Eason and Hacken feel honoured to sing

August 8 2008 is Beijing's Olympic Opening Ceremony. Because of this, mainland organisers deliberately chose Peida Jin to compose and Keith Chan to lyricise "We Are Ready" as the "one year to go countdown" themesong. As mainlanders found out on July 1 that Hong Kong had "There's Still You" as the handover 10th anniversary themesong, they felt the idea was a good one. And so for a themesong to countdown a year to the Olympics, they had to invite Hong Kong to cooperate.

Because due to the lack of time, this song only took 18 hours to reach completion. Also, as no one wanted this song to sound like any other pop song, the Chinese Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform. The Olympics commitee will hold a media conference on August 4th in Beijing, but there will also be celebrations on August 8th. Mainland, Taiwanese and Hong Kong singers have all been invited leading to a total of 133 performers to sing the themesong and there will also be many versions. Hong Kong has 6 singers that will be represented in the recording. They include Alan Tam, Eason Chan, Gigi Leung, Leo Koo, Hacken Lee and Joey Yung. The day before yesterday, Alan went to Beijing to record and yesterday and today, the rest of the artists recorded in Hong Kong. Mainland and Taiwanese singers that are joining the recording are Bibi Chow, Chris Li, Sun Yue, Elva Hsiao, Ah Niu, Chris Yu and Mindy Ke. Recently, Beijing has begun recording and is constantly communicating with Hong Kong. Everyone can view the progress on the internet. Peida remains in Hong Kong and Keith has flown to Beijing.

Hacken recorded for an hour. He expressed that the song wasn't hard to sing, but he had to sing out with emotion. He revealed that Hong Kong had 6 representative singers. The other 5 would be present at the countdown on August 8th. Hacken hopes that he will be able to attend but recently he agreed with CWCB to attend a summer holiday exercise program. But he feels that the Olympics countdown event is more meaningful and hopes that the exercise program can be rearranged.

When asked whether he's afraid of offending CWCB, he claims that this is not the station's problem. This countdown for the Olympics is a meaningful event. He had already accepted CWCB's invite and if they insisted, then he could only be a gentleman and attend. Recording the Olympics themesong was with RTHK, will CWCB find it difficult because of this? Hacken decided to let his manager handle this. He feels that getting stuck in the middle is a difficult position to be in, but with 6 singers like 6 strong soldiers attending, it would really be an honour. He also does not know how the singers were selected for this event, but says he feels loved and respected. He says that he would want to go watch the Olympics and on the matter of hotels raising prices to HK$8000-10000 a night, he commented "Wah, that's so cheap!" He points out that watching the Olympics is like watching the World Cup. No matter where it is held, prices will surely rise and so it's a very normal thing to happen. At some point, World Cup tickets went for HK$60000 a ticket and so that year he snatched the role of host for the World Cup program.

http://www.takungpao.com/news/07/07/30/UL-772697.htm

Fans refuse to leave, Hacken has 2 encores

Beauty and riches

Emily is resting in HK, and without his wife watching, Hacken was free with his words, even teasing a sexily dressed female fan!

At this concert in Malaysia, Hacken has received many flowers and each time he would personally walk off the stage to accept flowers given to him by fans. Even when female fans used flowers as an excuse to get an autograph, he would glady oblige.

Halfway through the concert, he had shart eyes and spotted a female fan wearing a backless dress and joked "Wow, how sexy!" and teased the fan until she was ecstatic. Also, a fan gave him an entire bag of red packets, it really was a night of beauty and riches!


Yelling at security

Hacken overcome all the odds to walk off stage and get closer to the fans. Fans rushed up at him and he yelled out "Leave me some room to walk, alright?". When security and fans all pushed at one another, even mild-tempered him couldn't resist and had to call out "Don't push me!"

But because his path was blocked off by people, he could only stand in the crowd and continue singing. And then braving the crowd, he insistently returned back on stage. Luckily his costume at the time was in the style of a sports tracksuit, preventing any injuries to his body or skin. But after getting back on stage, he was thoroughly drenched in sweat and couldn't stop breathing heavily!


Fatherly love

Almost to be a father, Hacken revealed his loving father image! Ivana Wong and he performed 情比紙薄 (love thinner than paper) and then made fun of the way Ivana spoke, using a gentle voice like talking to kids. It seems that he will make a great father. And then, when fans called out "Hacken daddy", he pretended to not hear properly!


2 encores

In the past, Hacken has held "Left Alan Right Hacken" concerts in Malaysia with Principal Alan Tam but has never had a solo concert. And so, on stage he asked "Yeah, why is it that it's been so long and I haven't been here to hold a concert?". Therefore, this time in Malaysia, he gave his fans both old and new songs alike.

At 10:20pm, the first encore came to a close. But after the audience yelled "encore" for 2 or 3 minutes, Hacken finally emerged and copied Emil Chow, yelling out "Welcome to Hacken Lee's concert!" and made the atmosphere even more high!

And so, when the concert officially ended at 10:55pm, there was still about two thirds of the audience who didn't want to leave. And so at 11pm, Hacken had to step back on stage again and said "This has made me very happy!" and then sang for everyone 誰願分手 (who willingly wants to break up) and 破曉時分, both of which weren't in the original program. Finally this allowed the fans to leave completely satisfied!


Laughing at fans

紅日 (red day) made the entire audience applaud and stampe their feet, the sound erupting through Genting!

Before commencing his singing, Hacken patiently taught everyone how to applaud and stamp their feet. All 6000 people present cooperated together and the lively performance was enough to amaze anyone!

At the same time, Hacken picked out a well-built male fan to join him onstage to dance to 舊歡如夢 (old loves like a dream). But because the fan performed the wrong dance steps and confused the directions he told Hacken "Tonight you're very successful... because you invited me onstage." making Hacken unable to laugh or cry. Being sharp-tongued, he returned " Do you drive a car? You need to be careful, because your sense of direction is not too good!"


Program

沒有你贏了世界又如何+夏日之神話+護花使者+球迷奇遇記+未成年同盟會、合久未婚、My Shirley、一生不變、高妹、一生不愛別人、希望、愛不釋手、情比紙薄（王苑之合唱）、我真的受傷了、面具（王苑之）；飛花、心計、花落誰家、為你鍾情、浪子心聲、似夢迷離、倩影、喝彩、深深深、我不會唱歌、月半小夜曲、情非首爾、婚前的女人、天水‧圍城、Victory、一生想你、告別校園時、只想你會意、回首、大會堂演奏廳；（安哥I）愛可以問誰、舊歡如夢、紅日；（安哥II）誰願分手、破曉時分


Looking up with sore necks

As Hacken was singing on stage, the reporters present were not organised into good seats and so they could not even see a screeen. The reporters had to lift their heads to see and when the concert finished every reporter had a sore neck. The reporters had approached the organiser, but the workers only cooly said "Ok, what is there to complain? Come, come... we're all working for someone, why make things hard for us?"

http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2007-07-30&sec=entertainment&art=0730en01.txt

Hacken avoids talking about wife's "pregnancy"

Yesterday, a friendly game was held between HK celebrity team and China's celebrity soccer team. The HK team sent in Alan Tam, Nat Chan, Eric Tsang, Hacken Lee, Michael Miu and Edmond Leung etc. The competition was very exciting, first the HK team let in two goals, but Edmond Leung and Cha Zi Ho each scored one goal to even the score. Ng Kwun Lap then scored a goal before penalty time, but they couldn't stop the China team from equalling. Before the game ended, Eric Tsang fouled in the penalty area and was red-carded from the game: luckily, goalkeeper Cheung Siu Fai bravely faced the penalty shoot out, leaving the score at 3 all.

Reporters asked whether ALan brought his son to the game, and he replied "he stayed at home to watch TV". Hacken was asked whether he brought wife Emily Lo to the game, he made a congratulations sign at the reporters and avoided talking about whether or not she was pregnant! As for Michael Miu and Kenny B, they each bought their son to watch the game.

Media Conference - Joey leaks news, Hacken's expression darkens

Hacken arrived in Malaysia for his concert promotion and any questions regarding "wife Emily" weren't allowed. His face became expressionless at any mention.

Last week, ex-partner Joey Leung was in Malaysia for Minutes to Fame and at some point had leaked that Hacken was soon to become a father. Reporters asked Hacken about this and he only replied "This isn't the time to talk" and implied that Joey was doing well in Malaysia and shouldn't be spilling anything on Hacken to the press!

"I've heard that Joey has been doing very well in Malaysia, I'm happy for him. I've always told him that it's good to go to different places to do things and I've found that his Chinese is becoming better and better. I wish him luck in progressing further in Malaysia."

When asked if Emily will support him in his Genting concert on July 28, he replied "As for this question, umm... let's just finish the questions about the concert first!" The MC by his side kept helping him to fend off the reporters, saying that this question would need to be answer by the concert manager.

When talking about the concert, Hacken had a lot to say. He said that this would be the first time he's held a concert in Malaysia and to accommodate all the age differences and levels of fans, he has decided that the concert will concentrate on singing. Apart from his own old and new songs, there will be songs that he used to listen to as a student and other classics. There should be over 40 songs.

"The most special part is that I will not speak much. There will be a 20 minute medley. Of course I won't be able to play and sing, but there will be a part for the Concert Hall series songs. There won't be much spectacular dancing, but that you all already know. Normal dancing of course there will be, but nothing like Madonna. As for wearing less and less as I sing, unfortunately I don't have the assets. The most important thing is that I hope this concert will be like a fan gathering, the fans can pick the song and I can sing."

As well, this time he's invited Ivana Wong as a guest performer. He said that before he had performed with her in America/Canada singing Air Supply's songs. This time there will be plans for a new idea. After saying that, Hacken joked about Ivana's soft and light voice even when talking.

He revealed that in his new upcoming album, the songs have a more unplugged feel and that in Genting he would sing some of these new songs. As for movies, if time permits, then he might film but at the moment the most important things are the concert and the new album. Next year in February, he will be holding a solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

As for when Left Alan Right Hacken will reform? "First, I need to finish all the work I have on my hands, before I know if I can work with Alan. Maybe in 2009 or 2010, though of course this is just what I think for now. I'm sure that Alan would want to do another Left Alan Right Hacken concert as well."

After the press conference, Hacken appeared at the concert promotion and saw his employers (the fans that were present) and his smiled much more for them than he did for the reporters. He was half an hour late, and only spoke for 2 minutes before hurriely signing autographes for the 100 selected fans. Even with his own fan club yelling at him to sing "Never chaning in a lifetiem", Hacken told fans to wait another month, giving off a "big brother" feel.

http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2007-06-29&sec=entertainment&art=0629en05.txt

Hacken, Alan Tam and Miriam Yeung sing "Celebrating the return to China" together

"RoadShow慶回歸心連心晚會"於6月3日晚在香港舉行，下午拜神儀式上，譚詠麟、鄭裕玲均有出席。今年是香港回歸祖國十周年，眾多藝人不計較酬勞，紛紛獻唱獻藝，為慶祝十周年貢獻力量。晚會上譚詠麟、李克勤、楊千嬅、古巨基等一線歌手藝人都有出席並演唱各自經典曲目，讓晚會現場勁到爆.

Roadshow's "Celebrating the return to China - hearts linked together evening" was held on 3rd of June in HK. It started with a Buddhist ceremony in the afternoon where Alan Tam and Dodo Cheng made an appearance. This year is the 10th anniversary of the return to China, and lots of artistes took part, acting and singing to celebrate the strength of these 10 years. In the evening Alan Tam, Hacken Lee, Miriam Yeung, Leo Koo etc sang their classic songs, creating an explosive atmosphere.

Credits: Tungstar, Xinliang

Hacken accidentally let slip that his wife might be pregnant

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of HK returning to China, RTHK and CCTV have decided to organise a "Shenzhen-HK youth evening gathering" on 1st July at Shenzhen's Window of the World. Yesterday a media conference was held and public announcements were made regarding the event's activities. RTHK's Lee Chai Tong indicated at the event, all HK singers that took part in performing "After returning for 10 years, there's still You" themesong will all attend the party. At the time, Andy Lau and Yundi Lee will perform together. And there will be lot's of mainland performances. The venue can hold an audience up to 6000-7000 people.

Date of birth is predicted to be June/July

Alan Tam and Hacken Lee both attended the media conference. Hacken was once again chased about whether or not he can announce his wife's pregnancy, and he joked that the date of birth is predicted to be June/July. He is adament that he is talking about his new album, not having a baby. Alan says that it was only a few days ago that he ate dinner with the husband and wife and was asked whether he felt Emily's figure had changed. Alan said that he was late there and had to leave early so that Emily was seated the entire time and he couldn't tell.

Alan had publicly told Hacken to check whether his wife was pregnant by using frogs. When the two met, Hacken asked Alan how to use frogs to test for pregnancy and pointed out that he only knew how to use iceblocks. Alan explained "In the past, when using frogs, if the frog called out then that was the indication that there was a pregnancy." Reporters asked Hacken if he could announce the good news. He said that as it was the return of HK's big day, then everyone shouldn't go off topic. When reporters suggested that because it was a big day then there should be a new album to celebrate with, Hacken exclaimed that the date of birth was to be June/July and insisted that he was referring to his new album. Reporters also pointed out that Hacken has gained weight recently but Hacken said that he was busy with his new album and did not gain weight. Alan couldn't help but laugh that Hacken wasn't answering the questions that were being asked.

Alan exposes Hacken's Freudian slip

Hacken admitted that he understood everyone was caring for him and everyday he would see little dogs near his place, giving him a sense of security. When it reached the public, Hacken revealed that a lot of people were asking about the progress of his new album and even Liza Wang has asked a few times whether his new album would be out soon. Alan joked and asked Hacken whether the new album will be cute and if it would have hands or feet. Hacken said that as long as Liza was happy, he would thank everyone for caring and when the new album was ready for release, he would publicly announce it to the world. He doesn't think he will make June, so it will probably hit the streets in July. Recently has his wife been afraid of going outside? Hacken said she wasn't. Alan revealed that a few days earlier he had dinner with the couple and when asked about Emily's figure, he was smart and said that on the night he was late there and had to leave early. This meant that he only saw Emily sitting down and could not see her figure. Has he felt that Emily's eating habits have changed? He said he didn't notice anything special and Hacken added "These days it's different. There's nothing that's "forbidden". Alan exposed that Hacken had made a definate Freudian slip.


source: http://www.takungpao.com/news/07/05/19/UL-738556.htm

Alan laughs, possibly implying Hacken's about to be a father

Rumours are abounding that Hacken is about to be a father, but he has not replied officially to these rumors. He's also expressed that the first person to know will be Alan if the news is trie. Yesterday Alan appeared at a journalist conference for RTHK's "Super Trader", and was chased by the reporters for a comment on Hacken's rumours. Alan immediately rang Hacken to ask, and after hanging up, he didnt say anything, only laughed. After he accidentally said "Maybe in his house its taboo to talk about this!"...after which he realized he'd said the wrong thing, and could only laugh.

Passing the ball to ALan

Alan, Nancy Sit and Priscillia Ku all attended the press conference for RTHK's new program "Super Trader", where they inducted the HK Trade Representative. Alan wore green in the appearance, joking he should give a big frog to Hacken: "Some people say frogs can test urine, if you want to know if Hacken is about to be a dad, you should go to his house and hear if there's a frog croaking"

Reporters said Hacken had told them the first person he would tell was Alan, and Alan replied he's just returned from Singapore and only found out reading reports, but was still uncertain at the moment. Reporters asked him to call Hacken to find out, and Alan told his assistant to call. On the phone, Alan said: "Because of you I'm surrounded by reporters!! How is it?....you cant tell me?", after which he quickly hung up, keeping a small smile on his face, and didn't dare to say anything else much, only constantly laughing. Reporters asked him what Hacken said? Alan replied: "He said he succeeded...I thought he meant succeeding in becoming a father, but he said he suceeded in passing the ball (of reporter pestering) to me!!"

Not saying it aloud - but implying

Reporters kept asking Alan for an answer as to whether Hacken would soon be a father. He laughed and said: "I dont know! Maybe it's taboo to talk about it for him! (so that means yes?) (Alan laughs)...I dont know!" When asked whether he had taught Hacken to be like him and only reveal the existence of his child after eight years, he opened his eyes wide and said: "Each country has its laws, each family has its rules". As reporters continued to pester, he sealed his lips. Reporters said as soon as he hung up, he immediately stopped and didn't talk anymore, and Alan laughed: "So, beacuse there's nothing to talk about you can talk about anything? Better be careful with what you say, Hacken said he'd tell me in the afternoon." After this he insisted: "I haven't said anything. I dont want to lie....in the end, I really dont know."

source: http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/01/UL-729916.htm

Hacken has fun in answering rumours of his wife being pregnant

There have been rumours recently of Emily Lo being pregnant. When approached the other night (JSG awards), Hacken neither denied nor confirmed the rumours. Instead he told reporters to ask him next time. This makes one feel that the news has not been publicised as the baby is not yet 3 months and give more credibility to the reports.

The night before last, Hacken attended the first rounds of the 2007 JSG awards ceremony. The MC seized the chance to ask Hacken about the good news. Hacken didn't answer directly and instead started to promote his new album but joking that making an album was like making a little baby. The due date is around June or July. After Hacken went backstage, reporters once again asked him and he did not deny it outright. Instead he continued to joke about the day of birth being around June or July, and that the producers of his album were the doctor and anaesthetist. He said "People say that making an album is like giving birth. (Are you denying it?) I'll check later. I'll go to 7-11 and buy an iceblock (pregnancy test kit) and check. I've been busy recently so haven't had time to check." When asked if Hacken was worried that the baby was not yet 3 months and that was why he wasn't denying or confirming, Hacken sighed and said that the reporters couldn't write so much in one go and to ask him next time. And this gives the rumours more credibility.

Hacken's frieds are all encouraging him and he indicates that he is trying his best. He even passed the ball to Alan Tam saying that if there was good news then he would be the first one told. Hacken went on to say "Ask Alan. He's like half my dad and loves answering things for people. He's also great at it like as if he was acting a part, if I let him announce it then it would all be very happy." When it was pointed out that Hacken was taking half a year off to be with his wife, he answered that no matter when, work that has been organised must be done. He laughed that with his life, he couldn't take a holiday, and the recording and release date of the album was set a lont time ago. In other news, Kay Tse who was pregnant did not perform that night. She thanked everyone for being understanding and as she was almost approaching 8 months, she has been attending pregnancy classes and planning for the baby.

http://singtao.com.hk/yesterday/ent/0430fo04.html

MEDIA SPECIAL - Hacken @ recent olympics show

other guests present included: Bennett Pang, Alan Tam, Niki Chow, Jade Kwan, Carlo Ng, Fiona Yuen, Matthew Ko, Yue Mei, Kenny Bee. Host was Nat Chan. Watch out for the little "flick" of the ball he does at the end ^o^

MEDIA SPECIAL - Hacken @ 1:99 concert in 2003

Hacken's performances at the 1:99 SARS charity concert (in 2003) - not all of them, but the Hacken/Andy duet is one of my fav songs so i had to cut it in ^^

1st song - Hacken & Andy "笨小孩"
2nd song - Hacken & Alan "左鄰右李"
3rd song - Hacken, Alan & Cecilia "朋友"

Alan cheats, Pang Kin Sang is crude, and Nat hosting new program benefits old friends

(Picture: Nat hosts a new program and invites his friends Hacken Lee and Kenny Bee as guests)

TVB's new program "Olympics are fun - super contest" was recorded last night. The host Nat Chan gave his good friends Alan Tam, Hacken Lee, Pang Kin Sang and Kenny B, all guests last night, the chance at winnning a diamond prize. In the end no one won the prize, but the 10 guests got to each take home HK$10000 in prize money. Each guest gave it their all. Alan demonstrated cheating, becoming a bad role model. Pang Kin Sang in the heat of the moment swore and Nat responded with something similar. Good thing it was a recorded show, the swearing would no doubt be cut.

The show split the guests into teams, asking them questions. They also had to shoot arrows, shoot balls and shoot air rifles. As Alan was shooting his basketball he cheated. He forced his way forward and pushed Nat away with one hand and finally scored a shot. Nat joked that Alan was ranked in the top (a pun with the word to cheat). During the questions, Pang Kin Sang gave the wrong answer and forgetting his manners spat out a swear word. During the archery, Ng Ka Lok tried to copy Felix Wong's pose when shooting in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". This caused Nat to laugh at him looking like Felix shooting a condor, so Ng Ka Lok's archery technique could only be described as a condor (pun for a swear word).

At the end of the show, Alan joked that Pang Kin Sang seldom swore but this time his swearing was quite accurate and was definately spoken in Cantonese. But Pang Kin Sang was adamant that there was no swearing. Even if spoken wrongly it was just the English work "till".

http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070321/saa01/mao1.txt

Neighbours (Alan/Hacken) caught in dispute owing HK$820000, Yiu Wing's investment suffers liquidation

(Alan: I don't know anything about this grown up's stuff; Hacken: I feel uncomfortable)

Three years ago, Cheung Yiu Wing's (known as the father of concerts) Investment Holdings Limited Company with Impact Entertainment Limited invested in HK$820000 worth of tickets for the "Left Alan Right Hacken" concerts but have still not seen returns. Yesterday, the High Court ordered liquidation, but Cheung Yiu Wing claims concerts will go ahead and funds will be no problem.

Yiu Wing Investment Holdings Limited was ordered by the court to liquidate. The judge pointed out that Cheung Yiu Wing has many business dealings with Cheung Kwok Chung's Impact Entertainment (International) Limited. 14 years ago, they both invested together to film the movie "The Tigers - The Legend Of Canton" which at the time promised to make money. In the end, HK$4090000 was lost and each had to bear the losses. However, the judge decided that these past issues had nothing to do with the present case. Cheung Yiu Wing was willing to pay instalments of HK$100000 over 9 months to pay back the debt, but he had not asked for the creditors' approval so the judge ordered liquidation.

Impact Entertainment entered the case in September 2004, claiming Yiu Wing Investment Holdings owed over HK$826000 in "Left Alan Right Hacken" tickets. The court ruled Impact Entertainment successful and that Yiu Wing had an outstanding debt. Impact Entertainment requested liquidation.

Originally Cheung Yiu Wing was to hold a concert for Sam Hui but Sam asked for HK$10million as insurance before he would sign. It is now cancelled and the 20 days that were booked will have to be filled in with other singers.

Yesterday, Cheung Yiu Wing accepted a telephone interview. "The court ordered Yiu Wing Investment Holdings to liquidate, not Yiu Wing Entertainment. Therefore Lau Fung Ping's, Harlem Yu's and ATV's Best Song's concerts will all go ahead as planned. I have no financial difficulties. Just recently I gave Anthony Chan HK$48milion to invest in mainland tv. He lost all of it and I never blamed him at all. It's like I gave a lot of money to Cheung Kwok Chung to invest in film. In the end, it was a loss. Things were complicated and it's hard to explain to outsiders."
Also, Celestial Asia Securities Holdings Limited has just entered a case to high court, requesting Cheung Yiu Wing to declare bankruptcy. The case will be dealt with on 10th April.

Hacken Lee and Alan Tam were both at TVB last night recording a program. Hacken said "I don't know what to say. Both Mr Cheungs had parts in my first concert. Uncle Yiu Wing has been a long time friend and I've heard disagreements between them before. But as part of the younger generation, I don't have the right to intrude. But I've felt uncomfortable."

Alan said "I don't know about this grown up's stuff (referring to him being eternally 25) but there must be a reason for this decision. Both the Mr Cheungs, I've known for a long time. With everyone talking, there's not much room to move and this needs to be explained to the shareholders." After being reminded that he was also a shareholder, Alan replied "There's a lot of people within the company, not just one or two. And relations between companies has nothing to do with the artists. Whoever is right, whoever is wrong, the most important thing is peace." When asked if it'll be awkward to see Cheung Yiu Wing, he said "Of course not. We just saw each other at the tracks the other day."

http://leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20070320.htm

Hacken @ Wynners Concert

Last night's Wynners concert had many special guest appearances, including Hacken Lee, Chelsia Chan, Luo Jie Chang and his wife, and Teresa Carpio etc. Hacken ran on stage to sing the song Red Day with the 5 Wynners to a thunderous applause, after which Alan (who saw Chelsia Chan in teh audience) dragged her on stage to sing. As Chelsia was wearing a short dress, and had to climb over a security barrier to the stage, the scene was rather funny. Afterwards Chelsia praised the Wynners dancing.

Source: appledaily, leehacken.com, wen ai pao