Jacky Cheung wants to take his eldest daughter to visit Africa

The event "Voices of Africa Charity Concert" put on by a Buddhist organization will take place on 6/6 at the Hong Kong Trade and Exhibition Center (HITEC) – a press conference was held yesterday officially announcing the event and was attended by performers Jacky Cheung, Shirley Kwan, and Wong Kar Keung. Amigo Chui was also in attendance as host of the press conference.

During the press conference, members of a children’s performance group from Africa performed the song "Blessing" with Jacky Cheung. Also, Shirley Kwan presented a drawing of two snakes that was done by her son; she said: “Originally, my son was planning on giving the drawing to his grandfather, however I felt that the drawing had a special meaning: the 2 snakes represent ‘peace’ and ‘harmony’. My son understood this, so he agreed to donate the drawing.”

After reading the commentary on Africa put forth by the organization, Jacky was moved and said: “Before, whenever I would hear about the plight of the children in Africa, I would think about the words that Eric Tsang once said about there being ‘no hope’, however it is encouraging to see that the children themselves are actually filled with ‘hope’. In addition to donating money and doing the charity concert, I would also like to do charity work in Africa if the opportunity arises.” Asked if he would take his 2 daughters to visit Africa, Jacky responded: “If I do, I would only take my eldest daughter, who is currently 10 years old. In another year or two, she will be able to understand things better, so I would like her to go experience and realize how fortunate we are living here in Hong Kong. My wife also teaches our daughters to be satisfied with what they have, but not having seen or experienced it for themselves, they may not truly understand it.”

As for Wong Kar Keung, he and Amigo visited Africa back in March of this year. When he returned from the trip, Kar Keung wrote a song to summarize his feelings, entitled "Friends from Afar". Kar Keung expressed: “I’ve had the opportunity to go to other places such as Hunan, Cambodia, etc. for charity visits, however this is the first time for Amigo, so he humbly asked me to show him what he needed to do. I feel that Amigo has a good heart and is very sincere.” Asked if they talked about anything in particular on the trip, Kar Keung responded: “We only talked about things related to the charity work we were about to do. There was no need to mention anything about ‘that’ situation.” Kar Keung also indicated that whenever his son hears him play the piano or hears his songs, he would start dancing to the rhythm, so he believes his son will have musical talent in the future.

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics