Hotel (çÂÂæ½®, literally The Ferocious Waves) is a Hong Kong television series, which premiered on 1 November 1976 on TVB. The theme song "Hotel" (çÂÂæ½®) was composed and arranged by Joseph Koo with lyrics by Wong Jim and was sung by Susanna Kwan. Hotel was the first drama on TVB with a modern setting. The show's popularity was integral to the emergence of Chow Yun-fat's career. It is considered one of the most popular 70s series in Hong Kong television history, and has an average audience per episode of approximately 2 million people. Hong Kong government figures show at the time, the cityâÂÂs population was 4.551 million.