Jacky Cheung's Crystal CD cover were ruined in a car accident

There was a serious car accident in the mainland last Saturday. Luckily, no one was injured. The van which was involved in the accident was the one which carried Jacky Cheung's "Private Corner" Crystal CD cover. All the covers were ruined in the accident. Fortunately, as there were no CD inside the cover, the loss was minimum.

The record company was glad that the driver was not hurt, but the delivery of the CD that the fans have ordered have to be postponed. Jacky said as long as the driver is OK, it doesn't matter that the covers were ruined. He is hoping his fans will be patient and wait for the CD. It will take the company another three weeks to make the crystal CD cover. The fans can collect their order in three weeks time. The estimated loss of the accident is a 5 figure sum.

Source: Takungpao/MingPao(image)
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

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

Jacky’s “mini” concert not long enough

Day before yesterday, Jacky Cheung held his mini-concert "Jacky Cheung Private Corner Mini-Concert" at Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Jockey Auditorium. After he came out on stage, Jacky jokingly told the audience: “Since this is a ‘mini’ concert, hope you don’t expect it to be long.”

In addition to singing songs from his new album "Private Corner", as well as a few songs from other artists such as Sam Hui and Deanie Yip, Jacky also sang a few of his own hits from previous years such as "李香蘭", "離開以後", "祝福", using jazz-style music. The mini-concert lasted only an hour and half, however with the audience’s warm applause and chants of ‘Encore’, Jacky came back on stage to sing a few more songs. Before he left the stage, Jacky addressed the audience: “Of course, a ‘mini-concert’ is not going to last 3 ½ hours like usual, however in the very near future, I will be seeing all of you again, as I will be having another concert soon.”

During an interview after the show, Jacky stated: “I’m the type who needs a long time to warm up – with the concert time being so short, I should start warm up an hour earlier or else by the time I’m done warming up, the concert will be over!” Jacky indicated that the reason why he chose to hold this mini-concert at HK Polytechnic University is because he wanted to change things up a little and give the audience a different type of feel. Asked about whether his upcoming concert would be ‘jazz-themed’ as well, Jacky replied: “Probably! Since I just returned to Hong Kong from Shanghai a couple days ago, I will be meeting with Florence Chan this week to discuss the details of the concert. As for when the concert will take place? Probably at the end of the year…need to also coordinate with everyone’s schedules.”

Jacky also indicated that there are a lot of people in Shanghai right now, so he is not planning on taking his daughters to see the World Expo at the moment. As for Hong Kong government leader Secretary of Finance John Tsang Chun-Wah coming to watch him perform, Jacky expressed that he is very grateful.

Source: Mingapao
Translation: llwy12 @ AsianFanatics