Monday, February 18, 2008

Gillian Chung at TVB Fundraising Show


Looks like Cecilia and Gillian are carrying on their normal lives after the big sex scandal...and we have not see Edison back in HK yet.

TVB held a fundraising variety show Help And Love <雪中送暖> this evening to raise money for the action aid project of the same name to help the victims of the snowstorm crisis in Mainland China.

Among the celebrities taking part in the event were Twins. Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐), who has earned herself the nickname of "Naive Gillian" (天真嬌) after her involvement in the recent sex photos scandal and her subsequent explanation for her actions as being "naive and foolish", became the focus of the media attention.

Although there had been over a hundred complaints from the public about the planned appearance of Gillian at the charity show, TVB decided to show their support for her and did not cancel their booking. The producers had also arranged for a group of Twins fans to sit in the live audience and support the duo during their performance. After joining the other stars in the main performance of the theme song "Bringing Warmth In Snow" <雪中送暖>, they also performed "Six Years Of Love" <相愛六年> as their fans showed their applause and encouragement from the audience.

After their item, Twins did not stick around nor answer any of the reporters' questions because they were rushed off to the EEG New Year celebrations.

The show's producer Wai Sai Fai (衛世輝) was asked about the change to Twins' song from the originally planned "Connected Relationships" <連帶關係> and he said that this was made at their request. He also said that although there were more Twins fans in the audience than any other group of fans, but this was made in arrangement with each of the singers' fan clubs and was fair.

During the ensemble performance, Alan Tam (譚詠麟) seemed to keep passing the microphone over to Gillian, who was stood beside him on the stage. He explained that this was to show his support for her and he denied that she was wearing a frown all evening, saying she was very brave and strong.

TVB Executive Chairman Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫) led the donations for the evening by pledging HK$1 million and he was joined by other noted philanthropists including Mr Timothy Fok (霍震霆) who donated HK$5 million on behalf of his family business and also Peter Lam (林建嶽), Pansy Ho (何超瓊), Albert Yeung (楊受成) and Joseph Lau (劉鑾雄), who all also donated HK$1 million towards the fund.

The artistes and singers at the event, including Raymond Lam (林峯), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤), Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎) and the cast of TVB sitcom Best Selling Secrets <同事三分親>, all gave up their time to take part in the performance and encouraged the viewers at home to phone in and pledge their donations to the worthy cause.

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