Sammi Cheng holds in her tears as she prays for the victims

Hong Kong tourists were held hostage by a Filipino gunman resulting in 8 deaths, 7 wounded. The whole entire city is in grief! Yesterday Sammi Cheng appeared with no make-up, bit her lip trying hard to hold in her tears along with Jade Kwan, Stephen Chan and several other artists at the memorial service for the Philippines hostage victims. Jill Vidal, who is of Philippines descendant appeared red eyes and looking very sad.

Yesterday Christian group "City Renovation" held at 6 hour 'Philippines victims' memorial service' at Chater Garden in Central. Many artists with religious beliefs participated including Sammi Cheng, Stephen Chan, Jade Kwan, Maggie Cheung, Janet Chow, Joyce Cheng, Grace Wong, Jill Vidal and Zac Koo.

At 6:15pm, the artists went on stage to express their feelings one by one. Stephen expressed that people strength is very small, low understanding and told everyone to deliver this strength to God. Then the stars sang Love Is Not Reserved and Amazing Grace in memory of the tragic deaths.

Sammi said: "It is inevitable that we all feel grief. We have to give love, giving the victims even more strength to face the past. Jason Leung (the severely wounded victim in the hospital) can wake up soon, can get through this tough time, God will help him!" When Federick Ma (馬時亨), the Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, expressed that the truth to the Philippines tour bus tragedy must be investigated, Sammi was nodding in agreement nonstop, she appeared emotional and kept biting her lip trying hard to hold in the tears.

During the interview, Sammi expressed: "Hope Jason can wake up soon, and all injured victims can slowly recover. I will pray for them, we will all use our own ways to support them. I come here to give support and strength to them. Today the organizers invited me, but I don't need the invitation, I will come myself to pray for the wounded victims."

Haven't appeared in public for a long time, Jill Vidal and a male friend arrived at the scene. She had red eyes the whole time, but she remained seated below the stage and did not participate in the singing on stage. At 6:30pm, when she was leaving, she accepted an interview. She admitted: "I am very unhappy because I am also part Filipino. My dad is currently in Hong Kong, he is also very unhappy. I have to go to church now to join my sister (Janice Vidal). I hope the Filipino government will come forward soon and provide an explanation for Hong Kong."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU