Over 500 Chinese artists joined hands in a fundraising concert on June 1 in Hong Kong and managed to collect close to HK$35 millions (~ USD4.5mil) for the Chinese quake victims.
The 8-hour-marathon-concert was initiated by Hong Kong pop star Andy Lau as part of the “Artistes 512″ fund raising campaign, and was participated by artists from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including big names like Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Leon Lai, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung, Jay Chou, A-mei, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng, Lin Chi Ling, Sun Nan and Ritchie Ren etc.
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i watched this… very funny of me because i dn’t understand any word they say, i just know it was for a good cause
Well, music and charity know no boundaries :)
Just a slight correcction, this marathon fund-raising concert is called ARTISTES512, and it was not just Andy Lau who started it but it was also Alan Tam, Eric Tsang and Chan Pak Chen nick name Ah Lec. Since all four are not short of friends, they along with ALOT of friends, came forward without a second thought to help out, whether they where in HK, China or Taiwan. It was unbelievable how fast and organised this event came together.
More of this event can be seen on artistes512.com but it is in chinese.
BUT anyway, YJ, keep up the good work and keep us posted on all aspects of life. You have a great site. Pat yourself on the back.
Well done.
Thanks for the note, the link and the compliment Gillian.
From what I read (even from the official site you provided), Andy Lau does seem to be the one who started the project. Off course Andy must be getting some help from others to make it successful at the end… but at this moment they probably won’t mind Andy taking most of the credits; what really matters is that they manage to raise a nice amount of money for the victims.
Well done to them instead. :)