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2007-09-29T00:04:00.000+01:00

batgwa.com is Live!

Hi folks!

Thanks for your patience over the last couple of months!

batgwa.com is now live!!

Hope you will enjoy what the new site has to offer and will support batgwa.com and Squatmagazine.com

I will no longer be updating on this site, but please feel free to continue to use the chatbox and comments functions!

Em

2007-08-21T22:07:00.000+01:00

Quick update!

Due to the programmers and me going on holiday over the next few weeks, the new site is planned for full launch on 29th September 2007. If there is anything up before that to look at, then I'll let you know!

The site is being developed in conjunction with the guys at:
Squat Magazine
If you have never visited them, please go and take a look around - I hope you'll enjoy their alternative perspective on things.

There is nothing up at the new news site just yet - as soon as there is, I'll be back with the URL.

Sorry to keep you all hanging on like this, but it's kinda out of my hands at the moment. Thanks for your patience and I hope you'll find it's been worth the wait!

Em

2007-07-16T21:40:00.000+01:00

What's happening here?

To dedicated TVBspace readers:

Firstly, I'd like to say thanks for tuning in over the years and especially to those who originally started coming here way back in 2003 and then returned to the site after the hiatus in 2005. It's been just over a year since I've been back and there have been some exciting new developments, so there is some bad news, but also some good news.

The bad news is that TVBspace will not be updated any more as of today because I need to start preparing for the launch of the new venture.

The good news is that you can still read my HK Entertainment articles on a near-daily basis! All you need to do is tune into the new site I am working on and it should hopefully be up and running in about a week, so hang in there!

Once everything is up and running, I'll post a link to the new site on here, so watch this space and I hope you'll continue to support the cause to bring Chinese Entertainment news to the English-speaking masses!

In the meantime, feel free to leave me your comments and keep in touch by mail!
Cheerio for now.. I'll be back soon!

Em

2007-07-16T21:35:00.001+01:00

[Ming Pao 16/07/07]

Charmaine and Myolie: Enemies into Friends

Charmaine Sheh and Myolie Wu were rumoured to have fallen out after last year's awards ceremony, but during the recent promotional activity for new series "The Drive of Life", they have been very supportive of each other. When the MC Joel Chan joked at an event yesterday about Myolie's rumours with 'Beijing Daniel Wu' Feng Shao Feng, Myolie immediately turned to Charmaine to help her out.

Myolie says: "I have a lot of chemistry with Charmaine too!" Charmaine quickly added that they have a lot of off-screen chemistry too and gently deflected the question.

Afterwards, Charmaine said: "I was just joking and I am not concerned about rumours of animosity. We have got to know each other after working together and 'chemistry' is all about beauty and not gossip." As for the premiere of "The Drive of Life" this evening, Charmaine says she is quite nervous and hopes that the ratings will continue to rise, but has no expectations for it to do as well as the earlier success "Heart of Greed". The most important thing is that the viewers will talk about it and make the series and its stars popular, so they all get a chance to make some additional money from it.

Myolie continued to deny her rumours with Feng: "Joel was just building up some atmosphere and we only have chemistry on the screen. The rumours are old news now." Myolie says she and Charmaine have a lot of arguing scenes in the show and they had rumours before about fighting over awards last year, but they have now got to know each other after working together.

Angela Tong also appeared at the event in a little sexy seethrough top and she smiled: "I have a tube top underneath. At first I did think about not wearing it, but I was afraid that the strong flash would make my top seethrough. I often see models who don't have a tube top underneath their tops."

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070716/saa01/maa1h.txt

[Ta Kung Pao 16/07/07]

Raymond Covers Up to Hide his Figure

Raymond Lam and Kate Tsui took part in a dance event yesterday at a shopping mall and they joined a performance with a dance instructor. Raymond and Kate both danced very well and seemed to have good chemistry, receiving a lot of applause afterwards. Raymond was sweating a lot after the dance, but insisted on keeping his shirt on, whereas Kate was wearing a tight-fitting top. It would seem that she is very confident in her figure after her recent slimming success. Asked why he refused to take his shirt off, Raymond said at first that he was shy, but then said with a little embarrassment that he is not happy with his figure, laughing: "Recently I have been recording songs and have not had time to go and keep fit or sunbathe, so my skin is not dark enough and my muscles not toned enough."

Raymond and Kate will be performing at the Miss Hong Kong final, so when asked if they have any steamy dances, Raymond reveals that their dance act is a little sexy and quite intimate because he has to spin whilst lifting Kate, but he will stay within limits. Asked if he is worried about touching her sensitive areas, he says: "I am a little worried, the scariest thing would be to be accused of taking advantage of her." Kate did some dance for a slimming ad and she says that the response has not been bad, so she will be filming another ad with them soon.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/07/16/UL-766032.htm

2007-07-12T23:04:00.001+01:00

[The Sun 13/07/07]

Sonija Kwok Keeps her Distance from Michael Tao

Since the rumours broke suggesting that she came between Michael Tao and his wife, Sonija Kwok has escaped to Vancouver for two months. After returning to Hong Kong, she attended her first public event yesterday and pointed out that there is no chance of a relationship developing between her and Michael, saying very clearly: "It has nothing to do with me."

Wearing a kimono, Sonija appeared at an event for Shatin department store Seiyu. She looked well, but seems to have lost some weight. She reveals that she took too months out because she often felt nauseous when she was filming for "Curious Detective" and asked if she has become thinner, she says: "I have not lost weight and I am feeling much better now." As for suggestions that she has been 'frozen' by TVB, she says: "There was no such thing, I have a lot of work lined up now I am back and I even have to change the date of my birthday party."

As for the poor ratings that have been reported for her series "On the First Beat" being blamed on Michael's rumours, Sonija says: "They are not that low, no-one mentions it when it has risen. I hope that the finale will be better. (Did the company not allow you to promote the show?) No, I was on vacation before the show was aired." As for the suggestion from Michael that there was a chance of a relationship, Sonija immediately made her distance clear, saying: "This is what other people say, it is nothing to do with me." She adds that she has not kept in touch with Michael and they are just colleagues, so she has never thought about anything else, but she does not mind working with him.

As for people giving her nicknames that infer she is a third part, Sonija says: "What other people say is their problem, it will not affect me. (Has your image been affected?) The most important thing is to have good health and I hope I will not become involved in any more rumours. (Does the company stop you from dating?) The company does not interfere in anything, but I have no plans to date." Sonija returned to Hong Kong on Wednesday and was met at the airport by her manager, her mother and her fans before returning to her new home in Prince Edward.

Meanwhile, Michael was spotted attending a snooker competition and he seemed to be in high spirits. When a reporter accidentally called him 'Chun Yu' [Francis Ng], then he joked: "He has been sacked!", leaving everyone a little confused.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070713/20070713001913_0000.html

[The Sun 13/07/07]

Tracy Ip Met at Airport by Mother

Tracy Ip returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai on Wednesday and despite her illness, Mama Ip was at the airport to meet her daughter. Tracy did not discuss her mother's condition, but her mother seemed to be in good spirits. Tracy says that she did urge her mother not to come to the airport, but since she was young, her parents have always come to meet her whenever she returned from a long journey, so this was no exception.

Tracy indicates that this trip to Shanghai was to film an Olympic special report for TVB, but her flights there and back were met with delays. She says she has encountered many new experiences on this trip and adds: "I have been taking refresher classes for six months in English, Mandarin and horse-riding and although I don't know if I can take part in the Olympic coverage, I will still equip myself in preparation."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070713/20070713001717_0000.html

[The Sun 13/07/07]

Vivien Yeo Takes Make Up Lessons

To try and lose her 'girl next door' image, Vivien Yeo has recently taken lessons from renowned make up artist Janae Chan and they seem very compatible as they both express opposition to cosmetic surgery.

As well as learning how to apply make up, Vivien has also learned the meaning of 'beauty of flaws'. She understands that her round face will give the illusion of plumpness on camera, but she believes she can rectify this with the right make up techniques. Janae says that Vivien has the coolness and grace of model Gaile Lok, making her very happy indeed! Vivien says: "Wow! I am so happy that she says I look like Gaile because she is a model and she has a very strong personality and look, so it means I can be like her too. Taking lessons from Janae will help to make me even more beautiful as she has taught me different ways to use make up, so there will be some different images coming up. I have been an artiste for a while now and I have to try changing my image. The trend now is for surgery, but I will not use this to change my image because I prefer more natural beauty."

With her 20 years experience in the industry, Janae says that the reason why Vivien found it hard to lose the 'girl next door' image was that her skin was too good, so she was too lazy to use make up. As she does not condone cosmetic surgery, Janae has written a book entitled "The Beauty of Flaws". She says: "Many beautiful people have flaws, but this is the reason why they are beautiful, because it gives you a speciality. Take Sandy Lam and her single eyelids, this gives her an air of uniqueness. Shu Qi is another example with her full lips that make people find her very sexy."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070713/20070713000607_0000.html

[The Sun 13/07/07]

Stephen Huynh Admits Being an Open Frenchman

Stephen Huynh and brother Francois took part in a promotional event yesterday, joining other stars and models on the catwalk show. Stephen was spotted earlier with girlfriend Bibi and there were suggestions that they are living together. Despite openly answering other questions earlier, Stephen suddenly became rather hesitant and said: "Good friends! Friends are either girls or boys. We Frenchmen are very open and it was just a visit to my home to have a drink and rehearse our scripts."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070713/20070713002053_0000.html

[The Sun 13/07/07]

Suki Chui and Nancy Wu at Sports Event

Hollywood Plaza held a press event yesterday for its event to promote sports, attended by guests Suki Chui and Nancy Wu, who both brought the message to the Hong Kong public to do more sports. Suki says she will be taking advantage of the summer to learn horseriding and swimming to help with her future filming. She says: "I filmed a riding scene earlier and was quite excited beforehand, but when I got on the horse, I became very nervous and I froze."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070713/20070713002107_0000.html

2007-07-11T22:25:00.001+01:00

[Ming Pao & The Sun 12/07/07]

Stephen Chan Indicates No Intentions of Abandoning Gigi

Gigi Lai's younger brother Dr Stephen Lai has been in intensive care at Queen Mary Hospital since his accident over a month ago and there has been a lot of speculation recently about his condition. A report yesterday indicated that Dr Lai has been in a coma all along and after the severe trauma to his head, he has undergone surgery to remove part of his brain and there are fears that he will become blind in his right eye. Gigi has been hugely affected by the incident and has stopped working now for a month and a half, rushing to the hospital every day to visit her brother. As there is no return date set for Gigi to go back to work, filming for TVB's long series "Jewel's Splendor" has met with delays and overspending and there are suggestions that this is leading to resentment among the cast and crew. Asked about her brother's condition as she visited the hospital yesterday, Gigi did not say anything and her assistant addressed the reporters, saying: "We have not revealed any details of Dr Lai's condition to the media and they have just made things up. The press have been following and chasing us recently and have taken a lot of photographs, but they have not asked us any questions."

TVB General Manager Mr Stephen Chan indicated yesterday that losses were inevitable, but there is no intention of changing Gigi's role. Mr Chan says that after Dr Lai's accident, he has been in touch with Gigi to comfort her and sent her messages of support. He has also gained an understanding from her colleagues about the situation. The company will be understanding of Gigi and will try to jump to other scenes in her absence. Asked if they are suffering from serious overspending and delays, Mr Chan says that this is unavoidable, but no-one wants to delay proceedings. Will they consider changing the role? Mr Chan says that they have not reached this stage yet and Gigi has already filmed many scenes, so to change would be quite a headache. TVB External Affairs Assistant Director Mr Tsang Sing Ming also indicated that as Gigi is an important character in the series, then they will not delete her character. The company will allow her to deal with her personal affairs in peace so that she can return to work when she is ready.

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070712/saa01/mbb1.txt
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070712/20070712002317_0000.html

[Ming Pao 12/07/07]

Another Goof Spotted in 'On the First Beat'

Since it began airing, TVB series "On the First Beat" has had many of its continuity errors and goofs pointed out. Another has been spotted in episode 27, aired on Tuesday, when not long after an ambulance is hijacked by criminals, it mysteriously reappears outside the hospital in the next scene, just behind Officer Wu (played by Dominic Lam) in what is a rather silly goof.

In a scene that tells of the criminal Chi Keung (played by Wai Ka Hung) and his gang infiltrating a hospital and then hijacking an ambulance with registration number A128, driving it towards Cheung Sha Wan. However, when Officer Wu is notifying his team about the incident and rushes to the chase, the same ambulance can be seen parked behind him with registration plate A128. It would appear that the crew forgot to drive away the ambulance, resulting in such a comedic scene. Netizens have joked about what Officer Wu is chasing if the suspect vehicle is actually behind him!

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070712/saa01/mbg1.txt

[Ming Pao & The Sun 12/07/07]

Anne Heung is Elected Wai Yin President for Second Term

Anne Heung has been elected as president of the Wai Yin Association for the second year running and a press conference was held yesterday to announce the new committee. Anne indicates that they will be holding a charity mooncake sale and annual ball at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mandy Cho joins as a new member and Fiona Yuen and Shermon Tang will be joining. Asked about Michelle Reis, Anne says they have been in touch with her and are also making arrangements for her to join, but no-one has followed this up. Also in attendance at the event were Olivia Cheng, Winnie Yeung, Priscilla Chik and Heidi Chu.

Mandy received comments earlier that her figure has lost some of its appeal and she says that she has been busy slimming to take part in the Wai Yin activities, so she is going swimming every day now. "I go for a swim ever day, but my skin tans very easily, so I will only swim indoors. Last month I went to Chiangmai with my family on vacation and a Thai person started speaking to me in Thai before asking me in broken English whether I was a Thai movie star!"

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070712/saa01/mcl1.txt
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070712/20070712001323_0000.html

2007-07-10T22:55:00.000+01:00

[Ming Pao 11/07/07]

"Drive of Life" Promotion Continues - Charmaine Sheh Likes Being a Landlady

The series marking the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's Reunification with China, "The Drive of Life", held another promotional event yesterday, attended by Charmaine Sheh, Jessica Hsuan, Myolie Wu, Raymond Lam, Michael Miu, Toby Leung and Gigi Wong. The event was held at the Beverley Hills villas and the stars all turned out in elegant outfits despite the simmering heat.

Charmaine, Myolie and Jessica were arranged to arrive in a horse drawn carriage and Charmaine indicates she found it was good fun, but quite scary, when the horses started kicking each other suddenly. Asked if she is interested in investing in the luxury villas, she says she is, but it will depend if she can get a discount from the developer. Asked if she likes to buy properties as investments, she says: "Yes! I don't know how to invest in stocks and shares and property will keep its value well. I have two properties myself, one that I live in and one that I rent out. My dream was to be a landlady for a living, so I don't have to work."

Jessica has been dogged by rumours that she will be leaving for ATV, but she finally revealed yesterday that she signed a two-year contract in October with TVB, so she still has another year and a half with the company at least.

There have been reports indicating that Raymond has been shrugging off his responsibility, after reports of poor ratings in the Mainland, by indicating he is not a leading role. Raymond says that he was not happy after reading this report and explains that on that day, he was asked whether he has a lot of screentime as a leading character, to which he replied that he is not the only leading character because there is also Damian Lau, Michael Miu and many other leads.

Myolie was asked about rumoured boyfriend Bosco Wong being a bit of a playboy recently, buying expensive cars, watches and clothes and she supported him saying his image is good and that as an artiste, then a change of image is not unreasonable. Asked if she will be the first female passenger in Bosco's new car, she says: "I have never been in it and I did hear him say he wanted to buy a car earlier, but he did not ask for my opinion."

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070711/saa01/mcm1.txt

[Ming Pao 11/07/07]

Miss Hong Kong Filming in Macau

The sixteen Miss Hong Kong contestants were filming on location in Macau yesterday, where they visted the Cathedral of Saint Paul and the Taipa Houses Museum before enjoying a Portuguese meal. At the cathedral, they attracted the attention of many tourists and became complimentary models.

Yesterday also happened to be the 19th birthday of Number 7 Lorretta Chow and a birthday cake was arranged for her to celebrate. However, when the cake arrived, Lorretta had mysteriously disappeared and it turned out that she was suffering from a nosebleed, so had retired to the washrooms. The girls had to wait for her to return before they sung "Happy Birthday" to her in what was quite an amusing situation. Asked if she had a nosebleed becase she was too happy, she says that it was because of the hot weather, so she will drink more water and herbal teas to cool down and avoid having a nosebleed on stage.

Number 2 Lily Ho has never been to a Casino in Macau before, but she often visits the racecourse, because her father often dines there. Asked if her father is a big race winner, she smiles that her father still loses more than he wins. Lily's sister is renowned racing commentator Gigi Ho, so is it down to her poor tips? She says she has never really studied her sister's tips and just looks at whether the horses are attractive or not.

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070711/saa01/mac1.txt

2007-07-09T23:40:00.001+01:00

[Ming Pao & The Sun 10/07/08]

"War of In-Laws 2007" Blessing Ceremony

Liza Wang appeared in her Armani and YSL designer gear for the blessing ceremony of new series "War of In-Laws 2007" yesterday, showing off to younger cast members such as Bosco Wong, Myolie Wu, Joyce Tang and Suki Chui.

Liza says: "I bought the clothes during the clearance sales and spent about six figures. Although there are sponsors for the show, I wanted every scene to be different, so I added my own clothes into the mix as the series is about fashion. (Will you be buying more?) We are only on around the tenth episode so far, so I will findsome more. I have a friend with a similar figure who is out searching for me." As for the reports that Lydia Sum has been back to hospital for a check-up, Liza says: "I have spoken to her on the phone and she is resting at home. I told her to rest more and not be so eager to come back to work."

There have been plenty of rumours since filming started surrounding Bosco and Myolie, first with the reports of them kissing in a car and then Bosco refusing to hug Myolie because she is 'ugly'. Bosco says: "I have not seen the reports, but I understand that there will be a lot of rumours this time because of our previous gossip. I have seen the most reporters than ever before, some even arriving at 7 or 8 in the morning to visit the locations. I will not be too bothered by it and just let it all run by." Myolie says: "It is just acting, I don't understand why they always crop away the other crew!" Myolie wore a dress sponsored by Valentino and she says: "I have over ten outfits sponsored by Valentino in the show, that is plenty for filming!"

As for the suggestions that Suki's boyfriend has met with financial difficulties leading to him having to sell his car and then Suki turning her affections to Wong Yi Hing, Suki replied with annoyance yesterday: "There was no such thing, I have no relationship with Wong Yi Hing and things are the same with my boyfriend, nothing has changed."

Meanwhile, Bosco has been spotted taking his newly-acquired vintage 1973 MGB convertible for a drive and there are reports that Bosco plans to suggest to the producer that his beloved car should make an appearance in the show. Photographed filling up at a petrol station, Bosco was very protective of his car and kept looking over whilst he was paying to make sure it was alright. Then before he re-entered, he carefully polished some dust off the bonnet. Bosco admits that he bought himself the car a few months ago and says: "I have been looking for a car like this for a long time and I finally found one. I will not say how much it cost, but it is something I love. (Will you be asking the producer to put your car on the screen?) I hope he will use it because in the show, I play a rich boy and it would match the car completely!" As for whether he will use the car to take Myolie out for a spin, he says: "I don't know yet, it depends on if we have time,but the first one I will take out should be my dad because he was so happy when I bought it that he was applauding!"

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070710/saa01/mbb1.txt
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070710/20070710002313_0000.html
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070710/20070710002248_0000.html

'Kenneth Ma Lookalike', 'Short Rain', Yuen Wai Ho, 'High School Kid', 'Uncle Shades'

[Ming Pao 10/07/07]

Mr Hong Kong Finalists Make an Appearance

The 12 finalists from TVB's Mr Hong Kong Contest made an appearance yesterday and the standards were surprisingly poor. Maybe because of the change of rules this year, moving from 'Fitness' and 'Style' groups to 'Youth' and 'Maturity', then there are two very young men who look like high school kids, who are more representative of 'Master Hong Kong'. Fortunately, there is some reprieve in the form of 'Kenneth Ma Lookalike' Raymond, 'Young and Dangerous' Yuen Wai Ho and 'Short Rain' who are all in with a strong chance of winning and take the flavour away from the 'Hong Kong High School Kid Contest'.

The men were called into TVB City to sign their contracts, meet the style consultants and pick their numbers in preparation for their press call on Friday. The show's producer Ho Siu Wai indicates: "The ages of the finalists range from 18 to 40 and education ranges from high school to PhD. Two overseas contestants are from America and there are some fitness instructors, but no uniformed professions."

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070710/saa01/mbc1.txt

[The Sun 10/07/07]

Ron Ng Makes Money to be Filial Son

Ron Ng, Lai Lok Yi and Benny Chan were in Chengdu earlier filming for mainland series "Chocolate Lover". Whilst they were there, the 'three musketeers' headed out in search of good food and fed their bellies. Ron says that this series has been a happy one for him because he has had plenty of sleep and Chengdu's hot weather is bearable. Asked if he will be rewarding himself with his earnings, he says: "No, I will consider buying a gift for my parents though."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070710/20070710001227_0000.html

[Ming Pao 10/07/07]

Sharon and Bernice Confident in "Devil's Disciple"

Bernice Liu and Sharon Chan were interviewed on a radio show yesterday, promoting their new series "Devil's Disciple". As many netizens have already watched the series on the internet, are they worried that the series ratings will be affected? They say they are not worried and point out that as this show has already been aired in the Mainland and Thailand with good results, then the company has decided to air it in Hong Kong for the summer holidays and all the critique will just help to promote the show.

Bernice did not sleep the previous night because her beloved pet dog was giving birth for the first time, so she was filming the whole process. She says: "She had three boys and one girl, but one was not complete and did not survive the birth. It made me realise how fascinating life is." Asked when they would be getting married and having kids themselves, Bernice and Sharon say that due to their work, their planned age to get married has passed now. Sharon says: "I am worried I will never marry!"

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070710/saa01/mck1.txt

[The Sun 10/07/07]

Shirley Yeung Shows Legs at Miss Hong Kong Sponsor Event

The 16 contestants for this year's Miss Hong Kong Pageant showed off their legs at a sponsor's event yesterday, where they contested the award for "Most Attractive Legs". However, their limelight was stolen somewhat by guest judge Shirley Yeung, who taught the newcomers a lesson or two.

Wearing vests and hotpants,the girls paraded before judges Shirley and Aimee Chan. After earlier outshining the girls in Beijing with her figure during the athletics event, Shirley appeared in her super short pants and once again wowed the audience. Asked if she was intentionally stealing the limelight, Shirley said: "You flatter me! I rarely go to the beach, so I don't wear shorts very much. The outfit was prepared by the organisers, so there is no such issue. (Are you worried about exposing yourself?) No, I have underclothes on."

The beautiful legs award went to the tallest contestant Number 7 Lorretta Chow and she says that her figure is very balanced and this award has raised her confidence. As for winning prize money of $33,000, Lorretta says she will take the girls out for a meal to celebrate.

Aimee passed on some tips to her juniors, saying that the preparations before the show are very important, so they need to keep calm and not drink too much water the night before to avoid being puffy. Soon to hand over the title, Aimee has been preparing for a number of hosting jobs. Asked if she will be promoted by TVB into the next 'super-host', she says: "I don't know yet, I will let the company arrange my work, but I have not signed a contract yet."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070710/20070709234615_0000.html

2007-07-08T23:37:00.001+01:00

[The Sun & Ming Pao 09/07/07]

Moses and Bowie Show Support for Gigi

Cast members from TVB series "Jewel's Splendor" including Bowie Lam and Moses Chan headed out to Qingdao yesterday for location filming, where Moses was well received by the female fans. Gigi Lai is unable to join the cast on this trip as she has to stay in Hong Kong to look after her brother Stephen, who was seriously injured in a road accident. With reports that there is no set date for her return to work, leading to the progress on the show being slow and coming in overbudget, Moses says: "Things have been slowed down and spending has gone up, but you cannot blame Gigi because the process of clearing customs with all the equipment is lengthy and complicated. I hope Gigi's brother will be fine and she can focus on her work again." Bowie also supports Gigi, saying: "It is slower, but not by much and the most important thing is that her brother recovers." When she returns to work, Gigi will need to join another trip to Qingdao with the cast.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070709/20070708235452_0000.html
http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070709/saa01/mck3.txt

[The Sun & Ming Pao 09/07/07]

"Devil's Disciple" Stars to Wear Borat's Swimsuit???

TVB series "Devil's Disciple" held a promotional event yesterday at Olympian City, attended by many of the cast members, including Kevin Cheng, Bosco Wong, Shirley Yeung, Bernice Liu and Sharon Chan, attracting nearly 500 people to watch them. During the event, they did pull-ups on a bar as well as standing on eggs. Shirley did surprisingly well, even beating some of the men.

When Bosco and Kevin battled on the horizontal bar, they held on for dear life, but Bosco succumbed to having the feather duster on his back and failed. For the turn of the ladies, Shirley bundled onto the frame like a monkey and jumped off equally easily, whereas Sharon had to seek help from the men to support her. Sharon did not do too well with the eggs either, breaking a few and leaving her with sticky feet.

The girls then pledged to wear bikinis if the show's ratings reached 38 points, except for Bernice who has contractual agreements with her slimming company. "There is nothing new in me wearing a bikini and my agreement with the sponsor is I cannot do it. However, it would be good if Kevin and Bosco could wear the little triangular swimsuits like Borat. If they will do it, I will fly to London to buy them some!"

When Kevin realised what Bernice meant by 'Borat' trunks, he said: "If she really does fly to London to buy them, then I will wear them, but only at home, I have to keep some mystery for my other half! I am quite conservative and don't even own any T-backs [G-strings]. They are very uncomfortable, but okay for a bit of fun. Of course, I will only share this fun with my most intimate other half and not them!" Bosco suggests that he and Kevin should wear bikinis and the ladies can all wear T-backs. Bosco was spotted with what seemed like a love bite behind his right ear and asked about this, he laughed: "Why would a love bite be there? It is just a rash brought on by the hot weather."

[Em's Note: In case you don't know what Borat's swimsuit looks like, here is a pic:
]

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070709/20070709000235_0000.html
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[The Sun 09/07/07]

Sonija Kwok Sheds Tears of Joy in Toronto

Sonija Kwok has been resting in Vancouver for several months and last Saturday, she appeared at a jewellery show in Toronto, where she wore an elegant evening gown and wedding dress. As it is her birthday on 22nd of this month, the organisers arranged a special cake for her and she was moved to tears.

Sonija was in a very good mood and insisted that there is no chance of a relationship with Michael Tao, denying that she was the third party in his marriage. "I was unwell and felt I was too skinny, so I took a few months off from TVB and rested in Vancouver. I wanted some proper rest and was not evading anything. As I was on holiday, then I was not able to attend the promotional events for 'On the First Beat'. I was not running away from Michael and there is no chance of anything between us anyway. I am much better now after my stay in Vancouver and have put on 5 lbs. My health is fine now and I will soon be back in Hong Kong for dance rehearsals."

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2007-07-08T02:06:00.001+01:00

[The Sun 08/07/07]

Ever Youthful Margie Tsang is Children's Ambassador Again After 20 Years

With the summer approaching, TVB Children's festival ambassadors Margie Tsang, Aimee Chan and Koni Lui took part in a children's art competition in Tsuen Wan yesterday. It has been 20 years now since Margie hosted children's shows: "Maybe because I used to do it, so they asked me to do it this time." She reveals that she is currently busy filming and does not have time to spend summer with her son, but she is not worried about neglecting him because he has more activities than she does.

Aside from this, Aimee and Koni have been meeting their successors and sharing their experiences with this year's Miss Hong Kong contestants. Aimee says: "I have experienced success and failure in Miss Hong Kong and Miss Chinese International last year, so I told them to face it without any expectation and not put too much pressure on themselves. This makes the performance more natural and more relaxed."

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2007-07-07T00:50:00.001+01:00

[The Sun & Ming Pao 07/07/08]

Anita Wong Shares Prize Money with Fellow MHK Contestants

The sixteen Miss Hong Kong finalists were at the Tsimshatsui branch of Sasa Cosmetics where they had a quiz on Perfume knowledge. Number 6 Anita Wong emerged as the winner of the competition and was awarded with a $5000 cosmetics voucher for Sasa, but she showed her generosity as she shared her prize with the other contestants, with the other girls in her team receiving $500 each and the other girls $100 each.

'Mature Ting Ting' Number 9 Grace Wong has been spotted out partying late and hugging male friends and she admits this, saying: "That was two months ago and my friends from France and America came to visit me, so we went down to Lan Kwai Fong. My friends were very gentlemanly and when they saw a seat in the venue, they pointed and then helped me to my seat. (Have you been warned by the competition?) No, I was not being unruly and just showing hospitality towards my friends.

Number 2 Lily Ho has been dubbed as hot favourite by netizens and she says she has been busy rehearsing and not had time to go online, but she thanks everyone for their support and will do her best.

Reports indicate that there will be a 'Catwalk in the Air' for this year's final and the girls will be hoisted on wires up to a platform 30 feet high for part of the show. TVB has been testing the girls' senses of balance to make sure they can do it. Kate Tsui and Raymond Lam will also be performing at the final, in a Broadway musical number. Kate says: "I will be dancing with all my juniors at the Coliseum and I am a little nervous. (Are your costumes sexy?) I don't know yet." Miss Photogenic judges have been confirmed as Mike He, Moses Chan and Charlie Yeung.

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[The Sun 07/07/07]

Fala Chen Wants to do a Tampon Ad

Fala Chen, Mandy Cho, Niki Chow and Angela Tong attended the press event for the "TVB Most Popular Advertisements Awards 2007" and Fala hopes to have more chances to make money in ads and does not mind doing tampon ads. Asked if her rumoured boyfriend Neway heir will ask her to do their ads, she says: "No, but if the company approves, then she will still do it for the standard fee with no discount!"

Mandy wore a 3 carat diamond ring, which was very eye-catching and asked if it was a gift from her boyfriend, she immediately avoided talking about her relationship. Angela has been busy filming for "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind" recently, so she has been suffering from lack of sleep and refers to herself as 'Panda Angela'. She will also have to start rehearsing a dance to take part in a competition and she says: "I have asked the choreographer to find me someone handsome to partner me, that makes dance more interesting."

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[The Sun 07/07/07]

Wai Ying Hung Injured During Filming

Kara Hui (Wai Ying Hung) was filming at Yuen Long's Tai Tong for TVB series "Steel Lips Silver Teeth" yesterday when she was knocked on the waist by a pipe and suffered extreme pain, which resulted in her being taken to hospital in an ambulance.

During the filming, the special effects team had to support a high pressure air pipe, but when one of them lost grip, the tube shot forward and hit Kara in the lower back. Fortunately after an x-ray, it was confirmed that she was fine and her spine had not been displaced. After leaving hospital, Kara headed home to rest and said: "I am feeling comforted that there are no cracks in my spine, because when I was it, it hurt so much that I was crying and my legs went numb. The swelling has made my waist bigger than my bum." She also admits being unlucky: "I was standing about 5 foot away, but when they dropped it, it hit me. (Were the crew afraid?) At the time I was in so much pain that I fell down, so I don't know. It was an accident and the producer has been very good and does not need me to return to film this evening. After a rest, I should be back at work on the 7th." Producer Tong Kei Ming has checked on Kara and is pleased she is not seriously injured.

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[Ming Pao 07/07/07]

Mike He Fever Hits Hong Kong Again

Taiwanese popular idol Mike He arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to promote his TV drama "Marry Me", which will soon be airing on TVB Pay Vision. Wearing a cap, jeans and a t-shirt, he was met at the airport by over a hundred fans. After the lessons learned by TVB after the arrival of Wu Jun last time, 30 security staff were sent out to protect Mike, forming a human wall around him.

However, the fans were still as eager as ever to get close and as they pushed towards him, he did try to shake as many hands as he could. Mike also went on to warn them to be careful, but some fans did fall over in the chaos. After waving to everyone, Mike gave a big thumbs up before leaving in a company vehicle, which was soon pursued by three minibuses full of fans. Not wanting to disappoint them, Mike drew back the curtains to wave at them.

At around lunchtime, Mike met his fans officially at a special gathering, where he addressed them in his broken Cantonese, saying: "Hello to my friends in Hong Kong, I am Mike He." As fans presented him with gifts of a belt, flowers and cards, Mike returned the favour by selecting three lucky fans to receive his hand-made cookies and also handed out five signed copies of his book.

Mike was very excited by his fans admiration, but was also concerned about them being injured in the confusion. Asked what memorable moments he had whilst filming "Marry Me", he says that he had to dress up as a woman for the show, wearing a dress and tights and even having to put on a woman's voice, so he was quite embarrassed. His role in the show is of a star who ignores the advice of others and marries his girlfriend, but he says he will not do this in real life. Mike will be back in Hong Kong on 21st July to be the Miss Photogenic judge in the Miss Hong Kong pageant and asked what standards he will be working to, he says that they need to have attractiveness and appeal on the screen. Mike will be returning to Taiwan tomorrow to continue with his filming.

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2007-07-05T23:00:00.001+01:00

[The Sun 06/07/07]

Bosco Causes Embarrassment for Sharon at "Devil's Disciple" Promotion

TVB Series "Devil's Disciple" held a promotional event at a swimming pool yesterday, but the girls were all well covered in t-shirts, losing some of its appeal factor. However, Sharon Chan caused a few stirs when she was pushed straight onto Wong Chun Tong's face!

Many of TVB's female stars have been doing bikini shows of late, but at the promotion yesterday, TVB decided to save their sexiness for a paying customer and instructed everyone to wear the promotional t-shirts. Bernice Liu, Shirley Yeung and Sharon had their swimsuits covered by their t-shirts most of the time and Shirley only appeared briefly in her swimsuit when she forgot to put her t-shirt on at the beginning.

Shirley and Bernice decided to stay on the poolside, saying that they could not swim and Shirley says: "They told us to wear the t-shirts, but it is all to promote the series." Although Sharon's bikini was of no use, she still put her all into the games in the water, but thanks to a push from Bosco Wong, she lost her balance and ended up sitting on Wong Chun Tong's face. She says: "I have to apologise to Brother Tong because he won't be able to gamble for a week after I have sat on him for so long!" As for the culprit Bosco, he smiles that he had to get a girl in the water to satisfy the media.

Having just returned from a show in Canada, Bernice indicates that after Yumiko Cheng's incident, the organisers have become very careful and warned her to make sure she was protected. "When I arrived, they immediately asked me if I had any underclothes on and told me that I had to put some one. So I wore trousers. When an Auntie put her hand out to pat me on the chest, the security team were immediately on alert."

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Miss Hong Kong Visit Jewellery Sponsors

The sixteen Miss Hong Kong contestants visited the jewellery sponsors to try on some diamonds yesterday, but the items they were given to wear varied between the girls. Number 2 Lily Ho and Number 1 Joey Mak modelled the most expensive and the least expensive items, valued at $1.28 million and $90,000 respectively. Joey said that this was down to the organisers to match their outfits, so she did not mind. As for Lily, she did not feel especially fortunate, saying: "Everyone looks beautiful with their jewels."

The girls voted for the "Contestant Most Suited to Wearing Jewellery" and Number 12 Nicole Lee won the vote and was presented with a set of jewellery worth $6000. She said happily: "I have never worked before, so I have never had a set of jewellery like this, so this is my first time and I will cherish this greatly."

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Leila Tong Pulls Gun on Simon Lo

Simon Lo and Leila Tong worked on the final dress rehearsal for their stage drama "Popcorn" earlier, where they share many passionate scenes, in which Leila, dressed in a sexy evening dress, would lean over Simon, play with a silk scarf, push up her rear and brush herself against him. The most daring scene is one where Simon tries to grab her breasts, but Leila pulls out a gun to stop him and then forces him to lick her toes.

As this show will be playing over a total of 12 performances from now until 14th, Leila and Simon will be kissing for all of the 12 shows: "There is no feeling, because we are very comfortable throughout the performance and when you are absorbed into the character, you will not care. (Are you not afraid of revealing yourself?) I have taken all the precautions." Asked if she is worried about her cursing in the show affecting her image? She says: "This is a new venture for me and those who like me will know what is real and what is not." With her stage debut being so risque, she says that she is very attracted to the storyline: "I really like the whole theatre process and working with such a big team is very happy. (Will you invite your rumoured boyfriend Wing to watch?) I haven't thought about it, I have left the invitations to my manager to arrange."

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Raymond Lam Surprised at No Rumours

Raymond Lam has always been a hit with the ladies and in new series "The Drive of Life", his character is split between the affections of Charmaine Sheh and Myolie Wu and although he is dumped by Charmaine in the end, he still has plenty of intimate scenes with her. Before filming, there was concern over rumours that would arise between him and the ladies, but in the end Myolie became linked with mainland's 'Daniel Wu' Feng Shao Feng and there was no sign of anything with Raymond. He laughs: "I am very surprised that nothing happened! Maybe because I have a scapegoat! That is good - haha!"

As for the suggestions that TVB has succumbed to 'veteran-mania', so the focus has been placed on Damian Lau and Michael Miu, Raymond says: "The show is being aired on CCTV and they had to provide the script in advance, so everything was confirmed before and the company will not set about changing things."

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Natalie Tong Matures in Age and Talent

In new series "The Green Grass of Home", Natalie Tong's diving scene is very memorable and you would never tell that she cannot swim! As for the praises that her acting has improved,she reveals that it was not "Green" that made her grow up after all: "Actually, my turning point was 'The Seventh Day', which is yet to be aired. Due to the storyline, I had to grow up and be more mature and I truly felt that the role was no longer just a young girl." Natalie took this newfound maturity to her character in "Green" and has shown everyone the improvement in her acting. She feels that her technique is now very different from before.

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Affected by Rumours Yoyo and Vin May be Kicked off "Best Selling Secrets"?

With the recent rumours surrounding Yoyo Chen and Vin Choi, there are reports that TVB has taken steps to protect their image by arranging for their characters to be written out of sitcom "Best Selling Secrets" as Yoyo's 'Kawaii' will be going to Japan and Vin's character will be sent to university abroad. Wayne Lai will be called into the cast on a full time basis to expand on a separate storyline and fill the void. In response to this, Yoyo's manager says: "We have not received notice of this yet."

The series has not pulled in the desired audiences since its release and with the effects of recent news, it seems that TVB will be ending the series at 120 episodes, 100 down on predecessor 'Welcome to the House'.

Alvina Kong was asked about these reports yesterday and she says: "Initial discussions with Catherine (Tsang - Producer) resulted in the show being provisionally 120 episodes, if they continue, then the company will let us know next month. As TVB is now filming in HD, then there are a lot of technical issues to deal with and I have not received any notice yet.(Are the rumoured couple being dropped?) I don't know, when there is no news, you say there is no news, but when there is news, then this might even raise the ratings!"

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Bobby Helps the Girls Out in Exchange for Food

Currently busy filming for "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind", Toby Leung has fully recovered from her earlier illness and is back on set, filming on location with Bobby and having a lot of fun.

In the show, Bobby and Toby play a couple and she has learned a lot from such an experienced veteran. However, the best thing is that there is always laughter on the set, saying it makes her feel healthier physically and mentally. Bobby is also full of praises for Toby, showing his admiration for her having to write phonetics in English all over her scripts, so when he can, he will help her out: "Angela Tong is the same, so when I help them and they become more relaxed, then I can eat whatever I want! But I daren't do that with the girls."

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[The Sun 06/07/07]

Bosco's Reputation Precedes Him - Vivien Keeps her Distance, Bernice says No Sparks

Vivien Yeo took part in the 'July Stars Birthdays' celebration yesterday and her wish for her 23rd birthday is not to have any rumours with Bosco Wong. "In the series 'War of In-Laws 2007', I have a romance with Bosco and Myolie is in the show too, so I don't want things to affect our relationship!"

For Bernice Liu, when she was filming for "Devil's Disciple" with Bosco, he openly picked up her lunch box for her and there were rumours of sparks between them. To this day, Bernice still finds this very funny: "It is very normal to help your colleague get lunch, there is nothing unusual. However, it is good publicity for the show."

It was not just rumours that she attracted whilst filming for "Devil's Disciple", but also the mosquitoes, leaving her with over a hundred bites all over her body that were red and swollen: "I was being bitten all the time and even after putting repellant on, it was useless. Even with my ancient costume on, the mosquitoes still found a way in and I cannot bear the itchiness. Every time I was bitten, I had to scratch and it was hard work."

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2007-07-04T23:22:00.000+01:00

[The Sun 05/07/07]

Tavia Yeung Cooks in the Rain

Tavia Yeung was promoting some home electricals at Ocean Park yesterday, when it suddenly started raining heavily and she had to rely on a member of the crew to help her hold her umbrella whilst she continued cooking. She was also worried about slipping on the stage, so she was very careful, saying afterwards: "This is the first time I have attended such an event in such heavy rain and I had to be very careful. It would be terrible to fall over at Ocean Park!" She also reveals that she is currently learning to cook so that she does not just have to depend on her looks to secure her future marriage and be able to win her man with her culinary skills too.

At another event, Shirley Yeung was promoting a shampoo product and she revealed that she will soon be taking part in promotional activity for "Devil's Disciple" at a swimming pool and asked if she would be wearing a bikini, she says: "I will wear a swimsuit, but I am still looking for it. The most important thing is to look healthy and be safe."

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[The Sun 05/07/07]

Kendra Wong and Joyce Ko Win Miss Hong Kong Beauty Sponsor Awards

The Miss Hong Kong finalists attended their "Whole Body Transformation Graduation" at Sa Sa Beauty + yesterday, where Number 15 Joyce Ko was presented with the "Image Improvement Star Award", for proving that she had not only improved her imae, but she also has a wonderful rapport with everyone. The award was voted for by the other contestants and with ten votes, she is highly tipped to win 'Miss Friendship'. Joyce is very touched to have the support from her fellow contestants. Number 14 Kendra Wong was awarded with "Perfect Intelligence Star".

Number 2 Lily Ho was asked if she had undergone treatment to reduce her bottom, but she said obediently: "I have only tried the famous facials here, but if I have the chance, I will try the slimming treatments." As for being photographed having a facial in the car, she says: "I have been very busy lately, so I had to make the most of my time and use the mask in my dad's car. I will not do it next time."

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[The Sun 05/07/07]

Tracy Ip is Prepared to Donate Kidney to Mother

There have been reports that Tracy Ip's mother is seriously ill and needs a kidney transplant and asked about this yesterday, Tracy did not talk about her mother's condition in detail, but was a little teary as she indicated she was prepared to donate a kidney to help her mother: "I just hope for a miracle to appear."

Working at TVB City yesterday, Tracy said with some tears in her eyes: "My mother found out about her condition over a month ago, I will not go into details, but I hope for a miracle to appear. (Are you planning to donate your kidney to her?) I do want to do this, but it depends on the test results and whether it is suitable for her. If it is a match, then I will do it. Although the doctor says that there is additional danger for the live donor and my mother is worried that the operation will leave a scar and will mean I am in hospital for several months, but I cannot bear for my mother to be in pain."

As for the suggestions that she has been 'selling her flesh' to raise money for her mother's medical fees, Tracy says that she had not discussed her mother's condition before and this is not related. As for the medical fees, Tracy says: "I do not know yet, but for my mother, I will do my best." Reports indicate that TVB plan to send Tracy to the Mainland to do some special reports related to the Olympics and she says she is happy that the company are giving her the opportunity, so she will do her homework and put her all into it. For the sake of her mother, she will work hard.

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2007-07-03T22:57:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 04/07/07]

"Young Four Constables" Costume Fitting

TVB Series "Young Four Constables" held its costume fitting yesterday, attended by three of the four constables - Sammul Chan, Raymond Lam and Kenneth Ma. The fourth, Ron Ng is currently filming in the mainland, so he could not take part. Other cast members present include Dominic Lam, Kate Tsui and Selena Li.

With four of TVB's leading males in the same show, is Sammul worried about comparisons being made? He smiles: "I am the trainee leading male, still in training, so I dare not compare myself with all these seniors!" As for the rumours he has had with Ron Ng, is he worried about the report? He laughs: "Don't be silly! We have worked together so many times, so there won't be any more rumours. (Maybe they will say you have new developments?) I will not appear downstairs from his apartment and will not go and eat with him. As colleagues, we will only meet when we are in a group."

Raymond will be appearing in a wheelchair for this series, being pushed around by two large men. Everyone is envious of him not having to fight in this show. Asked if he feels he has been spoilt by the company, he says: "Of course not, you can just say this is a new experience for me, but being unable to use movement will make it more challenging for my skills. Also, I am worried about getting haemorrhoids from sitting around all the time, so I will add a cushion to the chair." He also plans to lose a few pounds to make it easier for the two men who have to push him. Kenneth says that their characters are all very different, so there is no worry about them being compared. He is more worried about his fighting scenes because he has not filmed many fighting series and to avoid making a fool of himself, he will be taking kung fu classes.

Selena will be playing a female fighter in the show and in a change to her usually fragile roles, she will be playing an obstinate girl who has a romance with Kenneth. She says that this is a new experience for her. As for the show being filmed on location in Yunnan, she says she has already been there before whilst filming "Tai Chi Master" and as it was winter and very dry there at the time, she had to use some 'over-50's' moisture cream. She hopes it will be better this time filming in the autumn. Her weapon in the show will be the leather whip and to avoid injuring herself, she will be taking lessons from the martial arts master from next week.

Kate will be playing a female doctor in the show and paired with Raymond. Talking of Raymond often being linked in rumours with his co-stars, she smiles: "He does have a lot of rumours, but not with me. (Maybe this time it is your turn?) You don't need to hold back! (Do you have kiss scenes?) He is in a wheelchair, so it will be limiting."

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2007-07-02T21:58:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 03/07/07]

Myolie Wu Turns Jackie Chan in Tsimshatsui

Myolie Wu was filming yesterday in Tsimshatsui East behind the Science Museum for "War of In-Laws 2007", where she was dressed in a WPC uniform and in order to help a little girl rescue her doll, she turned into Jackie Chan and jumped over a trolley before jumping through a picture and then cartwheeling over a bicycle. However, all the stunts were done by a stunt double and Myolie just had to shoot a couple of close-up shots and some simple moves. As the weather was very hot, it was hard work for everyone.

Myolie's body double for the day was TVB's only female stuntperson, who started as a dancer, explaining her agility and fluidity. Myolie says: "When I see her, I am very happy because she makes the scene very beautiful when she is your double." Although Myolie's moves were not as dangerous or difficult as that of the stunt double, she was still sweating a lot after doing a few takes of her sliding on a board and in between takes, she pulled out a little fan to cool down and avoid her make-up melting. Asked if it is harder work than filming an ancient drama, she smiles: "They are both difficult. Take for example a scene earlier where I had to carry Liza Wang - when I returned home afterwards, I did not even have the strength to hold my toothbrush and brush my teeth. My muscles had become very stiff, so the action shots in the studio have been even harder."

Whilst waiting for her scene, Joyce Tang did a bit of window shopping in TST. In the show, she plays Liza's assistant and she admits she has been a little nervous about working with Liza for the first time, but it is very challenging. Asked if she has been scolded by Liza, she says: "No, if no-one does anything wrong then she will not scold anyone. We are very self-regulating. (Is Liza making food for you all to eat?) She actually takes us out to eat and also emails us photos that she has taken of us during filming."

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[Ta Kung Pao 03/07/07]

Nancy Wu Has No Awkwardness Meeting Deep's New Love

Nancy Wu was the guest at an eating competition yesterday, where Leung Si Ho was the MC. The contestants had to eat as many bowls of Char Siu Rice as they could within ten minutes and some of them made themselves sick. In the end, the reigning winner Johnny Wu kept his title, eating 12 and a half bowls of rice. Nancy herself is a big fan of Char Siu and Roast Goose.

Nancy attended the funeral of Deep Ng's mother earlier, but there were reports that she avoided her ex-boyfriend throughout the ceremony and acted like strangers. Nancy says that although she has split up with Deep, their relationship is not as bad as the reports make out and she does know the family quite well, so seeing his father so upset, she did offer words of comfort to Deep and telling him to 'hang on'. Nancy also met Deep's current girlfriend model Jacqueline Chong and when asked whether she felt awkward, she asked in reply: "Why would I feel awkward?"

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2007-07-02T00:06:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 02/07/07]

Charmaine Sheh Joins 10th Anniversary Celebrations

Charmaine Sheh was the guest judge at a children's art competition to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Hong Kong's Return, where she was joined by 39 people who were born in 1997, who were asked to draw their most beautiful cake to celebrate Hong Kong SAR's 10th Birthday.

Charmaine admired the children's talent and she indicated that she loves children and drawing and even won a certificate in a drawing competition when she was young, but she is too busy now to take up art. She does plan to learn brush calligraphy though because it is very calming and makes her feel very peaceful, giving her a space of her own. She says: "I don't have time at the moment, but I will definitely take it up."

Charmaine entered Miss Hong Kong in 1997 and says that this was a huge decision for her. She smiles: "At the time, my mother told me to enter, so I just did what she told me to. As for the biggest change over the last ten years, it is that a lot of people know me now and I have found a job that I truly love - acting. At the same time, my dreams have been fulfilled by the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, so I don't need to fly to another place for it and I feel very proud about this."

As for the next ten years, what wishes does Charmaine have? She says: "I hope that Hong Kong's economy will get even better and I will film more good series. (You love childre, will you have some of your own?) Children nowadays are very smart and you have to give them 100% love to reap rewards. You have to be by their side for them to grow up healthily, but I want to continue acting and not give up my wages for people to look after them, so I don't want to have kids just yet. (Have you planned when you want to have children?) You cannot plan these things, just as I hoped in the past to get married at 27 and have kids at 30, but the deadlines have passed and so I will leave the rest to fate. (What about a lightning marriage?) I feel that it is all in the plan and when it is time, I will enter the next phase of my life, but if I do meet this person, then it will be a happy thing."

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 02/07/07]

Bosco Wong Describes Rumours as 'Chaotic'

Bosco Wong, Selena Li and Macy Chan attended the "Hong Kong Return Cup Charity Football Fiesta" event yesterday, where they joined the public to watch the special match between Germany's Bayern Munich and Brazil's Sao Paolo. On the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China yesterday, Bosco was asked about the last ten years and he feels that he has had a great transformation. Although he had not entered the industry ten years ago and was still a student, the last seven years has brought him the chance to film a lot of series. In one year, he shot 150-160 episodes and even Kevin Cheng has said that is amazing.

Bosco admits that he has not stopped since entering showbiz and has not had a chance to take a vacation. Of course, his income has increased and his favourite series has been "War of In-Laws". However, Bosco's rumours in the last few years have also been interesting and he laughs that he can only describe it as 'chaotic'. He hopes that in the next ten years, there will be fewer rumours and only reports that are true. At the same time, he hopes that in the next ten years, he can buy a 1000 foot luxury home. He is still a little way off though as he has only saved enough for a 10% deposit so far.

Selena does not watch much football and preferred basketball when she was younger, but was once hit by a ball, which broke her nose, leaving her with a small dent in her nose. However, she will not have it fixed because she is afraid that it will not turn out right and she finds the process of surgery terrifying.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 02/07/07]

Fala Chen Watches Match for Handsome Footballers

Fala Chen and Kenneth Ma joined the public at a Tseung Kwan O shopping mall yesterday to watch the 10th Anniversary Football Fiesta. This is the first time that Fala has joined in with football commentary and as she is not very accustomed to the world of soccer, she just tagged along with the others. Fala says that when she lived abroadh, she liked to watch basketball rather than football. She feels that you have to be in a big group to watch football, but she does not know which team to support, so she just goes for the handsome footballers and her favourite is Beckham.

Kenneth is a huge football fan and has been tuning in since he was in Form 3, but he does not bet. With very little gossip, Kenneth has been rumoured recently to have fallen out with Kate Tsui during their filming for "Background Master" and not even acknowledging her birthday. Kenneth denies this and says that they do chat and laugh all the time. He smiles that he has had rumours with Kate before and laughs: "I have been courting her for a long time, but even after three series, I have not been successful." Asked if he is afraid of having his ears pulled, he immediately acted dumb and asked the reporters who would pull his ears.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 02/07/07]

Tavia Yeung Wants Football Fan Boyfriend

Tavia Yeung was joined by Matthew Ko at a Shopping Mall event for the Football Fiesta, but it turns out that they are both outsiders when it comes to football. Matthew says he has only just started watching football in the last couple of years.

Tavia indicates that she does like to join her friends to watch football matches, but just for the company. She likes to watch the handsome footballers such as Beckham, but as she always has a lot of questions about the match, her friends find her tiresome and she has to wait until after the match to ask. Therefore, she hopes to find a boyfriend who is knowledgeable about football. Does her boyfriend like football? Tavia just laughs that her male friends like to watch football. As for her own interests, she likes to play badminton and volleyball, but when she used to play, she just wanted to get close to her senior male classmates. However, nothing came of it apart from a signature in her yearbook.

Matthew liked to watch basketball when he was in Canada and only started watching soccer when he arrived in Hong Kong. He has been busy filming recently for "Background Master", where he has a bed scene with Kenneth Ma, who goes on to touch his chest. He laughs that his 'first time' has been given to Kenneth, but fortunately he was not too embarrassed because they have become good friends from this series. He also reveals that he will be taking part in a dance show for Hunan Television shortly, so he has been busy rehearsing his latin dance.

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/07/07]

Shirley Yeung is Not Really a Football Fan

Shirley Yeung and Patrick Tang were the celebrity guests who joined the public at Ma On Shan to watch the match for yesterday's Football Fiesta marking Hong Kong SAR's 10th Anniversary. Shirley does not watch much football, but will tune into the World Cup once every four years.

Shirley knows that there are a lot of girls nowadays who like to watch football, but she is not too interested. However, she does like Beckham and Owen because they are handsome and stylish. She has a deep impression of Zidane and misses him after his retirement. Asked if she bets on games, she says she does not. Her father is not really a football fan either and does not watch every match. Will she watch it with her boyfriend? Shirley says: "I don't know, ask him!"

Shirley has accepted a role in a movie where she has to dance and she is currently taking lessons from Chow Chi Kwan. Shirley hopes that after completion of her lessons, she will have more chances to dance. Asked if she is worried about close contact when dancing, Shirley says that when you are dancing you do not think too much and just want to perform to your best and look your best. Of course you have to have a good chemistry with your partner.

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/07/07]

Suki Chui Joins Celebrations with Acrobats

Suki Chui took part in a celebratory event yesterday where she was joined by some acrobats and attracted quite an audience. As well as learning some of the skills, Suki also performed a song in public for the first time and says that she woke up early to prepare her voice. Asked if she was confident about her singing, she smiled: "I will do my best."

Suki says that doing the acrobatics was not easy and she hopes to try flying through the air one day. She says: "I like the feeling of swinging and flying." Wearing a strappy dress at the event, Suki was wary of Yumiko Cheng's earlier accident and has taken safety precautions, covering herself with tape.

Suki also took part in an event in Taipo earlier and watched fireworks for the first time. She was very pleased that the public are starting to recognise her. She says: "The atmosphere was very good and this is the first time I have watched fireworks in person and smelt the gunpowder. The happiest thing was for people to call me by my character name in 'The Green Grass of Home' - Yoyo. I never imagined that the power of series was so great."

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2007-06-30T01:18:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 30/06/07]

Yoyo Chen and Vin Choi Maintain Silence

There were earlier reports about a female artiste who had semi-naked videos shot by her boyfriend on a mobile phone, which was subsequently lost. This was found by a construction worker who went on to blackmail the stars. The criminal was later brought to justice and the matter put to rest, but the clip has found its way onto the internet recently and there are suggestions that the woman in the clip is Yoyo Chen.

Yoyo was working at TVB City yesterday filming for "Best Selling Secrets" and when she was approached by the press, she immediately rushed into the studio. She was rather shocked when the reporters rushed around her to take photographs and panicked a little as she searched her bag for something. Asked if she had seen the clip in question, she did not respond. As the reporters pushed her to reply, she just smiled and shook her head before the crew stepped in to usher the press away.

Not long afterwards, Yoyo's rumoured boyfriend Vin Choi also entered the studio and when he saw the press, he just smiled at them. He did not stop for photos and went straight into the studio. Asked if he had seen the clip, he did not reply.

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[Ta Kung Pao 30/06/07]

Chin Ka Lok is a Gentleman and Warns Leanne Li to Take Precautions - Byron Pang Explains Friendship with Bowie

After being party to Yumiko Cheng's earlier exposure incident at last year's Tung Wah Charity Show, Chin Ka Lok had promised at one point that if she could not find a husband as a result, then he would marry her. After her recent incident of exposure again, Ka Lok was asked whether he would keep his promise to marry her. He laughed: "You can't put this one down to me! (Everyone is worried that no-one will want her?) Don't be silly, of course someone will want a pretty girl like her. Don't curse her in this way, it is a lot of pressure for girls in her position."

Has he comforted her? Ka Lok admits he has not called Yumiko to avoid disturbing her, but he did send her a text message, urging her to keep looking forward, no matter what happens. He adds: "She has had good development, taking lead roles in series and releasing albums. I hope that this will quickly blow over and she focuses on her career in the next few years. I hope people will not be like last time and stand on her when she is down.(Many people are wondering how she managed to do it twice in six months.) You can have more than one car crash! I feel sorry for her because even men get embarrassed when they split their pants!" Asked if he is prepared to marry her, Ka Lok says that his original pledge was just to make her feel better and it is not that she is unwanted at this moment, so there is no reason for him to do this right now.

Ka Lok was demonstrating Thai Boxing yesterday with Leanne Li and when Leanne did a high kick, he checked with her that she had underclothes on. Afterwards, he laughed: "I am a gentleman. I can't look on and watch her expose herself." He seems to have put on weight recently, has he found himself a new love? He explains: "The girl in the magazines is my student brother's wife. My weight gain is from eating too much when I was filming in Malaysia."

Ka Lok and Leanne were among the celebrities that joined together at an event to announce the collaboration between TVB, Shaolin Cultural Media Company and Shenzhen Broadcasting Film and Television Group to hold the '2007 Chinese Martial Arts TV Star Contest', which will attract contestants from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Among the other stars present were Ka Lok's co-host Sharon Luk, Gordon Liu, Byron Pang and Aimee Chan.

Byron was asked about the earlier rumours that linked him with Bowie Lam and he explains that he has known Bowie for about nine months and they are friends and colleagues. As Bowie cared greatly for his mother and Byron happened to be free at that time, he offered his assistance to make sure everything was fine at the funeral. He says: "Rachel Kan was also there, but the reporters only photographed me and then made up the story. (Are you worried about people mistaking your sexual orientation?) The magazines can write what they like, I did have a girlfriend before, but she left me for someone else. (Is Bowie gay?) Of course not. (How do you know?) You know after you get to know him. (Have you seen his girlfriend?) I daren't say this, maybe you have not photographed him with a girlfriend and this adds to the mystery of his preferences."

Asked if he has a girlfriend now, Byron smiles: "Even if I did, I would hide her away." He insists that he likes women and has no plans to change, but he does not know what may happen in the future. He syas that he has met a lot of gay friends after entering the industry and some people have even propositioned him since the news broke about him and Bowie. As for suggestions he is using this to gain popularity, he says that this may be because his personality is too warm.

Aimee seemed to be in her element when she demonstrated swordplay and she reveals that she has learned martial arts from a young age and after coming to Hong Kong, she has taken lessons in swordplay and wushu. Although she often has injuries and broken nails, she loves the sport and will not give up. As for Sharon who hailed from the same Miss Hong Kong year as Tracy Ip, she was asked about Tracy's recent rumours about breast enhancement and she says: "I did not share a room with her at the contest. I have not looked at her naked before. She has said she has been wearing wonderbras and keeping fit, so there will be a difference."

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[Ta Kung Pao 30/06/07]

Nancy, Joey and Linda Promote "Heavenly In-Laws

TVB's new series "Heavenly In-Laws" held a promotional event at a Tseung Kwan O shopping mall yesterday, attended by Nancy Sit, Joey Leung, Linda Chung, Yuen Wah, Wong Cho Lam, Joel Chan and Winnie Yeung. This series will begin airing on TVB's Pay Vision and there are suggestions that the reason why this show has been relegated to the paid service is all down to Joey's bad behaviour. During the games, Joey was 'punished' by the female stars for being a 'bad man', but he did not mind at all, saying it was all just publicity, eagerly trying to sweeten up the company.

Since the earlier 'shaking car incident', Joey's career has taken a sharp dive and he has been relegated to presenting shows on the Mandarin channel TVB8. As for him preventing the series from being aired on the mainstream channels, he says: "This is promotion, so whatever I say I will treat as a promotional tactic. You can ask me and then ask Nancy and then we successfully make the news on two days!" Does he feel a shame that this show will only be seen on Pay Vision? He asks in return: "Why is it a shame? (Lower audience numbers?) You can't see it that way. (Will you reflect this to the company?) As an artiste, I will just do my own job."

The earlier release of the show in the Mainland was a success and this has brought Joey some opportunities for stage appearances. Talking of the reports that ex-girlfriend Margaret Chung already has another boyfriend, he says that they are still good friends and keep in touch. He feels that to find another man is a personal thing and he will just focus on his work. He says: "It is not really worth mentioning and spending so much time on." He says that his own lovelife is a blank page. Does he want a happy family like Hacken Lee? He says that everyone wants it, but he will put his work first. As for suggestions that TVB are looking after him by allowing him a cooling-off period, he is very tactful and says: "TVB looks after everyone and is a very helpful company." As for the tricks played on him at this event, he says he is very open-minded and will just do his own job.

Nancy on the other hand is a little disappointed that the show has been sent over to Pay Vision, because it has been popular in other places. She did reflect this to TVB General Manager Stephen Chan and executive Tommy Leung, who have said that the show will air on Jade sometime. Does she feel that Joey has spoilt it for everyone? She says: "It shouldn't be his fault. The audience know how to separate this and will just watch the show."

As for the earlier clips of a semi-naked celebrity being posted on the internet and alleged to be Yoyo Chen, Nancy says she does not know who Yoyo is, but finds this very despicable to put the clip on the net. She says: "I don't know what the relationship was like, but I would urge all girls not to film these scenes even in the height of passion because if you are careless, then things will happen." She smiles that when she went to the toilet once, her daughter immediately started filming her with her new phone. When she noticed, she immediately demanded that the clip was deleted. She hopes that the person in the clip is not Yoyo and that in this modern world, then although men would love to have the clips, women have to learn to say no. "I have taught my daughter how to say now, because it is easy to say yes, but hard to say no."

Cho Lam and Yoyo have been working together in "Best Selling Secrets", but he says he does not know about the incident and he cannot be sure she is the person in the clip, so he dare not say anything. As a colleague, he will be concerned for her. Would he ask his girlfriend to make these videos? He says: "Of course not and Yoyo is a good girl. (Is her boyfriend bad though?) I have heard her say that she has a boyfriend."

Linda indicates that she would never make these clips with her boyfriend and the most they will do is pose for photos with their arms over each other's shoulders. She is also unhappy for the people involved and hopes they will be more careful. She says that she will not even allow people to fix her computer. Joel smiles that he would never be so perverse towards his girlfriend and he feels that these things do not need to be kept anywhere other than in your memories. He hopes that everyone will be okay.

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2007-06-28T22:23:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 29/06/07]

Tavia Yeung Stars Alongside her Idol Alex Fong Chung Shun

Tavia Yeung, Alex Fong Chung Shun and Christine Ng attended the costume fitting for new series "Building Romantic Days" yesterday, where Alex plays an architect and has romances with the two ladies.

It has been three years since Alex took part in a TVB series and when he drove into TVB City, he went the wrong way and was fined $100 because his parking permit had expired. he says: "I am alright filming on location, but studio shots will be difficult when there are three cameras honed in on you. It has been a long time since I filmed in a studio and I am worried I will not be used to it." Tavia is in awe of Alex he laughs that this girl will go far because she respects her elders.

Tavia will have a romantic lead with Alex and she says: "I have always liked him and often watch his films. I think he is so cool and handsome, so I am afraid I will be blushing when I am filming with my idol." Christine has put on 10 lbs for her role and she explains that she wants to look a little rounder to make her seem more lovable. Asked how her weight gain is coming along, she says: "I will be heading out to London and Paris soon, so when I am happy I can eat more. However, I have been doing a lot of yoga earlier to lose weight, so this will be a waste of my efforts." Christine says her family and her husband have always been saying she is too thin, so they are very pleased she is putting on some weight.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 29/06/07]

"The Drive of Life" Premiere Party

TVB and CCTV joint venture to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong to Chinese Rule in the form of 60 episode series "The Drive of Life" will begin airing in China tomorrow and in Hong Kong on 16th July. To mark the occasion, TVB held a special world premiere event at a Wanchai Hotel yesterday, attended by Vice-Director of the Central Government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong Mr Li Gang, CCTV Controller Mr Zhao Huayong and TVB Deputy Managing Director Chan Ching Cheung for a lighting up ceremony. This is the first time such an event has been held at the Grand Hyatt and cast members present included Charmaine Sheh, Jessica Hsuan, Myolie Wu, Sheren Tang, Damian Lau, Michael Miu and Raymond Lam.

After the earlier outcry over the 'One Show Contracts' offered to veteran actors, TVB has recognised the value of its supporting artistes during the production of "Drive" and Benz Hui and Felix Lok were invited to share their thoughts at yesterday's event together with Damian, Charmaine and Jessica. On the stage, Benz said: "Usually when I hear other people sing TVB's praises, it sounds awkward, but now it is my turn and I am very thankful to TVB for this opportunity to film. I was approached by other producers before, but Ms Lok refused me and I had to take out a loan to get by! I am already quite famous in the mainland, thanks to TVB series and to be watched this time by over 1 billion people, then you can call me 'Billion Benz' in the future." After saying this, everyone applauded him on stage and afterwards he explained that he was just speaking his mind and not intentionally having a dig at Ms Lok. He was just telling the truth and the reason he was not allowed to film was that he had exceeded his quota.

There are reports that the mainland version of the series was not allowed to be aired on the 1st July anniversary because certain scenes were not deleted, but producer Tommy Leung denies this, saying: "The mainland companies had a part in the production of this series, so they have a different view on things. Our target was always for 60 episodes, but this will be 58 episodes for the mainland because their schedules are different. (So are there deletions?) Of course there are some intimate scenes and some darker scenes that have been subject to agreement."

Charmaine wore a sponsored designer outfit by Giorgio Armani to the event, but the sequinned dress was very heavy and she was asked if she was worried that she might suffer the same fate as Yumiko Cheng. She says: "I have been breathing in to keep it up and there will not be any large movements at the event. (Have you used tape?) The dress is very heavy, so it is no use. (Yumiko did not wear any underclothes?) Maybe thanks to being in Miss Hong Kong, so I make sure there is plenty of underclothing, but accidents cannot be foreseen." Afterwards, when the artistes were on stage for the toast, Mr Cheung, the president of A-Fontane, one of the show's sponsors stepped up and stood right next to Charmaine, leaving her a little embarrassed. Fortunately Jessica and Raymond moved aside, allowing her to step backwards. Asked if she felt awkward, she said: "It was fine. I do know him and we have worked together for a while. All the executives were in the front row, so I stepped backwards. (Mainland actor Zhao Ke still stood in the front row?) I don't know, but Jessica and Raymond called me, so I stepped backwards."

Sheren wore a chipao for the event and she smiled: "I am quite alternative and I do love Chinese goods. I am tying in with the theme of the handover." Sheren says that a person's value is not in their outfit and although her dress only cost a few hundred dollars, the quality of the material and the cut is good. There have been rumours that during filming of "Drive", Myolie has been linked with mainland actor Feng Shao Feng, but they were happy to be photographed together at yesterday's event. Myolie laughs: "He called me after he found out about the reports and I told him to read it like a story, but he is not used to the reporting methods in Hong Kong. There is nothing really because it is not true. (Are you going to be a host for his visit?) No, I have to film and I don't want to be on the cover of magazines!" Myolie was more excited when asked about her kissing scenes with Bosco Wong and she said: "Fortunately I know him quite well, otherwise it would have been awkward. (Do the scenes get more passionate?) Plenty, but the scripts are very sparse, so we have to wait for the details. I am mentally prepared though and I will not mind."

As for reports that due to the hype of the show, much of the scenes rest with the veteran actors, Raymond says: "I don't think this is the case, because we have been working with CCTV and a lot of things have been arranged beforehand and cannot be changed at the last minute. As they were not aware of the changes in the mainland, then everything had to be done to plan."

Toby Leung has been rumoured to have been a diva on the set of her new series "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind" demanding special treatment. She denies this and says that she had to change her hairstyle in that scene, so there were a lot of people helping her. As for the comments that she is only getting opportunities because of her father, she says this is hard to respond to, but she hopes people will see her acting for what it is. She did used to be affected by what people said when she first entered the industry, but she has put this behind her now and she will not talk work with her father at home.

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[The Sun 29/06/07]

Bernice Cannot Evade Artist's Hands

Bernice Liu took part in the opening event of an exhibition of art by modern artist Burton Morris at Kowloon Tong's Festival Walk yesterday, attended by the artist himself. During the show, they fed each other popcorn and he led Bernice off the stage to show him his artwork. He seemed rather enamoured by Bernice as he placed his hand around her waist. Asked if she felt he had his hand around her waist too much, Bernice says: "No, he just touched me. I am happy to have the chance to meet him because he is quite famous overseas and he says he will give me one of his works. I never thought he would be so friendly."

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2007-06-27T22:02:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 28/06/07]

Michelle Yim Met by Reporters on Return to Hong Kong

Michelle Yim fainted after suffering from altitude sickness whilst filming an ad in the highlands of Lhasa earlier. She returned to Hong Kong from Tibet yesterday and was accompanied by her sponsors as she left the gate. Although her sponsors had sent a press call out for the media to meet her at the airport, the staff with her would not let the reporters near, saying she had to rush to the hospital for a check up.

In the end, it was Michelle herself to agreed to speak to the press for a while. She says she is fine now and is just feeling a little vertigo. She says that the place where they were filming was a few hours drive from Lhasa at an altitude of over 4000m above sea level and the weather was very changeable, going from sunny to windy very quickly and even raining and snowing. On the second day of filming, she had a headache. Maybe because she had to run about for the shoot and look very excited and happy, she felt faint after running up a slope and was gasping very badly. Afterwards, she went to hospital for oxygen treatment.

Michelle says that this is not the first time she suffered from altitude sickness, so she knew that she would be fine after some rest and the hospital confirmed this. In an earlier trip to Tibet, Michelle's reactions were even worse when she was vomiting, so this was actually much better than last time. She says: "It is very common to suffer from altitude sickness in Tibet and it is no big deal. I do not want to put people off going there as long as you are prepared then it is fine." Asked if she will go there again, Michelle says she will because it is a very beautiful place. She also says that she was not unconscious at any point and she just felt dizzy.

When the reporters suggested that Wan Chi Keung would not let ger go, Michelle smiled: "Maybe I should listen to him." She has completed the filming for the ad, but there are comments that the sponsors are using her incident as free publicity, contacting the press to meet her at the airport and presenting her with flowers. Michelle says that there were reporters there too, but she did not know that there had been a formal press call.

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[The Sun 28/06/07]

Erica Yuen Denies Blog Entry Aimed at Tracy Ip

Celebrity blogger Erica Yuen wrote an entry earlier about cosmetic surgery and dinner with rich guys and it was suggested that this was aimed towards Tracy Ip's recent reports. Taking part in an event yesterday with Charmaine Li and Wong Yi Hing, Erica protested her innocence and explained that she was just debating the recent news topic and warning girls in Hong Kong not to be so naive. She did not mean for it to be directed at anyone. "My EQ is low, so I am afraid of being labelled as a gossip. I will be more careful with what I write in the future."

As for the the recent rumours that Stephen Huynh was looking suggestively at Yi Hing during another recent event, Yi Hing said with a little embarrassment that of course you will look at each other if you are working together and he is not interested in Stephen's sexual orientation.

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2007-06-26T22:15:00.001+01:00

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[The Sun 27/06/07]

Michelle Yim Suffers Altitude Sickness

Michelle Yim was filming an ad in highlands of Lhasa in Tibet earlier, reaching altitudes of over 3,600 metres, but she succumbed to altitude sickness and fell unconscious at one point when she was rushed to hospital. Fortunately she is fine after waking up and will be returning to Hong Kong for further checks today. Her boyfriend Wan Chi Keung indicated that Michelle was not in contact after the incident, but he finally heard from her saying she was safe and was very relieved: "The doctor says she is fine after receiving oxygen."

Wan Chi Keung reveals that Michelle was not feeling well even before she set off and he had suggested that she did not go, but she insisted on joining the crew. He says: "I will not let her go in the future." He was originally planning to go with her, but after suffering from cancer, his defences are weak and the doctor had warned him not to go and so he stayed in Hong Kong.

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[The Sun 27/06/07]

Fala Chen Has No Fear of Altitude Sickness in Lhasa

Fala Chen and Kathy Chow were among the celebrities at a press event for new travel show yesterday and talking of Michelle Yim's reports of suffering from altitude sickness in Lhasa, Fala says tha her mother had a similar experience: "She is fine. The first time you go, you will feel that way and when my mother went a couple of years ago, she felt faint as soon as she stepped off the plain and it is a very common occurrence. I will call her [Michelle] later to see how she is."

Fala and Kathy both say that they would like to visit Lhasa and Fala says obediently that when she joins the TVB shoot for the rail journey then they will make good arrangements.

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2007-06-26T20:38:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 27/06/07]

Nurse Bernice Promotes Digital Doctor

Bernice Liu was at a promotion for the Digital Doctor yesterday where she appeared as an OL and as a nurse to introduce the services of the digital multimedia health service. Yumiko Cheng's wardrobe malfunction affair in Canada has become the recent talk of the town and as Bernice has just returned from a show in Canada, she was asked about the incident. She says that each time she performs, then she will make sure that she has taken all precautions and when she was taking part in beauty contests, the minders had warned her about having underclothes. However, sometimes these things are unavoidable and as a dancer herself, Bernice knows that sometimes when the actions are big, then she will make sure she has an extra strap on her dress to make sure that it does not fall or maybe have a dress underneath. She smiles that she only learned about nipple tape after entering showbiz.

Bernice joined several TVB artistes at the recording of "The Same Song" earlier, but was accused of lip synching. She explains that everyone else was the same that night, maybe because the company was worried about them not singing their own songs and therefore the results not being as good. As for her Mandarin being mocked by Eric Tsang, she says that she will work hard at improving her Cantonese and Mandarin and she feels that Eric speaks Mandarin too fast and she has to listen hard to understand, but she does not mind being joked about as long as everyone is happy as they watch.

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[Ta Kung Pao 27/06/07]

Byron Pang Turns Arrogant When Quizzed about Bowie Lam

Kwong Wa, Candy Law, Catherine Hung, Selena Li, Cindy Au, Ben Wong and Byron Pang attended the press conference for forthcoming gospel movie "Really in Love?" and former Mr Hong Kong contestant Byron was asked about reports of his appearance at the funeral of Bowie Lam's mother, where he was helping out almost like part of the family. When approached by a reporter, he immediately asked abruptly: "Who are you? Which paper are you from?" When the reporter replied, he then asked: "What are you talking about? (The reports about your relationship to Bowie?) I am in a hurry and busy, I will reply to you on Friday!" At this point, the PR staff stepped forward to stop any further questions and Byron left hurriedly with his manager. It seems the Byron has a lot to learn about how to handle other people from his senior Ben.

The cast and crew for this movie are all Christians, but Selena says she has not been baptised yet. "In this industry it is easy to become misguided and I do not have many friends in Hong Kong so to avoid developing depression, I hope to find a way out through religion. (Have you been lost before?) Yes! At the time, I did not have work and was worried about my future, luckily the company were very good tome and I feel I am quite lucky, so I am thankful to the company. (Do you go to church with your good friend Patrick Tang?) I have invited my friends to church with me, but he is not a Christian."

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2007-06-25T23:17:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 26/06/07]

Lily Ho Wins Tourism Ambassador Award

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants have completed their filming in Panyu and returned to Hong Kong yesterday. At the evening event earlier, the winner of the "Tourism Ambassador Award" was announced, where last year's winner Suki Chui was one of the judges. The award was finally won by hot favourite Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee.

The competition on the evening was split into two parts. Firstly they had to use the different animals from the Panyu Animal Park to introduce the gourmet food of Hong Kong. Then there was a talent contest. Among the acts were singing, dance, playing the Chinese zither and painting and the families of many of the girls were there to offer their support. Lily's item was playing the Chinese zither and when she stepped onto the stage, she was looking around for her parents and she was elated when she spotted them. She did not let them down when she went on to win the award and the $50,000 prize money. Afterwards she said happily: "When I saw them it gave me a boost of confidence. (How will you celebrate?) We will go and eat. (Are you not afraid of getting fat?) Eating healthily should not be a problem." She says that she has been learning to play the zither since she was young. As for Suki's comments that she will get into the top three, is Lily confident? She says that everyone is very good and outstanding, so she does not think she stands a large chance.

Suki has had her eye on Lily from the start and she was right about her on this award. Suki says: "I did give her a very high score and I think she will get into the top three. (Is it because her news volume is high like yours last year?) I feel she is very friendly and is ok all round. She is still very young, but faces pressure very well. (She has been nicknamed as 'Luxury Butt'?) When girls are 18, they will change and she will be different next year. (Even bigger?) No, she will get fitter and fitter." As for reports that Number 3 Kayi Cheung was crying after losing out, she explained that she was uncomfortable under the spotlights and she felt that Lily was very good on the zither, because it is not easy. She says: "I have to practice my Chinese, because I felt that my performance was very poor." Number 14 Candice Chiu Ka Dik was still happy despite not winning because her performance was quite good, but her mother could not come to support her because she is still abroad. She adds that she is used to thinking in English, so she often makes grammatical mistakes when she speaks and she will work hard on improving her Chinese.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/26/UL-756506.htm

[The Sun 26/06/07]

No NG's for Bosco and Myolie in Kissing and Hugging Scene

Myolie Wu and Bosco Wong have been busy filming recently for "War of In-Laws 2007", where they play a husband and wife again. Earlier they were filming beside Shatin's Shing Mun River in a scene that tells of them sharing a natural kiss after an intimate hug. Before filming, Bosco laughed that he should eat durian before he kissed Myolie, but when it came down to the filming, Myolie pressed her body close to his asnd they seemed very comfortable as they completed the scene in one take.

Afterwards, they both said that they know each other too well now, so there is no awkwardness during filming. Myolie says: "After so many series, I have kissed a lot of co-stars and the one I remember the most is kissing with Raymond Lam because he had been for a hotpot the night before and still had a strong smell about him the day after when we were filming."

When the reporters contacted producer Cheung Kin Man yesterday, he said at first that the kiss scene was added at the last minute, but when Myolie was contacted to confirm this, she immediately explained: "The scene was there from the start and even before they changed the script on the night. I did not ask for it - as an artiste, I would not ask for the script to be changed. I just follow what I am told, I will find out about this from the producer." Afterwards, then the producer was contacted again, he had changed his story, saying: "It turns out that the scene was there from the start and it was not added in at the last minute."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070626/20070625232356_0000.html

[Ta Kung Pao 25/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Water Park Shoot & Joey Mak's Sudden Bust Growth Under Scrutiny

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants were filming in Panyu's Changlong Water Park yesterday, where they played among the water jets and waterfalls in their bikinis. The focus of the press rested with Number 1 Joey Mak Ho Yee, whose chest appeared to have grown somewhat since the last shoot, raising suspicions that she was wearing bra pads. Asked about this, she explained that it was just a different cutting of the bikini top. To avoid revealing themselves, all the girls were careful to protect their swimwear with their arms during the waterspout shoots. As the girls posed on the steps leading to the pool, Joey and Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee were caught out by the regular jets of water and after a good soaking had to have their hair and make up done again by the staff. However, when Number 8 Janis Leung Wing Sze was caught out, no-one appeared to come to her aid and she was left on her own.

When the press asked Joey if she was wearing a nu-bra underneath the swimsuit, she refused to reply and avoided the question. Lily supported her friend and said that her figure has always been good, but the last swimsuit did not show this off. She says she does not feel that there are any tricks. Lily indicated that being caught in the waterspouts was good fun.

As for Janis, who was left on her own, she smiled: "You are too sensitive, they were shooting first, so the crew were more concerned about them." She does not mind being ignored, but she did admit that when she was drenched, she was worried about her swimsuit being washed away and she felt uncomfortable when the water was in her eyes. Number 12 Nicole Lee Kit Ying had to climb onto a rubber ring to go down a water slide, but she took care to protect her chest all the way down. She says she did not want to expose herself and as for Joey's sudden change in cup size, she smiles: "I am not a man, so I will not take notice of other people's breast sizes!"

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/25/UL-756006.htm

[The Sun 24/06/07]

Selena Li Suffered Food Poisoning Bursting Blood Vessels from Vomiting

Natalie Tong, Selena Li and Cha Cha Chan took part in a cooking sauce promotion yesterday and showed off their cookery skills. Asked if Patrick Tang has tried her cooking, Selena says: "A lot of people have tried it, even Lai Lok Yi has tried it and I think it is okay! (Are you a good wife?) People say I will be a good wife, but I don't know if I will be." She says that when she was cooking some broccoli earlier, she did not wash it well enough and fell ill with food poisoning, which left her vomiting over thirty times: "I was sick so much that some of the blood vessels in my face had burst and even after injections, I was still sick. Now I have developed a fear of broccoli and I feel sick just seeing it." Natalie also showed off her cooking yesterday and she has been learning to cook from a chef. With a part in the forthcoming film with Alex Fong and Charlene Choi about swimming, Natalie says that she actually cannot swim, so she is quite scared, but after having to film in series jumping into the sea, she has decided to learn to swim and she has found herself a personal coach.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070624/20070623234057_0000.html

[The Sun 24/06/07]

Raymond Lam Says Filming Ancient Series in Summer is like High Temperature Yoga

Claiming to be more afraid of the heat than of the cold, Raymond Lam appeared at a yoga promotion yesterday and indicated that he cannot do the high temperature yoga, but he will be joining Ron Ng, Kenneth Ma and Sammul Chan to film an ancient costume series next month, where he has to sit in a wheelchair and play a cripple. No wonder he laughs: "It will be like doing high temperature yoga in the studio." After fainting during an IFC stair run in the past, is he worried about suffering from heat stroke? He protests: "That time it was lack of oxygen and not heat stroke. My health has improved a lot now and if it is hot, I will just drink more water."

As for his good friend Ron Ng being 'exiled' to the mainland, Raymond says: "There is money to be made in the mainland, so of course it is a good job! He has been working non-stop and will soon be back here to film. As a TV star, you have to fight for every opportunity to get onto the screen and I have filmed in the mainland too."

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[The Sun 23/06/07]

Kayi Cheung Wins Vitality Ambassador Award - Miss HK Contestants Bake in 40 Degree Heat

The Miss Hong Kong contestants continued their tour of Zhaoqing yesterday as they filmed in a lavender field, baking in the 40 degree heat and feeding the local mosquitoes. Even before arrival, Number 1 Joey Mak Ho Yee was already complaining of being unwell and was given special treatment as she was allowed to rest and was sheltered with an umbrella as she went around. However she did not look unwell and explained that after her fall on the Great Wall, she has been cutting out tofu and egg from her diet, so this has left her quite weak. She is not worried about this being taken as attention seeking.

Asked if they found this particular shoot hard work, Number 7 Lorretta Chow Mei Yan and Number 14 Candice Chiu Ka Dik both said it was not too hard. As for the mosquito bites, Candice says: "The spiders in Australia are even bigger, so small insects are no big deal! I am quite brave and playful." Also, the contestants voted for their 'Vitality Ambassador' and the first award of the contest was won by Number 3 Kayi Cheung. She says she is confident of winning a crown and it was revealed that hot favourites Number 2 Lily Ho and Joey did not receive any votes at all.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070623/20070622232839_0000.html

2007-06-21T23:40:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 22/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Outdoor Event Fills Janis Leung with Fear & Further Injury for Joey Mak

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants were in Zhaoqing yesterday filming some difficult outdoor activities climbing and sliding between the rocks and then riding the river rapids in rafts.

Although the girls were kitted out with safety gear, when Number 8 Janis Leung Wing Sze was attached to the first rope for rock-climbing, she suddenly went pale and called out: "I am not doing it, I am very scared!" Afterwards she explained that she is scared of heights and she has never gone on any roller coaster rides in her life and when she looked down from above, she had already felt uncomfortable and frightened. Asked if she is worried about this affecting her chances in the contest, she said: "There is nothing I can do, I am not brave enough to do it."

As for Number 1 Joey Mak Ho Yee who had injured herself earlier, she indicates that her injuries have recovered mostly, but she will be more careful in the future. However, she met with more trouble when the raft that she was riding in with Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee suddenly capsized and in the water she complained about the pain after knocking her existing injury. As for her being rather accident-prone, is she worried about being accused of stealing the limelight? She says: "I hope not, I do not want to get hurt." Lily is glad that she was not injured and says that she does like exciting activities, so she wants to go and do the climb again. Although she can swim, she was still very frightened when she fell in the water: "I did not know how deep the water was and when the raft knocked into me, I could barely breathe. (Will this leave a bad memory?) No, it was good fun."

Daughter of veteran actress Leung Siu Ling, Number 14 Candice Chiu Ka Dik says she likes outdoor activities, but her mother would not let her take part in them, so she could only try them after she went to Australia to study. Asked if her mother knows about her taking part in these activities, she says that her mother has come back to Hong Kong and does know, but she did not scold her and just told her to get more rest because she has become a little hoarse recently.

At one point, there was some dissatisfaction from the local tourists as they complained about the filming getting in the way of their enjoyment.

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[Ta Kung Pao 22/06/07]

Michael is Gracious, Charmaine is Embarrassed

As company spokesmodel, Charmaine Sheh took part in a promotional event yesterday for HK Health Check, along with guests Michael Miu, Eunis Chan, Wong Yi Hing and Karl Ng, who were all presented with Black Card memberships worth $100,000.

After their rumours whilst filming together, Charmaine seemed a little unnatural when asked to pose with Michael, but Michael was very gracious and even put his hand on her shoulder, laughing: "Don't say that we did not want to be photographed together!" Afterwards, Charmaine denied being embarrassed and says that Michael has a wife, so she does not want any more rumours. So did she help Michael get the job yesterday? Charmaine denies that she introduced him to the company and says that her reports with him are not gossip, just jokes. Charmaine says that she will do a body check once a year nad hopes that her membership will also benefit her family.

Michael seemed relaxed whilst talking about the rumours and smiles as he explains: "It turns out that Charmaine has a friend who is also called 'Sam Gor' [Michael's Nickname], so this led to a misunderstanding. In reality, I only every buy flowers for my wife and will never give them to any other women." Michael laughs that it doesn't matter what the magazines write as long as it is entertaining, but to do things that are detrimental to others is not a good thing. As for Charmaine revealing that he has never had a body check before, he admits this and says: "I have been evading having a health check because I am worried if they will find something. However, I do understand the importance of health now and I will try to cut down on my smoking for this reason." Also, Eunis reveals that she had a tumour earlier, but it has since been removed. She has learned from this the importance of good health.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/22/UL-754765.htm

[Ta Kung Pao 22/06/07]

Esther Kwan Would Like Another Child

Esther Kwan took part in a children's healthy brain yoga event yesterday where she joined a group of children for a yoga class. As a mother herself, whenever she sees cute children, then she will join in to play with them and hand out stickers to make them happy. Asked why she did not come along with her daughter, she says that she had to work in the morning and could not bring her daughter. She would like her daughter to take part in these events with lots of other children, but she does not have time for now and she has not yet taken her little girl to playgroup either. However, she has employed a private tutor for her and is teaching her English and Mandarin.

Esther's daughter is now 18 months old and is learning how to spin around and stand on her tip toes. Esther picked up some children's yoga tips so she will be teaching her daughter when she gets home. After becoming a mother, Esther has taken part in a lot of these children's events and she smiles that she is earning more money: "This is beside the point though, the most important thing is that I am learning something." She says that whenever she meets people with children, then she will share experiences with them, so she has picked up a lot of advice. Asked if she plans to write a book, she smiles that all her knowledge has been picked up from others, so she will have to have at least four or five kids before she is advanced enough. She says she would like to have another child, but will think about this later.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/22/UL-754762.htm

[The Sun 22/06/07]

Sammul Chan Cashes in Thanks to "First Beat"

Sammul Chan, Fiona Yuen, at17, Lulu Ng, Nat Chan and wife Cecilia Wong were guests at the premiere of "Shrek the Third" earlier and Fiona was asked about the reports that her boyfriend was spending the night at her home. She says: "He just took me home after we went out for dinner. My family of five is living at my home now, so there is no way he could have stayed over!"

Sammul was asked about the poor ratings for "On the First Beat" and he says: "I don't know why. It needs time and maybe when the storyline picks up, then it will get better. (Is it because of the rumours between Michael Tao and Sonija Kwok that is affecting ratings?) It is hard to answer this question." However, he does reveal that thanks to the series his income has increased this month by a six figure sum. Also he reveals that when he was at a spa in Thailand, a female masseuse was staring at him when he stripped naked and the shock made his body stiffen up like a vampire.

"On the First Beat" has come under fire from the netizens as being unoriginal and copying storylines from other sources. Also it has been pointed out that the criminal who killed Michael Miu's character in the series prequel "The Academy" has returned as an officer in the Police Training School in a baffling continuation error.

Kate Tsui is continuing to come under fire for her overacting and her poor attempts to reprise the Maggie Cheung Man Yuk role from the 80's. Producer Wong Wai Sing supports her though, saying: "I had spoken to Kate and she says she is a little unhappy, but have consoled her. To have this kind of response indicates she has done extremely well and when her role changes, then it will not be as bothersome."

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[The Sun 22/06/07]

Stephen Wong's Fans Proclaim their Love For Him

Stephen Wong Ka Lok is still a relative newcomer at TVB, but with good looks and a healthy image, he has gained quite a fan base and he treats his fans very well, often meeting with them for gatherings. When asked if any fans have professed their feelings to him, Stephen says: "Yes, then have. Some will e-mail me to tell me! They provide me with a lot of their personal information and some will even tell me that they love me. (Will you respond?) I respond to them out of politeness and I will not avoid them. Young people nowadays have a very vivid imagination, so if you do not handle it properly, then it will be very easy to lead to misunderstandings."

Many artistes like to have gatherings for fans to meet them at close quarters. Stephen says: "There are a lot of people who have supported me since I first entered the industry and I do not treat them as fans, but as friends. The most important thing is that we now how to respect each other."

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070622/20070621232811_0000.html

2007-06-20T22:16:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 21/06/07

Wong Cho Lam is Not Interested in Ada Choi

Wong Cho Lam and Ada Choi have been linked recently in rumours that they were dating after they were spotted arm in arm at a film premiere. Yesterday Cho Lam was interviewed on a radio show and he denied that they were dating. As for Ada holding his arm, he says that they are like big sister and little brother. He insists that there will not be any sparks between them and there is no chance of them dating. The reports indicate that Ada is 33 and he is just 27 and he smiles: "This is true, I never knew that Ada would say, but these things cannot be kept a secret."

Cho Lam says frankly that when he saw the report, he found it very funny and he believes that the story will keep going in the future. As for suggestions that his mother likes Ada, he says that some reporters did knock on his mother's door at 11pm and she was quite scared. He says he has spoken to the company about this and they understand that it is all just gossip. He does not currently have a girlfriend yet and he hopes that Ada will not say too much about courting him, otherwise he will lose his market even though he is available.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/21/UL-754261.htm

[Ta Kung Pao 21/06/07]

Suki Chui Will Do Well if she Stays Obedient

Suki Chui took part in a fashion show for a fashion label yesterday and also modelled the new yoga range with a couple of yoga poses, sharing a feeling of nature. As this is her first yoga demonstration, Suki had three practice sessions and fortunately the moves were not too difficult, so she could handle it.

Suki has been doing a lot of exercise in her spare time and she likes going to play badminton with her friends the most because doing sport on your own is quite boring. Asked if her boyfriend has joined her, she says he has not because she prefers to go out with her girlfriends as it is fairer. As for the rumours that Shirley Yeung was frozen by TVB due to the reports about her dating, has Suki been urged to avoid dating by the company? She smiles that they just told her to work hard and she has been very busy lately and not had enough sleep, so she has not had time to go dating. As for Shirley's case, Suki says she should not comment because this is a company decision. Is she scared by what happened to Shirley? She says: "No, but I will not talk much about my love affairs, because fans want to know more about my work. (How is your relationship with your boyfriend?) Don't talk about him! We are just the same as normal really."

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/06/21/UL-754265.htm

[The Sun 21/06/07]

Bosco & Myolie Hand in Hand Being Chased by a Dog

Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu are currently busy filming for "War of In-Laws 2007" and as they play a married couple in the show, then they have the perfect excuse to be together every day. At around 9pm on Tuesday, they were working in Central in a scene that tells of them being handcuffed together and as they run away, they meet an angry dog who scares them running. As the weather was very hot, they immediately wiped their sweat away as soon as the shot was finished and in between takes, Bosco was busy fanning himself whilst Myolie drank a whole bottle of water in one go. Before the shoot, they seemed to keep to themselves as they stood apart from each other as Myolie joked with the crew and Bosco was playing with the dog. Only when they were rehearsing did they get back together again.

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[The Sun 21/06/07]

Bobby Not Interested in Hot Pants Toby

TVB new series "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind" cast members Bobby Au Yeung, Toby Leung, Angela Tong and Chloe Nguyen were filming at Tsuen Wan's Lido Bay yesterday in a scene that tells of Bobby who has a judo class being unhappy at Angela's beach volleyball class stealing all his students, so he goes along to crash the class and seek revenge on Angela, but he is absorbed into the lively atmosphere and joins in with the beach volleyball.

With her great figure, Toby kept herself rather covered up and did not show it off as much as Chloe. Asked if she usually wears bikinis on the beach, Toby says: "I do like watersports and before I entered the industry, then I would wear [a bikini] but now I daren't do it. I did go wakeboarding a little before, but I have to film now and would rather spend my days off sleeping at home." Maybe because the girls were all so covered up, Bobby did not seem too interested as he hid away to one side and had a quiet nap instead.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070621/20070620231427_0000.html

2007-06-19T20:43:00.000+01:00

[Wen Wei Po 20/06/07]

"Family Link" Stars Celebrate Success and Hope for Sequel

TVB series "The Family Link" reached an average of 38 points in its finale and peaked at 44 points, reaching the top average ratings for 2007 and to celebrate this, TVB spent a five figure sum on a banquet at the Royal Plaza hotel for the cast and crew to celebrate, totalling 11 tables. As well as the three 'housewives' Kiki Sheung, Sheren Tang and Cecilia Yip, their long suffering 'husbands' Al Wai, Michael Tse and Derek Kok joined producer Lam Chi Wah at the event and TVB Executives including Stephen Chan, Virginia Lok and Tommy Leung were also there to share the celebrations.

Asked whether they will be filming a sequel for this series, Kiki says that they could change it into a sitcom that focuses around the day-to-day events around the three ladies. Sheren smiles that she hopes to send her children away to boarding school for the sequel, then she can turn pretty again and follow her dreams and ambitions. As for Michael, he is also in favour of a sequel, because there are a lot of suitable topics in the press every day.

Talking of whether the hardest thing for a man to bear is finding his wife has been unfaithful, Michael says: "I think the most painful would be to see it with your own eyes rather than to hear about it. It would really hurt." Asked jokingly how he would react if it happened to him, Michael smiles that he is rather lucky and has never met with anything so terrible.

http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/20/EN0706200003.htm

[Wen Wei Po 20/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Contestants Watch Dragon Boat Races

At the dragon boat festival yesterday, the 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants were joined by last year's winners Aimee Chan, Janet Chow and Koni Lui at Shatin's Shing Mun River to watch the races and support the TVB team. Aimee indicates she has never paddled in a dragon boat before, but was the drummer once. Asked whether the men would paddle faster when she was beating the drum, she was a little embarrassed and smiled that she did not know.

Asked if she has been passing on her tips to this year's contestants, Aimee says that she told them that winning or losing is not important as long as they just be themselves and keep an open heart. This way they can be natural. Also, not to drink before bed to avoid looking puffy in the morning.

Koni says that there were a lot of people who called to her as 'The Puzzle Girl' after her character in her show, making her very happy. Many of the contestants indicated that this was their first time at the dragon boat races and only Number 11 Kendra Wong Chung Yin indicated that she once paddled in a dragon boat when she was studying in America, but she was very slow because she was not very rhythmic and afterwards, her arms were aching very badly.

http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/20/EN0706200009.htm

[Wen Wei Po 20/06/07]

Tracy Ip Has New Rumours Thanks to Sheila Chan

Tracy Ip was an MC yesterday at the Annual Dragon Boat race in Shatin yesterday and was asked about the recent reports suggesting that she had been out for a meal with Sheila Chan, Isabella Kau and a man, who Sheila and Isabella were 'introducing' to her [for favours]. Sheila had suggested afterwards that someone had tipped off the press about the meeting and that Tracy would not be attending anything similar again in the future, maybe hinting that it was Tracy who had tipped off the press. Asked abou this, Tracy said: "I do not think she is saying I tipped off the press and I did not. Anyway, this is very bad press and no-one wants this kind of news." Asked how the reporters found out about the meeting, Tracy said: "Maybe it was because I had been to a public event beforehand and then they followed me afterwards. I did not know about them at all." Asked if she knew she would be dining with a man beforehand, Tracy says that she knew that Sheila and Isabella would be bringing a friend, but she only found out it was a man when she got there.

http://paper.wenweipo.com/2007/06/20/EN0706200010.htm

2007-06-18T23:52:00.001+01:00

From the top: 'School Hunk', 'Hong Kong Tony Jaa', 'Spotty Ron Ng', 'Tall Huang Xiaoming', 'Hairy Cheung Hok Yun', 'Long Haired Kenneth Ma', 'Smiley Rain', 'Lee Jun Ki Lookalike', 'Hong Kong Pei Yongjun', 'Skinny Kiu Bo Bo', 'Uncle Shades'

[The Sun & Ming Pao 19/06/07]

Mr Hong Kong Second Interviews

TVB arranged for 32 contestants to visit TVB City yesterday to attend the second round of interviews for this year's Mr Hong Kong Contest. Among them were hot favourite 'School Hunk' Yuen Wai Ho, 'Smiling Rain' and 'Joseph Cheng Lookalike' as well as a big group of musclemen. The standards this year seem quite high, so there is quite a competition this year. However, there are a number of odd entries, among these are 'Spotty Ron Ng', 'Hong Kong Tony Jaa' and 'Tall Huang Xiaoming' who are all confident in their looks and their talents.

After the first round of interviews, the oddities had been ousted and there were plenty of muscles in the remaining 32 contestants. Among them was James, who is a personal trainer and boasts a 39 inch chest and 15 inch arms and also 'Hairy Kenneth Ma' Raymond and 'Big Guy' Michael.

26-year old 'School Hunk' Yuen Wai Ho has become the hot favourite after the first round and he has successfully returned for this event, where he appeared with a guitar and looking calm. As for 'Smiling Rain', he immediately posed for the press when he arrived, and although his body is a little different and he loses out on just being 5 ft 5 ins tall, his smile is very much reminiscent of the real Rain. Son of veteran movie actor Siu Kam did not get through to the next round despite his performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' for the first round. Nick from E-kids made it to the second round and although he was once an artiste, he was very secretive around the press, wearing a cap and keeping his head down.

The Mr Hong Kong contest will take place on 11th August and will be split into the 16-22 year old 'Youth' category and the over-22 'Maturity' categories, with six or seven contestants in each group.

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[The Sun & Ming Pao 19/06/07]

Myolie Wu Compliments Feng Shao Feng - Michael Miu Celebrates 49th Birthday

Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu are back in the limelight, but separately! After the string of gossip following Bosco, Myolie has been linked with 'Shanghai Daniel Wu' Feng Shao Feng in a magazine report. Asked about this, Myolie seems to be defiant to Bosco, saying that she is good friends with Feng.

Myolie was joined by Michael Miu, Sheren Tang, Hacken Lee, Raymond Lam and Gigi Wong at the premiere for the MV to the theme song of "The Drive of Life". Asked about her 'quick fling' with the mainland star of the show, Myolie was not angry and smiled: "Do you think it is like eating instant noodles? I have to enjoy the flavour. Maybe he is a newcomber that people have not met before, so it is a good story that we can use as promotion for the show." Myolie admits that she finds him 'quite handsome' and when asked if she is supporting Mainland or Hong Kong 'products', she says: "They each have their merits. One is slim, one is fat, how can you compare? Oh, don't tell him (Bosco) that I said he is fat! It's just that Feng is quite skinny, whereas he is more built." Myolie goes on to say she has a 'market' and will not be exclusive to Bosco.

Yesterday was also Michael's 49th birthday, so TVB arranged for a cake that featured a girl in a bikini playing golf for him. Sheren gave him a birthday kiss on behalf of everyone and he jokingly brought his gossip to the surface: "Tommy Leung told me to go out and court the girls, so I courted his daughter and I hold her hand all the time!" Having just lost his phone, he received a new one from his wife as a birthday gift. He says he will be celebrating with his family and Toby has sent him a birthday SMS.

As the series is a joint production with CCTV, Hacken is honoured to be given the chance to sing the theme song in Cantonese and to work with Joseph Ku. Just the production for the music video came to HK$600,000. He says: "I am very honoured that my Cantonese song will be aired on CCTV. Originally there was to be a Cantonese and a Mandarin song, but because of the links to the 10th anniversary of the Return of Hong Kong, then both dialects will feature in the song instead." TVB Executive Virginia Lok was asked about Ho Ding Kwan starting his first day at ATV and the start of the 'big clash', but she says that this is not the first time that TVB has faced a strong opponent and if they all unite, then any opponent will not pose a problem.

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[The Sun 19/06/07]

Bobby Rescues Toby From Suicide

Bobby Au Yeung and Toby Leung were filming on the roof of a Causeway Bay building yesterday in a scene for "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind" where Toby's character tries to commit suicide by jumping off the 19th floor of a building. Although there was a body double for the dangerous scenes, the shoot was filmed at around noon and the sun beat down at around 32 degrees, but standing on the temporary platform to do the falling scenes, Toby still worked very hard.

Bobby was dripping with sweat during the shoot and he arrives just in time to rescue Toby, but she slips and needs Bobby to grab her hand.

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[The Sun 19/06/07]

Steven Ma Sees Fala and Linda as Younger Sisters

Steven Ma, Linda Chung and Fala Chen took part in the blessing ceremony for new series "Golden Destiny" yesterday and Steven says that he is not afraid of any rumours from filming this series. "I am a couple with Linda in the show and we have worked together before without any rumours, so I see her as a younger sister." Although he will also be working with gossip queen Fala, he says he has played her elder brother on two occasions, so he is not worried about any rumours.

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[The Sun 19/06/07]

Lily Ho: I can Lose the Weight

This year's Miss Hong Kong contestants were interviewed by Metro Radio yesterday before taking part in a beauty event, where they have been offered beauty and slimming treatments. 'Miss Hips' Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee was asked if she would be trimming down her hips and she syas: "No, I hope that I can slim down my whole body." She also says that she has learned how to deal with the pressure and admits that she was upset at first by the criticisms, but now she finds that silence is golden. She injured her ankle whilst filming on location in Beijing and is also suffering from an allergic reaction, so she hopes to have recovered by the time she wears her swimsuit again.

As for Number 1 Joey Mak Ho Yee who fell over on the Great Wall, she says she has been recovering gradually and her father has been helping her clean her wound every day. Aside from this, Number 9 Grace Wong Kwan Hing who has been sporting cellulite in her pictures, she says that the treatments will help her reduce this and balance the colour tone of her skin.

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[The Sun 19/06/07]

Niki and Kevin at Beauty Event

After rumours that she has been frozen by her record company for dating, Niki Chow appeared at a promotional event with rumoured boyfriend Kevin Cheng yesterday, showing off their compatibility and young love as she played about with her beau.

Niki wore a baby pink dress at the event and as Kevin did not know how to put on his facial mask, Niki immediately offered a helping hand. During their photos, the reporters asked Niki to step forward, but Kevin said tactlessly: "Girls only do that because it makes them look slimmer!" This embarrassed Niki somewhat and she pulled a playful cutie 'unhappy face' at Kevin.

Afterwards, Niki and Kevin were joked at by the press for appearing as a couple and she once again pulled a cutie tantrum face at the reporters. Asked why she has suddenly become so feminine, Niki smiles she is not and then suggested that because there are strawberries to eat at the event, she is especially happy.

Asked if she has put on a mask for Kevin before, she says: "No! I just did it for him then. Cosmetics nowadays are very convenient and I am very lazy, so I rarely go to the beauticians." Kevin says he is also quite lazy, but he feels that as he grows older, it is time to start using face masks."

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[The Sun 19/06/07]

Bowie Lam Bids Farewell to Mother

Bowie Lam's mother Ms Leung Yung Ho passed away on 4th of June at the age of 84 and her funeral was held in Shatin yesterday. Bowie often went travelling with his parents and was very close to his mother. He feels that being able to bid his mother a final farewell, then she left without any regrets. He is very thankful to the producer of his series "Jewel's Splendor" Chik Kei Yi for offering to rearrange the schedules even without asking so that he could take time to make the final preparations for his mother's funeral.

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2007-06-17T00:28:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 17/06/07]

Bosco Stocks Up Own Wardrobe to Film "War of In-Laws" Sequel

Liza Wang, Bosco Wong, Myolie Wu and Joyce Tang were filming yesterday at the Woo Kai Sha Youth Camp on location for "War of In-Laws 2007" in a scene that tells of magazine editor Liza still thinking about her work when she goes into hospital and is calling her staff in to discuss work with her and not even listening to her son Bosco. During filming, Liza was walking around on the grass and was sweating in the beating sun and for Bosco, wearing his fashionable purple leather shoes, shirt and knitted cardigan, he was even hotter and in between takes, he quickly took his cardigan off to cool down.

Bosco also reveals that the company has found many designer sponsors for his outfits in the show, but he has also invested a five-figure sum in stocking up his own wardrobe for the show. When the reporters called him vain, he revealed that his good friend Raymond Lam is even more vain whereas the seemingly clean cut Kevin Cheng is not picky at all. When Myolie heard about his five-figure wardrobe, she laughed at Bosco, calling him daft: "I would not do that, the company has sponsors and a lot of the clothes are items I cannot afford." Asked if they will get married in the show, Bosco says: "I don't know yet, but we will have our secret weapon later. (You are announcing your relationship?) I am not talking about that."

Also Liza indicates that this time she will be playing a posh person, so she will not be torturing Myolie like last time. She also reveals that she has to wear high heels in the show, but her knee injury is still not better, so she will bring her flat shoes with her to wear in between shots. Asked about the news of Lydia Shum being back in hospital, Liza says that she did meet Lydia for lunch earlier and she was fine, so she believes that this is just for a check up.

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[The Sun 17/06/07]

Fala Chen Photographs her Pregnant Look

Fala Chen took part in a cosmetics promotion yesterday and demonstrated make-up on a model. She reveals that in her new series "Golden Destiny", she plays a pregnant woman: "Earlier when I was filming for 'Heart of Greed', it was Tavia who had to play the pregnant lady and I would pat her belly, now I can pat my own belly and I have been watching the actions of pregnant ladies to play my part. (When will you be a mother?) It won't be for a while yet, although I do like children, being a parent is a huge responsibility."

Talking of father's day, Fala indicates that her father is in America, so she will be calling him to send her wishes. As for whether she will be joining rumoured karaoke-heir boyfriend to celebrate the occasion with his father, she smiles that she has to work.

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[Ming Pao Father's Day Special 17/06/07]

Playful Screen Father and Son - Al Wai & Leung Yat Yu

Al Wai and child actor Leung Yat Yu show a great resemblance to each other and seem to have a great father-son affinity with each other after playing father and son in "The Family Link" and also in the film "2 Become 1", so little wonder that they are often mistaken as real life father and son too!

Reunited for this Father's Day special report, Al and Yat Yu have joined for a day of fun, ice-skating and then showing off their ball skills. Donning their skates for the first time, the duo quickly learn their skills on the ice thanks to the efforts of an instructor. Al had barely balanced himself, but 'fat kid' Yat Yu had already plucked up courage to take a few steps, winning over his screen dad. After posing for a photo, Al wipes his brow and sighs: "Luckily I did not fall over!"

Moving into the games arcade, 'father and son' shoot some hoops, but this time Yat Yu loses to Al. Then on the skipping machine, Al shows off his skills as Yat Yu looks on in admiration as Al wins again. As they pose on the merry-go-round for a photo, it just shows that friendly competition builds a good relationship. During the photoshoot, Al laughs at the squinting Yat Yu and says: "Look at you! You can't se your eyes..." Having far too much fun, Yat Yu sends a couple of friendly punches his way and even wants to push the cake into Al's face, but he uses the usual trick of calling out for Kiki Sheung, who is usually the ultimate winner in their contests!

Al has played a number of father figure roles in recent years, firstly in "Love is Hope" where he had a pair of twins and then moving on to be the father of Leila Tong and Linda Chung and working twice as Yat Yu's father. However in real life, Al is yet to become a father. "Many friends have said that Yat Yu looks like me and Kiki says he is like a brick, you have to push him to move him. I feel that what we can learn from him is that he does not know how to act, but this means he is natural. If his acting was too good, then he would be too 'smooth' and this would lose its reality. Working with children is quite hard work and the hardest thing with Yat Yu is being ready for his ambushes, becuase he wants to beat me. Before we shoot, we are always play fighting and although it is hard work, children are only fun when they are active."

Al remembers his relationship with his own father as a child and they were like friends. He has a scar on his head that was left after he played too hard with his father and ended up injuring himself. Al has been married now for 6 years and he reveals that he and his wife have a "Project 4 million", where they plan to become parents next year. His wife will then give up work to be a full time mother and he may arrange for them to live in Canada, where he hopes they will have the best environment to grow up in.

Al has recently earned himself the role of 'King of Supporting Actors' and after twenty years experience in the industry, he feels that becoming a father will benefit his acting in the future. He is a rather thoughful father figure as during the interview, there were morals in his words, but they were not without his wit. Asked which famous person he would like as his father, he says: "Bruce Lee! He is my top idol and having a kung fu dad would make other people jealous." Asked what he would say to his children in the future, Al talks about "Conversations with God". He says: "I would talk about religion to my children, the details of 'Conversations with God' and how the world has a destiny and how people have to show responsibility for their actions." It turns out that Al has researched the nine personality types and he smiles when he was young, his ambition was to become a philosopher because he just wanted to do the thinking and not the doing.

In order to have a common ground with his children, Al has started to learn to use a computer. Usually his hobbies are drinking and singing karaoke, but he cannot take his children out drinking with him in the future. He smiles: "By then, whatever they want to do, then I will be obliged to accompany them."

Child star Yat Yu is in Primary 3 and has become noticed after appearing with Al in "The Family Link". However, his association with Al has led to some jealousy from his real dad! Yat Yu is the youngest son and is the favourite in the family, so when Papa Leung returns from work every day, he will always be seekng out 'little brother'. Recently, people have mistaken Yat Yu as Al's real son and this has made Papa Leung a little unhappy. Yat Yu consoles his dad and has made him a special father's day card this year.

Asked what his ideal dad would be like, Yat Yu says: "My dad is already great, but he can be better!" It seems that there is room for improvement for Papa Leung. Asked to choose an ideal 'famous father', Yat Yu chooses Gilbert Lam from "Cross Border Daddy" because he likes to have his dad with him all the time, so Gilbert's father character would be the most suitable.

Asked what he would like his father to talk to him about, Yat Yu says: "I would like my dad to say that he is taking me on holiday in the summer and will buy me some new games. This would make me the happiest!" Originally Papa Leung had to work for Father's Day this year, but Yat Yu asked him to spend more time with him, so in the end, his dad was able to take half a day off to spend a Happy Father's Day together.

Location: Dragon Centre

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[The Sun 17/06/07]

Kiki Sheung Says she is a Good Cook

Kiki Sheung was the latest guest on TVB Pay Vision's "Starry Kitchen", where she made a western dish. She says that she has always been a good cook and has learned her skills from a young age from her mother. Her strength is Chinese cookery and she smiles that when she was young, she only learned about 70-80% from her mother, but after a lot of practice, she has exceeded her mother's skills now.

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[The Sun 16/06/07]

Bosco Wong & Myolie Wu Playing About on Set

Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu were filming yesterday for new series "War of In-Laws 2007" and this rumoured couple were happily chatting and laughing together without any avoidance. Having permed his hair for his character in the show, Bosco asks Myolie: "Does my hair look good?" To which she replies: "Yes! Can I say it doesn't look good?", leaving Bosco feeling very sweet indeed.

In the show, they play a couple and asked if they have any kissing scenes, Bosco says: "I don't know yet, it depends on the scriptwriters, but I do not get enough big kissing scenes, I have only had them with Tavia Yeung and Natalie Tong." Asked if he will be more absorbed if he knows his co-star better, he says: "Yes, we can just do it as agreed. (Will you be even more absorbed with Myolie?) I think so!" Talking of their rumours, they were both prepared and Myolie says: "We will treat it as promotion! If we are filming together and no-one writes about us, then it will all go to waste!"

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[Ta Kung Pao 16/06/07]

Charmaine Denies Animosity with Joe Ma

Charmaine Sheh and Joe Ma have been busy recently with promotional activity for their new series "The Drive of Life", but the reporters have been more interested in their apathy towards each other. Filming yesterday for new series "Steel Lips Silver Teeth", Charmaine was asked about this and she explains: "There were over ten people there that day and it was not possible to speak to everyone, but I do remember greeting Joe. We just did not speak for too long."

She says that Joe has also been irritated by the reports, beucase they have made a big deal about him not attending my birthday party, sighing that the industry is very materialistic, if you do not work together then you have fallen out. Charmaine says that she and Joe have been friends all along and the reason he was absent from her party was that he was busy working in the Mainland with his wife. So will she notify him earlier for her next birthday party? She laughs that she will leave this until next year and maybe she will not have a party if she is working. She adds that in this industry, people will write about you regardless of what you do, but it is better than not having anything written about you, so you just treat it as promotion.

Aside from this, Yumiko Cheng's "The Gentle Crackdown 2" will finish filming today and she says she will miss the show because she has built some great relationships with the cast and crew over the last two months, so although she has no scenes in the last shoot, she will stilll attend with sweet dessert for everyone. Although filming has been hard work, she is very happy, especially as there has been no gossip, so she plans to film series again in the future. Through this show, she has also fallen in love with action scenes, so she plans to take lessons in martial arts and maybe this will come in useful for any of her films in the future.

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[Ta Kung Pao 16/06/07]

Kate Tsui Interview on i-Cable was Arranged by TVB

Kate Tsui appeared at the preview screening of her debut film "Eye in the Sky" earlier and she says that as this was her first venture on the big screen, she was worried about not doing well and her scenes being cut, but after watching the film, she breathed a sigh of relief. Kate was earlier seen promoting the movie speaking in Cantonese on TVB's arch rivals i-Cable, but seemingly with the blessing of TVB. However, when Jade Kwan did the same thing earlier, she was met with suspension from TVB. This has led to allegations of favouritism from TVB for its own artistes.

When she was asked about this, Kate was a little speechless and her assistant helped her out, explaining that the interview had been arranged by TVB, so her manager was by her side during the process and this was purely to promote the movie, so the situation was very different. She says: "I think that this was the case, it was all arranged by the company." Also, Kate's series "On the First Beat" that is currently airing has raised criticisms from netizens who say that the shape of her mouth is very off-putting. She says that as a newcomer, she is glad that people are paying attention to her and she will not mind the comments as long as she still has work.

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[Ta Kung Pao 16/06/07]

Bernice Liu Promotes Phones with Tropical Dance

Dance talent Bernice Liu donned her dancing shoes to promote a new mobile phone model yesterday when she joined two male models for a rather raunchy dance number. As they became absorbed in their routine, one of the men placed his hand rather close to her bust, but the westernised Bernice did not seem to mind at all, saying: "You will get some close contact when you are dancing, it is very normal."

As for her needs from a phone, Bernice says that the most important thing is the camera because she is quite snap-happy and loves taking photos with her phone, including pictures of landscapes, people and her two beloved dogs. Recently, her pet dog Mac has become pregnant and she has filmed the whole process at the vets with her camera. Asked which people she usually photographs, she says her friends and the crew. How about rumoured boyfriend Moses Chan? She says: "No, I haven't seen him much recently anyway. (How about in the past?) The functions in the old phones were not as good then." Asked if she is worried about losing her phone and revealing her personal photographs? She smiles: "Anything too personal will not be on my phone. The most personal I have will be the pictures I have of Mac, so when I did lose my phone before, I was very upset because I lost all my pictures of her."

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[The Sun 16/06/07]

Matt Yeung Allowed to Film in Mainland Whilst Awaiting Trial

26 year old TVB artiste Matt Yeung (real name: Lam Ming Lok) is alleged to have damaged an Octopus machine and a cigarette display at a Hung Hom convenience store on 22nd May. He was granted bail earlier for $10,000 but was not allowed to leave Hong Kong until his court hearing on 8th August. Due to his work commitments filming for series "Jewels Splendor", an appeal was made to the Kowloon City Law Courts yesterday to change the conditions attached to his bail and allow him freedom of movement, however, the court has only granted him special dispensation to go and film in the mainland from 12th to 20th July.

Case ref: KCCC3322/2007

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[The Sun 16/06/07]

Erica Yuen and Maria Chen on the Prowl at Bobbi Brown Promotion

Cosmetics company Bobbi Brown held a promotional party in Central yesterday, attended by celebrities to support their 'Beautiful Living' message, including founder of the Society for Protection of Abandoned Animals Violet Chow, designer Cheung Lu Lu and Hong Kong Athlete Connie Ho. Among the female celebrities there were Erica Yuen, dressed in a revealing bra top dress and Maria Chen, with both ladies lingering around the VIP area, attracting the attention of the male guests and engaging in conversation with them.

Carlo Ng was also present to support his wife Violet and asked about her insights into caring for their daughter, Violet laughs: "Our daughter is seven months old now and cannot speak just yet, only screaming 'mama' when she is throwing a tantrum, but she is not calling me. Sometimes when she hears her father's voice on the television, then she will immediately look over."

Violet says that she is rather impatient and is not as good at looking after their daughter as her husband. As for whether they will have any more children, then they will leave this to nature. Originally having three pet dogs, Violet has had to leave them with her parents because of her daughter: "Every week, I will take my daughter to see the dogs and when she is older, I will bring the dogs back home."

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2007-06-13T23:06:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 14/06/07]

Jessica Hsuan Not Angry at Being Called a Traitor - Raymond Lam Complains About Paparazzi

Cast from "The Drive of Life" has been busy promoting the series in Shanghai and have been attending functions laid on by the various sponsors for the show. Raymond Lam complained that with such a tight schedule, the group have not even had a chance to go for a meal together and when they wanted to go for a massage in the evening, there were too many paparazzi around,so they could not venture out. However the happiest thing for them was that since arriving at their hotel in Shanghai, they have met with eager fans every time they appear. Whilst he is happy that the fans are there to see him, he does express his concern for the fans who follow their cars and urges them to be careful.

As for Jessica Hsuan who has been rumoured to be leaving TVB, she will not be continuing to Beijing with the group, explaining that she has to return to Hong Kong to start work. As for some reports branding her as a 'traitor' for promoting her mainland series at the Television Festival earlier, she says she will not be angry because the reporters did not know the background and they are always writing untrue reports when they are unclear on the situation, so she will not be unhappy. She says that although she has many fans in Shanghai, she does not have a fan club there, but her Hong Kong website has been in touch with local fans urging them not to chase the cars to see her. Next January, she will be 'repaying' her outstanding series to TVB before heading out to go skiing with some old friends in February. Although she is not the only one who is still unmarried, she does not want to be the last to marry. Asked if she is dating anyone, she says openly that she is not, so she is putting her attention into her dogs. The first criteria for any potential partner is that he much also love dogs!

Sheren Tang's series "The Family Link" ended the series on 44 points and gained good results, but when she heard this, she asked what is classed as good? "I am very happy with this series and enjoyed the filming process, anything else is an unexpectedbbonus. I will let the producer worry about ratings." She feels that the show's reviews are more important and she has had good feedback this time not just from the housewives but also from men. She feels that after filming this series,she feels that it is like she has experienced a marriage,so she just wants to date now and not get married or have children, but she does not have a boyfriend, so she will leave this to the Lord to arrange for her.

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[Ta Kung Pao 14/06/07]

Fiona Yuen Will Not be Travelling Bride

The premiere for "The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" was screened in Hong Kong earlier and many celebrities attended the show, including Eric Suen, Kelvin Kwan, Fiona Yuen, Vinci Wong, Rosemary and Ana R. Fiona joined good friend Vinci and his sister to watch the film.

Asked how her boyfriend was, Fiona says that he will be visiting Hong Kong soon, but not to marry her. They have only been dating for a few months and as they are apart, their phone bills have been very high every month. Will she consider going to Canada to be with her boyfriend and count the money for him? She smiles that the Canadian Dollar has risen lately, but she is accustomed to life in Hong Kong and she feels that life in Canada will be quite boring. Asked if her boyfriend will come to Hong Kong,she says that for him to let go of his businesses is not something that can happen overnight. She says directly that after many different relationships, she has a very practical approach now.

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2007-06-12T23:03:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 13/06/07]

Charmaine Pledges Allegiance to TVB At "Drive of Life" Shanghai Promotion

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China, China Central Television (CCTV) and TVB have joined together to produce 60-episode series "The Drive of Life" to mark the occasion. At the opening of the 13th Shanghai Television Festival today, a special media event was held and attended by cast members including Damian Lau, Michael Miu, Joe Ma, Raymond Lam, Ng Wai Kwok, Sheren Tang, Charmaine Sheh, Myolie Wu, Toby Leung and Maggie Chan. Jessica Hsuan was absent as she had to promote her mainland series "Life has Tomorrow", but she did appear at the cocktail party later. As for suggestions that her allegiances with TVB were weakening, she denied this saying: "I have worked with TVB for fourteen years now, so how could we fall out? I am just splitting my presence." TVB General Manager Mr Stephen Chan indicated that the series will begin airing on the 30th June in China and on 16th July in Hong Kong.

At the press conference, the cast members showed their support for the show, sharing their strongest memories and experiences. They all pledged to do their very best to make the series the most popular show of the year in China. Having found success in "Heart of Greed" earlier in Hong Kong, but not breaking any records with the final episode, TVB has strong expectations for the series because this is their first collaboration with CCTV and also its key to the mainland marketplace. As they will be airing the Mandarin version in China and the Cantonese version of the show in Hong Kong, then TVB are not worried about pirate copies of the series appearing before the series is aired in Hong Kong and affecting ratings. Having been rumoured to be attracted to move to ATV in exchange for $10million, Charmaine indicates that this is just rumours and she has not left to join the competitor.

The ladies were all dressed up in their finery for the event, but Sheren wore a rather androgenous outfit and did not attract attention like the other female stars. She said: "I am not as versatile as the three young flowers, so I have decided to go for a more classical look." Raymond was dressed like a waiter and caused a few laughs. During the event, Charmaine and Joe kept their distance from each other until they were forced to stand together for the group photo. Toby was placed with Charmaine in the centre of the photo, whereas Sheren was positioned to one side, perhaps due to the influence of Toby's father who is a TVB executive. Charmaine adds that she has quite a few kissing scenes with Raymond and the the most memorable was one where her estate agent character is trying to talk Raymond into buy an apartment and he says he will buy an apartment for each kiss she gives him, so she has to kiss him all over the cheeks and forehead.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 13/06/07]

Mama Mak Cries as Daughter Joey Mak Returns Injured from Beijing

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants returned to Hong Kong yesterday after a nine day tour of Tianjin and Beijing for their location filming. Many of their friends and relatives were at the airport to meet them, including the parents of Number 1 Joey Mak, who was injured during a run on the Great Wall. Talking of her injury, she says it is still a little painful and she has a bruise on her hip that hurts when she moves, but fortunately the doctor has said she is not seriously injured. Mama Mak was very worried about her daughter's condition and could not hold back the tears. Joey comforted her mother, but then ended up crying herself in a very touching scene.

Number 2 Lily Ho has become entangled in rumours recently that her friendship with Joe Nieh (Ngai Chun) has broken up the 18 year relationship he has had with Vivien Chow. It has been revealed that she knows Joe from an ATV collaboration. In response to questions about this, Lily says she has just returned and does not know what is going on, but she does not know Joe very well and she only met him once or twice at a couple of functions and has never been in touch with him privately. When the reporters suggested that these rumours are arising because she is a favourite in the contest, she says that this has been written by the magazines and she feels she has the same chances as any of the other girls. Asked if she is afraid this will affect her image, she says that even if she is afraid, then there is nothing she can do, so she will just work hard to be herself. Her father and sister were there to meet her yesterday and in response to the reports, Mr Ho indicates that the media has different needs and he believes his daughter will learn how to face them.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 13/06/07]

Nat Forces Bernice to Love 'Dak Dak Dei'

Nat Chan's Olympic Quiz continued filming earlier and guests on the night were Bernice Liu, Sharon Luk and Tracy Ip. Nat jumped on the opportunity to make jokes with Bernice about Moses Chan, using his character 'Dak Dak Dei' [Cantonese: 'Pretty Good'] as the basis of his jokes as he asked when he gave her a watch: "Dak Ng Dak? [Is it good?]" and then when Bernice replied "Ho Dak" [Very Good] then he laughed: "See, I knew you like Dak Dak Dei."

Afterwards, when Nat asked Bernice a question about windsurfing, he said she was going off-topic with her answer, but then continued to talk about having to turn around when your love life doesn't work out, but he believes that 'Dak Dak Dei' will not get the wrong girl, telling Bernice that the relationship should be very stable. Bernice appeared on the show with a very fresh haircut after cutting off 5 inches of her long hair. Asked if she is cutting her hair because she has lost in love, she smiles she does not know why, but she just felt like cutting it for no real reason.

In a radio interview later, Bernice admits that she did go to visit Michelle Yim and Lee Si Kei on set and Moses happened to be there. Asked if they had joked about this with her, she avoided the question and said that she has not had time to watch Moses's performance in "Heart of Greed". Having just returned from filming in Japan, she says that she went to a hot spring for the first time there, but she could not take it and nearly fainted.

Tracy has been taking singing lessons and she will be singing in public for the first time on Father's Day as well as a duet with Raymond Lam. As a result she has been taking extra lessons to avoid embarrassment. Talking of Raymond being signed by EEG, Tracy feels that if the opportunity arises, then signing with any record company would not be a problem and even if she has to work with rumoured boyfriend Don Li, then she will not mind.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 13/06/07]

New Series "Walking with the Enemy" Costume Fitting

TVB's new series "Walking with the Enemy" held its costume fitting yesterday attended by cast members including Roger Kwok, Kevin Cheng, Yoyo Mung, Kiki Sheung and Yu Mo Lin. Yoyo was absent from some of the promotional events for "Heart of Greed" earlier and there were suggestions that this was because she did not like her 'third party' character in the show. She denies this and she says that she was arranged to go abroad for a promotional trip with Raymond Lam at the time. With other rumours that she was too busy dating to film properly, leading to scenes being deleted, she explains that she knew about the character before and the producer had asked her about it. If she was unhappy then she would not have agreed to the part. After this, she added: "When the show was filming, I was not dating yet." As she said this, she realised she had said too much and became a little embarrassed. She also laughs that when she was filming with Raymond, they jokingly referred to each other as the 'cheating couple' and she is fortunate in that she has not been scolded after the show was aired.

In the new series, Kevin plays a man who has been in prison for ten years, so he has a scar above his right eye. When the reporters mentioned that he has finally lost Niki Chow in this series and can work with other women, he smiles that this is the third time he has worked with Yoyo. As for Yoyo's comments about her romance, Kevin smilingly asked what she said to avoid saying something he shouldn't.

Kiki was asked about the good results of her recent series "The Family Link" and she smiles that she is really very happy and she may take everyone out for abalone later. As for the suggestion that the finale is very similar to a Western Movie, she says she does not know and even if it is copied, then it does not matter because it will have been performed in a different way by different people. Talking of suggestions that she is co-habiting with her boyfriend, but not sleeping together, Kiki laughs that she is an adult and she has a normal life, but whether they sleep together or get married or not doesn't matter.

Yu Mo Lin was very unhappy yesterday, because her 66-year old sister was involved in a car accident earlier and is in a coma. The doctor had told her that she will never wake up and they cannot save her. She says her sister had to have four big operations in three days and after an operation on her brain, her head swelled up to the size of a watermelon. She says that her sister was very unlucky and she is worried about her brother-in-law because he will become a lonely man.

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[Ta Kung Pao 13/06/07]

Suki Chui Shares Love via Computer

Suki Chui was invited to attend a computer promotion yesterday and she indicates that she bought herself a portable computer earlier, but it has been taken over by her sister. When she was studying in England, she set up a webcam on her computer so she could keep in touch with her boyfriend and save on the expensive long-distance calls.

Recently, Suki has been busy filming for "Steel Lips Silver Teeth" and also "War of In-Laws 2007", so she has been very busy. Has she been using the computer to keep in touch with her boyfriend again? She became very evasive when asked about her boyfriend and just indicated that in the past she used it to keep in touch with her boyfriend, but now she uses it to keep in touch with her friends abroad. Asked why she did not want to talk about her boyfriend and whether he minds, she smiles that her boyfriend will not mind. As for this year's Miss Hong Kong contestants, she says she has the deepest impression of Silvia Leung Ka Yan because she has a very sharp response. As for Lily Ho's hips and cellulite, Suki believes that we should not just look at the figure, because like her when she took part, she still had some baby fat because she was still in her teens and this will go in a few years. She feels that a lot of people have cellulite.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 12/06/07]

Two Injuries On Miss Hong Kong Great Wall Trek

As the saying goes, you are not a True Chinese until you have been to the Great Wall and this year's Miss Hong Kong contestants made their visit to the wall as part of their location filming in Beijing. However, the girls seemed a little over-enthusiastic during the filming of the run and Number 1 Joey Mak Ho Yee and Number 9 Grace Wong Kwan Hing were both injured. Joey was taken away to the hospital by ambulance to have her wounds dressed, whilst Grace suffered from cramping.

On their final day of filming in Beijing, the girls went for a run from the gate up to the next watch tower in a race to get their number and run down again. The winner of the race would be awarded with a special 20 second promotional slot at the forthcoming Miss Hong Kong Olympics Promotional show. Because of this, the girls worked especially hard, leading to the injuries.

Joey was originally ahead of the others, but after going up a few flights of steps, the force was too great and on the slope, she fell over, injuring her elbow, hands, knees and hips. However, even after falling, she was still smiling as she stood up quickly. The crew immediately helped her to disinfect her wounds and then called an ambulance to take her to hospital. When Joey fell, most of the girls stepped up to help, but her regular best friend Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee was too busy sticking to Number 14 Candice Chiu Ka Dik and whilst Joey was receiving treatment, the two other girls seemed to be celebrating with a drink of water like champagne.

Afterwards, Joey indicated that she was very happy about her first visit to the Great Wall, so she does not mind about injury. She says she will be more careful in the future and not go rushing around. Asked if she has a strong urge to win, she explains that she likes to do stair running. As for Lily, who had earlier injured her ankle, she took things very easily with Candice as they gently strolled up and back down again along with Number 15 Joyce Ko Ho Ting who also took her time. Lily said that she was fine when she was running up, but then she found it hard on the way down, so he had to take it a step at a time holding the handrails because the steps were very high. When asked why Candice and Joyce joined her at the back, she explained that Candice had earlier injured her hip and Joyce was a little swollen, so she took it easy. She feels that the taking part is what is important and she is happy to have visited the Great Wall.

EO2 and Shirley Yeung also joined the girls to support them on their race and EO2 were asked about their rather lewd remarks made earlier about 'training the girls'. They explained that they were using a Cantonese expression and this led to a misunderstanding.

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[Ta Kung Pao 12/06/07]

"Drive of Life" Cast Fly to Shanghai for Promotion

Michael Miu has had plenty of female co-stars since returning to the TV scene and has also had his fair share of rumours, first there was Toby Leung and then Charmaine Sheh. The three were joined by Charmaine's other rumoured flame Joe Ma yesterday as they flew out to Shanghai to promote their forthcoming series "The Drive of Life".

Others on the trip include Myolie Wu and Raymond Lam, but all the rumoured parties were happy to chat away with each other when they met and openly posed for photographs. However, when asked to pose with Charmaine, Michael seemed to be a little wary and immediately pulled over Sheren and Raymond to join them. Sheren responded cheekily, saying: "Hey, it's nothing to do with us!"

Asked how he felt about this trip with his two rumoured ladies, Michael smiles: "It's okay!" As for whether his wife Jamie Chik would be going with him, he says she does not come every time and only if she has time. Talking of Charmaine's rumours, he says that no matter who they write about, he will not avoid them because the most important thing is that his wife believes in him. He says: "First Toby, now Charmaine, it is so confusing and we have to be a threesome, why not put my wife and Sheren into the mix too?" He says that this is all just gossip and is highly unbelievable.

As for the other pairing of Charmaine and Joe, they did not speak to each other at yesterday's gathering. Joe arrived late and seemed to be ignoring Charmaine when he saw her. When they were asked to pose together, they seemed very reluctant and stood far apart from each other. Charmaine later happily posed with Sheren and Toby. Asked how she felt about going on a trip with her rumoured partners, she says: "The gossip is so untrue. (It says Michael gave you 99 roses?) The roses were from another friend." Asked whether she would be avoiding Michael, she says she is not afraid because each time they go out, it will be with a big group of people. Toby also does not believe that Michael would send her the flowers because as his 'daughter' he has never sent her any flowers.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 12/06/07]

Myolie Wu & Kevin Cheng's Gains from Charity Tour

Kevin Cheng and Myolie Wu joined the 'Lifeline Express' hospital train on a visit to Huaihua City in China's Hunan Province to see their progress on offering cataracts surgery to those in need. At a press conference yesterday, they were nominated as "Lifeline Express Stars of Light" and talked about their experiences from their earlier trip. Myolie praised Kevin for being very gracious, often getting food for the ladies around him.

Myolie has been a part of the Lifeline Express support since she entered Miss Hong Kong in 2000 and during this trip, she understood the importance of your eyesight and also realised how simple the procedure is to reverse the eye condition. She says that when she visited some families, she wanted to cry, but she did not want to dampen the atmosphere, so she had to hold back her tears. The reason for this was because it was not just the parents who were suffering from cataracts, but it had been passed onto the children too and it was a great blow to the family.

This is the first time that Myolie has worked with Kevin and she found after the trip that he is not as cool or quiet as he seems. In fact he is very assertive and is very gallant, looking after the ladies around him. She laughs that Kevin even held some of the children there and he really is amazing! Myolie says that she has been taking part in a lot of charity events lately and asked if she would like to be nominated for an 'Outstanding Youth' award, she says: "I have not done enough, I have to do a lot more. Also you cannot use this as a reason to do charity work. To have the chance to go somewhere far away from the hustle and bustle, it was actually very relaxing."

Kevin also feels he has gained a lot from this trip: "This year we went to a more rural place and I really saw what is literally a home with four walls and not much else. In one family, before they had the operation, they could only 'listen' to books, but now they can actually read for themselves. I feel that I am very fortunate and have learned to be thankful and be happy for what I have. This has been a very valuable experience."

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[The Sun 12/06/07]

Spotted Dating, Ada Choi Openly Admits it but Cho Lam is Shy

Ada Choi and "Best Selling Secrets" star 'Lau Wah' Wong Cho Lam were spotted earlier attending a film premiere together and on Sunday evening, the couple were spotted together once again at a concert. When the reporters asked Ada whether they were dating, she was happy to admit it, but Cho Lam was a little shy and daren't sit together with her!

After her split with Nicky Wu in 2002, 33-year old Ada's love life has always been shrouded in mystery and even though she was spotted with mainland actor Zhang Jin, she still denied that there was anything happening.. However, since the rumours broke suggesting that she is dating fellow Christian Cho Lam, who is six years her junior, she has not avoided being spotted with him and was full of praises for him last week, saying how well-educated he is and what a great personality he has. They were spotted out together again watching the Theresa Carpio and George Lam concert at the Coliseum.

When they were spotted by reporters standing together outside the venue, Ada admitted that they were watching the concert together and asked if they were dating, she said enigmatically: "If you say we are, then we are." When asked to pose for a photo, she pulled another friend over to join them. After entering the show, Cho Lam seemed to disappear and Ada played dumb, saying: "I don't know where he has gone, maybe he has gone to get something to eat. (Call him!) At this time he should have switched off his phone." When Cho Lam did not re-appear, Ada said she wanted to watch the show with the rest of the audience.

Cho Lam is planning to direct a gospel musical next year and he was asked on the phone yesterday whether he plans to offer Ada a part. He says: "It has not been confirmed yet, it is not up to me and she does not know how to sing, so I don't think she will do it." For him to know whether Ada is good at singing or not, it would seem that there is certainly some substance to these rumours after all.

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[The Sun 12/06/07]

"Family Link" Gains Highest Average Ratings of the Year

TVB's prime time ratings fell on the whole last week, but the finale week of "The Family Link" and the happy ending brought in ratings of 44 points with over 2.86 million viewers tuning in. The series average of 33 points has also broken this record for the year.

After the success of "Heart of Greed", the three couples in "Family" have taken the top spot in the series average ratings for this year, above "Heart" at 32 points, equalling "Ten Brothers" and storming "Dicey Business" and "War and Destiny" at 31 and 30 points respectively.

For the week, the average ratngs fell by 1 point down to 33 points, peaking at 36 points with the finale pulling in 44 at its peak and averaging 38 points. The cast are ecstatic at the results and General Manager Stephen Chan says that there will be a big celebration shortly.

The first week of "On the First Beat" dropped on the finale of "Heart" by ten points, with an average of 30 points, peaking at 33.

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[Ta Kung Pao 11/06/07]

Linda Chung Wants to Buy Business Class Flight for Father

Thanks to her character Sheung Joi Sum, Linda Chung's popularity has risen sharply recently and yesterday she took part in a Father's Day Bowtie event where she was approached by eager fans who wanted to shake her hand. Linda was happy to comply and was very friendly. At the event, she joined a hundred father-child pairings to make bowties and also made a giant 500 square feet greeting card to mark the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return.

With Father's Day approaching and despite a recently swollen wallet, Linda has no plans to buy a gift for her father and plans to just send him a hand made card instead, so he can keep looking at it. She says that when she was younger, she also made a card for her father. So will she be giving him cash? Linda says her father will not be moved by cash and she gives him gifts generally anyway. Last year she gave him a jumper.

When Linda's father visits her in November, she hopes that she can buy him a business class ticket. Recently Linda has just bought her own property in Hong Kong and she has reserved a room for her parents and will be busy cleaning it up so as not to let her parents down. Have her parents rushed her to find a boyfriend? Linda says that her parents have thought about it, but have not rushed her into marriage. Have they asked about her rumours with Raymond Lam? She says that maybe her parents became too absorbed whilst watching "Heart of Greed" and have said that for Raymond ['s character] to have died for me was very good. She then had to explain to her parents that they are just good friends and not to believe the rumours.

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From top: Shirley Yeung; Lily Ho Ngo Yee; Candice Chiu Ka Dik, Nicole Lee Kit Ying & Grace Wong Kwan Hing; Kayi Cheung, Janis Leung Wing Sze, Silvia Leung Ka Yan, Joyce Ko Ho Ting & Jenny Cheng Wai Ching

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 11/06/07]

Shirley Yeung Outshines Miss Hong Kong for Figure

The 16 contestants for the Miss Hong Kong Pageant this year were filming on location yesterday at the Beijing Sport University and this time they were training on athletics events with Shirley Yeung, Sammy Leung and Siu Yee. Shirley wore a sports top and volleyball shorts, showing off her great figure, whereas the contestants were rather covered up and lost out much of the focus. However, Shirley was a little too involved and accidentally revealed her purple underwear during filming.

Afterwards when the press praised Shirley for her great figure, she smiled modestly that the girls were even better. She indicates that she rarely goes running and she has spent a lot of energy yesterday, but she will treat it as keeping fit. Shirley then demonstrated her running for the press to photograph and she admitted being a little embarrassed when she was surrounded by over 20 journalists. Will she be passing on any advice to this year's contestants? Shirley says: "I saw them all working very hard to practice their poses and to face their forthcoming swimwear parade, so I said to them not to be nervous and not to try any maneouvres that are too difficult. The most important thing is to be natural." Has she advised them on how to avoid revealing themselves, she says that the crew will help them out, but of course they have to make the necessary precautions.

The girls then went to the hotel swimming pool, where they changed into their bikinis. Having early been noted as having big hips, Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee indicated that she is used to it now and she feels the most important thing is to have confidence in herself. She also says that she injured her right leg during breakfast, but she will still continue to film at the Great Wall today and she hopes for a speedy recovery. Number 7 Loretta Chow Mei Yan is the tallest of the contestants and was arranged to wear a pair of hot pants. She says she does not mind as long as they are comfortable and she did not ask to change her outfit. Number 12 Nicole Lee Kit Ying has the fullest figure of the girls and she says that when she was studying in Australia, the caucasians around her all had better figures, so she would rarely appear in sexy clothes and so this never brought her any problems.

Number 14 Candice Chiu Ka Dik comes a second place for figure behind Nicole and she says that she has very wide shoulders that give her this build. She says that she rarely wears bikinis so faced with the cameras yesterday made her a little unnatural. Number 9 Grace Wong Kwan Hing showed some cellulite marks in her earlier appearances and she says this is left from doing a lot of sport in her youth and she found that the more sport she did, the more cellulite kept appearing. Number 6 Anita Wong Wai Lam says that the contestants are all very friendly and they offer help and advice to each other in their rooms on how to pose. She feels happiest with her legs and is starting to get accustomed to facing the cameras now.

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[The Sun 11/06/07]

Michael Tao and Sonija Kwok will leave Romance to Fate

Despite the noted absence of leading stars Michael Tao and Sonija Kwok from the promotional activities, new series "On the First Beat" has pulled in respectable ratings in its first week of 33 points. Michael has just returned from Japan, where he has been filming on location for his series "Harmony, Taste & Passion" and insisted during an interview with the waiting press that his absence was purely down to a schedule clash and not because he is avoiding rumours. However, he did face up to the latest gossip around the relationship between him, his wife and Sonija, saying: "I have left this to the heavens and if it does not bring me any more problems, it will be a great help. I will just let everything follow its natural course. (Have you made up with your wife?) We have divorced, it is not just an argument, but I will still care for her."

Fate works in funny ways though and with the rumours dying down, Michael will be joining up with Sonija's former boyfriend in a new mainland series that he starts filming next month. About this, Michael says he does not mind because he knows Deric very well. "We are just making some money! Just face it with normality, the company boss does not mind, so why would I?"

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From top: Eric Suen & Candice Chiu Ka Dik; Fala Chen & Anita Wong Wai Lam; Destiny Cheng Ying Ying; Joey Mak Ho Yee

[The Sun 10/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Contestants Sticking to the Stars

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants continued their Beijing location shot yesterday and with the drop in focus on the early favourite Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee, the other girls took their opportunity to push into the limelight. The girls were joined by Eric Suen at their pool event yesterday wearing one-piece swimsuits, but Lily and also Number 5 Destiny Cheng Ying Ying accidentally revealed themselves. Eric boasted beforehand that his swimming was very good and had shaved his chest hairs in preparation, even putting up the V symbol during the photoshoot and saying he would give the girls a head start, but when the time came to race, he bombed rather than dived into the water and swam very slowly. Seeing how far ahead she was, Number 9 Candice Chiu Ka Dik slowed down towards the end and allowed him the dignity of 'winning' the race.

Asked if she had let Eric win, Candice shook her head and said: "I starte cramping during my swim, maybe because I have not swam for a long time. I was looking around for someone to help me." However Eric revealed that Candice had let him win: "My old injury resurfaced and after swimming, Candice had said she waited for me. She also said she would buy my album." Maybe Candice is taking advice from her mother and sticking to the stars to get noticed.

Also, the contestants joined Fala Chen for a ribbon dance and 'Fala lookalike' Number 6 Anita Wong Wai Lam finally met the real Fala in person. As for the suggestions of their resemblance, Fala says: "The face is not the same, but our figures are alike." Anita was ready with the compliments for Fala, saying: "She is very beautiful and elegant, but we only look alike from certain angles."

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2007-06-09T11:55:00.000+01:00

[The Sun 09/06/07]

Raymond & Linda Rumours Rife at EEG Signing Celebration

With the success of "Heart of Greed", although their characters could not be together in the end, Raymond Lam and Linda Chung have recently been rumoured to have taken their romance off-screen. As Raymond signed officially with EEG yesterday, Linda did not avoid him at all and happily joined him on stage at the promotional event, holding hands and hugging as they sang their duet and maybe indicating strongly their underlying love.

For TVB artistes to extend love affairs beyond the screen is not unusual, after Moses Chan and Bernice Liu, Bosco Wong and Myolie Wu, then now there is Raymond and Linda. The reports suggest that the rather innocent Linda, who claims to have only had 3/4 of a love affair before, has moved the heart of Raymond who was in quick pursuit to be her chauffeur and finally winning her heart.

A special contract signing ceremony was held at the Dragon Centre yesterday for Raymond joining EEG and wearing an Armani outfit, he was supported by TVB executive Virginia Lok and EEG CEO Mr Ng Yu as well as rumoured girlfriend Linda. Linda's outfit matched his very well and when they sang their duet, he was happy to hold her hand and laughed that he was so nervous he had forgotten his lyrics. Even after their performance as they answered questions from the press, they still seemed to be totally wrapped with each other and it was a very loving scene. Linda revealed that her dress was chosen by Raymond and she had offered some Pat Sin Guo beforehand to help with his voice, showing how they were looking after each other. As for being suggested as being the 'lady of the house', Linda laughed: "No, I am just supporting Raymond! (Appearing as a couple?) As long as the viewers are happy, that is fine."

Asked if he has been generous whilst courting Linda, Raymond laughs: "She makes more than me! (Are you courting her?) Don't mess with me." He continues to look lovingly at Linda and says: "You have won it this time!" She then replied: "What are you saying? Stupid!" Linda insists that Raymond is her good friend and there is room for development, but only in the sequel to the show. However, Raymond is obviously interested in Linda and says she is very caring by giving him the preserved fruit: "Yes, it is very 'sweet'." It would seem that this Ray-Linda love affair has a chance to blossom after all!

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 09/06/07]

Sherming Yiu Suffers Split Lip at "Green Grass" Promotion

Sunny Chan, Christine Ng, Sherming Yiu, Yuen Wah and Natalie Tong joined other cast members from new series "The Green Grass of Home" (aka "Love Comes from a Chance") yesterday to share an environmental message. They attended a Diamond Hill primary school, where they played games with the children who had to throw rubbish into the right buckets. Unfortunately, the children became a little over-excited and plastic bottles and aluminium cans went everywere, hitting Christine on the chest and leaving Sherming with a split lip. Afterwards, the cast members showed the children how to make organic compost from their leftovers and when Yuen Wah was about to put a pack in, one of the children called out to him: "You can't put it in with sauce!" Yuen Wah conceded obediently, showing that the children seem to know more than the adults on these matters!

As well as being hit by the rubbish, Christine was also knocked on the ear by Sunny's bucket, but she had a good time and said: "I have my own way of dealing with kids. I remember when I went to Thailand with some friends and there were eight or nine children at the airport who were pointing at me, so I said that if they could do 10 somersaults, I would nominate them for 'Minutes to Fame'. After doing that, they were too tired to mess about any more. However,I will not force myself to have children, just leave it to nature. After all, I have my godson Morten (Anita Yuen's son), so I am already very happy."

Shermng was asked about her injury and her lip was a little swollen. She smiled: "I never thought that children would be so strong, but I could not find the culprit." She says that children can get very over-excited when they are playing, for example her nine-year old brother broke their plasma TV when he was playing with guns at home. Fortunately she had just won a new 29-inch LCD TV, so it came in handy.

After the event, TVB arranged for the cast to go for lunch, but Sunny rushed away to look after his son. He says: "Children are so interesting!" He says that he feels that as this is their first time as parents, then he and his wife would like to spend more time with their son and they will still hold him even if he is asleep and give him their fingers to suck on. He laughs that this will help him build up his immune system.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 09/06/07]

"Heart of Greed" Cast Confirmed to Re-unite Next Year

TVB's "Heart of Greed" gained some good results for its finale and to thank the cast and crew, TVB held a special celebratory dinner in a hotel earlier. Those in attendance included Lee Si Kei, Ha Yu, Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Moses Chan, Linda Chung, Tavia Yeung, Bosco Wong and Fala Chen. TVB General Manager Stephen Chan was also there to personally thank everyone.

There were 16 tables in all and the hotel gave TVB the special price of $2888 per table. Mr Chan led the speeches, firstly inviting Si Kei, Susanna and Ha Yu onto the stage for questions. First he asked Dai Bao whether he has been offered some good jobs? Ha Yu replied by thanking the company and Mr Chan. Susanna was then congratulated on her forthcoming concert and then Si Kei was asked if she is getting bored now. She says that she is not bored and with Ha Yu doing ads and Susanna singing, then there should be something in store for her. Despite the success of the show, producer Lau Ka Ho does not dare to be proud and says: "The reform is not yet complete, I still have to work hard and break through the 51 point mark." As for TVB Drama deputy director Catherine Tsang, she encourages everyone saying: "We cannot be short of everyone when we re-group in January."

They then celebrated with champagne with Catherine suggesting they should pour the champagne onto Moses's head. Moses and Linda then shared a drink together. A final farewell was then said to the show and Susanna sighed that it would be strange without the show. Asked if she felt sad, she says she will missit. Si Kei won 40 abalone in an earlier promotion and she will be sharing them with the crew later.

After Mr Chan revealed that he had been signed to do a hair replacement ad, Ha Yu was asked about this and he said happily: "I never imagined that my bald photos would bring me good news and I would be approached by a sponsor. However, I cannot reveal anything just yet. (Is the fee high?) It is six-figures and I am easily pleased. Originally I have over ten hairpieces at home worth about $10,000 each, but now I will save a lot of money."

Talking of Si Kei asking him for a part in his ad, will they work together? Ha Yu says he does not know yet and it is down to the sponsors to announce. He would like to work together with her,but he has not signed the contract yet nor received the money, so he is worried if he says too much they will withdraw the offer. Although "Heart" has been very popular, Ha Yu is still not content and he hopes that they can take the show to North America and China for Chinese people all over the world to enjoy.

Asked about wanting to join Ha Yu's ad, Si Kei says she was just joking, but she hopes to have a part in something, laughing that he hasn't got rid of her so easily. Si Kei is currently busy filming for "Jewel's Splendor", where she plays a very manipulative person, very different from Dai Kai. She says that she will be putting her heart into her new character. As for the daughter of her good friend Leung Siu Ling entering Miss Hong Kong, Si Kei says she has not seen Siu Ling for a long time, but her daughter is a good girl and has the potential to be Miss Hong Kong.

Si Kei, Susanna and Michelle took part yesterday in a promotional event for a Macau jewellers and modelled diamond jewellery worth $10 million. Asked if they had received such valuable jewellery before, Si Kei replied: "No, I just have to buy them myself, no-one will buy them for me." Susanna says: "Yes,but it was a long time ago." Susanna says that when she was on stage in her youth, she had already started collecting diamonds. Si Kei says that she bought her first diamond in 1977 when she spent $48,000, but when her mother told her that an apartment in Kowloon City only cost $50,000 then she regretted her purchase. However, with the good results from "Heart", she has bought herself a pair of diamond earrings to reward herself.

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[The Sun 09/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Contestants Show off Martial Arts

The 16 Miss Hong Kong contestants were at the Beijing Physical Education University yesterday and after showing off her figure at the swimwear shoot yesterday, Number 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee was the focus of the press after the official figures released by TVB were revealed for her as 5ft 5 ins tall, weight 119 lbs and measurements 33-24-35. Talking of the criticisms against her, she seemed a little teary and said: "I Will not intentionally lose weight, my health is more important and will eat more vegetables and less snacks. I do Latin dance regularly. (Are you worried about losing out on this?) No, it is about the whole picture." However, many netizens have been supportive of Lily, saying: "It is not a crime to have big hips, it proves she will be a good child-bearer."

After practising some Taekwondo, Number 9 Grace Wong Kwan Hing worked the hardest and guests Sammy Leung, Siu Yee and Chin Ka Lok all praised her. Ka Lok who was also a tutor indicated that he had the strongest impression of her and felt that she was very suited to a career in showbiz. Sammy laughed that many of the girls communicated in English and he felt like he had joined an 'English tour'. He says: "I can't even chat with them! Grace is very crazy and we have thought about changing her name from 'gracy' to 'crazy'."

As for the compliments, Grace says: "Everyone was working very hard and were very tired,so I wanted to raise everyone's spirits and when you are happy, you will smile more. I am interested in entering showbiz, but I am putting my heart into Miss Hong Kong and I would like to be the Goodwill Ambassador and Tourism Ambassador."

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2007-06-07T22:52:00.000+01:00

From top: 2 Lily Ho Ngo Yee, 12 Lee Kit Ying, 9 Wong Kwan Hing, 16 Cheng Wai Ching

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 08/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong Swimwear Shoot

The sixteen contestants for the 2007 Miss Hong Kong Pageant were filming at a Beijing hot spring part for their swimwear parade with special guest Chin Ka Lok yesterday. There was nothing outstanding about the girls figures and although most of them were quite well balanced, there were plenty of flaws. Among them, hot favourite Lily Ho may have good looks, but her wide shoulders, full bottom and thick hands showed up in her bikini. Although Cheng Wai Ching's buttocks are quite full, her bust is as flat as a mirror and she is very skinny, showing protruding ribs and collarbones. As for Wong Kwan Hing, her belly looks like she is three months pregnant. Chow Mei Yan seemingly has the best fiure, but her bust is a little lacking, unlike the girl with the fullest bust Lee Kit Ying, who is a 34C or D.

Maybe they are just not used to revealing their shoulders in public, but during filming, they were all covering themselves with towels and grasping hard onto them, afraid of them falling. Lily was also the only one to have a little skirt beneath her bikini bottoms, maybe to help hide her thighs. She says: "Maybe the designer felt this would suit me better. (You are grasping onto a towel, are you very nervous?) No, just that I do not wear a bikini much usually and it is quite unnatural walking down the pebbled path, but I felt my performance was ok. (Which part of your body needs improvement?) I feel my teeth are not white enough and I have some baby fat, but other than that I am quite balanced. (Are you worried about your focus being stolen?) I admire myself and admire others, sometimes you have to look at the whole figure and big is not best. (Have you asked for advice on enhancing your breasts?) I do not wish for enhanced breasts and the heavens are very fair, so no-one is perfect and so I still have to accept my shortcomings. (You do not think you are perfect enough?) No, I don't mean that, I hope that people will not dwell on my imperfections."

Lee Kit Ying puts her ample bust and toned muscles down to a regular regime of Taichi and Taekwondo. As for winning the limelight yesterday, does she feel that the others are giving her funny looks? She says: "No, they all usually compliment each other and there is no avoidance. (Will your confidence rise after today?) No, everyone has their own beauty and I do not stand out." As for Wong Kwan Hing, she puts her belly down to muscle, saying that she does a lot of sport. Is she worried about being overshadowed? She says that everyone has their own type of beauty and have balanced figures, so she has been doing sport with them all. Chow Mei Yan says her figure comes from her parents, so she will not be envious of Lee Kit Ying.

Chin Ka Lok will also be teaching the girls Taekwondo and Wushu. Meeting the girls for the first time yesterday, he feels that the standards are very good, with Wong Yin Yan looking like Joyce Chen and Wong Chung Yin looking like Linda Chung. They are all very easy on the eye. So what about figures? He says that they are all very balanced and big is not always best.

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[Ta Kung Pao 08/06/07]

TVB Housewives Celebrate with Red Wine and Liver Pate

TVB series "The Family Link" has pulled in some good ratings and some of the cast mmbers in the show, Sheren Tang, Kiki Sheung, Al Wai and Cecilia Yip paid for a celebration at a French restaurant in Central with red wine and duck liver pate. Having previously complained about her role, Cecilia was in better spirits and was drinking away all night, getting so high that she was trying to get others to drink with her. She says she never imagined that the ratings would do so well and this is down to everyone's hard work and commitment to their work and also the teamwork shown. She hopes that there will be a sequel with the original team and go on to two or three series like the foreign shows.

The show has pulled in ratings averaging 34 points and peaking at 38 points. Kiki is very happy about this and jokes that she will be very happy if a sequel is filmed. "I hope that the company will film more series about normal citizens, because this will spark up conversation and people will be happy watching it. The story doesn't always have to be about arguing, you can have some warmth and reality in there." Kiki has won lots of opportunities to do more work thanks to the show's popularity. "I have received many jobs of openings and stage apperances, some are even in the golden week of July 1st. The fees are quite high, with one job being six figures, so if I get a few more of those, then I will have a seven figure sum! (You have made more money?) It's ok, it's a bonus."

Sheren's 'husband' Michael Tse was busy filming so he could not attend and she laughed: "Men are like that, he has to film and make money. I told him I would have a good time because John Chiang would be with me." As for Kiki's wish for a sequel, Sheren says: "It was very hard for me holding my daughters, so next time I would like to play a single person. Maybe a different genre would be more attractive for me." Talking of the rumours between Michael Miu and Charmaine Sheh that have emerged after filming for "The Drive of Life", Sheren laughs: "I joked with Michael today, when it is his birthday, I will team up with our 'daughter' Toby Leung to buy him a bunch of flowers for him. He says he has never even given her a flower, I don't think she has even had a grain of pollen."

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[Ta Kung Pao 08/06/07]

Bosco and Kevin in Thailand

Bosco Wong and Kevin Cheng were in Thailand earlier promoting "Devil's Disciple" and recording the series theme song in Thai. On the five day trip, they had to be interviewed by the press, magazines, TV stations and radio stations and after lack of rest, Bosco fell ill. He says: "It was Michael Miu who passed me the germs because he was over there filming for the movie 'Brothers'. Meeting him out there, then of course we went for a meal, but he was ill and after the meal, I had a sore throat the following day and I was in so much pain I had to take some painkillers. They did not work though, so I went to see the doctor immediately after returning to Hong Kong."

Bosco was well prepared for singing the theme song with Kevin and Thai singer James. He says: "When I received the demo to the song, I had to work hard to learn all the lyrics, using Chinese, English and Japanese phonetics. Although it was hard work, but it was worth it because I have a Thai song now. (Did the producer accept it?) The producer was a Thai person and we recorded it line by line, so they had to correct us word by word, but they were very patient and although we had to record the phrase again if we made a mistake, it was good fun and certainly an experience."

Although this trip was very packed, Bosco and Kevin still took a little time out to go shopping and sunbathing. However, the weather there was very unstable and kept changing between rain and sun, so when they wanted to go sunbathing, as soon as they had taken their clothes off, the sky had clouded over. Bosco laughs: "I don't know if Uncle Sunshine was avoiding us! Haha!"

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[Ta Kung Pao 08/06/07]

Tavia Yeung has Plenty of Work Thanks to "Heart of Greed"

Tavia Yeung took part in a limited edition mobile phone promotion yesterday wearing a sexy top that revealed her belly button. She smiles that as the weather is hot and humid, she has paid for ice cream for everyone. She says she is just a guest and not a spokesperson, but she was still presented with a new phone.

Thanks to the effect of "Heart of Greed", Tavia has had a lot of promotional work and after the watch show earlier, she is now selling phones. Although she has not calculated how much she has made, she still feels very happy and hopes that she will have even more sponsors, such as clothes, shoes and cars.

Asked if she would like to buy a sports car, Tavia says: "Sports cars are very mother-unfriendly, I am very welcoming to my mother, so I would like to buy a family car to drive my family around."

Having always kept her love life low profile, Tavia has been spotted on many occasions with a 'fat guy' boyfriend and a magazine has recently published photos of them out shopping again, but they kept their distance. She smiles: "To avoid people guessing, I always keep my distance from my male friends when we are out. (Is the fat guy your boyfriend?) No, just a male friend. (But you have been spotted together many times?) I only have a few friends and I will not alienate them to avoid being photographed. If I am in a stable relationship, then I do not mind revealing it, but for now my work is my priority . The company is very open and they will not stop me making friends or having normal social activity."

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[Ta Kung Pao 08/06/07]

Ha Yu Welcomes Anita Yuen to Join his Series

'Dai Kai' Lee Si Kei, 'Sai Kai' Susanna Kwan and 'Dai Bao' Ha Yu were guests at a real estate promotion yesterday and a chef was on hand to cook up more abalone for them. Dai Kai and Sai Kai both fed it to Dai Bao in a very warming scene. Sai Kai then took the opportunity to flirt with Dai Bao and said: "Why don't you buy me an apartment? You have forgiven me already!" Dai Bao laughs that if he really did have $6 billion, then he would not mind buying one for her.

Talking of the finale of "Heart of Greed" being rather anticlimactic, Si Kei says that maybe everyone was too absorbed in it and wanted to know all the small details of what happened to everyone, but it was not possible to explain in much detail about everyone. Susanna also feels that people are missing the series and a happy ending was the best one. As for the suggestion that the original cast and crew have been fighting for the bigger roles in the new production, Si Kei says a little impatiently: "I can't keep up with you - one minute you say Dai Kai wins, then you say Sai Kai wins!" Ha Yu says they don't even know what they will be doing yet and they should let producer Lau Ka Ho have a rest. He just sees the gossip as a joke and will not take it to heart. As for the suggestion by Stephen Chan that Anita Yuen should join the cast for the new show, Ha Yu says excitedly: "Yes, she is pretty and a good actress. I like pretty girls, maybe I will be in Raymond Lam's part and she can be Sheung Joi Sum."

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2007-06-06T22:45:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 07/06/07]

Ada Choi sees Wong Cho Lam as Ideal Marriage Partner

The Hong Kong Premiere for "Oceans 13" was held on Tuesday and as this film is yet to be released in the States, security was heightened to ensure that there were no cameras, phones or video recording equipment taken into the cinema and even guests were checked.

Many artistes attended, including once rumoured couple Wong Cho Lam and Ada Choi, who did not avoid each other at all. Ada was very complimentary of her good friend Cho Lam and says that their height difference is not an obstacle. She says he he has good looks and good education and is a very good person. She smiles that her good friends Monica Chan and Wan Yue Hung are both fighting against her for Cho Lam. She laughs that for two people to be together, the most important thing is to be able to communicate and if they are right, then they should get married because it is hard to find a good man nowadays. However, she says that they are just good friends and just joined up to watch the film.

Ada is currently filming for "Jewel's Splendor" and talking of the finale of "Heart of Greed" pulling in 48 points, she feels that it is a matter of the right time, place and people. Would she like her series to reach 48 points? Ada says you cannot compare it this way because her character this time is a breakthrough, even more than "Dance of Passion".

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2007-06-05T21:17:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 06/06/07]

"War of In-Laws 2007" Costume Fitting

Liza Wang, Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, Vivien Yeo, Suki Chui and Benz Hui took part in the costume fitting for new series "War of In-Laws 2007", but rumoured couple Myolie and Bosco did not seem to communicate much and Myolie preferred to chat with Vivien instead. When Benz introduced his character, he revealed that he has a 'tongue scene' with Liza, so he has been meeting up with her partner Lo Ka Ying to ask for tips on the best way to kiss Liza!

The show will centre around a fashion design company and Liza will be training Myolie to become a woman of taste. Although the company has already prepared a lot of outfits for Liza, she will also be bringing out some of her own items of clothing for good measure. As for the suggestions that this will be a copy of "The Devil Wears Prada", Liza says that only the background will be like the film. As for Benz's claims of kissing scenes, she says that it is only a 'kiss of life' scene. Liza says she will not put too much pressure on herself and just wants a slightly different portrayal of the character. When she saw the script for the first time, she found the lines to be very fast like the ancient version, so she has made suggestions in the hope that this can be amended accordingly. Asked if she felt that Bosco and Myolie are avoiding each other, she says she had not noticed and has no time to worry about them.

Myolie feels that the series is a little like the film, but the characters are different and she is not afraid of people saying it is a copy. She says she has some expectations for the show, so there is some pressure there. Is there a greater understanding working with Bosco again? She denies this and says: "We have not worked together for a while now, so we have to build up our understanding again. (Do you have kiss scenes with Bosco?) Don't know yet. (Is the feeling different having kiss scenes with Bosco?) There is nothing special about him." She is also worried about boring the viewers, so she would like to have rumours with someone else, but she will always put work as her first priority.

Bosco was unwell yesterday and as for her relationship in the show under threat from Vivien and Suki, he still chooses Myolie. Asked if he would be faithful to the end in real life, he says with conviction: "Yes." Then when he realised his mistake, he immediately clarified: "I am talking about the show. (Is it quite special to be working together again?) It's only happening because the viewers feel it is okay. (Is there a special understanding between you and Myolie?) There has always been an understanding because we have worked together before." As for Myolie's protective suggestion saying she would rather Vivien had the gossip, he smiles: "She is protecting a friend! (Protecting her boyfriend?) Protecting her friend. (Liza is supporting you and Myolie is protecting you?) We are a family and friends and they are both my good friends."

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[Ta Kung Pao 06/06/07]

Kevin at Sporting Promotion Tells of Splitting Head Open

Kevin Cheng took part in the Po Leung Kuk Health Check Award Sceheme press event yesterday with Po Leung Kuk director Chan Siu Bo and wushu athlete Lee Fai Kwan. Kevin has always been a fan of sports and his favourite is playing tennis.

Kevin says that playing tennis helps him to reduce stress, but he was also part of a table tennis team when he was younger, then playing basketball in high school. However, he accidentally split his head open once and had to have seven stitches. He says that he is quite dumb really and that injury made him even dumber, so from then on, he changed his love to tennis instead. Has he invited Niki Chow to play with him? Kevin says he has been to play with a lot of people, not necessarily Niki. He says that he has never played with her and does not know if she can play. Asked why he doesn't teach her himself, he smiles that he is not good enough to do that. He also reveals that when he was in Thailand promoting "Devil's Disciple" with Bosco Wong, they recorded a Thai version of the theme song. He says that part of the song will become a telephone ringtone, but it is not an expletive, so he hopes people will not take it the wrong way.

Chan Siu Bo indicated that he has watched Kevin's series and feels that he is very good, otherwise he would not have been chosen as their spokesperson. Ms Chan also indicates that her health product has invited Gigi Lai to be their spokesperson, but as her brother has been involved in a road accident, then she understands Gigi is very troubled, so she just sent an SMS to her. She says she just knows that he can take fluids now and speak. She also urges everyone to remember to wear your seat belt when you travel on taxis.

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[Ta Kung Pao 06/06/07]

Organic Farm Event for New Series

After the finale of "The Family Link", TVB will be airing new series "Love Comes from A Chance" [also translates as "Organic Love" - official title TBC). A group of cast members including Sunny Chan, Christine Ng, Yuen Wah, Akina Hong, Suki Chui and Kong Fai bore the heat and headed to an organic farm in Sai Kung for a promotion where they enjoyed the simple life.

Dressed in her sexy top, Akina was subjected to some close encounters with Kong Fai and she called out to the producer to help her out. Afterwards, she indicated that she did not know she would have to do some farming, so she just dressed in something cool. In the show,she plays a girl with a strong country accent, so there are a lot of jokes about this. She smiles: "My character likes to tell people to eat up quickly, but it sounds like 'shoot up quickly'."

Having recently become a father, Sunny says that his baby has just reached a month old. Asked if he will have any more children, he says: "Yes, no matter if they are girls or boys, I would like another two or three." Sunny says that during his wife's pregnancy, he has learned a lot of things, such as how to look after an expectant mother and also having to be patient with the baby. He also encourages his married friends to have children soon because having kids is very good fun.

Christine says that although this series was filmed in February and March, the location shots were still very sunny and her skin is as dark as a Filipino, so when she filmed the studio shots, the director insisted that she put more make up on. She will be partnering Alex Fong (Chung Shun) in July and as for rumours that this is a second hand job after Maggie Cheung turned it down, she says: "The company says it is not and I had been notified very early on. It does not matter who it was offered to before." In the new show, she will be playing an ugly girl.

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[Ta Kung Pao 06/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong 2007 Filming in Tianjin

The sixteen Miss Hong Kong contestants have reached Tianjin for their location filming yesterday. The girls first visited the Liberation Bridge in the morning, where they released some balloons on which they had written their Olympic wishes. However, as the temperature there is around 37 degrees, the girls quickly rushed into the shade and hid under umbrellas upon their arrival to avoid being tanned.

Maybe due to the weather being too hot and the schedule being too packed, contestants 1 to 4 also had to shoot their profile pictures at a restaurant, so they were very tired when they returned to the hotel. When Number 2 Lily Ho was asked if she found it hard getting up so early in the morning, she syas that everyone had to meet up at 6:15 am, but maybe because it is just the first day, so she is not too tired. Howoever, she wanted an early night. Lily says this is her first trip to Tianjin and it felt good, but she never imagined it would be so hot. She also says that Rosa Chan is treating everyone well,giving them all a bottle of birds nest.

Number 14 Chiu Ka Dik's mother is from Tianjin, so her grandmother knows how to make a lot of Tianjin foods such as Zajiang noodles and Dalu noodles. As for her mother revealed as being veteran film star Leung Siu Ling, she says it was her friend who told her about this. Is her mother unhappy about this? She says she has not been in touch with her mother yet.

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2007-06-04T22:47:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 05/06/07]

"Heart of Greed" Finale Reaches 48 Points

TVB series "Heart of Greed" aired its finale last week and a special banquet was arranged to mark the occasion. After a string of strong publicity, there were suggestions that ratings for the finale would break the ratings record held by "Jewel in the Palace" in 2005.

TVB announced the ratings results yesterday and the week averaged 40 points, with the finale averaging 44 points, watched by 2.87 million people. The finale peaked at the scene where Moses Chan's character 'Dak Dak Dei' proposed to Linda Chung's 'Sheung Joi Sum', where ratings points of 48 points were recorded, thats 3.1 million viewers. Although they did not break the record set by "Jewel", but equalled the 2003 record set by "Square Pegs", ranking itself in one of the highest rated series of recent years. To celebrate the success, TVB will be holding another celebratory party and says that it will not be filming a sequel, but the original cast will be regrouped for a completely new series of a different genre.

As for "The Family Link" starring Sheren Tang, Cecilia Yip and Kiki Sheung, it averaged 34 points last week, up 2 points from the week before as the ratings continue to rise. However, the Miss Hong Kong 2007 Pageant Interview Reality Show only managed ratings of 18 points on Saturday morning, just pulling in 1.18 million viewers, proving that the new concept of beauty pageants has not helped with the falling ratings for TVB's pageant in recent years.

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[Ta Kung Pao 05/06/07]

Michael Tse's Cross-dressing Goes Down Well but Turns Down Ad Offers

TVB series "The Family Link" will be airing its finale this week and in order to resolve all the dangers to the family, the three 'husbands' in the show Michael Tse, Derek Kok and Al Wai presented their 'wives' with a special peace offering yesterday and allowed them to seek revenge, the ladies Sheren Tang, Cecilia Yip and Kiki Sheung subjected them to a walk down a pebble path, kneeling on a durian, putting a potty on their heads and then brushing their teeth with wasabi... all in the name of promotion.

The cast announced last weeks ratings averaging at 34 points and peaking at 40 points, proving to be the most popular series in the earlier 8:30 timeslot this year. TVB General Manager Stephen Chan was also there to suppor them, but there will not be any banquets for them as this is only a 20 episode series, just a celebration party. Will there be a sequel? Mr Chan hopes for something completely new.

When it was revealed that his argument scenes with Sheren that pulled in the most viewers, Michael indicated he is very happy and asked if he is confident of breaking the records set by "Heart of Greed", he says: "I have not thought about it. 'Heart' has captured the attentions of the viewers and is a rarity for the year." As for his cross-dressing being accepted well, with even offers of advertising contracts of him in his ladies clothing, he indicated that the company did not want him to do any ads with this image, so the job was declined even before a fee was discussed. He also does not really want people to accept him dressed as a woman. So how much would he do it for? He says: "I wish to make money with my male identity and not wearing a bra."

Kiki received two bunches of flowers and revealed that they were a gift from some online fans. She says happily: "I was very surprised. They are all university students and have been supporting me for a long time and they used cardboard to make a book for me with all my series info in it. Unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet them, but they always send me little gifts. This is the first time they have sent flowers. (Are you confident of beating the ratings for 'Heart' with your finale?) Yes. (But the public may be out and not watching?) I am not worried, it is a finale after all and I hope it will break the ratings set by 'Heart'."

Cecilia's acting is of award-winning calibre, but there have been criticisms that her acting in this show was exaggerated. She explains: "I acted it with the calmest of approaches, if that is still classed as exaggerated, then the boundaries seem to be quite wide. I don't mind though, everyone has their own opinions and the most important thing is that people are talking. She believes that the complaining netizens are favouring the other type of housewife, so they brand her character as dislikeable and bad, but she is only doing what a lot of normal people do.

As for a change to her normal role types for is she unhappy at playing the bad person in this show? Cecilia laughs that when she first heard she would be working with Sheren, she was very happy and she cherishes the opportunity, so even before she received the script, she accepted the role. Afterwards when she read the first four episodes and found that her character was so despicable, she discussed this with the producer, who told her not to be afraid, saying this would bring her to the attention of even more viewers, but she is still quite suspicious of his words. Asked if she feels cheated? She continues to smile: "No, I agreed to this project of my own accord and I had nothing to say as I had accepted. (Do you mind people disliking you?) No, just that this was different from my original understanding. I will look at the whole picture and it was good fun during filming. (Are you unhappy about the lack of screentime?) No, but I just feel misled about the character's direction."

Asked about whether she thought Cecilia's acting was exaggerated, Sheren says that they felt it was ok whilst they worked together. As for her lack of screentime, Sheren says that she will not have this problem because working with the children was hard work and she would rather have more time to sleep. Asked if she is afraid of being accused of being complacent? She smiles: "No,I do admire Cecilia and I remember in a scene where she and Fala Chen fell into the water, there were press there throughout the shoot. If that was me, I would be sour-faced because I would be worried about my make-up being washed away or revealing myself, but she worked very hard at it and was very professional, so I do admire her. I have met with this situation before, but my principle is the same as hers,if you have accepted a job, then you have to put your heart into it and work even harder to put it right. This is the more intelligent solution."

Producer Lam Chi Wah does not feel that Cecilia's character is dislikable and says that some people find her cute: "I feel that the screentime between the three ladies is very even and as for some people's reaction, this was unexpected, but it only reflects some of the viewers who are netizens and not other groups. (Did Cecilia ask to change the script?) We discussed it and I did make some changes for her, but everyone else did this too and not just her." He also revealed that the finale will feature Cecilia suffering from an STD and the situation will pull at people's sympathies, helping her image with them. Will there be a sequel? He says it depends on the audience response before they decide.

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[Ta Kung Pao 04/06/07]

Francois Huynh Signs to TVB for 3.5 Years

Mr Hong Kong Winners Francois Huynh, Stephen Huynh, Byron Pang and Rocky Cheng joined Miss Hong Kong Aimee Chan and also Natalie Tong and Jess Sum to promote the application process for this year's Mr Hong Kong contest. The men showed off their winning talents and the Huynh brothers were the most popular.

At the event, Francois presented the girls with flowers and had his shirt unbuttoned by MC Miguel Choi to show off his chest. Afterwards, he said he does not mind and admits that he has been keeping fit lately because some magazines have complimented him on the firmness of his muscles. He now has a 4-and-a-half-pack abdomen, so he is better than the 2-pack he had when he was in the contest last year. He has signed with TVB for three and a half years and will be taking part in filming for "Best Selling Secrets", so he has been busy perfecting his Cantonese in the hope of speaking it well because he loves filming dramas.

Natalie and Jess received flowers from Byron and Rocky. Natalie laughs that she has never been presented with flowers on one knee by a man before. She did receive flowers from a man when she was 18, but because she was worried about her parents finding out and scolding her, she threw them away before she got home. Did her ex-boyfriend Amigo Chui ever give her flowers? She avoided the question and said: "I have forgotten. (There are rumours you are back together?) We have always been good friends and did not date or go out." She says that she is focussing on her work for now and the company has not prohibited her from dating.

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[The Sun 05/06/07]

Chiu Ka Dik's Identity Revealed Overshadowing Hot Favourite Lily Ho

The 16 finalists for this year's Miss Hong Kong contest took part in a blessing ceremony for their location filming together with the guest performers yesterday and after revelations about her background, Number 14 Chiu Ka Dik has become the media focus, overshadowing early favourite Number 2 Lily Ho.

In response to reports that she is the daughter of former TVB artiste Leung Siu Ling, Ka Dik indicated that her mother did not mind: "My mother is very supportive of me and told me to do better. My mother is overseas now, but I can't say where but she will be coming back to Hong Kong to support me later. (There are rumours you have the support of an executive?) If that was the case I wouldn't need to enter the pageant, I would just go straight into the industry! I did not reveal my background because I did not want people to know. (How do you resemble your mother?) Everything, I am her daughter!"

Producer Chin Kwok wai reveals that among the location shoots, running down the Great Wall will be hardest work, but Ka Dik has an injury to her back, so she may avoid this. She says: "I slipped when I was taking part in a charity event earlier and there is a small crack in the bottom of my spine, so I have to see whether I can run up the Great Wall."

Favourite Lily Ho was asked whether she is worried abotu Ka Dik stealing the limelight, She says that everyone is treated the same. Aside from this, she reveals this is her first trip to Beijing: "My mother is very worried and this morning my dad escorted me here and gave me some medicines. My mother did not see me off, but I did want her to because 9 days is not a long time, but it is also not a short time."

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[The Sun 04/06/07]

Jessica Hsuan Received Counselling for Dog's Death

Jessica Hsuan brought her beloved dog Lulu to join Bobby Au Yeung at a 'Doggie Dating' event. Her other dog Boom Boom had died earlier from kidney failure and this made Jessica very upset indeed. Although she still has four old dogs at home, she still felt loneely. Will she adopt any more? She says: "When the other four die, then I will adopt another group. (Is it very painful to watch your dogs die?) It is okay, I have to go to counselling, but the most important thing is that they had a very happy life." Jessica will be heading out to the mainland shortly to film a series there and she admits that she has been in discussions with ATV: "I still have 6 months per-series contract with TVB and if there is work, I will do it. (Will TVB be your priority?) It depends on the conditions."

There have been rumours that Michael Tao has tried to win his wife back after getting bored of Sonija Kwok. Asked about this, Bobby says he has seen Michael at TVB, but he did not mention this: "The most important thing is for him to be happy."

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2007-06-03T17:52:00.001+01:00

From Top: Ho Ngo Yee, Wong Yin Yan, Chow Mei Yan, Cheng Wai Ching, Wong Wai Lam

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 03/06/07]

Miss Hong Kong 2007 Contestants First Official Press Conference

The sixteen contestants for the 2007 Miss Hong Kong Pageant met the media officially for the first time yesterday and tomorrow they will be heading out for Tianjin and Beijing to film on location. Miss Hong Kong executive Mr Ho Lai Chuen indicated that the guests for this trip will be Eric Suen, Fala Chen, Shirley Yeung, Chin Ka Lok, Sammy Leung, Siu Yee and EO2 and will feature the most guests ever to tie in with the different Olympic Games events. As for whether Fala will steal the limelight from the contestants, Mr Ho replied: "No, let them compete for the limelight!" After the location shoot, they will be heading to Panyu and Xiaoqing to compete for the Tourism Ambassador award.

The girls introduced themselves on the stage and they split into their smaller groups for photographs before the final group photo. The youngest contestant is Number 2 Ho Ngo Yee (Lily), who is 18 years old. The eldest is 16 Cheng Wai Ching from Las Vegas, who is 25 years old. Most of the girls have further or higher education standards. There were reports earlier that Lily's elder sister was involved in a an affair at the racetrack with a trainer, leading to his wife developing mental health problems, Lily was asked about this by reporters, but she was very frightened and said: "Let me ask the minder first." When the minder arrived, she answered the questions from the press and said denied the allegations, but said she has not seen the reports. Asked if she knows any people from the world of horse racing, she says she is only just 18, so she has never been to the racecourse and although her father likes the sport, she does not go with him and has never met any horse trainers. She also indicated she was very nervous meeting the press for the first time. Lily is currently studying law at the Hong Kong Institute of Further Education.

Number 10 Wong Yin Yan was earlier spotted sharing an umbrella with a man who had his arm around her waist as he accompanied her home. Asked if this was her boyfriend, she was frightened as she said: "No, he is just my colleague and my supervisor, but I do admit he is trying to court me." As for the implied overnight stay, she denies this saying: "I only remained downstairs in his home for a short while, I don't understand why they did not see me leave. I have never stayed overnight away from home." She says she has already explained herself to the organisers and fortunately they are very supportive. Currently studying at Canada's 'Miss Hong Kong University' UBC is 9 Chow Mei Yan and she has been dubbed as 'Flora Chan lookalike', making her very happy. As for "Ting Ting lookalike' Wong Kwan Hing, she feels that Ting Ting is very pretty and everyone has their own opinions. As for 16 Cheng Wai Ching, she does not feel she is very old. Does she feel this will affect her chances? She says she will go with the flow. Possibly due to wearing too much make up, Wai Ching's appearance does not seem to have improved after re-styling,but there were some successful outcomes. Among these were 6 Wong Wai Lam, who looked even more like Fala Chen in both figure and appearance after the makeover and also 12 Lee Kit Ying, who went from a 'housewife' look to a modern beauty.

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[Ta Kung Pao 03/06/07]

Linda Chung is No Longer Just a Vase

Linda Chung joined supermodels Qi Qi and Rosemary at the opening of a fashion store and Linda indicated that at the finale celebration for "Heart of Greed", she was a little unhappy because the final episode was already available to watch on the net before it was aired,so she was worried about ratings being affected, however she cheered up when she saw how enthusiastic the fans were and was confident that the ratings will break the records. She also smiled: The audience can't detach itself from the show. (Could you?) I am used to filming now, so I detached myself very early on."

Thanks to the effect of "Heart", Linda has received a lot of offers of work and also become the target of the paparazzi. She says: "I know they have been photographing me out with my friends and I hope that you will not believe what they write about me in the future. (Are your friends male or female?) There are male and female. (Do you have any intimate actions?) No, and I am not dating either. I will continue to go out with my friends though and not let them affect my lifestyle." As for her work, Linda says that she is currently negotiating some ads and they will keep on coming. Asked if her income has risen, she says she is unclear, but the happiest thing for her is seeing the fruits of her hard work and sacrifice. "In the past, when my series were aired, then everyone would criticise me about my squeaky voice and poor acting, calling me a vase. I don't want to be just a vase, so I have worked hard to improve and it was shown when I filmed 'Heart'. I will be filming 'Golden Destiny' in the future, where I play a ruffian girl and I will play it very openly, so I hope people will give me more confidence."

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2007-06-01T23:45:00.000+01:00

[The Sun 02/06/07]

Kiki Sheung Enjoys Life and is Happy to be a Strong Housewife

When Kiki Sheung doesn't smile, she looks very strict and with her very firm tones, she often conveys an air of arrogance, this was the Kiki of the past. After over twenty years in the world of television, she has gone from 'tin ngo' (swan) to 'fei ngo' (fat goose) to today's 'Cho Mei Ngo' (character name in "The Family Link"). She does not yearn to win awards, just to win compliments on her beauty from real life housewives is enough to make her smile broadly. She has seen through life upon reaching middle age and Kiki has learned to laugh and she can laugh heartily. This happy housewife even has a cute and happy English name!

Of late, those ladies on the screen that have been winning the hearts of viewers have not been the young female leads, but the veteran actors. Following from Dai Kai and Sai Kai, the next in line has been 'plump housewife' Kiki. Although she had already played Roger Kwok's mother in the series "To Get Unstuck in Time" and also the second auntie in "Beneath the Charm", it was still hard to imagine that the yet unmarried Kiki would be able to portray her housewife character Mei Ngo so well. She says: "Everyone has housewife qualities, even men do, I have absorbed a lot of these elements from the people around me and built them into the role of Cho Mei Ngo." Kiki does not wish for huge fame and fortune, because she is afraid of the paparazzi. As long as she knows her lines well and builds up her emotions, then no matter how hard the scene is, then she can still complete it in one take and it is this satisfaction that is the motivation behind her work.

With Praise There is No Need for Awards

Winning the acceptance of the viewers again naturally makes Kiki very happy. Having never won the 'Best Actress' award says that awards should be left to fate: "I started out in the industry with Carina Lau, Margie Tsang, Yammie Lam and Sandra Ng. We each have our own specialities and I felt I was very mediocre, so I just wanted to become a character actor, but I was chosen as the female lead for several series and I saw this as a bonus. It doesn't matter if I win awards or not. If I win, then of course I will be happy, but I might not cry if I am accepting it on the stage." She understands that even after portraying many roles she will not win any awards and this is down to the rules of the game, so as long as the friends in the audience give her praise, then she has already won the biggest prize! She smiles satisfyingly and says: "Now when I go out, the neighbours will call me 'pretty housewife'... awards, they should go to Lee Si Kei if anyone."

Mannerisms Lead to Gossip

At the beginning of her career, things were quite smooth for Kiki and brought her some fame and fortune, but she did not know what popularity was at the time and just knew that she had to keep her head down and keep working, so she was never overly proud of her achievements. She felt that she was not pretty when she smiled, so she created a very cool image for herself and her habit of not finishing off her sounds made her sound very arrogant and brought her some gossip, losing her many opportunities for work. Today, after seeing how beautiful she looks when she laughs on the screen, she is often laughing out heartily and spreading her positive nature to those around her.

Now in her forties, Kiki follows her heart in what she does and the same applies to marriage. She still has the fantasies of a romantic wedding with a beautiful bridal gown, but she is in no rush to walk down the aisle: "I will get married, but I don't know when... maybe I will wait until I am 60 before I do this." Kiki has an understanding with her other half, so she has plenty of personal space. Her boyfriend will not complain that she just concentrates on her work and allows her time to go and play mah jong all night with her friends. She laughs and says: "In the past, I would love boldly and let go of my career for romance and even go out to America for the sake of my boyfriend. Now I have a balance between the two and I have taken my attitude to love to another level. It is no longer about excitement, but more about caring for each other and giving each other space." Seeing Kiki smiling sweetly as she speaks, it would seem that after several failed attempts, she has finally found true love with her current boyfriend, however she still has her reservations: "I am still not sure yet, I have to keep observing." As for what she is looking for, then she just says it is a secret and smiles.

Unlimited Support from her Parents

For Kiki, the importance of her family is by no means below that of her career and her romance. Her motivation to work hard comes not just from her enthusiasm and satisfaction, but also stems from the desire to make more money and give her parents an even better life. When it comes to strong housewives, her first nomination is for her mother: "When I was studying at the artiste training class, it took a year and in those days you did not have a salary whilst you were training. For me to reach where I am now was thanks to the encouragement from my parents. They never complained once and supported me 100%. No matter whether it was financial or spiritual support, they were there. Although they are ok now, I still want to give them a much better life."

Work, love, family and even friends - Kiki has a good balance between each area and she is currently enjoying her life day by day. To be able to reach this level of enlightenment and smile on her life truly makes her a'strong woman'.

Religion - No Need for Repayment

Kiki is a Christian and was baptised in 1985 after following her good friend Teresa Mo to a church meeting. She says that believing in Christ is not about wanting to go to heaven and like her acting, her reasons are entirely valid: "I believed in God because I was touched by the gospels in the bible. In the same way that I act not for the awards and just to enjoy the process, then I will never worry about what position I am in. I am not worried about rewards, I just innocently want to do my work well and in this way, the rewards are even more unexpected."

Epilogue: Yang Guo & Xiao Long Nui

Kiki and her Investment Company Executive boyfriend have been together for two years and in the eyes of their friends, they are like a modern day 'Xiao Long Nui and Yang Guo' because behind their two years together lies over a decade of waiting from the man: "Over ten years ago, I still had a head of long hair and I met my current boyfriend in my friend's Causeway Bay boutique. At the time, my friend introduced us and we just greeted each other and nothing happened. However, for him it was love at first sight and when we met again over ten years later, he finally plucked up the courage to court me, so my friends laugh and call him 'Yang Guo' because he has waited for 'Xiao Long Nui' for so long before they can be together. Haha!"

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[The Sun 02/06/07]

Leanne Li - Keeps Healthy by Maintaining 8:30 Start

Leanne Li has come to Hong Kong to work on her own, but after working too hard, she has fainted twice at TVB City. In order to maintain her health, she has been working hard on her exercise regime and insisting on an 8:30 start every day to regulate the disorderly routine of an artiste.

After winning the Miss Chinese International Title in 2005, Leanne insisted on furthering her career in Hong Kong, much to her parents' disapproval. She says: "They were very frustrated and were worried about me being bullied. My mother even became ill. fortunately they understood my dedication and my wish to see more of life. Now whatever I do, I will let them know and put their minds at rest."

Leanne admits that living independently was hard to adapt to at first and she even fainted because she was unable to cope with the day and night workloads: "Maybe the flu bug was quite rife at work and I was filming and hosting at the same time at the end of last year. I was also rehearsing my dance for the countdown show, so I became over-exhausted and fainted twice at the studios. At the time it was very hard and I was keeping myself going on medication."

In order to keep her body strong, Leanne has learned to look after her health ad every day she now goes swimming and jogging and insists on waking up at 8:30 am. She smiles: "When I was in Vancouver, then I would go to sleep at just past 10pm, even before the sun had set. Now in Hong Kong it is harder, but I still insist on being asleep by midnight, unless I have to work." When it comes to her diet, Leanne knows how to treat herself and has learned to make fish maw and sea cucumber soup that keeps her skin smooth and fair: "Usually Shanghainese people eat strong flavours, but in order to keep my skin well,then I will eat plainer foods and avoid fried or spicy things. I have even learned how to make soup like the Cantonese and usually I will make fish maw and sea cucumber twice a week. It is a little expensive, but it is worth it."

Leanne eats well, so she saves what she can on her clothes. She says that she finds it painful to spend a lot of money on clothes: "Every time I go to a function, I will spend $4000 on an outfit that I can only wear once. It is a waste, so now I am smarter and provided the outfit has not been featured strongly in the press, then I will still wear it again with some different accessories and that way I can renew it a few times."

Profile

Name: Li Yanan Leanne
Height: 5 ft 8 ins
Weight: 119 lbs
Measurements: 34C, 25, 36
Hometown: Shanghai
Education: University
Awards: 2005 Miss Chinese International Winner
Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Shanghainese
Interests: Drawing, Playing Flute, Golf, Swimming, Graphic Design

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2007-06-01T21:10:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 02/06/07]

'Heart of Greed' Finale Fever Sweeps the City

The finale of "Heart of Greed" was aired yesterday and to mark the occasion, TVB held a special abalone banquet in a shopping mall, where over 400 people, including TVB executives, cast and crew members and their families and some lucky viewers joined together for an abalone feast to watch the grand finale and then play games in a very lively and happy affair.

A similar occasion to mark the finale of "War and Beauty" consisted of 38 tables and TVB executive Tsang Sing Ming indicated that that was because it was TVB's 38th Anniversary that year, so this year as it is the 40th Anniversary, they have taken the number of tables to 40, with the first half an hour of festivities aired live on magazine programme "Scoop", followed by coverage of the remaining event on TVB Pay Vision's Entertainment News Channel. To gain entry, fans could either take part in the games played on stage, or they could splash out $588 on a DVD set of the series and a soundtrack CD. One of the first to enter was a nine-year old fan, who has been following the series closely, with her favourite character being Dai Kai (Lee Si Kei) and her least favourite being Sai Kai (Susanna Kwan) and Sheung Joi Tak (Lee Shing Cheung).

All the major cast members were present at the event, except for Bosco Wong, who was busy on promotion in Thailand. The female celebrities all dressed up for the event, with Tracy Ip stealing the show in her white deep V dress, even though she had barely 15 minutes of airtime in the series. She denied trying to outshine Dai Kai and Sai Kai, saying that the dress was provided by her sponsors. Ha Yu appeared wearing a $5000 suit and he laughs that he has more expensive outfits at home, so this is nothing special. As for the magazines publishing photos of him with his 'windmill head' [slang - balding?], he says that the magazines are sneaky, but adds: "It does not affect me, I am a character actor. It is not bad, for people only to notice now. I have over ten different wigs for different occasions." Si Kei has also been photographed without her wig on and she says she is very angry, but she is not afraid of it affecting her image. Her outfit yesterday and the diamond necklace were her own. Susanna's outfit was arranged by the company and in reaction to the little girl saying she hated 'Wong Sau Kam', she felt that the girl was very clear about her opinions, but she was not afraid of being scolded, because they are just scolding her character.

The event was opened yesterday by a live performance of Susanna singing the theme song to the show. Then Sai Kai and Dai Kai had an argument on the stage. TVB General Manager was asked about his thoughts on the show and he used Dai Kai's tone to say: "We have filmed now for forty years, you can tell at a glance whether the show is good or not." There then followed some previews of the finale and then some 're-enactments' of scenes, in which Moses Chan played Sai Kai and Louis Yuen played Dai Kai in a classic scene that brought them much applause.

Two lucky viewers were selected to have a scolding match at Sheung Joi Tak to win abalone, winning six if they lasted a minute. First up was a little girl, but no-one understood what she was saying, so she just took away one abalone. The second contestant didn't do much better and gave up after a few seconds, but still taking away one abalone for her efforts. The luckiest person on the night was Si Kei, who after being presented with a $12,000 abalone by Stephen Chan earlier, was drawn in the raffle to win 40 South African abalone. However, she says she will not enjoy them alone and will share them with the rest of the Tong Family.

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/06/07]

Raymond Lam Wants to Marry a Strong Swimmer

Raymond Lam and Leanne Li have been signed as spokespersons for a wedding salon recently and yesterday, they took part as guest models at a catwalk show at the Wedding Expo, modelling several outfits. However, Raymond seemed rather stiff and did not know how to follow the camera. He later explained that this was down to nerves.

However, Raymond reveals that he had been a model for his friend's wedding shoot when he was at university. He smiles: "At the time they used cameras with film and one pose would take a long time to set up and shoot. Now with digital cameras, then it is more convenient. (Has this job encouraged you to start thinking about having a family of your own?) I have always wanted to date, especially seeing Hacken Lee and Frankie Lam getting married, this has given me the urge to get married too."

Raymond also hopes that he can have an underwater wedding, so his future wife will have to be a good swimmer. So will he go abroad to shoot his wedding photos? He immediately went back into advertising mode and said: "I did think about this before, but after this shoot for the sponsors, then I have found they have a lot of backgrounds and in just one day, it feels like I have been to many places, so you don't need to go abroad. (Will you have a secret wedding in the future?) Definitely not, because my family want me to have a huge banquet and there should be two receptions because apart from friends and family in Hong Kong, I also have to go back to our hometown for a celebration."

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/06/07]

Gigi Lai Says Brother is OK

TVB leading lady Gigi Lai's younger brother Lai Ying was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Thursday, whilst travelling in a taxi and was taken to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment. He underwent brain surgery and fell unconscious, so Gigi was there late at night to be with him and was back again to visit him yesterday afternoon.

A large group of reporters were waiting for her and Gigi was accompanied by TVB Artiste Dept Manager chan Pui Wah. She stayed for over an hour before leaving and when the reporters asked her how her brother was, she smiled and said: "OK" but would not reveal any more and refused to answer any questions. She kept a smile on her face throughout though and seemed in good spirits, suggesting that her brother is no longer in any danger.

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/06/07]

Suki Chui Keeps a Low Profile - Matthew Ko Works Hard at his Chinese

Suki Chui and Matthew Ko took part in a promotional event for an eyewear company and they were both presented with a pair of reactions sunglasses, but they both have excellent eyesight, with Suki having perfect vision and Matthew only having about 50 degrees short sight.

This is the first time that Suki has worn reactive lenses and she feels it is like magic. As the glasses can protect her eyes, will she also buy a pair for her boyfriend? When she heard the word 'boyfriend', she was quite stunned and then said with embarrassment: "Let him do it himself. (Giving a gift to a friend is okay?) When we see something good, then we will go and buy it, that is the power of the media." Talking of sharing good things with friends, she continued to evade the question and said: "If I have a gift, I will share it with my mother and sister." As for whether she is avoiding talking about her boyfriend after pressure from TVB, she smiles: "I don't usually talk about him anyway."

With Father's Day approaching, Suki indicates that she will most likely be taking her father out for dinner. She smiles: "My dad likes to drink, so I will give him a bottle every year and this makes him very happy. (Drinking is bad for health, why don't you ask him to give it up?) He is very healthy and I don't want to take away his only interest in life." As for this year's Miss Hong Kong contestants, Suki has been paying attention and finds hot favourite Ho Ngo Yee most memorable because she is very sweet and calm. As for the trend that favourites usually don't win, she does not agree and says: "Her image is very clear and I support her."

Matthew is currently filming with Kenneth Ma in period drama "Background Master", but as his Chinese is limited, then he has to work hard every night after work, noting his script with phonetics and rehearsing with his sister. However, he still makes mistakes with his lines and in one scene where he had to act out three pages, he NG'ed eight times. Although the crew did not blame him, he bought everyone a drink to keep them appeased. To work on his Chinese, Matthew will be reading more newspapers. As he and Kenneth are both quite sweaty people, one evening when he was getting changed after filming, his hairpiece fell off because his sweat had melted the glue holding it in place.

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[Ta Kung Pao 02/06/07]

Wong He Devoted to Buddhism but Not Quite Monk Material

It was an important Buddhist Festival on Thursday and a priest from China visited Hong Kong especially to promote Buddhism, with devoted Buddhist follower for seven years Wong He as the MC for the event, which introduced the history and principles of Buddhism. Wong He says that he often goes to work with the Buddhist group and centre and once visted Nepal and Tibet with them to see the high priests.

Ah He indicates that he was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism by his former manager, who went on to become a monk. Asked if he will do the same, he smiles: "It is not like in the wuxia novels that you can become a monk whenever you want to. It is up to the priests to tell you whether you have enough karma and fortune to become one." With his Buddhist title 'Chun Bo', Ah He may not have enough potential to be a monk, but he still has to follow the rules of the religion. He says: "There are a few major rules I have to follow, such as no perversion, no killing, no bad language and no stealing. I have kept to four of them, but there is one I cannot keep, I will let you think about which one." After becoming a Buddhist, he has convinced many of his friends to join up as well and even his mother has started reciting Buddhist mantras and listening to the stories. Ah He says: "Religion is a very personal thing and as long as it does not condone killing, then it is okay. We will not intentionally push people to join us."

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2007-05-31T21:36:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 01/06/07]

Raymond Lam and Leanne Li Natural Wedding Partners

Raymond Lam and Leanne Li were shooting an ad for a wedding studio yesterday and despite this being their first collaboration, they were acting just like a pair of newlyweds as they displayed some very intimate poses. However, they were extremely professional and were not embarrassed as they found a great chemistry with each other.

It turns out that Raymond and Leanne do know each other already so during the shoot, they were often laughing and playfighting, just like a pair of newlyweds. Raymond says that he is most worried about Leanne being taller than him, but he was relieved when he found out that she wasn't and realised he isn't as short as he envisaged. This is the second time that he has been the spokesperson for this studio. Talking of his fee, he says he is very satisfied. The company has previously had Andy Lau and Kevin Cheng among its male models, so does this put pressure on Raymond? He smiles there is none and they are all very different people, but he is very honoured to follow in the footsteps of the movie king and the TV king.

Raymond was asked about his fantasies about wedding and he says of course he has them. He hopes that he can find his marriage partner, but he does not even have a girlfriend because he is still focussing on his career. He believes that when he gets married, then there will be a lot of people at his banquet and it may last several days. It will also take place in both Hong Kong and Xiamen, but will definitely be held in autumn because he is quite a sweaty person and if it is held in summer it would be terrible and he does not want his bride to get cold in winter.

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[Ta Kung Pao 01/06/07]

Roger Kwok 'On Fire' in the Starry Kitchen

Roger Kwok was filming yesterday for "Starry Kitchen" and he demonstrated cooking lobster, making catch fire in the process. However, Roger was very calm and seemed to know exactly what he was doing. He says that he does cook and his best dishes are western dishes. Asked what he makes to win his wife's heart, he smiles that Cheese Baked Lobster with Yi noodles. When the reporters say that this is quite easy, he says that it is down to his thought.

Roger seems to have put on weight recently and he admits that he has because he had a rest earlier. In June, he will be joining Kevin Cheng and Yoyo Mung in a mystery story series and he is sure he will lose weight then. He says that when he was on vacation, he took his wife to Europe and Thailand. So has he been busy 'making babies'? Roger laughs that if he succeeds, then he will tell everyone, but there is nothing just yet.

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[Ta Kung Pao 01/06/07]

Fame for Linda Means No More Public Transport

Linda Chung and Karl Ng were guests at a Citibank party promotion yesterday and with them both having grown up abroad, they showed their poor Chinese skills as they made lots of mistakes and causged a lot of laughs as they spoke their lines on the stage.

Linda has found a rise in popularity after her character Sheung Joi Sum in "Heart of Greed" won the heart of the audience and this has brought her more opportunities to make some real money. Linda admits this, but does not know how much she has made. Asked how she will be rewarding herself, she says that she will be taking a few more driving lessons so she can take her driving test. Asked if she is still taking the MTR, she says that more people are recognising her now, so it is becoming inconvenient, but whilst she does not have a licence, then she can only rely on the MTR or taxis. There have been criticisms recently that there is a continuity error in "Heart" with Linda's hair, but she denies this because she did pay attention to this when she was filming and there was no discrepancy. Asked about Alan Tam's compliments about her acting, Linda says that she was very happy to receive praise and it is like an injection of encouragement, so she will do even better in the future. With two men at her feet in the series, she feels that Sheung Joi Sum is very lucky, not just to have two admirers, but also to have two handsome, rich and career-minded men after her, but these things will never happen in real life.

Karl admits that his Cantonese is not that good and he did indicate that he likes to go partying, but not to meet girls, just to relax and have fun.

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[Ta Kung Pao 01/06/07]

Fala Chen Records 'Heart of Greed' for her Parents

Fala Chen took part in an event for Hollywood Plaza's Bow Tie Festival yesterday, where she created her own bow tie. Talking of father's day, Fala says that in the past back in the States, she would go fishing with her father. Now she is in Hong Kong, she cannot celebrate with him, but she will be sending him a denim cap as a gift.

Asked if her parents have been watching "Heart of Greed" in America, Fala indicates that her parents live in Atlanta, where there are not many Chinese people, so they cannot watch it. As a result she has been recording every episode and sending them over to her parents to watch. So what do they think of her? Fala says: "They say it is quite good, but they like watching everyone else more, such as Lee Si Kei." She also says that her parents don't really understand Cantonese, so they have to read the subtitles.

Fala says that her mother told her about her little gestures, like her blinking and this made her look a little unnatural, and Fala did not realise this before. So do her parents feel she does not have sufficient screentime? Fala says: "They did not cut any of my scenes, maybe there are too many storylines in this show, so they never really concluded my characters romances. Moreover the focus was on the inheritance battles." As for the audience response that her character was a little surplus to requirements, she says: "It was okay. I feel that I was very happy filming this series and it was a great achievement, because I learned a lot of things and the process was very important. This series seemed to really bring me into the industry."

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 01/06/07]

'Heart of Greed' invades Jade Solid Gold Whilst 2.7 million tune in to watch Sai Kai's Cruelty

"Heart of Greed" will be airing its finale this evening and cast members including Lee Si Kei, Susanna Kwan, Ha Yu, Raymond Lam and Linda Chung were guests on Wednesday's edition of "Jade Solid Gold". Of course they were instantly adopting their characters as they re-lived some of their characters' lines and Susanna's theme song to the series "Unspeakable" gained the top spot in the charts. The appearance of the highly popular cast on the show, the ratings for the music show shot up by 5 points to 19 points (1.2 million viewers).

Thanks to the influence of "Heart", 'Sai Kai' Susanna will soon be holding a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, but she says that she will have to wait until next week to see if she has a slot. She hopes that she can perform at the end of July or early August. Asked if there will be any of her co-stars at the event, Si Kei immediately said that even if they are not invited, they will still all turn up because they all worked together so well, then they will jump at any chance for a reunion. Linda and Raymond sung their duet sub-theme for the series and she was very happy at Alan Tam's compliment about her acting and crying scenes. She says that this is because she has always loved Alan's songs. As for this series turning her into a crybaby, Linda laughs that it was a great learning experience and she can cry any time now.

It was predicted that the scene of Dai Bau's death would lead to another peak in ratings, but in the end it was the scene where Sai Kai slaps Chi Foon that spiked ratings to 42 points drawing in about 2.7 million viewers and the highest audience numbers yet. Susanna says: "I am very happy! At first this scene did not exist, but we felt that at the time Sai Kai should be very angry, so the slap would be good and we completed the scene in one take and his face really did go all red." The slapped Lai Lok Yi is currently filming abroad, but on the phone, he said: "As long as people see that we have worked hard. I am so lucky this time to have worked with so many veterans and such a good script."

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2007-05-30T23:12:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 31/05/07]

Kiki Sheung and Al Wai are a Memorable Couple

Kiki Sheung and Al Wai were guests on a radio show yesterday and their husband and wife characters have gone down well in recent series "The Family Link" and the latest storyline tells of how Al goes missing. He smiles: "I have gone to the mainland with my cousin to mess about!" Although the ratings for "Family" have not been bad, TVB have been pushing hard for "Heart of Greed" to get good ratings, making sure the cast members are in the papers every day. However, Kiki does not feel that this has stolen their thunder and believes that they are all doing well. Moreover there is still another ten episodes for "Family", so she is confident that ratings will keep going up and will break the records set by "Heart" because the forthcoming storyline will be very moving, such as her using poison to win her husband back.

Talking of one of the show's stars Michael Tse receiving complaints by using his middle finger to push up his glasses, Kiki supports him, saying: "Usually it is like that when you push up your glasses and I also use my middle finger to push up my glasses." As for the reports suggesting that she recites poetry for her boyfriend, she clarifies that is it him who sends her SMS love messages. Asked when she will become a housewife for real, she says: "Later! Maybe I will wait until I am 60 before I get married because that is trendy! In this industry no-one has got married at 60. (Do you not want to be a mother?) No. (Are you put off by looking after the children in the show?) Maybe." Kiki says that her son in the show is called Leung Yat Yu, but he is a fat kid and she laughs: "His name means 'floating feather', but he is actually a brick that you cannot push." As for Al, he says his son is intelligent and sporty and this is the second time they have worked together, so they have a good rapport. So will he adopt him as a godson? He smiles: "Let's see if he wants to."

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[Ta Kung Pao 31/05/07]

Charmaine Supports Benny at Blessing Ceremony

Charmaine Sheh wore a Chinese wedding gown at the blessing ceremony for new series "Steel Lips Silver Teeth" yesterday. In the show she originally likes Michael Tse and wants to marry him, but even though the emperor knows that she hates Jordan Chan, he still gives an edict for her to marry him. In the end, they learn to fall in love with each other over time. At the event, Jordan seemed to be hassling Michael, who lost his patience and said: "He is such a busybody and a bother! (Is it because you don't see each other much usually?) Yes, I don't hit him enough, that is I don't greet him enough! Maybe Jordan has not filmed at TVB for so long, so when he sees someone familiar, he wants to spend a little more time with them."

Talking of reports that Jordan requests changes to the script during filming, Michael supports his good friend: "Every actor has their own personality, like my character for instance." Jordan admits that he has asked for changes to his lines. He indicates that as an artiste you have to have your own aura and changing some lines is only normal. Talking of Michael complaining about him being a hassle, Jordan laughs: "It sounds so sweet! We have been brothers for so long."

May 28th was Charmaine's birthday and on that day she had to work from early morning to late at night, but she had some rest on 27th and held her birthday party then. Many friends attended, but her rumoured boyfriend Benny Chan was nowhere to be seen. Asked if he had sent her a birthday SMS, she says: "No! Maybe he was not in Hong Kong. (Do you find him to be heartless?) Men are like that, women are more caring." She received many gifts on the night, in particular sexy underwear and even her mother let out a 'Wow!' when she saw it. Asked if she will be putting them to goo use, she says: "Yes, I ususally like to wear very colourful sleepwear so if it is right, I will wear it. (Do your friends want you to wear it for your boyfriend?) At the moment I can only wear it for myself or maybe my mother to see."

Sharon Chan's former boyfriend Matt Yeung was in trouble again yesterday. It is reported that in a drunken stupor, he tried to buy something using his China Entry Card instead of his Octopus card and when it did not work, then he lashed out and damaged the display on the machine. As this is not the first time this has happened due to his drinking, it is reported that TVB will not be giving him any more chances. Sharon says that she did not know about this, but she will call him later to find out. She says: "As a friend, then of course I hope he is ok. (Do you feel he has a fiery temper?) The man I knew back then was very quiet and reserved and he rarely went out drinking, but this was a long time ago. (TVB have decided not to give him any more chances?) I hope that he will cherish his future."

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[The Sun 31/05/07]

Kate Tsui Injures her Nose Whilst Filming

Kate Tsui, Kenneth Ma and Leila Tong were filming in the intense heat yesterday for period drama "Background Master". The three were all soaked with sweat and Kate revealed that she injured her nose earlier and had to rest for a couple of days. Although her strength is back now, she is still a little nauseous on this her first day back on set in the sun. "A couple of days ago, I was filming a home scene with Kenneth but the prop window frame fell down and hit me on the bridge of my nose. I was in so much pain that I felt faint and immediately headed to Tseung Kwan O hospital for an x-ray. Fortunately my nose was not broken and was just swollen, so this was quite lucky." Kenneth indicated that both Kate and Leila have injured themselves in this series and it is quite spooky, so he will go and pray for safety.

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2007-05-30T18:58:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 31/05/07]

"Heart of Greed" Family Out Making Money

Hit series "Heart of Greed" will be airing its finale this Friday and to build up the hype for the occasion, the cast members have been making many appearances to promote the show. The latest event was on Tuesday evening when Ha Yu and Michelle Yim paid for three tables at a restaurant for cast and crew including Lee Si Kei, Susanna Kwan, Raymond Lam, Bosco Wong, Tavia Yeung, Louis Yuen and Moses Chan and they were also interviewed by TVB magazine show "Scoop". During the event, Ha Yu made a calligraphy painting and presented it to the show's producer Lau Ka Ho. Bosco and Tavia were so excited and play fighting, leading them to knock over a glass. Michelle laughs that they will not be eating abalone this time, but will go for roast suckling pig, chicken and seafood instead. Asked if she is interested in filming a prequel to the series, she says that would be good because they can explain about the children in the family On, Yat, Foon and Yan and also tell how her character was conned out of her fortunes and how Sai Kai met Dai Bau.

As the series has been very popular, the cast members have seen a rise in popularity not just in Hong Kong, but also in many areas of Asia, so the offers of work in stage performances have come flooding in, as Si Kei pushes Louis to be her middleman to get some jobs. Louis laughs: "They are mainly interested in Ha Yu, Si Kei, Susanna and Michelle. (When will this happen?) As Si Kei is currently filming for 'Jewels Splendor', then it will be at least November before it can happen. We have all worked together very happily and to work together in other jobs will be good. I hope it continues to come in, as they say: 'After Heart of Greed, Everyone has a Job'. (Will you be asking a high fee for them?) We won't do it for anything less than seven figures! (Each?) Yes of course! (Are you worried that such a high fee will scare people off?) I never mentioned what currency that would be in!"

As for the story of Ching Leung's road accident aired on Monday bringing in ratings of 42 points, Ha Yu was very happy and hopes that there will be another breakthrough in the ratings to take it to the top series this year. Talking of their increasing offers of stage performances, Ha Yu says that he will not take advantage of this and put his fee up.

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[Ta Kung Pao 31/05/07]

TVB Pushes ATV Further by Holding Advertising Awards

If it's a good idea, then why not copy it? TVB announced yesterday that it will be holding the first "TVB Best Advertisement Awards" on 28th June and this will be in direct competition with the "Top Ten Television Advertisement Awards" that has been held by ATV for a number of years. To mark the announcement, a press conference was held, attended by prime time cast members including Ha Yu, Lee Si Kei, Louis Yuen and Wong Cho Lam. Linda Chung and Raymond Lam were originally planned to appear, but they had to rehearse for "Jade Solid Gold", so they could not make it.

TVB Executive Mr Ho Lai Chuen was asked why they had the idea to hold another set of advertising awards and he indicates that after consideration of the variety programmes of late, TVB has never had any shws connected to advertising. Are they directly competing with ATV? He says that there is plenty of space in the market and he is confident of holding an awards ceremony of some standing and is confident that this will pull in the ratings. Mr Ho also insists that every awards in this contest will be voted for by the public and so it is not influenced otherwise because of the open and fair vote. In addition to the normal categories, there will also be awards for the best advertising male and female artistes. TVB will win over on this front because their own artistes will be able to attend and collect their awards.

Si Kei's popularity has risen a lot recently thanks to "Heart of Greed" and there have been reports that TVB is keen to sign her for another two years. Yesterday, she admitted that she has signed with TVB for another two years, but she is not tied into them as such. Asked if her fee has risen, she says: "My fee is ok. My only request is I have a certain level of freedom to choose my scripts, because I am already quite old now and I hope to have a greater choice, otherwise it would be very hard."

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2007-05-29T23:25:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 30/05/07]

Joey Soaks Ron at "On the First Beat" Promo

TVB will be airing "On the First Beat" after the finale for "Heart of Greed" and the show's cast members aside from Michael Tao, Sonija Kwok and Kate Tsui attended a promotional event yesterday held at a hotel swimming pool. Among those present were Joey Yung, Sammul Chan, Ron Ng, Selena Li and Kenny Kwan. However, Joey was very protective over herself, insisting she could not get her hair or face wet and ensuring that Ron and Sammul did not carry out their threats to push her in the pool.

Most of the cast appeared in the promotional t-shirts and shorts, except Joey who appeared in long trousers and high heels. Ron and Sammul had planned to push her into the pool, but when Ron sprayed her with a water pistol, she reacted quite strongly saying: "Why are you spraying me? Is your gun out of control?" Ron immediately protested: "This is a water pistol!" Then Joey joked that it look like he was urinating when he sprayed water and warned him: "You can spray my body, but don't get my head wet." Although she would not let people spray her head, she was ready to spray other people and targeted Ron, leaving him rather helpless. When she saw the other cast members jump into the water, then Joey climbed into a raft, but again she gave a stern warning to Ron not to tip her over. Unable to do anything to Joey, Ron turned his sights to Kenny and tried to tip over his raft instead but did not succeed.

Afterwards, Joey explained her behaviour, saying that she still had to go and film some clips marking the tenth anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China, so she could not get her hair wet. She says: "Below the head is fine to get wet and I had planned this and brought an extra pair of trousers with me." When asked why she did not wear shorts, losing the promotional effect, she smiles that she forgot, and she does not mind showing her legs, but she is afraid it would be even more disappointing to see her in shorts because her legs are not very pretty and she would lose out to the other female cast members.

Joey was very thankful to Ron for looking out for her and says this was probably down to the relationship they had built up during filming: "He was very ethical this time!" Joey says she is a playful person and seeing everyone in the water, she really did want to get in and join them. As for the forthcoming promotions relying on her to hold the fort, Joey says that you cannot put it that way and she will do what she can. With the series following on from "Heart", Joey feels that the two series are very different, so it is difficult to complare them, but she is confident the show will do well.

Ron explains the reason why he let Joey off was that she often has a few phones on her and he was afraid of damaging them if she got wet. Asked why he did not put his swimming trunks on to help promote the show, Ron says that he has a lot of hair on his legs, so it would look quite revolting if he wore trunks. He also says that he has never worn swimming trunks and usually wears shorts to go swimming. Asked if he is embarrassed about his 'lumps', he says: "No, it is just my habits. I do wear underpants though." He adds that people would rather see women in bikinis than men in trunks, so he would rather not show his shortcomings. If he was presented with an underwear ad, would he accept? Ron says: "I would think about it and see how much money is on offer. (Say about $10 million?) Don't force me! Add more, but I wouldn't really want to do it."

Sammul laughs that he had planned to push Joey and MC Tang Chi Fung into the water, but in the end he hid himself away and even he did not go into the water. Talking of there being fewer and fewer cast members at forthcoming promotions because they each have their work, Sammul says that he and Tavia will wear less and less. As for the show following the "Heart" slot, he admits that there is some pressure, because the preceding show features a lot of veteran actors in comparison to the younger cast in this show. Moreover, not everyone is present at the promotions, so he is afraid this will affect it. However, he says that this is a good quality show and will attract viewers.

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[Ta Kung Pao 30/05/07]

Fala Chen Gets Speeding Ticket for Avoiding Paparazzi

Fala Chen and Wong Yi Hing were guests at a promotion for a new portable computer and were each presented with an ultra-portable notebook computer at the event. Earlier, a magazine article revealed that following a meal with Neway karaoke heir Sit Sai Hang, Fala was followed by the paparazzi in her car and she was caught speeding by a police officer as she tried to evade them.

Fala says that this matter is in the hands of the police. On the day, the press were photographing her when she was stopped at the lights and this frightened her as she was worried that this could cause an accident. As for the suggestions that her male companion deserted her, she explained that he is not an artiste and is not used to being photographed and he could not drive as he had been drinking, so she offered to drive his car to the parking lot and he left by taxi. However she met the press on the way there. She insists that he is just a friend and this was a normal social occasion, so there was no need to avoid the press, but as he is not an artiste, then there is no need to put such pressure on him. As for whether he has a girlfriend, Fala says this is his own business and she does not know. Asked if he is courting her, she says: "Ask him yourself, I can't ask him these things it is too direct."

Also, writer Yi Hing says that he does take his notebook out, but he feels it is too big and inconvenient. Seeing how light this new model was, he says this will be his new companion. He is currently busy writing his articles on love in preparation for publishing before the July book fair.

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[The Sun 30/05/07]

Matt Yeung in Court on Charges of Criminal Damage

Having already been bound over to keep the peace for a year after charges of drink driving and assault, Matt Yeung was back in court after allegations that on Tuesday 22nd May, he damaged an Octopus machine and a cigarette advertisement box after the machine failed to 'top up' his China Entry Card. Yesterday, he appeared at the Kowloon City Law Courts facing charges of criminal damage and prosecutors indicate that he may also be charged at a later date with assault.

Matt pleaded not guilty and the case has been adjourned until August. His current series "Jewel's Splendor" requires him to return to film in the mainland, but his China Entry Card has been held as evidence, so reports suggest that his location scenes have been deleted. TVB executive Virginia Lok indicates: "Matt Yeung cannot leave Hong Kong because of this incident, so the company has to deal with this. We will see how the courts decide, but if he decides to let go of himself, then no-one else can help him."

Court case ref: KCCC 3322/2007

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2007-05-28T23:04:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 29/05/07]

"Heart of Greed" Reaches Finale Week - TVB Pledge to Reunite Cast in New Series

TVB series "Heart of Greed" will be airing its final episode on Friday and a celebration party was held yesterday for the cast and crew, attendees included Lee Si Kei, Ha Yu, Susanna Kwan, Tavia Yeung, Bosco Wong and Linda Chung as well as executive Catherine Tsang, who promised that the cast would be reunited once again for another production, saying that no-one would be left out.

The hype around the series keeps on growing and ratings last week averaged 35 points, peaking on Thursday at 40 points, pulling in 2.5 million viewers. As well as opening the champagne to celebrate, they also took a guess at the finale ratings to pass 48 points. As for the steady rise in viewers, Tavia and Linda were both very happy. Tavia has decided together with Bosco to take everyone out for a buffet, whilst Linda will be chipping in with Raymond Lam to pay for karaoke. As for the pledge from Catherine for another series together, they all joined together and said: "That would be the best!"

Catherine also wished Bosco good look for the Thailand release of his series "Devil's Disciple" in Thailand as Bosco and Kevin will be flying out to promote the show and record the Thai theme song tomorrow. Bosco says: "I have to do 20 interviews in 3 days, so I have to take over ten outfits. Fortunately I have my sponsors to help me out." As for another series with the "Heart" cast, Bosco says: "Of course I would like to film this, the best would be to carry on the theme of food! (But isn't it boring seeing you paired with Tavia again?) So next time we should have a big swap around and Ha Yu should be paired with Fala and I will be paired with Susanna. (Why don't you choose Fala?) We have had rumours so it would be boring. I'd like a change even if it is with Linda!"

With the ratings peaking when Susanna's 'Sai Kai' divorced Ha Yu in the show on Thursday, even beating Dai Kai's death scene, this proves her popularity has risen a lot. She says happily: "I am really happy, although people scold me every day, I am still happy."

She indicates that she is not being scolded in the streets, but in the internet forum polls, where netizens will talk about every scene and say to her: "Sai Kai, stop it now! Sheung Joi Dak is tricking you, please return to Dai Bau!" She feels that it is rare for a series to attract viewers' concern in this way and it is down to several elements, including the script, the roles and the media coverage.

As for her episode even beating Si Kei's big scene, she says: "The opening is very important because it has caught the viewers' attention and the ratings keep getting better. (Are you hoping for a new record in the ratings?) I am confident, but as for how much, I hope we will be as good as 'Jewel in the Palace' and 'War and Beauty'."

In order to celebrate the ratings, Susanna and Ha Yu will be taking everyone out for dinner. Asked if she would like an award at the end of the year? She says: "I have not really thought about awards, I am already very good and for people to say I am performing well is already an award for me, so if I do receive one, then it will be a bonus. (Is this your representative piece?) I daren't claim it to be, because I am just a high school student when it comes to filming series. I can just say it was a very memorable production and I will continue to sing." As for the original cast being reunited, she is very supportive, but hopes that it will be a longer series as 40 episodes is too short.

Following the success of airing the finale to "Jewel in the Palace" in a shopping centre in the past, the malls of Hong Kong have been fighting for the right to air the finale to "Heart" in their precints on Friday. TVB sold these rights to the highest bidder and it was Tsuen Wan's Discovery Park that won. They will also be hosting a special abalone banquet in the centre to mark the occasion. Although they lost out, Hollywood Plaza will be airing some other episodes this week on a 250 inch screen and will also be holding some promotional events and lucky draws to win abalone prizes. With rumours on the internet that the show will have two endings, producer Lau Ka Ho denied this yesterday.

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[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 29/05/07]

No Rumoured Boyfriends at Charmaine's Birthday Party

Yesterday was Charmaine Sheh's 32nd birthday and her manager arranged a birthday party for her the night before at a Causeway Bay bar. Many showbiz friends were there to celebrate with her, including Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Bobby Au Yeung, Gallen Lo and Michael Miu, but rumoured boyfriends Benny Chan and Ron Ng were nowhere to be seen. As Charmaine did not have to work on her current series "Steel Lips Silver Teeth" that night, she stayed out from about 11pm until 4am and although she was wearing sunglasses when she left, she did seem to be a little drunk.

Charmaine attended her celebration wearing a white top and silver hotpants and as well as receiving flowers, she was also given some beer and two boxes of whisky and of course a birthday cake, in fact there are reports that she received 3 cakes and also 99 roses. When she was waiting outside and saw the reporters, Charmaine indicated she was afraid of it raining, but she was thankful to her friends for attending as she has received a lot of gifts. Asked what her birthday wish was, she says she wishes for good health and to just let love run its course. She also hopes for some good scripts. Asked if Benny has called her with his greetings, she just said goodbye and entered the venue again.

Timmy Hung attended with his girlfriend, but did not have a gift for Charmaine as he joked that Charmaine did not give him anything either. Gallen and Al Wai gave her a blank cheque for her to fill in, whilst Michael laughed the best present for her would be to make her drunk.

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[Ta Kung Pao 29/05/07]

Mandy Cho Shares Skincare Tips

Mandy Cho has been the spokesperson for Squina skincare products for a few years and yesterday she took part in a promotion where she joined the bosses to whip up some facial mixture with an egg whisk.

Talking of skincare tips, Mandy says she is very careful of her skin because she tans quite easily. When the weather is hot, she will just a lot of moisturising facials because her skin is quite dry. Asked if she will be filming series again, she says she has been negotiating with the company, but she will just be hosting some lifestyle programmes on Pearl for now. She says that at first she did enjoy filming series, but then she felt it was hard work and it gave her bags under her eyes. As for hosting, she feels she is a beginner. As for the Miss Hong Kong pageant underway again. Mandy says she has been watching and there are a few who are quite outstanding. She feels that the most important thing for a Miss hong Kong is to smile, be yourself, try not to be too nervous and use more facials. She favours 'Gigi Lai Lookalike' and 'Flora Chan Lookalike' this year because she feels their appearance is quite sharp. As for the four overseas contestants being so-so, Mandy feels that as an overseas contestant herself, maybe they have just not been crafted yet.

Company boss Ms Chan indicates that Mandy has been their spokesperson now for three years and they have increased her fee each year because she is a good girl. She asked Mandy to represent them because she is intelligent and very innocent, so her contract is worth nearly $1 million. Ms Chan says she is looking for a new spokesmodel now and is in discussions with some models, but is looking for someone with a healthy image.

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[The Sun 28/05/07]

Miss Hong Kong Contestants Film Clip in the Cold

The 16 contestants for the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2007 braved a yellow rainfall warning yesterday to continue with their training and filming at TKO TVB City. The girls appeared in their uniform casualwear, but the air conditioning in TVB City was very cold and they had to bring their own coats to wear to avoid catching a chill. Also after their hair and make-up restyling, the girls have improved their appearances significantly.

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2007-05-28T22:05:00.000+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 28/05/07]

Sheren & Michael's 'Family of Four' at Promotion

To promote new series "The Family Link", cast members including Sheren Tang, Kiki Sheung, Michael Tse, Kenneth Ma, Leila Tong, Fala Chen and the children appeared at an event in a shopping mall, with Sheren attending despite illness. The cast split into teams and Kiki's team were finally awarded as the 'model family' and Kiki re-enacted a scene from the show, where she grabbed hold of Al Wai like a koala, making everyone in the audience laugh out loud.

Sheren indicated that she was suffering from a chest infection and she had been to see the doctor, but she is still not completely recovered so she was sounding very husky. The ratings for the show have been standing high since its release and asked if she thinks it will get any higher, she indicates that the story will move into a climax this week, where her character starts to suspect that her husband Michael has a cross-dressing habit and plans on how to help him deal with it. As the subject matter is quite bold and involves scenes around the topic of sexual behaviour, Sheren feels that this is part of normal life, but she does agree that the writers have been quite bold and during the filming, Michael was nervously asking if it was okay and indicating how frightened he was. Sheren on the other hand was bolder because she is the ambassador for sexual health after all. She says that often housewives will place their sex life last in their priorities and this show will help remind them to still focus on life's enjoyment. She says that in the past she would share these experiences with her husband, but now she cannot accept sex before marriage due to her beliefs, but when she is married, then she can do whatever she wants.

Asked if he was very frightened about the sexual scenes, Michael laughs: "Sheren gave me goosebumps, I have never had goosebumps whilst filming before!" Asked what the scene is about, he insists that he will not tell how Sheren 'heals' him and just says that he was frightened and concerned whether it could be aired, so when Sheren indicated the producer was happy for it to be aired, he bit his lip and carried on. Aside from this, there have been complaints about the way he pushes up his glasses in the show. Michael says he never imagined such a small gesture could be picked up by the viewers.

Fala's popularity has risen recently with one series being aired after another and appearing in both prime time series at the moment. Her characters are very different though because she plays a villain in "Family". She says she does not mind this new venture, but wearing a bikini is already her limits. She says that she is becoming well known for being a villain, but she accepts that as an artiste she has to try different roles and compared to the roles where she is just in the background, then she does not mind being scolded in the street. She says: "Fortunately I have not been scolded yet!"

Also, she is currently busy filming for new series "Golden Destiny", in the show she will be pregnant and also commit suicide and she says that in real life she has never met with anything so dramatic and she is an optimistic person, so she will never commit suicide because she is afraid of her parents being sad. As for the reports that she will be putting away her sexiness, she feels that a natural and healthy look is acceptable and she will be doing some swimwear shows soon. She says that as an artiste, you cannot hide yourself away and she will wear bikinis to film even if she does not dare to wear them normally.

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[Ta Kung Pao 28/05/07]

Nancy Wu Does Sport for Stress Relief

Nancy Wu and Cindy Lee took part in an event for the improvement of Hong Kong's mental health. Nancy says that many people in Hong Kong suffer immense stress from work, so it is common for them to suffer from anxiety and she feels the best way to relieve stress is through exercise. Asked if she has been under stress before, she says: "Yes, but not to the point of illness. Every time I start a new series filming, I will be so worried that I cannot sleep because I am putting pressure on myself." Nancy indicates that she likes to go jogging and swimming, so she can build up her health as well as relieve her stress. She also reveals that she goes swimming in her club house and sometimes wears bikinis there.

Nancy will begin filming for the modern version of "War of In-Laws" in June, where she plays one of Liza Wang's staff. Nancy says that this is the first time she will
be working alongside Liza, so she is quite excited. In the show she works in a very fashionable magazine and she laughs that she will have the chance to wear lots of pretty clothes. Talking of her former boyfriend Deep Ng dating a model girlfriend and buying computers together, Nancy says she does not know and she rarely contacts him now. Asked if she would like to date, she says: "A little, but I will leave it to fate. (Do you have any pursuits?) I don't know." She also laughs that her own computer is quite old now, but she has no-one to go and buy a new one with.

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2007-05-27T01:16:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 27/05/07]

Tavia Yeung Unafraid of Rumours and Borrows Ron Ng's Car

Tavia Yeung took part in a promotion for the Forza Motorsport 2 Game yesterday and tried her hand at playing the game as well as decorating two remote controlled cars for a charity auction which raised $700. A games player herself, Tavia says that this racing game is very exciting and is just like driving a real car. She also adds that she is a very careful driver and since she started driving, she has only been caught jumping a red light and being fined 3 penalty points.

The car that Tavia decorated was a white Fair Lady, the same car as her rumoured boyfriend Ron Ng. She openly admits riding in his car in the past and is confident that he would even lend it to her because she has lent him her car before. Asked if she is afraid of rumours again or upsetting some of Ron's other rumoured girlfriends, she smiles she is not afraid and jokes that she will call him later to borrow his car.

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2007-05-25T21:46:00.001+01:00

From top: Kayi Cheung, Wong Chung Yin, Cheng Wai Ching & Leung Wing Sze; Ho Ngo Yee; Wong Wai Lam; Chiu Ka Dik; Wong Yin Yan

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 26/05/07]

Overseas Contestants Revealed for Miss HK 2007

The 12 finalists for this year's Miss Hong Kong Pageant joined the 4 overseas contestants from the US and Canada to meet the stylists and make-up artists at TVB City yesterday. The overseas contestants are Leung Wing Sze, Cheng Wai Ching, Kayi Cheung and Wong Chung Yin. Although in the past, the girls from abroad have always been favourites to win, the four this year have not proved outstanding as yet, with Kayi and Wing Sze looking decidedly frumpy. Kayi is reported to have received the 'Vivacious Beauty Award' at the 2005 Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant.

At yesterday's event, the girls were all dressed smartly and most brandished designer handbags, with hot favourite Ho Ngo Yee being the most eyecatching in her maroon dress. The girls were all happy to answer when asked for their names and one of the girls Chiu Ka Dik wore a flower around her left wrist. Asked if she had just come from being a bridesmaid in a wedding, she smiled that this was just fashion.

Miss Hong Kong Deputy Organisational Manager Rosa Chan indicated that as well as meeting the stylists yesterday to gain their advice, the girls also selected their numbers, tried on their costumes and shoes and completed the basic formal procedures. Talking of 'Gillian Chung Lookalike' being followed around by the press, will they be teaching the girls how to deal with the paparazzi? Ms Chan says that she will tell the girls to be careful and has taught them how to face the press. She says that for the girls to be dating is unavoidable, but they should not act unacceptably in public.

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[Ta Kung Pao 26/05/07]

Aimee Chan and Koni Lui Want Non-Smoking Boyfriends

With 31st May being the "World No Smoking Day", the promotions for this event kicked off yesterday with "Sharing a Smoke-free City", attended by Aimee Chan, Koni Lui, Natalie Tong, Angel Sung and Charles Szeto. Also joining them was Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Mr York Chow.

Aimee and Natalie were dressed in sexy dresses to welcome the summer and soon became the focus of the press. For Natalie who usually seems quite slim, she seemed especially curvy in her outfit. Koni wore a top with an alluring slit near her chest and nearly revealed herself during the event when she moved around.

Talking of anti-smoking, neither Aimee and Koni are smokers and Aimee says that as she has allergies, then whenever her friends smoke, then she will sneeze. Does she mind if her boyfriend smokes? She smiles that of course she would like for her boyfriend not to smoke, because the smell would mask her perfume and his teeth would be whiter if he didn't smoke.

Koni's father was a smoker and she says that when she was young, she was woken up by her father's smoke and she has asked him to give up. He agreed that if she did well at school, then he would give up, so when Koni came top of her class, he successfully gave up smoking. She says that she does not mind other people smoking, but prefers it if they hide away to do it because she does not want to inhale second-hand smoke. Does her boyfriend smoke? Koni pretended not to know and asked the reporters which boyfriend. She says that she has friends who smoke, but she would not like her boyfriend to smoke.

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[Ta Kung Pao 26/05/07]

Sheren Tang Has Lost Money on Investments

Sheren Tang and Monica Chan were guests at the opening of the "Asia International Antiques Expo 2007" and took part in a charity event earlier to raise money for the Pok Oi Hospital. The ladies also worked hard to help sell some ornaments that had been made by some grannies to raise money. Edison Chen and his father Mr Chen were also there with some friends.

Sheren says that she is just an ordinary citizen, so she does not have much money to dabble in antiques, so she was only there to admire the works. Although there is investment value and collectibility in antiques, she finds them far too expensive. Asked if she has invested in property or stocks and shares, she says: "No! In the past I bought an apartment, but it ended up in negative equity and now I just rent my home. I also lost money on shares, so I am afraid now. The most I buy now is food and I keep my money in the bank, but I will be investing in a trust fund soon."

Monica is also an admirer of antiques and once wanted to become an archeologist, but after watching "Raiders of the Lost Ark", she gave up on the idea because she is afraid of insects. As well as antiques, Monica is also interested in diving and she once took part in a relic dive, where they found a Southern Song Dynasty wreck, making her very happy at fulfilling her ambition. She says: "I am happy that I could put my hand out to touch it. The funniest thing was when my friends asked if I had collected any antiquities, but I said that I had nowhere to put it because my diving suit was too tight!" She also found that there were a lot of black objects for sale there and she bought it without knowing what it was. Then her friends cleaned it up and found it to be a silver nugget.

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[Ta Kung Pao 26/05/07]

Teresa Mo Turned Down 'Best Selling Secrets' But Does Not Rule out Return to TVB

Teresa Mo was interviewed on a radio show yesterday and she revealed that last year, she had been approached by TVB executive Catherine Tsang to take a part in the sitcom "Best Selling Secrets" to play the role now taken by Esther Kwan. At first when she heard about the solid cast and crew, Teresa was keen to take part and wanted to accept, but after some serious consideration, she was worried that the time would be too long and affect her family, so she turned it down. With the series pulling in some good ratings and Esther's role doing so well, Teresa can't help feeling she has lost out on a great opportunity.

Teresa says that she really wanted to accept when she was approached by Catherine, but for sitcoms, the filming schedule is from early in the morning until 10pm at night and after hearing the horror stories from Lawrence Cheng, who had just finished with "Welcome to the House", Teresa was put off by this. After discussing this with her husband, she was worried that this would break up her family, so she sent an SMS to Catherine turning down the offer.

Although she could not take a role in this production, Teresa says that if she meets with a good script, then she does not rule out taking on a 20-episode series.

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[Ta Kung Pao 26/05/07]

Stephen Chan Presents Dai Kai with $12,000 Abalone

'Dai Kai' Lee Si Kei was the latest guest on TVB General Manager Stephen Chan's chat show "Be My Guest" yesterday, where he presented her with two pairs of glasses and an abalone worth $12,000. This abalone has been specially treated, so you only need to steam it for 20 minutes before you can eat it. Stephen was very thoughtful and also presented her with a pot and indicated that this is the most expensive gift he has presented on his show.

Stephen feels that 'Dai Kai' has been very popular recently, so he has invited Si Kei to be his guest this time. So has she taken the opportunity to ask for a pay rise? He smiles that this is a commercial secret and that he is bringing 'Dai Kai' back to life for this show. Stephen says he is an avid supporter of "Heart of Greed" and he had expected this show to do well beforehand. He syas that some of his friends from political circles has spoken to him about storylines from the show and even those such as Winnie Yu who do not usually watch the show have asked him for tapes of the previously aired episodes so they could catch up.

When Si Kei found out the price of her South African abalone, she let out a 'wow' and was very happy. Si Kei says that many years ago, she was invited to an abalone meal and she had a very large abalone about the same size as the one that Stephen presented her with. Will she be asking for a pay rise in her meeting with an executive? She says that this is not the right occasion, but she might raise it later.

It turns out that when Si Kei was ill, she was interviewed on the radio by Stephen and this time there is nothing she will not talk about. In the past, many of his guests have been moved to tears, but she laughs that she has never tried this and has never watched the show, but she feels that letting emotions flow is a good thing because we are all only human. In the past she did watch a clip of Gigi Leung crying and she understood that when a girl suffers a lot of stress and pain, then this is often the best way of letting things out.

Si Kei says that her biggest pressure is worrying about her health. Yesterday, she was suffering from a severe headache, maybe caused by a cold. She says that if her health is good, then there are a lot of things she wants to do because when she was young, she had a few jobs and was constantly working, so now she is older, she has more ailments and has to find ways of helping herself. She also adds that thanks to the effect of 'Dai Kai', this year she has had the most interviews ever and she has to take 'well voice tea' before she can do the interviews. So would she like to be a host? She says blankly that she is not interested.

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2007-05-24T22:09:00.003+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun25/05/06]

Ron, Sammul & Tavia "On the First Beat"

New series "On the First Beat" will be airing after the finale of "Heart of Greed" and the cast members held a promotional event at a Ho Man Tin secondary school yesterday. However, some of the more senior members of the cast such as the heavily rumoured Michael Tao and Sonija Kwok and guest star Joey Yung were noticeably absent and it was left to the younger leads Ron Ng, Sammul Chan and Tavia Yeung to hold the fort, together with Yan Ng and Rocky Cheng. However, they were all unafraid of being affected by the earlier reports about Michael's divorce and were full of confident for the show.

With three of the leads missing from the event, producer Wong Wai Sing indicates that Sonija is on vacation until July, so she will not be taking part in any of the promotions and Michael is currently in Japan filming on location for "Harmony Taste & Passion" and will not be back in Hong Kong until 9th June, when he will take part in the later events. Joey is too busy at the moment, but she will be at the promotional event on Tuesday. Asked if he is worried that this will affect the ratings, he says that the audience is only interested in the show and not necessarily in whether the stars appear at events. He is currently producing another show "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind", but female lead Toby Leung was admitted to hospital with fever and vomiting. Wong says that Toby was discharged earlier and will be returning to work today and this has not affected progress because they had skipped ahead to scenes that did not include her.

Ron is not worried that "First" is following on from the hit series "Heart" and says: "I am confident in this series because last time it was about our training as a cadet and this time it tells of how the cadets are out on the job. There are also more scenes of training at the PTU and also rioting scenes, so the content is much more interesting than the first series." Ron will be heading out to Chengdu to film a joint production between a mainland and Taiwanese company, where he plays a wine producer. He plans to be there for two months before heading back to Hong Kong to film for "The Four Great Constables". As he does not want to affect the schedules for "Four", then he will be rushing his filming in China for the next two months and therefore he will not be able to attend any more promotions for "First".

Tavia has been busy promoting both "Heart" and "First" and she smiles that if she had a fee for these promotions she would be rich. With two series being aired back to back, she is pleased that this has brought her more stage performances and made her some extra money and she hopes to reward herself with a new car. Does she feel any pressure with "First" being released so soon after "Heart"? She says:"I am confident in the new series, because there are a lot of new cast members and after the hype of "Heart", then the ratings should continue to be good. (Are you not worried about the negative rumours surrounding Michael and Sonija?) No, rumours are not real and they will actually help bring focus on the series. The viewers want to watch the drama and not the gossip."

Sammul has just returned from Thailand and it has been two or three years since he last visited Bangkok, so he joined a few friends on a trip there. One night in a bar, when they were going to the toilet, they passed three girls and one of them turned round and pinched Sammul on the buttock. He was rather shocked, but by the time he had realised this, they had gone into the ladies and he was left helpless. Sammul says that he was not angry: "It's okay for a man to be pinched on the bum, it is only used for sitting on and is not an important area. (So what if they had pinched one of those areas?) Of course I would protect myself then! At the first opportunity!" On this trip, Sammul met with many Hong Kong tourists and was asked to be photographed by many 'aunties'.

Sammul was sporting a bit of stubble and a shaved head at the event and he explains that it is just for fun and for no real reason. Asked if he has any expectations for "First", he smiles: "I feel that this time it will be even better than last time because there are some evacuation and riot scenes in there. Also with new cast members such as Joey and Yan Ng, then I am confident in ratings and hope that we can have a 'cadet's blog'."

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[Ta Kung Pao 25/05/07]

Fala Chen Makes Money From Recent Popularity

Fala Chen and Lisa S were guest models for a shoe company earlier and they walked down the catwalk in the season's latest designs. Fala says that she has many pairs of shoes at home because every time she sees a pair that she likes, then she will buy them. Some she has only worn once or twice and then put them aside, so she then gives then away to her mother or her friends. At the moment she has about 50 pairs of shoes at home and although it is already too many, she still buys one or two pairs a month.

In choosing her footwear, Fala feels that comfort is the most important and she found a pair of 5 inch heels at the event that were extremely comfortable and did not make her feet as tired as other heels. When she was in America, she would often frequent this particular shoe shop, so she was very excited when she found that she could buy them in Hong Kong as well. Talking of the popularity of her series "Heart of Greed" spreading to each of the cast members and bringing them opporutunities to make some extra money, Fala admits that she has benefitted from the extra work of late and she will make the most of it before she has to start filming again for new series "Golden Destiny".

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[Ta Kung Pao 25/05/07]

Yoyo Mung Doesn't Mind being Mistress or Villain

The 'Home and Living Expo Room' at HITEC (Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Centre) at Kowloon Bay was opened yesterday by Hopewell Managing Director Mr Thomas Wu and a group of celebrity guests including Yoyo Mung, Eunis Chan, Isabella Kau, David Ki and Mr & Mrs Chau Kai Bong.

Yoyo indicated that she loves buying furniture and loves to select some favourite pieces at her leisure. She smiles that it has been four years since she moved into her current home, but has still not found a dinner table to her liking. She says she has found one during her travels abroad, but the import procedure was complicated and she is worried about ordering off the internet, so she would rather buy it directly from the manufacturer. Talking of recent rumours that she was originally cast to play Sheung Joi Sum in "Heart of Greed", but was then cast in the mistress character of Sui Mak Mak after the show started filming, Yoyo denies this saying that she had confirmed to play Sui Mak Mak before the show started filming. Asked if she was worried about being hated by the audience, she says she does not mind at all because she was clear about the moral background to the character when the producer first offered her the part. As an artiste, she feels she should try any role to truly understand the breadth of her talents. When her good friend Lai Lok Yi pointed out to her that she was being hated universally, she did not mind at all and hopes that she can play a villain in her next role. Has Ekin been watching the show? Yoyo says that she has not been in Hong Kong recently, so she does not know whether Ekin has been watching.

Eunis likes to give her old furniture to her sister and then buy new items for herself and she will spend the most money on beds. As she is tall, she has been used to sleeping in large beds since she was young and she had to order a special 7 foot bed that she sleeps in now. She smiles that she has to sleep 8 hours a day, so she feels that selecting a comfortable bed will help keep her beautiful and healthy.

Joey Meng was also at the event yesterday as an opening guest for one of the exhibitors and she idnicates that in the past two years, she has been a full time housewife and she is really enjoying life. When she feels like it, she has been taking on the odd stage show appearance and maybe she will return to film series if she has the opportunity.

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[The Sun 25/05/07]

Moses Chan says 'Knitting Bernice' is Cute

Moses Chan, Linda Chung and other cast members from "Jewel's Splendor" were spotted at Hong Kong airport earlier as they prepared to set off to France to film on location. As Moses is currently appearing in the hit series "Heart of Greed", many fans called out his character's nickname 'Dak Dak Dei' and pulled him over for photos. Some female fans even asked for a hug. He says that they will be in France for at least two weeks and hopes to try the local Bordeaux red wine.

As for the recent reports that rumoured girlfriend Bernice Liu will be knitting him a jumper, Moses smiles sweetly and says: "That cover is very sweet! Great promotion!" Asked if he will be building a love nest with Bernice, he says: "The news about my apartment broke ages ago. It is just an investment." Linda says that she will be rushing back for a "Heart" promotion, so she will only be in France for two days and she reveals that she will be taking the crew out to karaoke when she returns together with Raymond Lam.

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[The Sun 25/05/07]

Linda Chung had Secret Crush on her Senior for 5 Years

Linda Chung's character Sheung Joi Sum in "Heart of Greed" is actually very similar to her in real life because as well as being very careful with money, Linda is also very faithful with her love and she reveals that also had a secret crush on a senior at school for five years!

Linda is well known to be very careful with her money, so in "Heart", she is really playing herself in the role and she admits her personality and outlook on love is very similar to Sheung Joi Sum. Asked who is more careful, Linda says: "I feel that Sheung Joi Sum is more careful. I will spend when I need to and not at all like the reports that suggest I just spend $20 a day. I am not as bad as Sheung Joi Sum."

Linda reveals that she spend four or five years at school harbouring a crush on a boy in an upper year, in the same way that Sheung Joi Sum did on Ching Leung (Raymond Lam's character) in the show. However, although she is faithful, she can also be very carefree with love and will not put her heart and soul into it. If she finds a third party in the relationship, then she will definitely split up with him and will not keep harbouring feelings like her character does in the show.

In the series, she becomes entwined in relationships between Ching Leung and 'Dak Dak Dei' (Moses Chan) and Linda says that in real life, she would probably still choose Ching Leung: "Love is all about instinct and Ching Leung was love at first sight, whereas with Dak Dak Dei, it was a love that grew from sympathy."

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[The Sun 25/05/07]

Esther Kwan Back to Pre-Pregnancy Figure

Esther Kwan shot an ad for her slimming company sponsors yesterday and she reveals that her weight is back to 105 lbs, where she was before she became pregnant. "I have not been dieting and sometimes I will use the machines and have facials. At my peak, I was about 120 lbs, then I took slimming pills, but after a week I stopped because the side effects were affecting my heartbeat." She plans to take up yoga and Taichi soon to keep fit.

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[The Sun 25/05/07]

Idy Chan Turns Down Charity Tango Act

Idy Chan took part in a charity walk event at the Peak yesterday and asked whether she would be performing a tango for the fundraising show, she shook her head and said: "No! It's too close, I don't want there to be any physical contact." With her recent rise in appearances, she denies that she plans a comeback, explaining that she never retired from the industry in the first place! She says that TVB are negotiating with her to return and film a series, but nothing has been confirmed as yet.

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[The Sun 25/05/07]

Halina Tam Holds Back Tears Trying on Wedding Gown

Halina Tam and insurance hero fiance Eric dated for just a year before they announced their plans t marry and the happy couple were discovered trying on their wedding outfits at a studio yesterday. However, as Halina's beloved pet dog has just died, she was holding back the tears and her sadness.

Having revealed her marriage plans earlier, Halina and Eric attended a studio in Tsimshatsui to try on their wedding gowns. Treated as VIP's throughout, the bride-to-be tried on a number of outfits, whilst Eric tried on some tailed jackets. They showed off their loving as Eric often brushed his fiancee's hair and even asked the assistants to play the Miss Hong Kong theme tune when Halina tried on the tiaras.

Halina reveals that their wedding will take place on 11th September at the Intercontinental Hotel, with a 45 table banquet. She also says that they met a year ago at a friend's birthday party. Asked if she minded the nickname 'Miss Hong Kong Killer' that he has been given, Halina said she did not mind at all: "He has told me all about it and it is in the past."

However, Halina was a little upset yesterday because her beloved 'daughter' Lulu died of cancer yesterday morning. She says her pet had had an operation, but the wound did not heal and so she regretted putting her pet through two days of agony instead of letting her go peacefully. Halina feels that maybe Lulu knew she would be busy with her wedding preparations so she chose to depart a little earlier.

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2007-05-23T22:47:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 24/05/07]

Bernice Liu & Michael Miu at 'Pirates 3' Premiere

Bernice Liu appeared at the premiere for "Pirates of the Caribbean 3 : At World's End" held at Disneyland Hong Kong as an opening guest. The film was shown in its high-definition format and Bernice appeared in a period costume, which was rather conservative in design. She explains that the costume was provided by the organisers and as this is a Disney film, then it cannot be too sexy. She says that she thought she would be wearing in outfit similar to the female lead Keira Knightley.

Asked why she has been invited to be the guest at this event, Bernice says that maybe because she was the first to hold a birthday party at Disneyland after it was opened, where she was presented with a giant Mickey Mouse, so this year they presented her with a Minnie Mouse instead. During her introduction to the achievements of the "Pirates" films, Bernice misread some of the words in her lines and asked if she was too busy dressing up and not learning her lines properly, Bernice denies this and says she was just too nervous on the stage. Asked whether her fee was a five or a six figure sum, she smiled that if it is five, she is satisfied, but if it is six, she would be even happier.

With rumoured boyfriend Moses Chan having been linked recently with Linda Chung and Ada Choi in gossip, there have been reports that she has been trying to win him back by knitting him a jumper. Bernice says that she had learned to knit a scarf in the past, but this time she is learning to knit a jumper. So will she be giving her loving creation to Moses? She smiles that she is knitting a unisex design that is only one size. When the reporters suggest that Moses would be very happy to receive this as a gift, Bernice smiles that this is her first one, so of course she will give it to her parents and it depends how it turns out when it is finished.

Also at the premiere was Michael Miu and his family because his son and daughter wanted to watch the film and he wanted to watch Chow Yun Fat's performance. Michael says that if he had the opportunity to act in this film, he would like to have Chow's role and after watching the first two films and knowing that Johnny Depp's character is an immortal being, there is nothing fresh any more.

The film collaboration between four of the 'Tigers' entitled "Brothers" will be filming on location in Thailand at the end of the month. In the film, Eason Chan will be playing Michael's younger brother, Felix Wong and Ken Tong will be members of a triad family and Andy Lau will play a cop, whilst mainland actress Huang Yi will be the female lead. With Tony Leung being the missing tiger in this film, Michael explains that when Andy opened filming for this movie, he had not planned a role for Tony because of the clash of characters and also because of Tony's expensive fee and lack of schedule time. Michael says that he hopes for the five tigers to be reunited once again, but he does not know whether Tony wants this. However, there will be chance to work together again in the future and it is not like the reports in the press where they are enemies.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/24/UL-740867.htm
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2007-05-22T22:46:00.001+01:00

[The Sun 23/05/07]

Filming Delayed as Toby Leung is Admitted to Hospital

Currently busy filming for "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind", Toby Leung was suffering from a fever and sickness as well as aches and pains on Monday and was admitted to hospital for treatment. The doctors felt her symptoms were different from normal colds or gastroenteritis, so she was admitted to administer antibiotics as well as to undergo x-rays and blood tests. She is currently awaiting the results and staying in hospital for observation.

Toby's mother Barbara visited her in hospital yesterday and she revealed that Toby's fever had not yet receded and she felt terrible when she saw her daughter being sick in the toilets all the time. As for the ulcer by her lips, Barbara explained that this was just a spot and not down to poisoning. Although her daughter is busy filming all the time, Barbara indicates that she has had plenty of time to rest and she does not think the illness is down to working too hard, but probably food poisoning instead.

The show's producer Wong Wai Sing indicates that Toby's admission into hospital has left the filming schedules in chaos, so he has has to rearrange the scedhules and is currently working on changing people's rundowns. As Toby's report is not yet out, he does not know when she will be back at wokr, so he will let her recover and there is no need to change the role just yet.

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[The Sun 23/05/07]

Erica Yuen Posts Apology to Stephy in English

Erica Yuen posted an entry in her personal blog recently, in which she commented that Stephy Tang is intellectually lacking. This caused an outcry from Stephy's fans and a temporary closure of the comments section on the blog. In order to avoid being the target of any further attacks, Erica posted an apology to Stephy on her blog on Monday.

Earlier, Erica had commented that for Stephy to claim that she could tell by reading just a few pages whether a book was good or not was an indication of her lacking education and questioned how she could be given the title of 'literary talent'. This caused outrage from Stephy's fans who in turn questioned Erica's authority to criticise others, posting piercing remarks in forums and in her blog comments. The debate fired up as fans and anti-fans discussed who was right and wrong. In order to keep the peace, Erica has decided to post an apology to Stephy and also an explanation for the reasons she wrote her original post.

[The article goes on to explain in Chinese what the post entailed as it is written in English. You can see the post in its original form on Erica's blog: http://ericayuen.blogspot.com/]

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070523/20070522231523_0000.html

2007-05-22T20:36:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 23/05/07]

Sheren Tang: There are Different Types of Housewife

Sheren Tang was interviewed on a radio show yesterday to promote new show "The Family Link". Sheren says that it was very relaxed filming this series because she did not need to hold back her appetite and was instructed to eat and drink at will. Fortunately she did have a slimming contract, so after the series, she quickly slimmed back down. With the ratings doing quite well in the opening week, even better than "Heart of Greed", Sheren says: "I don't know! Ratings are nothing to do with me, maybe the viewers have been looking forward to this show and we have a lot of housewife fans."

Talking of some reports yesterday that have revealed the entire storyline for the show already, Sheren seemed rather shocked and said she did not know about this. When the reporters asked her to verify the reports, she said: "There are some mistakes, but I can't say where!" Although the story has been revealed, Sheren is not worried about this affecting the viewers enjoyment because the viewers are not tuning in just for the story, but also the portrayal by the artistes.

There have been criticisms from netizens that Sheren is less housewife-like compared to Kiki Sheung and she says: "There are many different types of housewife and you should not limit yourself. What is a housewife? There are plenty who are like Cecilia and like to pretty themselves up." As for the suggestions of copying American show "Desperate Housewives", Sheren says that she has watched that show and the director told her to watch it to start with in the hope it would give her a concept. However, when she saw the script for "Family", she found it to be on a completely different level and she does not feel that there is much similarity.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/23/UL-740348.htm

[Ta Kung Pao 23/05/07]

"Heart of Greed" Sketch in Aid of Community Chest

Susanna Kwan, Hacken Lee, Bosco Wong, Carol Cheng, Nat Chan, Fala Chen, Vincy Chan and Vinci Wong took part in the press conference for the forthcoming Community Chest Fundraising Show. To tie in with the recent hype around series "Heart of Greed", Susanna, Fala and Bosco will be acting in a comedic sketch for the show, where instead of fighting over inheritance [Cantonese: 'chaan'], they will be fighting over an orange [Cantonese: 'chaang'] instead. To promote this, the three appeared with a giant orange at yesterday's event. Bosco laughs that as Sai Kai is always talking about 'whipping the corpse' [Cantonese phrase meaning 'not letting the dead rest'], they why not let the directors try it for charity and charge them $50,000 for each lash. Susanna laughs that if it is for charity, she doesn't mind.

The show's producer Ho Siu Wai indicates that they have invited Idy Chan back for this event to help raise money and she will be partnering Nat Chan to maybe re-enact their Tango performance to raise money. When Nat found out that he will be working with Idy, he laughed: "Did she not work with Andy Lau and Chow Yun Fat? If it is just dancing I don't mind, we worked together in EYT a long time ago and I played her elder brother."

Fala Chen will be performing a flexibility act and she says that this act is not easy at all and there are a lot of tricks, but she has only succeeded once after many attempts. In her recent series "The Family Link", she plays a masseuse, so asked why does not perform massage, she smiles: "I would rather do the flexibility act." Her costume for the show is not finished yet so she does not know if it will be sexy, but it should be within limits. Talking about her character developing an STD in the show, is she worried that this will make housewives chase after her? She feels that as an artiste, she should try many different roles and she will do her best for each one.

With the recent rumours of ATV eager to poach TVB's artistes, making TVB step up actions to keep their people, Carol indicates that even though her contract is not up until the end of the year, the company has already extended their contract with her and for quite a long period. As for Vinci, he plans to leave showbiz in order to help his father run their expanding family business, but he insists that he is not going to ATV.

Carol has taken on a few big shows to do recently and says: "I am fulfilling my old contract now. The new contract has been signed and it is quite long. In the past, I would sign a year at a time, but this time it is for a few years which has been rare in recent years. (Is it because of the poaching threat?) I don't know because I am unclear, but I have not thought about leaving. I like my work to have more freedom and TVB do not put much pressure on me. Moreover, after so many years, I know everyone here and it is like a second home. I don't like moving house. (Have they put your pay up with the new contract?) A little!" With the recent return of veteran actors such as Lee Si Kei, is Carol tempted to go back into acting in series? She says she is rather lazy, so would prefer to enjoy life and just choose the work that she likes to do.

Vinci has been in the industry now for 13 years and as his father is expanding his business, then he would like to try his luck in commerce. He says that he is not young any more and it is the right time to change direction. Also with the earlier reports that he was spotted acting intimately with another man, he says he is already numbed to these reports and the misunderstandings arose because he had been drinking. Asked if he is worried about being mistaken for being gay, he indicates that people who know him will know what he is like and he is not afraid of people suspecting anything and he does not need to swear by anything.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/23/UL-740352.htm
http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/23/UL-740351.htm

[Ta Kung Pao 23/05/07]

Sai Kai Susanna Kwan Blames Downloads For Bringing Down Ratings

Sai Kai Susanna Kwan has been busy promoting series "Heart of Greed" recently and was interviewed on a radio show yesterday. She says that she has been too busy recently and has not even had time to watch the series herself, so she does not know the ratings for new show "The Family Link" either.

As for the reaction to "Heart" being great, but not being reflected in the ratings, Susanna says she does not know why but maybe it is because the episodes can be downloaded ahead from the internet, so this is affecting the ratings. However, she feels that ratings are just numbers and as an artiste, she is more concerned about reviews and the audience reactions. Only the company and sponsors will look at ratings. With the strong reactions and criticisms from netizens, is she worried that Sai Kai will affect her image? She says: "I think it will a little. People in the street call me 'Sai Kai', but I hope in my next series, I will not be a villain."

As for the reports published that revealed the storyline for "The Family Link", Susanna feels that with the story being revealed so early, this may affect the attraction of the series, however she believes that this is a quality production and should not be affected too much.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/23/UL-740349.htm

2007-05-20T22:11:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao 21/05/07]

Bosco Will Give Holiday Package to Dad for Father's Day

Bosco Wong sported a fake moustache yesterday for a Father's Day event with Lisa S. As she tried on different types of moustache on him, Lisa laughed that he looks like a hundred year old man, whereas Bosco felt he looked more like a rabbit.

Bosco's parents divorced a long time ago and he lives with his mother, rarely seeing his father, however he still loves both his parents and although his father has re-married, he will still go for dinner with his father sometimes. Bosco says: "I am currently learning to dance in Hong Kong Island and that is where my dad lives, so after my class, I will meet him for dinner." Asked if he will be celebrating Father's Day with his dad, he says that he will be filming for "War of In-Laws" then, so he will be quite busy. He will also be flying out to film in Thailand at the end of May, so he plans to celebrate with his dad after he returns. As well as taking his dad out for dinner, Bosco often buys gifts for his father and this year, he plans to buy him a holiday package for Father's Day, even paying for his dad's other half to go with him. Bosco says: "I had planned to pay for my dad to go to Malaysia or Thailand last year, but it was cancelled because my grandfather died. (Is it hard work looking after two families?) Not really, I have made the money, so it is no problem giving it to them. (Has rumoured girlfriend Myolie Wu met your dad?) No, why would he want to meet my friends. My mum comes to visit me on set, so she has met her."

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/21/UL-739321.htm

[Ta Kung Pao 21/05/07]

Aimee Chan Admits to being a Good Kisser

The annual Mr Hong Kong Contest has started the application process and many men have been attracted to apply. TVB held a promotional event yesterday, supported by Mr Hong Kong winner Francois Huynh, former contestants Larry Chan and Rocky Cheng and Miss Hong Kong winners Aimee Chan, Janet Chow and Koni Lui.

Although the weather was not very good yesterday, the men still braved it to perform their talent acts, including magic, singing and kung fu as they encouraged men to apply. Last year's winner Francois had planned to sing an Eason Chan song, but he brought the wrong music and ended up opting for a French song instead, inviting Aimee and Janet to be his backing singers. Francois indicates he has asked many friends to apply, but they are all worried about parading in swimwear. He thinks back to how awkward he felt, but he says he overcame it gradually and so he hopes to share his experiences with the contestants.

Aimee studied in Canada, so she knows how to speak French and she says that when she was at school, she had a French boyfriend. Talking of Frenchmen, she says they are very refined and gracious, like the men in Hong Kong. They are also famous for French kisses, so has she tried this? Aimee laughed innocently and said: "I don't know what one is, why don't you demonstrate? Kissing is all about how deep your feelings are for the other person. A friend of mine uses their tong to tie a cherry stalk into a knot as a way of training for kissing. It took me 30 seconds to do. (So you are an expert?) Haha, I am okay and have been complimented before." Asked if she has invited anyone to take part in Mr Hong Kong, she says that she had planned to ask her dad to take part because he is handsome and mature, but she thinks he will decline.

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/21/UL-739324.htm

[The Sun 21/05/07]

Fiona Yuen Basks in New Love

At a charity show earlier, Fiona Yuen was quizzed about the news that her ex-boyfriend Thomas Wu has found a new love with Sabrina Chao. She says that she knows Sabrina and is happy for the couple: "They are both the sporty type, so they are well matched! I wish them happiness, even though we cannot be together."

Asked if she has felt jealous of the new romance, Fiona denies this and says: "I am feeling very sweet at the moment." Fiona reveals that although she is apart in different countries with her current boyfriend, she will keep her computer at hand so she can chat with him on the internet. Asked if she is confident that hte relationship will blossom, she says: "Yes, I am."

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[The Sun 21/05/07]

'Gigi Lookalike' Ho Ngo Yee Out Shopping with Sister

The Miss Hong Kong Pageant will be taking place in July and early hot favourite Ho Ngo Yee has successfully entered the final 12. At around 4pm on Saturday, she was spotted with sister Gigi, who works as an official commentator for the Jockey Club, out shopping in Tsimshatsui's Miramar Shopping Centre. As there was a yellow rainstorm warning out, they headed to the taxi rank after shopping, but as the heavens opened while they waited, they had to share an umbrella as they walked to another shopping centre. Wearing a light coloured t-shirt and quite heavy make-up, Ngo Yee got a little wet on the way and partially revealed her underwear through her shirt.

The sisters wandered around for a while and visited a costume jewellery shop before going to Harbour City to buy some make-up before having a meal at a Japanese restaurant. When the reporters appraoched her and asked whether she was dieting to prepare for the contest, she said in a friendly manner: "I have not intentionally gone on a diet, but I will eat a little earlier." The two girls then headed out for their taxi.

Gigi attended a horse racing event yesterday and awas introduced by the MC as the prettiest racing commentator. Asked about how her sister is doing, Gigi says: "My sister is at home revising ready for her exams because TVB have urged her to be low profile and it is not right for me to comment before the contest."

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[The Sun 21/05/07]

Raymond Lam is Afraid of Girls Offering Themselves

Raymond Lam took part in an Ultraman event yesterday and talking of his three party relationship in the series "Heart of Greed", he says: "I never imagined that the revelation scene would have such high ratings. (Have you been scolded at in the street?) No, actually someone has mentioned that 'Sheung Joi Sum' is a pain. (Have you met any very forthcoming girls like 'Sui Mak Mak'?) Yes, but I will avoid them because I am afraid of girls taking the lead. (In the industry?) Outside. All the girls in the industry are tomboys."

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[The Sun 21/05/07]

Angela Tong Too Busy Filming for Sleep

Angela Tong took part in a promotional event yesterday, encouraging children to eat more fruit and she revealed that when she was young, her father had already told her to eat more fruit. She smiles: "He is still like that now and always chops up lots of fruit for me to take to work with me to share with my colleagues, so I am the fruit lady now." Currently busy filming for "Cold Encounters of the Third Kind", Angela has not had much sleep and as her character has a lot of emotional and mood swings, it is very tiring for her.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070521/20070520233423_0000.html

[The Sun 21/05/07]

Fala Chen Says No to Bosco

Wearing a tube top and a short skirt, Fala Chen sported a catwoman look for a gaming promotion in a mall yesterday and demonstrated the game, but indicated that she does not want a boyfriend who is too absorbed in gaming: "I used to have a boyfriend who loved playing games, but he did not take it too far. If my future boyfriend is too addicted to gaming, then it will not last. (Would you split up over a game?) It depends if we argue over it." She insists that she is currently single, but she has many pursuits and she reveals her criteria for a boyfriend is the right feling and good looks. Asked if rumoured boyfriend Bosco Wong falls into this criteria, she immediately closed the door and said: "No, there is no need. (Are you telling him not to waste his time?) Absolutely no way!"

With a career of supporting roles so far, Fala has taken a step upwards in new forthcoming series "Golden Destiny" where she will take a main lead, playing a very ambitious woman who wants to marry into a rich family, working with Steven Ma, Linda Chung and Raymond Cho. Kent Cheng will also be returning to TVB for this series.

Linda took part in the latest episode of "Starry Kitchen" earlier and she cooked 'Lotus Root Scented Beef'. She says that she is quite traditional and feels women should be able to do well in the kitchen and smiles: "I am prepared to go into the kitchen, why don't you consider me?"

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070521/20070520232658_0000.html

2007-05-20T10:28:00.000+01:00

[Extracts from Apple Daily 20/03/07 - Posted on Bowaikit Fan Blog entry]
(Summary & Translation by Em@TVBspace)

Bo Wai Kit - Dedicated to TV, Following in the Footsteps of Ho Kwok Wing

When you think of a non-Chinese actor who can speak fluent Cantonese, then apart from Ho Kwok Wing (Gregory Rivers) and Kiu Bo Bo (Gill Mohindepaul Singh), then recently there is a new face on the scene and that is Bo Wai Kit (Brian Burrell), who plays the husband of Angela Tong in new TVB sitcom "Best Selling Secrets". He is a true enthusiast of Chinese Culture and seven years ago, he gave up a highly paid job to become a full time actor and realise his dream of becoming an artiste. In this interview, Brian imitated the actions of SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang during his re-election campaign and wrote down on a piece of paper in Chinese the words: "I will do this job well", pledging to bring enjoyment to the viewers. Although he could not remember some of the words and had to ask for help from the reporter, his writing was very neat and worthy of praise.

In the show, Brian plays a creative director for an advertising company, who is married to Angela Tong's character. Able to speak fluently in Cantonese, he arrived in Hong Kong in 1995 to teach English and after just a year and a half, he had grown affectionate towards this place. Afterwards, he returned to America to study a degree in Chinese Literature and Putonghua before deciding in 1999 to cross the waters and put his Chinese language abilities to good use.

Giving up $70,000 Salary

Currently aged 34, Brian indicates that in 1995, he watched the performance of Ho Kwok Wing on the television and was deeply inspired by him, raising his great interest in the performing arts: "At the time, I said to myself that in the future, I will be a second Ho Kwok Wing." In order to reach this goal, Brian worked hard to perfect his Cantonese whilst working in a highly paid IT job and took on a number of roles as an extra. He says: "I know that I am a 'gwailo' (Caucasian) and my appearance limits me to certain roles and there will not be a chance for me to be a lead, but I am not entering the industry to become a star, I just like acting a lot and I hope to bring enjoyment to the audience."

In order to put his focus into his performance, in 2000, he gave up his IT job, which was earning him $60,000-$70,000 a month and decided to become a full time extra: "Working as an extra meant that your income was very unstable and in one month, I only earned $5000, so after paying my rent, I only had $2000 to spend for the month. My life was quite hard then and I could only eat cup noodles and bread, but it did not shake my determination. Fortunately, I had a lot of good friends by my side to support me and when I did not have any money or work, they would help me and buy me dinner."

Being Led by Ho Kwok Wing

Having been affected and inspired by Ho Kwok Wing, then he shows his gratitude after receiving this opportunity to appear in "Best Selling Secrets" from Ho Kwok Wing. He explains: "I have heard that when TVB were originally casting this show, their first choice for the role was Ho Kwok Wing, but at the time, he was busy with his musical production, so he suggested me to the company. He said that he did not want TVB to just have one Caucasian actor, so the company gave me this opportunity. The happiest thing for me was that they even signed me on as a contracted artiste."

Brian is paired up with Angela in the show and he says: "After only a few episodes were aired, when I went out people would be calling me by my character's name 'Wai Yat'. Although they may not know my real name, for them to remember my character has already given me a great satisfaction and it proves they have an impression of me."

For his performance in the show, Brian gives himself 60-70% and explains: "I have watched the tapes and I feel I am still quite stiff. I will continue to improve and do my very best." Brian plans to perfect his acting and then move into direction. He says: "I think after I have gained 10 years of acting experience, then I will have the chance to move behind the scenes and experience a taste of being a director."

Thanks to Efforts of Girlfriend

For Brian's Cantonese to improve so rapidly, much of this is thanks to the efforts of his girlfriend. He says: "All my girlfriends have been from Hong Kong and they have all lost out to me because their English has not improved, but I have had more opportunities to speak Cantonese. Now I don't like speaking in English so much and I feel that I can convey my feelings more truly in Cantonese."

Mini Profile:
English Name: Brian Thomas Burrell
Birthday: 23rd March
Hometown: Salt Lake City, USA
Height: 6 ft 2
Interests: Acting, Guitar, Karaoke
Education: Major - Chinese Literature/Asian Studies (Graduated 1999)

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Em's Note: After watching Brian's performance in 'Best Selling Secrets', I find him to have a lot of potential as an actor and in many ways a lot easier and more comfortable to watch than Ho Kwok Wing. I think he has done very well to break into the difficult world of TVB and I look forward to seeing him in more productions in the future.

If you're interested in finding out more about him, visit his thread at the Official TVB Best Selling Secrets Forum - http://forum.tvb.com/drama/best_selling_secrets/26/1.htm where he sometimes goes on to chat with fans (and in English too).

2007-05-19T21:49:00.001+01:00

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 20/05/07]

Myolie Wu Sells Charity Rice

As ambassador for the charity Oxfam, Myolie Wu attended the opening of their charity rice selling event yesterday. When MC Ellesmere Choy introduced her onto the stage, he misused an expression for 'someone who is attached', and referred to her in the male form and when she heard this, Myolie jokingly turned to him and asked: "Why are you saying I am a man?"

Afterwards, Myolie explained that she didn't mind Ellesmere joking about her rumours, but she just wanted to tell him that he had used the wrong expression. Myolie says that in order to raise more money for Oxfam, she has donated her hats and scarves to be auctioned and this raised $9600. She says happily: "At first I was worried that no-one would want them. I never thought that they would do so well, although I have used them, they have a lot of sentimental value." Myolie also reveals that she has been out for a meal with Liza Wang and rumoured boyfriend Bosco Wong for a Japanese Meal because they will begin filming in June for the modern sequel to "War of In-Laws", so Liza took them out to dinner to talk about the series. Asked what advice she has given them them, she says: "Liza told me to get plenty of rest ready to be yelled at! Just joking! (Are you worried that there will be more rumours with Bosco?) There will be rumours whoever I work with, so I will just treat it as promotion."

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/20/UL-739000.htm
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070520/20070519231722_0000.html

[Ta Kung Pao & The Sun 20/05/07]

Bosco Wong Shows Off in the Starry Kitchen

Bosco Wong has always liked to cook and yesterday he recorded the latest episode of "Starry Kitchen", where he cooked a dish of Black Pepper Diced Steak. Bosco showed his skill with the knife and also with wok frying. It turns out that when he was in high school, he learned to cook by helping out at his godmother's roadside restaurant and he did not take any wages for his work because he saw it as a hobby.

As he is very interested in cooking, Bosco had thought about becoming a chef, but he is too afraid of the heat in the kitchen. If he retires from acting in the future, he will open a restaurant and design his own dishes. Asked if his girlfriend has tried his cooking, Bosco says: "No! (You have a lot of rumoured girlfriends?) I cooked for her a long time ago." There were rumours earlier that Bosco visited Myolie Wu's home to make her a risotto, but he evades the question saying: "I have just cooked for female friends!" On Mothers Day, did Bosco cook for his mother? He says: "I made her a 9-course feast with fish, prawns and crab!"

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/20/UL-738996.htm
http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070520/20070519231746_0000.html

[Ta Kung Pao 20/05/07]

Fala Chen is Not Afraid of a Mistress Image

Fala Chen took part in an image styling promotion yesterday and as artistes often have to wear make up, she says that her skills are not bad and she has managed to do her make-up in just ten minutes and be ready to go out in just half an hour. She has also tried putting on eye make up in a car, but she advises against doing this when the car is in motion. When she was in America, she once crashed into the car in front because she was too busy looking in a mirror.

In new series "The Family Link", Fala plays a mistress character, but she is not worried about her image becoming fixed, because she has many other roles in series that are yet to be aired and she will do her best to prepare for her performances, so even if she cannot swim, she will still do the water scenes like she did in "Family".

As for the suggestions that this series has taken a lot of the storylines from American series "Desperate Housewives", she syas that if the ratings get up as far as "Desperate", then it would be good and she will not think too much about other things. The three 'housewives' in the show are all outstanding, especially Cecilia Yip. Fala points out that when she was in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, Cecilia was one of the judges and she played a big part in launching her current showbiz career, so she will always give her total support to Cecilia, even when there are criticisms about her overacting: "A lot of housewives are like this, she is a veteran actor, so she will know how to control her acting."

http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/20/UL-739002.htm

[The Sun 20/05/07]

Kenny Wong Complains about Lack of Rumours

Kenny Wong wore a tuxedo yesterday as he rehearsed a dance scene for "Jewel's Splendor" at TVB City and he says that dancing proves a very difficult challenge for him: "If you give me half an hour, I will be much better." Also with the rumours of Ada Choi and Moses Chan having a secret rendezvous whilst filming in Thailand, Kenny laughs: "You don't need to believe these rumours! I was with them in the cave, but it is unfair that only they have rumours and not me!"

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