Artistes 88 Fund Raising Campaign

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Artistes 8.8 Fund Raising Campaign (88水災關愛行動) was a major fund raising campaign held in Hong Kong for the victims of the 2009 Typhoon Morakot. The concert began at 7:30pm on 17 August 2009. [1] The 88 stood for 8 August, one of the day of the typhoon. The main host for the concert was HK actor Eric Tsang and Taiwan actress Sylvia Chang. [2] The show featured more than 200 stars mostly from Hong Kong. [3] The show was also tele-linked live to Taiwan and some of their stars. [2]

Hong Kong East Asian city

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and commonly abbreviated as HK, is a special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China. With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the world's fourth most densely populated region.

Eric Tsang Hong Kong actor

Eric Tsang Chi-waiMH is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show Super Trio series on the Hong Kong television network TVB over 18 years.

Taiwan state in East Asia

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia. Neighbouring states include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taiwan is the most populous state and largest economy that is not a member of the United Nations (UN).

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Preparation

A number of other hosts also took part including Paw hee-ching, Harlem Yu, Wu hsiao-li (吳小莉), Astrid Chan (芷菁). [1] A theme song "Many hearts prevail" (滔滔千里心) was also part of the show. [3] Major banks such as Bank of China and Fubon Bank also took part in managing the funds. [4]

Harlem Yu Taiwanese singer and television host

Harlem Yu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television host and businessman. He is particularly well-known for composing the theme song, Qíng Fēi Dé Yǐ, for the 2001 television drama, Meteor Garden. He made a cameo in both that version and the remake, Meteor Garden performing Qíng Fēi Dé Yǐ.

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Intermediately Chinese state-owned bank in Hong Kong

Bank of China Limited also known as its short name Bank of China or BOCHK, is a subsidiary of the Bank of China. Bank of China is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits, with around 197 branches across Hong Kong as of the end of 2016. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.

Fubon Bank Limited is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong. It is a subsidiary of Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. of Taiwan. Prior to adopting the Fubon brand on April 6, 2005, the organisation was known as International Bank of Asia, more commonly known as IBA.

Participants

The following are some of the participants. [1]

Alex Fong (singer) Hong Kong swimmer and singer

Alex Fong is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. As of 2016, Fong still holds several Hong Kong swimming records. He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong. Fong caught the attention of record executives with his popularity amongst teenage girls and became a singer in 2001.

Miriam Yeung Hong Kong singer and actress

Miriam Yeung is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon. She began her career as a singer and actress after coming third in the TVB 14th annual New Talent Singing Awards competition in 1995. In 2012, Yeung won the Best Actress Award at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards for Love in the Buff. In 2005, she was elected one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong.

Sammi Cheng Hong Kong singer and actress

Sammi Cheng Sau-man is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is one of the most prominent female singers in Hong Kong, with album sales of over 25 million copies throughout the Asia-pacific. Most notably in the 1990s, she was dubbed by the media as the "Cantopop Queen" and diva. Having success in entertainment industry for about three decades, Cheng has also been regarded as one of the most popular Hong Kong artists known in Asia Pacific.

Wakin Chau Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor

Wakin Chau, better known by his stage name Emil Chau predominantly throughout the 1980s and 1990s, is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. Chau's popularity has spread throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and parts of Southeast Asia. As of August 2007, he has released more than 40 albums and held several international concert tours.

Zhang Guoli is a Chinese actor and film director who was a xiangsheng actor before he started working on films and television series. He is mostly known for his roles playing the Emperor in various dramas involving Qing Dynasty imperial China. He has also hosted the CCTV New Year's Gala in 2014.

Angelica Lee is a Malaysian Chinese film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Lee starred in The Eye, the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Festival and a Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award. She is among the very few Asian artists to be awarded Best Newcomer Awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 for her role in Betelnut Beauty.

Julian Cheung Chi-lam, better known by his stage name Chilam, is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the Wuxia novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and also as Chi-Kin from the TVB drama Cold Blood Warm Heart (1996).

Rosamund Kwan Chi Lam, is a former Hong Kong actress, best known for starring as the female lead "Thirteenth Aunt" in the 1990s Once Upon a Time in China film series. She had since retired from acting in 2007.

Karen Mok Hong Kong actress and singer-songwriter

Karen Mok is one of the leading Chinese actresses and pop singers. She has won the Golden Melody Award three times, has released over 20 solo CDs, acted in over 40 movies and has over 14 million followers on Chinese microblogging site Weibo.

Edison Chen controversy

Edison Chen tried to make an appearance into the fund raising campaign. Fellow actor Eric Tsang tried to talk HK station TVB into letting him in. TVB computer technicians were ready to put Chen's name up should he appear at the concert, but Chen was turned down by the station. He did not appear on stage. [5]

Edison Chen Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer

Edison Koon-hei Chen is a Hong Kong-Canadian actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, artist and fashion designer. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited.

Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 CRI online. "CRI online." 众巨星云集8.8水灾关爱行动 与台湾同胞共渡困难. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  2. 1 2 Chinatimes.com. "Chinatimes.com Archived 21 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine .." 香港超過50位藝人舉辦關愛水災募款晚會 . Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  3. 1 2 Sina.com. "Sina.com." 不滿“8·8水災關愛行動”災搶風頭 劉德華黎明交惡. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  4. ↑ 881903.com. "881903.com." 881903 fund raising bank list. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  5. ↑ Oriental daily. "Oriental daily." 無綫認接陳冠希出場通知. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
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