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By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012

MANILA, Philippines – Two Filipino actresses quite literally stopped the show at the 6th Asian Film Awards (AFA), considered the region’s Oscars, held Monday night at the Grand Theater of the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center.

Comedian Eugene Domingo won the people’s choice favorite actress award for her role in Marlon Rivera’s “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” and theater stalwart Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino was named best supporting actress, for Loy Arcenas’ “Niño.”

For Domingo, however, the bigger prize seemed to be a kiss from people’s choice favorite actor winner, Cantopop superstar Andy Lau, who won for Ann Hui’s “A Simple Life.”

When she went up the stage to accept her trophy, Domingo handed her iPhone to the presenter, awards chair Wilfred Wong, so he could take her picture with Lau.

She then told Lau, “Andy, you must kiss me. I waited 25 years for this.”

“Host Janet Hsieh said it was amazing that Uge (Domingo’s nickname) didn’t faint when she got that kiss,” recounted filmmaker Chris Martinez, who was there as a nominee for best screenplay, also for his work in “Septic.”

“His kiss felt hard and funny,” Domingo told the Inquirer via e-mail on Tuesday. “Andy is playful, a good sport and very charming. I adore his spirit.”

Best picture

Declared best picture was Iran’s “A Separation” (which won the best foreign language film Oscar last month).

The movie also won the best director and best screenplay trophies for Asghar Farhadi.

The Asian Film Awards are handed out by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

The last time the Philippines scored at the AFA was in 2009, when Gina Pareño won best supporting actress for her work in Brillante Mendoza’s “Serbis.”

Domingo confessed that the special award, decided by online voting, caught her by surprise. “I was backstage, waiting for my turn to present the best supporting actor award and wasn’t really paying attention. Then I heard the staff calling out my name.”

It was an “unforgettable moment” for Domingo, who dedicated the award to her alma mater, the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where she took up theater arts. “I want to honor other Filipino artists [with this award],” she said.

“It was a long and well-applauded speech,” reported “Septic” producer Joji Alonso.

Domingo capped it with with another quip that “brought the house down,” according to filmmaker Senedy Que. She turned to Lau and casually said, “Andy, let’s do a movie together.”

In her e-mail, Domingo bragged, “Andy said yes, of course.”

MANILA, Philippines – Two Filipino actresses quite literally stopped the show at the 6th Asian Film Awards (AFA), considered the region’s Oscars, held Monday night at the Grand Theater of the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center.

Comedian Eugene Domingo won the people’s choice favorite actress award for her role in Marlon Rivera’s “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” and theater stalwart Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino was named best supporting actress, for Loy Arcenas’ “Niño.”

For Domingo, however, the bigger prize seemed to be a kiss from people’s choice favorite actor winner, Cantopop superstar Andy Lau, who won for Ann Hui’s “A Simple Life.”

When she went up the stage to accept her trophy, Domingo handed her iPhone to the presenter, awards chair Wilfred Wong, so he could take her picture with Lau.

She then told Lau, “Andy, you must kiss me. I waited 25 years for this.”

“Host Janet Hsieh said it was amazing that Uge (Domingo’s nickname) didn’t faint when she got that kiss,” recounted filmmaker Chris Martinez, who was there as a nominee for best screenplay, also for his work in “Septic.”

“His kiss felt hard and funny,” Domingo told the Inquirer via e-mail on Tuesday. “Andy is playful, a good sport and very charming. I adore his spirit.”

Best picture

Declared best picture was Iran’s “A Separation” (which won the best foreign language film Oscar last month).

The movie also won the best director and best screenplay trophies for Asghar Farhadi.

The Asian Film Awards are handed out by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.

The last time the Philippines scored at the AFA was in 2009, when Gina Pareño won best supporting actress for her work in Brillante Mendoza’s “Serbis.”

Domingo confessed that the special award, decided by online voting, caught her by surprise. “I was backstage, waiting for my turn to present the best supporting actor award and wasn’t really paying attention. Then I heard the staff calling out my name.”

It was an “unforgettable moment” for Domingo, who dedicated the award to her alma mater, the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where she took up theater arts. “I want to honor other Filipino artists [with this award],” she said.

“It was a long and well-applauded speech,” reported “Septic” producer Joji Alonso.

Domingo capped it with with another quip that “brought the house down,” according to filmmaker Senedy Que. She turned to Lau and casually said, “Andy, let’s do a movie together.”

In her e-mail, Domingo bragged, “Andy said yes, of course.”

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(THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Cantopop superstar Andy Lau will name his daughter Yun Shan or ‘Gentle Cloud’, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.

According to Hong Kong’s Oriental Sunday magazine, the singer-actor had earlier chosen a few names for the girl. However, after seeking advice from religious masters, Lau have decided to name the Dragon baby Yun Shan, which means gentle cloud.

It was reported that his wife Carol Choo, a former beauty queen, would deliver via Caesarean section in June.

In the meantime, Lau has arranged for his 46-year-old wife to stay at a high-security residence to prevent her from being ‘disturbed’ by the paparazzi.

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Mr. Stuart Wang, Chief Commercial Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited (right) received the “Best Exhibition and Convention Centre” award at the 12th CAPITAL Outstanding Enterprise Awards presentation ceremony.
 

High-profile exhibitions and a Lady Gaga concert kick off the first phase of a packed summer programme

Asia’s leading exhibition, convention and events venue – is pleased to announce that it has been named ‘Best Exhibition and Convention Centre’ in the 12th CAPITAL Outstanding Enterprise Awards for the third consecutive year. Organised by CAPITAL, South China Media, the awards are designed to recognise Hong Kong’s most vibrant and forward-looking businesses, honouring them both for their achievements and for their contribution to the local economy.? AsiaWorld-Expo has also proven its clear brand positioning and its distinguished performance in brand marketing by being nominated for the ‘Outstanding Brand Management Award’ in this year’s Asia Knowledge Management Awards, organised by the Asian College of Knowledge Management, and supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Productivity Council, Hong Kong Baptist University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.? This is the second time that AsiaWorld-Expo has won an award in 2012 alone, having been named as one of the top three ‘Best Convention/Exhibition Centres’ in Asia at the renowned CEI Asia Industry Awards 2012.

“We are pleased that our branding exercises and efforts are being recognised in the professional arena,” said Allen Ha, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited. ?“Our brand positioning and branding strategies are an essential element in our success, and further strengthen our confidence in our future growth.? We will soon launch a series of new brand positioning activities to help people learn even more about AsiaWorld-Expo.”

In the past six years, AsiaWorld-Expo has attracted numerous mega shows, including both Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) events that simply couldn’t have come to Hong Kong before.? AsiaWorld-Expo is continuing to build on this success with a diverse range of MICE events, many of which draw on Hong Kong’s unrivalled reputation and its unique location in the PRD region to attract quality suppliers and buyers from around the globe.? ??Some of the events to be held this year include the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair 2012, a series of Global Sourcing Fairs including Electronics Components Fairs and Gifts Premiums Fairs, CARTES in Asia, and Vitafoods Asia 2012, to name just a few. This year will also see the renowned ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA hosted at AsiaWorld-Expo for the first time.

Throughout the summer, AsiaWorld-Expo will be welcoming numerous international and regional concerts and public shows.? Five-time Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga will be making Hong Kong a major showcase of her Asian tour.? To accommodate this mammoth event, AsiaWorld-Arena will feature a standing zone where Lady Gaga’s “Monsters” (her fans) can sing and dance along with their idol. It is expected that AsiaWorld-Expo will welcome over 50,000 “Monsters” in four sell-out shows on 2, 3, 5 and 7 May.? Following hot on the heels of this mega excitement, local canto-pop phenomenon Jacky Cheung’s record-breaking 128-show world tour “Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour – Hong Kong” will be held at the venue on 18-20, 22-23, 25-27 May. ?AsiaWorld-Expo is the perfect venue for Jacky’s fantastic performances as it’s the only place in Hong Kong that can accommodate his elaborate stage design.  Other hot artists will also be performing at AsiaWorld-Expo in the months ahead, including pop legends Duran Duran, the acclaimed Naota Inti Raymi from Japan, G.E.M. from Hong Kong, and Danson Tang and Crowd Lo from Taiwan.

In addition to the venue’s recurrent Better Living Expo – for Beauty, Well Being Senior Products, Cooking Dining, Hobbies Learning and Value Shopping – there will also be more action-packed programmes held at AsiaWorld-Expo this summer.? Stay tuned for more details to be announced soon!

AsiaWorld-Expo is committed to serving the people of Hong Kong with a year-round programme of high-profile conferences, exhibitions and cultural experiences.  Indeed, AsiaWorld-Expo is now globally renowned as one of Asia’s best-equipped venues for concerts and entertainment events.  The venue’s solid track record of past MICE events includes the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair, which is now the largest event of its kind on the planet, as well as the massive Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress.? In hosting these and numerous other events, AsiaWorld-Expo has continued to experience tremendous growth while the shows themselves have also recorded a significant increase in visitor numbers.

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A Chinese new wave? China’s rock scene, underground but dynamic, is loaded with bands that suggest a new, post-1990s rebellious spirit. Their names fly in the face of collective harmony: Hutong Fist, Tomahawk, Catcher in the Rye, Twisted Machine, Queen Sea Big Shark and Wild Children. Indie singers are, collectively, a huge force on Douban, China’s leading cultural and artistic website. Performers such as Jay Chou, known for nonconformist lyrics, and Hong Kong’s Edison Chen, a “real guy” despite being driven out of the city due to a pornography scandal involving several Hong Kong starlets, are embraced by the new generation. Lady Gaga is an icon. Subculture tribalism is the rage for local fashion brands such as Metersbonwe. The nation cheers self-determination; when an armless 20 year-old won China’s Got Talent by playing piano with his toes, many cried. In coastal cities, tattoo joints, purveyors of indelible badges of individualism, are as ubiquitous as massage parlors.

Surely the forces of change are reshaping the Chinese psyche. Surely people, once suppressed by colorless conformity, are embracing individualism.

Sorry, but no. Self-expression is not equal to independence of thought. Chinese society has never celebrated the liberation of individual potential that, in any way, smacks of rebellion. Creativity — and, make no mistake, mainlanders are capable of wonderful originality if they feel safe enough to pursue it — exists in a bottle, placed up high, out of reach of ordinary citizens. Underground musicians never achieve mass popularity, and not only because of draconian censorship laws. The Chinese, despite the rise of alternative music, still gravitate toward headliners who sing sweet melodies. Although the glow of regression-to-the-mean Cantopop stars such as Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau is fading, no home-grown individualistic superstar — that is, the Chinese Madonna — has emerged to capture imaginations. Chinese sculptors and painters sell their works mainly to investors, foreign and domestic, with eyes on artistic arbitrage. Chen Danqing, a well-known artist and intellectual who lived in New York for 20 years before returning to Beijing 10 years ago, expressed in a recent interview, “None of us in today’s China is a genuine intellectual. None of us.”

Instinctive anti-individualism. Westerners sometimes have difficulty grasping the structure of Chinese society, so radically different from their own. Individuals are never encouraged — by parents, teachers, bosses or leaders — to define themselves as independent of society. The basic productive unit of society is the clan, not the individual. Free thought is inherently destabilizing, a threat to conventional order. Institutions designed to protect the interests of individuals, both political and economic, have never been developed. Courts serve the interests of the state. In hierarchical settings, few dare to overtly challenge the boss’s opinion, particularly in front of peers. Fathers are uniformly respected by even the hippest new generation types. Teachers, feared by both pupils and parents, are agents of the power structure, vested with the authority to determine who advances within it.

Ego gratification, as opposed to self-driven individualism, is a primary urge for an ambitious, upwardly mobile population. But success is still synonymous with societal acknowledgement. Although entrepreneurial achievement counts — owning a business suggests control of one’s destiny — non-traditional career paths such as advertising or charity work are abandoned by the age of 35, particularly by men responsible for an extended clan’s material security. The pursuit of happiness, a tempting but forbidden fruit, is an adolescent fantasy, best forsaken by the time the pressure of marriage, mortgage, mother-in-law and auto ownership come into play.

Human rights: No passion. This instinctive anti-individualism also means that human rights will never be the driving force of China’s evolution. The passions of morally relativistic, pragmatic Chinese are not roused when another’s liberties are infringed upon. The Chinese greeted the recent arrests of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo and renowned artist Ai Weiwei with sadness, but not righteous indignation. Concerns that do not directly impact “my family” quickly dissipate. The exception is cases wherein ordinary people can easily see themselves in the person’s shoes. For instance, “nail house” owners — stubborn folk who refuse to relinquish homes to real estate developers — are local heroes. In the end, though, the desire for a stable, if imperfect, future stirs the soul. To quote a famous maxim: “If you are standing upright, don’t worry if your shadow is crooked.” Pragmatism is king.

This post is an excerpt from my upcoming book, “What Chinese Want: Culture, Communism China’s Modern Consumer,” to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in May, 2012

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Photo Caption: Mr. Stuart Wang, Chief Commercial Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited (right) received the “Best Exhibition and Convention Centre” award at the 12th CAPITAL Outstanding Enterprise Awards presentation ceremony.

AsiaWorld-Expo – Asia’s leading exhibition, convention and events venue – is pleased to announce that it has been named ‘Best Exhibition and Convention Centre’ in the 12th CAPITAL Outstanding Enterprise Awards for the third consecutive year. Organised by CAPITAL, South China Media, the awards are designed to recognise Hong Kong’s most vibrant and forward-looking businesses, honouring them both for their achievements and for their contribution to the local economy.  AsiaWorld-Expo has also proven its clear brand positioning and its distinguished performance in brand marketing by being nominated for the ‘Outstanding Brand Management Award’ in this year’s Asia Knowledge Management Awards, organised by the Asian College of Knowledge Management, and supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Productivity Council, Hong Kong Baptist University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  This is the second time that AsiaWorld-Expo has won an award in 2012 alone, having been named as one of the top three ‘Best Convention/Exhibition Centres’ in Asia at the renowned CEI Asia Industry Awards 2012.

“We are pleased that our branding exercises and efforts are being recognised in the professional arena,” said Allen Ha, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited.  “Our brand positioning and branding strategies are an essential element in our success, and further strengthen our confidence in our future growth.  We will soon launch a series of new brand positioning activities to help people learn even more about AsiaWorld-Expo.”

In the past six years, AsiaWorld-Expo has attracted numerous mega shows, including both Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) events that simply couldn’t have come to Hong Kong before.  AsiaWorld-Expo is continuing to build on this success with a diverse range of MICE events, many of which draw on Hong Kong’s unrivalled reputation and its unique location in the PRD region to attract quality suppliers and buyers from around the globe.    Some of the events to be held this year include the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair 2012, a series of Global Sourcing Fairs including Electronics Components Fairs and Gifts Premiums Fairs, CARTES in Asia, and Vitafoods Asia 2012, to name just a few. This year will also see the renowned ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA hosted at AsiaWorld-Expo for the first time.

Throughout the summer, AsiaWorld-Expo will be welcoming numerous international and regional concerts and public shows.  Five-time Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga will be making Hong Kong a major showcase of her Asian tour.  To accommodate this mammoth event, AsiaWorld-Arena will feature a standing zone where Lady Gaga’s “Monsters” (her fans) can sing and dance along with their idol. It is expected that AsiaWorld-Expo will welcome over 50,000 “Monsters” in four sell-out shows on 2, 3, 5 and 7 May.  Following hot on the heels of this mega excitement, local canto-pop phenomenon Jacky Cheung’s record-breaking 128-show world tour “Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour – Hong Kong” will be held at the venue on 18-20, 22-23, 25-27 May.  AsiaWorld-Expo is the perfect venue for Jacky’s fantastic performances as it’s the only place in Hong Kong that can accommodate his elaborate stage design.  Other hot artists will also be performing at AsiaWorld-Expo in the months ahead, including pop legends Duran Duran, the acclaimed Naota Inti Raymi from Japan, G.E.M. from Hong Kong, and Danson Tang and Crowd Lo from Taiwan.

In addition to the venue’s recurrent Better Living Expo – for Beauty, Well Being Senior Products, Cooking Dining, Hobbies Learning and Value Shopping – there will also be more action-packed programmes held at AsiaWorld-Expo this summer.  Stay tuned for more details to be announced soon!

AsiaWorld-Expo is committed to serving the people of Hong Kong with a year-round programme of high-profile conferences, exhibitions and cultural experiences.  Indeed, AsiaWorld-Expo is now globally renowned as one of Asia’s best-equipped venues for concerts and entertainment events.  The venue’s solid track record of past MICE events includes the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair, which is now the largest event of its kind on the planet, as well as the massive Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress.  In hosting these and numerous other events, AsiaWorld-Expo has continued to experience tremendous growth while the shows themselves have also recorded a significant increase in visitor numbers.   

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High-profile exhibitions and a Lady Gaga concert kick off the first phase of a packed summer programme

HONG KONG, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — AsiaWorld-Expo — Asia’s leading exhibition, convention and events venue, is pleased to announce that it has been named ‘Best Exhibition and Convention Centre’ in the 12th CAPITAL Outstanding Enterprise Awards for the third consecutive year. Organised by CAPITAL, South China Media, the awards are designed to recognise Hong Kong’s most vibrant and forward-looking businesses, honouring them both for their achievements and for their contribution to the local economy. AsiaWorld-Expo has also proven its clear brand positioning and its distinguished performance in brand marketing by being nominated for the ‘Outstanding Brand Management Award’ in this year’s Asia Knowledge Management Awards, organised by the Asian College of Knowledge Management, and supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Productivity Council, Hong Kong Baptist University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This is the second time that AsiaWorld-Expo has won an award in 2012 alone, having been named as one of the top three ‘Best Convention/Exhibition Centres’ in Asia at the renowned CEI Asia Industry Awards 2012.

“We are pleased that our branding exercises and efforts are being recognised in the professional arena,” said Allen Ha, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited. “Our brand positioning and branding strategies are an essential element in our success, and further strengthen our confidence in our future growth. We will soon launch a series of new brand positioning activities to help people learn even more about AsiaWorld-Expo.”

In the past six years, AsiaWorld-Expo has attracted numerous mega shows, including both Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) events that simply couldn’t have come to Hong Kong before. AsiaWorld-Expo is continuing to build on this success with a diverse range of MICE events, many of which draw on Hong Kong’s unrivalled reputation and its unique location in the PRD region to attract quality suppliers and buyers from around the globe. Some of the events to be held this year include the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair 2012, a series of Global Sourcing Fairs including Electronics Components Fairs and Gifts Premiums Fairs, CARTES in Asia, and Vitafoods Asia 2012, to name just a few. This year will also see the renowned ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA hosted at AsiaWorld-Expo for the first time.

Throughout the summer, AsiaWorld-Expo will be welcoming numerous international and regional concerts and public shows. Five-time Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga will be making Hong Kong a major showcase of her Asian tour. To accommodate this mammoth event, AsiaWorld-Arena will feature a standing zone where Lady Gaga’s “Monsters” (her fans) can sing and dance along with their idol. It is expected that AsiaWorld-Expo will welcome over 50,000 “Monsters” in four sell-out shows on 2, 3, 5 and 7 May. Following hot on the heels of this mega excitement, local canto-pop phenomenon Jacky Cheung’s record-breaking 128-show world tour “Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour – Hong Kong” will be held at the venue on 18-20, 22-23, 25-27 May. AsiaWorld-Expo is the perfect venue for Jacky’s fantastic performances as it’s the only place in Hong Kong that can accommodate his elaborate stage design. Other hot artists will also be performing at AsiaWorld-Expo in the months ahead, including pop legends Duran Duran, the acclaimed Naota Inti Raymi from Japan, G.E.M. from Hong Kong, and Danson Tang and Crowd Lo from Taiwan.

In addition to the venue’s recurrent Better Living Expo — for Beauty, Well Being Senior Products, Cooking Dining, Hobbies Learning and Value Shopping — there will also be more action-packed programmes held at AsiaWorld-Expo this summer. Stay tuned for more details to be announced soon!

AsiaWorld-Expo is committed to serving the people of Hong Kong with a year-round programme of high-profile conferences, exhibitions and cultural experiences. Indeed, AsiaWorld-Expo is now globally renowned as one of Asia’s best-equipped venues for concerts and entertainment events. The venue’s solid track record of past MICE events includes the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair, which is now the largest event of its kind on the planet, as well as the massive Asian Aerospace International Expo and Congress. In hosting these and numerous other events, AsiaWorld-Expo has continued to experience tremendous growth while the shows themselves have also recorded a significant increase in visitor numbers.

For further details about AsiaWorld-Expo and upcoming events, please visit the website at http://www.asiaworld-expo.com.

About AsiaWorld-Expo

AsiaWorld-Expo is a public-private partnership between the Hong Kong SAR Government (majority shareholder) and a private sector consortium formed by Dragages Hong Kong Limited and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, with the Airport Authority Hong Kong contributing the land.

AsiaWorld-Expo is offering over 70,000 square metres of rental space. With 10 state-of-the-art ground-level and column-free exhibition and events halls including the 13,500-seat AsiaWorld-Arena, the biggest purpose-built indoor seated entertainment arena in Hong Kong as well as the AsiaWorld-Summit, Hong Kong’s newest and largest indoor conference and banquet venue that seats 700 to 5,000 persons, AsiaWorld-Expo is Asia’s only column-free, ground-level exhibition and convention venue — fully integrated with the World’s Best Airport, Hong Kong International Airport (World Airport Survey by Skytrax). The complex is located at the centre of an extensive and efficient air, land, and marine transport network which connects Hong Kong to China’s Pearl River Delta and the world’s business capitals. It is ideally suited to hosting world-class exhibitions, conventions, concerts, sports, and entertainment events.

SOURCE　AsiaWorld-Expo Management Limited

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FOLLOWING the success of his 2008 concert, Sam Hui, the acclaimed god of songs, will be back in Malaysia on May 26 to dazzle and enchant his fans with another heart-moving live music performance, starting at 8pm, at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands.

Organised by Star Planet (www.starplanet.com.my) in conjunction with its 10th anniversary, the concert will feature some of Hui’s evergreen Cantonese hits.

The legendary Hong Kong singer’s career spans over four decades, starting from the 1960s. Known for his popular compositions and for popularising Cantopop with the infusion of western-style music, Hui has played an influential role in the development of the Hong Kong music industry.

Hui pens most of his compositions himself, using humorous and down-to-earth Cantonese jargon to capture the hectic and materialistic lifestyle of Hong Kong society.

Hui recorded 23 Cantonese albums and four English albums before he retired from the entertainment scene in 1992.

In 2004, he decided to come out of retirement and went on to hold multiple come-back concerts, filling out arenas across Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore and Malaysia.

At the concerts, he paid tribute to the late Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui and pointed out that their deaths were instrumental in him coming out of retirement.

Hui is a natural when it comes to comedies and he had starred in a string of hit movies. He also composed the theme songs and soundtracks for movies such as The Private Eyes, Wealth God Has Come, The Last Message, The Contract, Security Unlimited and Aces Go Places which became instant hits in the 80s.

Tickets for Sam Hui Live in Malaysia 2012 concert will be available from tomorrow. There is a 10% discount on the first 800 tickets (terms and conditions apply).

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Big notes: For the first time in 22 years, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Lover’s Ball moved to bigger digs for one of Vanhattan’s preeminent galas. With her co-chair Nancy Margitan vacationing in Hawaii, Liz Gordon was left to greet 540 guests at the Convention Centre for an exquisite evening of entertainment, dining and philanthropy. Thanks to the efforts of Colin Upright and Shelley Johnson, the ballroom was magically transformed. Attendees danced the night away to music by the 65-member band. They also produced big notes-to the tune of nearly $800,000.

The NAAA’s: Actor Adam Beach, Grand Chief Edward John and author Richard Wagamese were among 15 First Nation, Inuit and M‚tis Canadians feted at the 19th National Aboriginal Achievement Awards presented by CIBC and held at the QE Theatre. Actress Carmen Moore and former hockey player and advocate for victims of sexual abuse Theoren Fleury hosted the star-studded evening.

Much SUCCESS: Held at the Westin Hotel, the Bridge to SUCCESS Gala raised over $500,000 for the immigration agency’s various community services and programs. Chaired by Winnie Leung and Douglas Chiu, festivities included a VIP reception, silent and live auction, and a sumptuous banquet followed by performances from Goh Ballet and Canto pop star Keeva Mak.

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Sorry to disappoint you haters, but it seems that Aaron Kwok and Lynn Xiong are still very much together.

Rumour has it that the pair, who have been romantically linked together since 2006, has gone their separate ways, when Lynn denied that she has ever dated the singer in the first place earlier on.

In response, Aaron, who has always kept mum when quizzed about his love life, did what he rarely does by defending the 31-year-old China-born model.

“The reports about Lynn and I are rather unfair to her. Hope you guys can give me and Lynn space to have a normal relationship.

“I know everyone is very concerned about my love life, but I’ve always been keeping a low profile, which led to the speculations,” he said.

Asked whether he’s in “in a normal relationship” with Lynn, he said: “Yes, I’ve been in the showbiz for so long and I don’t want to announce my love life to the world. This has something to do with my personality and nothing to do with anyone.”

The media pressed further and asked him whether Lynn remains his ladylove, he replied with a laugh: “I don’t know how to answer this!”

He added: “My priority has always been my career and I know you guys care about me, but I’m not a kid and I wish to protect my friends of the opposite sex. Please give me space to handle my relationships in a healthy environment.”

The 46-year-old megastar, who is the only bachelor among the Four ‘Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, promised to go public if he gets married one day.

“I’m a traditional man who hopes to have a family if I have the chance. Just give me some time,” he said.

Asked whether Lynn is a wife material, he replied: “(I have to) think about it first.”

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