Hacken continues working despite disappointment

Hacken Lee commented that at the TVB JSG awards ceremony, the atmosphere was very relaxed, with MC Eric Tsang saying many interesting comments, but the best moment of the whole show was when general manager of TVB Stephen Chan told Eric to shake hands with singer Joey Yung (Eric had previously made hurtful comments towards Joey).

As to the loss of the best male singer award, Hacken conceded he was a bit disappointed, and said all he could do was hope for a better result next year. However, he was happy for the winner Eason Chan, who is from the same record company as him. Hacken said: "Each year the best person in the entertainment industry will always be Andy Lau, and those who lose in their plans are the record companies, not the singers. I hope that everybody can fight for the awards with not what they say, but with the amount of work they put in and the results they get."

As to losing the award to Eason, Hacken replied: "This year Eason has really done very well. Of course I am a bit disappointed, but the music industry is about long-term results, so I hope 2007 I can do even better. Once again, Hacken reiterated that he felt winning awards should be each singer's individual capabilities, and hoped singer's would not fight for awards through a war of words.

January 15, 2007 - Mingpao