4 . 26 Qinghai Earthquake Fundraising Concert: Must donate at least 100 dollars for admission

The "演藝界情繫玉樹關愛行動" charity concert will be opening on April 26th in Hong Kong Coliseum. Yesterday the details was announced at the press conference. It is a fundraiser with no set target, Eric Tsang, the president of the campaign, expressed that way there won't be any pressures. A small number of funds raised is still a fundraiser, for charity it doesn't have to be 2 billion funds raised. The most important thing is that the Hong Kong people are united in expressing their concern and heart for charity. Max Mok agreed to share the photos he took from the areas affected by the earthquake. Sammi Cheng expressed that she really wants to take action, but the only consideration she has to make if her physical state allows her to do so.

A huge press conference was held yesterday for this concert. Eric Tsang, Chan Ka Seung, the Hong Kong Film Counsil members and 60 other singers and artists attended.

The concert will be held on April 26th from 6-11pm. Eric expressed that the minimum requirement for all admissions is a donation of at least HK$100. Additionally, there will be a memorial area that can hold more than a 1000 people with a screen, a donation box and audience can enjoy the performances as well.

Eric Tsang continued: "In between the 'Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign' and the recent Qinghai earthquake, there has been several other natural disasters that happened and this is one of the more severe ones. The entertainment world and citizens are constantly asking what should be done, even the cleaning lady at TVB told me she wanted to do volunteer work. Everyone really has a heart, so we decided to run this fundraiser. We will carefully donate our money for the diaster relief wisely, we won't waste it. When the time comes we will report to the media of the progress, ensuring the victims benefit."

Yesterday, the major television and radio stations, EEG, Gold Label artists all attended. Artists under the Big 4 record companies only had Pakho Chau and Hinson Chou from Warner Music attend. This makes people think that the issue has to do with the copyright issues? Warner's representative explained: "We only knew about the time and location of the press conference yesterday morning, so we were not able to arrange the singers to attend in time." However most of the Universal Music artists expressed their support in this event. Tonight, Alan Tam, Jacky Cheung, Kelly Chan and Hacken Lee will be recording for the theme song.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU