Wayne Lai tells his son never to go to the Philippines

Famous child’s arts and crafts program Mister Maker began its Asian tour recently. Yesterday, Wayne Lai was invited to be the program’s guest for the Hong Kong region – the show will air on BBC’s children’s network. Asked how he felt about ‘debuting’ on the international scene, Wayne smiled and said he felt very happy.

Wayne expressed that he constantly works on craft projects with his son at home and feels that this is a great way to strengthen their father-son bond. His son likes to make little presents for mom and she loves to receive them. Asked if he is worried about his son drifting apart from him and his wife when he grows older, Wayne laughed and replied: “Probably won’t be that quick; in fact, just yesterday, he was listening to a ghost story and got so scared that he didn’t want to sleep all alone by himself, so he came over to sleep with us in our room -- it was quite cute. Of course, we were young once and so we definitely understand that some day, our son will want to be independent and move away, but hopefully, that will be a long ways off.”

Regarding the tragedy in the Philippines, Wayne indicated that he felt all sorts of emotions about the situation – deep pain, helplessness, sorrow, and anger. “I don’t understand why so much time was wasted and the hostages still couldn’t be saved. I saw in the newspapers today that the gunman only requested 1 million pesos, which is equal to about HKD$100,000 – that amount would have been easy to raise with contributions from just the tour group members alone – so why didn’t the Philippine government agree to the amount? If a few hundred thousand dollars could have saved the tourists, Hong Kong citizens would have most definitely paid the money without question!”

After seeing how the tragic situation in the Philippines played out, Wayne admitted that he is utterly disappointed with the country: “I told my son never to go to the Philippines, I won’t go either. The police force is supposed to be a safety net, but yet they can’t even do their basic jobs correctly – this is a reflection on the government and their inabilities when it comes to ensuring people’s safety.”

Source: Mingpao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics