bó bo” (Mandarin) or “bak fu” (Cantonese), his younger brother “shu shu” (Mandarin) or “suk suk” (Cantonese), and heaven forbid you confuse your ...

Both Alans live in a world of music, but unlike his elder namesake, the 23-year-old chose to be a full-time Cantonese opera performer after graduating from Confucius Hall Secondary School.