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]

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]

Participants

The following are some of the participants.[1]

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]

See also

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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