[2011.03.12] VONNIE LUI AND STEPHEN SHIU JR. ARE CONCERNED ABOUT JAPANESE ACTRESS

Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun and Stephen Shiu Ting Yat yesterday attended an ATV program taping. After learning about Japan's 8.9 earthquake and the severe destruction that it caused, Shiu Ting Yat was very worried about the safety of his new film 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN)'s Japanese actress Saori Hara. The other actress Yukiko Suo was in Shanghai. He said that originally he arranged for the cast to promote for a dozen days or so in Taiwan at the end of the month and in Hong Kong from April 7 to 12, now he did not know whether anything has changed. Shiu Ting Yat also said that after the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo the film will negotiate its Japanese sales. Now he was worried if due to the earthquake he would need more time, ultimately Japan was a very primary overseas market. Because he had many friends in Tokyo, many local film companies have made contact. In addition actor Hiro Hayama's entire family was in Tokyo and currently they were intensifying their communication.

Lui Hoi Yan also worried about her Japanese co-stars' conditions, but she immediately changed the subject to herself and the film. "It was like the end of the world. Time passes terrifyingly quick. Last year we just said the film was completed and would be released in half a year. In the brink of an eye it would be released next month!" Although the film has not yet been released, she was already so busy that she could not stop at all, due to the enormous stress she suffered insomnia. However she was not unhappy. With more work her income naturally increased. Even if she felt like the world would soon end, she would not squander her money. For her family's living situation she has been working hard to save money for a place. She wanted an unit that was large enough for her family of five and two dogs. She even saved the HK$6,000 from the Hong Kong government as she hoped to be able to fulfill the home ownership dream within the year.

She expected viewers would ask about the film and sex at yesterday's taping. She would raise her bottom line for the audience to discuss appropriate sex knowledge. She would even share her own experience but would not make any gesture. However the station was not an adult station, she had to keep underage viewers in mind.