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Raymond Lam

Myolie Wu

Hosts MC Jin, Eric Tsang, Astrid Chan

Alfred Hui, Hacken Lee, Mag Lam

Kelly Cheung

Cheryl Wee

Lenna Lin

Rebecca Zhu would miss her friends

Jasmine Hayter

Angel Wang

Tsui Siu Keung's daughter Erica Chui does not land in the top ten courtesy of mingpao.com

First runner up Cheryl Wee, Miss Chinese International  Kelly Cheung, Second Runner Up Lenna Lim courtesy of takungpao.com

The 2012 Miss Chinese International Pageant took place last night at the Tseung Kwan O Television City.  The title went to the Chicago representative, candidate 11 Kelly Cheung Hei Man.  The first runner up was the Singapore representative Cheryl Wee (Wong Hing Wai) and the second runner up was the Fala Chen look a like Kuala Lumpur representative Lenna Lim (Lam Ka Bing).  She also won "Asia Pacific Modern Glamour Award" and "Miss Cosmopolitan".  Hong Kong representative Rebecca Zhu won the "Greater China Classic Elegance Award".

Last night Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Astrid Chan Chi Ching and MC Jin were the hosts, the judges were Michael Tse Tin Wa, Myolie Wu Hung Yi, Angela Leong On Ki, Kwok Law Kwai Chun, and Lam Man Kit.  The program began with a Raymond Lam Fung music number that led 28 candidates into their self introduction.  Then the candidates were divided into the Asia Pacific Region, the Europe America Region and the Greater China Region.  Each region had a newly added award.  The Asia Pacific Modern Glamor Award went to the Kuala Lumpur representative Lenna Lim, the Europe America Vitality award went to candidate 15 New York representative Jasmine Hayter (Hoi Lei Ling) and the Greater China Classic Elegance Award went to candidate 26 Hong Kong representative Rebecca Zhu.

After the swimsuit competition, "Miss Congeniality" went to candidate 17 Toronto representative Ashton Hong (Hung Mei San).  Miss Cosmopolitan went to Lenna Lim.  Then ten semifinalists were announced.  Chi Wai added to the intense and made the candidates announced the last five.  Candidate 19 Vancouver representative Erica Chui whose father is Tsui Siu Keung was not in top ten, which included Bianca Lam, Biliya Wiriyapan, Lenna Lim, Aliya Fan, Cheryl Wee, Kelly Cheung, Roro Chen, Jasmine Hayter, Maggie Yu, and Rebecca Zhu.  The top ten candidates with advice from guest host Sammy either raised their hands or picked a number to answer a question.  Guest performers Hacken Lee Hak Kun after performing with Mag Lam Yun Tung and Alfred Hui Kin Hung announced the top three.  First he announced the second runner up, then Kelly Cheung and Cheryl Wee made their final campaign for votes.  Both were teary eyed and affected many candidates back stage.  Finally the five judges raised signs to indicate the winner.  The funniest was Tse Tin Wa who turned into Laughing as he took out a coin to toss.  Finally Kelly Cheung won 3-2.

Jeana Ho, Michelle Wai, Bonnie Xian, Mag Lam courtesy of on.cc

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Mag Lam Yun Tung, Jeana Ho Pui Yu, Michelle Wai (Si Nga), Mr, George Lam Chi Cheung's son Alex, Bonnie Xian (Sin Sik Lai) yesterday worked on the film LIVES IN FLAMES (HEI SAI YIU GWUN) poster.  Jeana pointed out that Dash who played her boyfriend asked her for help with his first kiss scene, but she pointed out that he had more actual experience than she did.  Jeana also praised Mr. and Alex to be gentlemen and hoped that her future mate would be in a band and "ABC".

The Grasshoppers

Ivana Wong

Mag Lam

Twins

Leo Ku

Raymond Lam

Hacken Lee was the only singer from the five majors on the show and presented an award to Joey Yung

William Chan earlier was made fun of online as "I don't know who William Chan is".  Amigo Chu joked that a new award "I finally know who William Chan is" should be added and given to Charlene Choi.  Eric Tsang added that the award should go to Ah Sa's father because he knows who William Chan is.

Eric Tsang, Christine Ng, Amigo Chui

Jade Kwan a few years ago heard her name incorrectly and "stole" Rosanne Kwan Kuk Ying's award.   Host Eric Tsang jokingly announced her Solid Gold award as "Kwan Kuk Ying concert guest Kwan Sum Yin".

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The 2011 JADE SOLID GOLD BEST TOP MUSIC AWARDS took place last night at the Tseung Kwan O Television City as the final report card of the music industry this year.  Although the five major record labels have already resolved the royalty issues with TVB, they did not make it in time to have songs on the chart.  As for the Asia Pacific Most Popular Male and Female Singers and the Most Popular Male and Female Singer awards, TVB's own Raymond Lam Fung won the Asia Pacific Most Popular Male Singer award for the third year in a row and with the song CHOK won the Solid Gold Gold Song award.  Wong Yuen Chi surprisingly won her first Asia Pacific Most Popular Female Singer.  Leo Ku Kui Ke won his fourth Most Popular Male Singer.  The Most Popular Female Singer went to Joey Yung Cho yi for the seventh time.  Joey this year won 14 awards at four award shows and defeated Eason Chan Yik Shun who won 12.

Last night Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Amigo Chu Kin Bong, Christine Ng Wing Mei and the Grasshoppers were hosts.  Among the five major record labels, Warner and Sony executives were on hand, but only 70 singers attended.  Mainly Emperor held down the fort.  Five major singers Eason Chan Yik Shun, Kay Tse On Kay and Hacken Lee Hak Kun remained without awards.  The award show opened with a group of rookie singers and the Grasshopppers' performance, then immediately presented the first Solid Gold award to the Grasshoppers.  Without five major singers, Pong Nan Yik Bong, Wong Cho Nam, Ken Hung Cheuk Lap and William Chan Wai Ting were all in the front row.  Even Chan Wai Ting who only wrote one song won the Most Popular Creative Singer Bronze Prize.

Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Singer went to Lam Fung for the third time as he defeated the earlier rumored winners of the Grasshoppers and Leo Ku Kui Ke.  When Lam Fung was announced, Lady Ng could not help but screamed Chok King.  He stated that the first time he won this award he forgot to thank many people.  The most important was for him to thank a group of people who trusted him and gave him opportunities.  He said, "I don't mind too much about how I feel, what I mind the most is the feeling that I give them."  He also thanked TVB for cultivating him all along and thanked elders like Ng Yu.  He also thanked all of his fans who never abandoned him.  He also hoped that all the singers would be together again on the stage and perform better year after year.

Asia Pacific Most Popular Female Singer went surprisingly to Ivana Wong Yuen Chi for the first time as she defeated the earlier rumored winner Joey Yung Cho Yi.  When the host announced Wong Yuen Chi, she was stunned in the audience and said not to scare her and said to Gillian Chung Yun Tung who was next to her, "No way."  She said that this was a great award.  She had to calm down and think about what to say.  Then tearfully she said that all along she put all her heart into making good music, from the first day in the business to today the seventh year.  She has never thought about winning any major award.  She wanted to thank people who encouraged her.  She also thanked TVB, East Asia Records, fans and the entire music team.  She said, "if some feels that I have to work even harder, I will do my best to fulfill the singer duty."  Wong Yuen Chi after performing received a standing ovation from the singers.

The Most Popular Female Singer went to seven time winner Yung Cho Yi, an expected result.  When Lee Hak Kun presented the award to Joey, Joey said to him, "You come back.  The first year when he and I won an award, that was when he got married.  Now he has two sons.  I really feel very happy, thank you TVB for encouraging me again.  Many people said that since it wasn't the first award, aren't you used to it?  Actually no, this year I worked very hard on learning to play the guitar, spent a lot of time to communicate with music.  Hopefully next year I would reach this destination."  The Most Popular Male Singer went to four time winner Ku Kui Ke.  On the stage he thanked Emperor and TVB and said that 18 years ago when he released his first record, he was a kid who really liked singing.  Now he will produce his Cantonese and Mandarin record, make his own music video.  Now he not only liked, he loved his music job very much.  He tearfully said, "In recent years at Hong Kong award shows, everyone's attention has been on who competed with who, the power struggle between companies and less on the effort and hard work that singers paid.  I started to get a little confused on the meaning of attending ceremonies, but when I brought the awards to celebrations, company colleagues would be very excited and emotional, every year I would go to fan club meetings and bring this award for fans to take pictures with.  I saw how happy the fans were, and I realized that to them it was very important."

The Solid Gold Gold Prize went to Lam Fung's CHOK.  Lam Fung said that this award did not belong to him but to all of Hong Kong, because Chok was a creation of Hong Kong.  He said, "I want to thank very much musicians who have worked very hard with me this year.  This year I have experienced a lot of rises and falls, hopefully everyone will bring my Chok back.  Next Year I will Chok for everyone again."  Last night Yung Cho Yi and Lam Fung both won four awards.  With the earlier Metro Radio, Radio Hong Kong and Commercial Radio and last night's TVB music awards, Yung Cho Yi won 14 awards and defeated Chan Yik Shun with his 12 awards to become the year's big winner.

When Joyce Cheng Yun Yi received the Most Popular Female Rookie silver prize, she broke down in tears and joked that she did not have looks, figures or long legs, but she would continue to work hard.  This award was a good start.  She also thanked her mother Lydia Shum Din Ha.  The Female Rookie Gold Prize winner Lam Yun Tung was teary eyed.  When Ng Wing Mei announced her friend Cheung Chi Lam's Solid Gold award, she screamed in excitement and pointed out that her good friend waited for 20 years and finally got it.  Cheung Chi Lam thanked TVB and his company and also said that he only took a small step forward.  Guest performers included Tat Ming, Sally Yeh (Yip Sin Man), Jeff Chan Shun Jit and five major's Hacken Lee Hak Kun.

2011 JADE SOLID GOLD BEST TEN MUSIC AWARDS
http://b.tvb.com/jsg/

TOP TEN JADE SOLID GOLD AWARDS
  ALL STAR GLAM EXAM (Grasshoppers)
  HEAVENLY LADDER (C All Star)
  WATER LILY (Ivana Wong Yuen Chi)
  CHOK (Raymond Lam Fung)
  ASK WHY AGAIN (Edmond Leung Hong Man)
  FLOWER AND A THOUSAND TREES (Joey Yung Cho Yi)
  EXPLODED (Leo Ku Kui Ke)
  STILL (Jade Kwan Sum Yin)
  FALLEN FOR ALIEN (Julian Cheung Chi Lam)
  EVERY YEAR (Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin)

MOST POPULAR CHINESE SONG
  GOLD: 3650 (Twins)
  SILVER: LET ME LOVE YOU FOR A HOUR (Raymond Lam Fung)
  BRONZE: LAST LOVER (Joey Yung Cho Yi)

MOST POPULAR COMMERCIAL SONG
  GOLD: SURGE (Joey Yung Cho Yi)
  SILVER: MAKE UP FREE VACATION (HotCha)
  BRONZE: EXTRAORDINARY (Mag Lam Yun Tung)

RISING ROOKIE: Sita Chan Hei Yi

MOST POPULAR MALE ROOKIE
  GOLD: Alfred Hui Ting Hung
  SILVER: Terry Zou (Chow Man Ching)
  BRONZE: Rednoon

MOST POPULAR FEMALE ROOKIE
  GOLD: Mag Lam Yun Tung
  SILVER: Joyce Cheng Yun Yi
  BRONZE: Abella Leung Yau Ka

MOST POPULAR GROUP
  GOLD: Grasshoppers
  SILVER: C All Star
  BRONZE: RubberBand

MOST POPULAR CREATIVE SINGER
  GOLD: Pong Nan Yik Bong
  SILVER: Ivana Wong Yuen Chi
  BRONZE: William Chan Wai Ting

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
  GOLD: Jonathan Wong Chi Hin
  SILVER: Wong Cho Nam
  BRONZE: Ella Koon Yun Na

MOST POPULAR DUET
  GOLD: PINKY SWEAR (Jason Chung Yat Hin, Karene Mak Bui Yi)
  SILVER: IDIOT (SOR GUA) Ken Hung Cheuk Lap, Sherman Chung Shu Man
  BRONZE: SPICY LIFE (Barry Yip Man Fai, Dik E Det)

MOST POPULAR SONG ADAPTTION: BIRD CAGE (Mag Lam Yun Tung)
BEST SONG WRITING: Tang Chi Wai, Chong Dong Yan (CHOK)
BEST LYRICS: Wyman Wong Wai Man (FLOWER AND A THOUSAND TREES)
BEST SONG ARRANGEMENT: Fung Hong Ming@the invisible men (WATER LILY)
BEST SONG PRODUCER: Choi Yat Kit (ALL STAR GLAM EXAM)
MOST POPULAR MALE SINGER: Leo Ku Kui Ke
MOST POPULAR FEMALE SINGER: Joey Yung Cho Yi
ASIA PACIFIC MOST POPULAR HONG KONG MALE SINGER: Raymond Lam Fung
ASIA PACIFIC MOST POPULAR HONG KONG FEMALE SINGER: Ivana Wong Yuen Chi
SOLID GOLD GOLD PRIZE: CHOK (Raymond Lam Fung)

Hins Cheung

Julian Cheung

Raymond Lam

Kary Ng almost trips on her own dress

Fama pretends to eat "Ka Ming"

Jenny Tseng, Patrick Tse

Alfred Hui, Mag Lam, Joyce Cheng

Kay Tse

Twins

Leo Ku attends his first music award show of the year

Ivana Wong

Khalil Fong

Anna Kay Ye Xiqi

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The 34th Top Ten Chinese Gold Song Awards last night took place at the Hong Kong Design Institute.  The Most Excellent Top Ten Popular Singer Award and the Highest Selling Singer of the Year remained in the pockets of Eason Chan Yik Shun and Joey Yung Cho Yi.  Eason also won the National Best Male Singer.  Along with Top Ten Excellent singer and a Gold Song award, he became the big winner with five awards.  The National Best Female Singer went to Natasha Na Ying; Joey with four awards was slightly behind Eason.

This year due to same score a Gold Song was added, as the eleventh gold song went to William So Wing Hong's THAT EVERYBODY, which alsobrought him the "Global Chinese Best Gold Song".  With the Top Ten Excellent Singer award he had three awards.  The multiple Commercial Radio Chik Chak award winner Khalil Fong Datong last night also won three awards, including Top Ten Excellent Singer, Most Excellent Popular Mandarin Song Bronze Prize and National Best Chinese Song.  Yet strangely, he did not have a single gold song.

Winning the Most Excellent Popular Mandarin Song Gold Prize with THOSE YEARS, Hu Xia also won a Gold Song award.  After Most Excellent Popular Mandarin Song Silver and Bronze Award winners G.E.M. and Fong Datong gave their speech, the background music already started before Hu Xia had a chance to speak and hinted that he had to sing first. He did not understand Cantonese and looked confused.  After singing he said that the two awards were rather surprising.  He also greeted the audience in not so fluent Cantonese, but before he gave his thank you speech the host already pushed him backstage.  Kay Tse on Kay with YOUR HAPPINESS won a gold song award, but when she performed the song, the event played DECEMBER 20 instead.  She could only sing along and the audience did not have a chance to hear her award winning song.

Winning the Rookie with the Most Potential Gold Prize, Joyce Cheng Yun Yi on the stage publicly thanked mommy Lydia Shum Din Ha and daddy Adam Cheng Siu Chau.  Earlier at the Metro Radio and Commercial Radio awards she did not thank Chau Guoon, last night was her first public thank you to her father.  The Rookie silver and bronze prizes went to Mag Lam Yun Tung and Alfred Hui Ting Hung.  This year's newly added Microblog powered Singer Award went to Raymond Lam Fung.

Last night due to limited seating, only 570 people could attend and thus all those on hand were industry insiders and guests.  Singers were arranged to sit in a room backstage and the event did not permit them to leave so they could accept the award at anytime.  The event invited Patrick Tse Yin, Teddy Robin Kwan, Jeremy Liu (Lam Chi chin), WHEN HEAVEN BURNS (TIN YU DEI)'s young "Ka Ming" Stanley Cheung King Shun and model Lin Li as guest presenters.

Sei Gor presented the Golden Needle Award to Jenny Tseng (Yun Nei).  After Yun Nei performed several classic hits, Sei Gor appeared.  As soon as Yun Nei saw Sei Gor she raised her arms and walked toward him, "My idol, my idol!"  Then she embraced Sei Gor and raised the award together.  She said that she was very honored to receive this award from Sei Gor.  Sei Gor joked that he has listened to her songs since he was little, he never thought that she would still sing so well now.

The host asked where did Sei Gor admired Yun Nei the most.  Sei Gor said that he admired her entire body, then Sei Gor gave her a congratulatory kiss. Yun Nei said that this award was a recognition, proving her effort of singing for everyone over the years was not wasted.  She also thanked every friends who she has worked with and viewers in front of the television, because without them she would not be there.  Her daughter Melody also returned to Hong Kong to witness her award.  Yun Nei said, "Melody is proud of me, I want to show her how fine her Ma is!"

THE 34TH TOP TEN CHINESE GOLD SONG AWARDS
http://rthk.hk/special/goldsong2011/result.htm

GLOBAL CHINESE BEST GOLD SONG: THAT SOMEBODY (William So Wing Hong)

MOST EXCELLENT POPULAR SINGER:
  MALE: Eason Chan Yik Shun
  FEMALE: Joey Yung Cho Yi

TOP TEN GOLD SONGS:
  SNOW IN JUNE (Eason Chan Yik Shun)
  DOOMSDAY (Ivana Wong Yuen Chi)
  EVERY YEAR (Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin)
  I MYSELF (Kary Ng Yu Fei)
  EXPLODED (Leo Ku Kui Ke)
  FLOWER AND A THOUSAND TREES (Joey Yung Cho Yi)
  P.S. I LOVE YOU (Hins Cheung King Hin)
  THOSE YEARS (Hu Xia)
  YOUR HAPPINESS (Kay Tse On Kay)
  FALLEN FOR ALIEN (Julian Cheung Chi Lam)
  THAT SOMEBODY (William So Wing Hong)

EXCELLENT POPULAR MANDARIN SONG
  GOLD: THOSE YEARS (Hu Xia)
  SILVER: MY SECRET (G.E.M.)
  BRONZE: VERY UNEASY (Khalil Fong Datong)

ROOKIE WITH MOST POTENTIAL
  GOLD: Joyce Cheng Yun Yi
  SILVER: Mag Lam Yun Tung
  BRONZE: Alfred Hui Ting Hung
  EXCEPTIONAL PRIZE: Gin Lee, Abella Leung Yau Ka, Karene Mak Bui Yi

BEST IMPROVEMENT OF THE YEAR
  GOLD: C All Star
  SILVER: Sugar Club
  BRONZE: Fama

CASH BEST CREATIVE SINGER: Mr.

HIGHEST SELLING SINGER OF THE YEAR
  MALE: Eason Chan Yik Shun
  FEMALE: Joey Yung Cho Yi
  GROUP: Twins

NATIONAL BEST CHINESE SONG: VERY UNEASY (Khalil Fong Datong)

NATIONAL BEST SINGER
  MALE: Eason Chan Yik Shun
  FEMALE: Natasha Na Ying
  GROUP: Twins

EXCELLENT POPULAR SINGER
  G.E.M.
  Khalil Fong Datong
  Hins Cheung King Hin
  Joey Yung Cho Yi
  Eason Chan Yik Shun
  Hacken Lee Hak Kun
  William So Wing Hong
  Miriam Yeung Chin Wa
  Leo Ku Kui Ke
  Kay Tse On Kay
  RubberBand

MICROBLOG POWERED SINGER: Raymond Lam Fung

GOLDEN NEEDLE: Jenny Tseng (Yun Nei)