8 • 8 Flood Caring Action
August 17th, a lecture entitled "8 • 8 Flood Caring Action", a large-scale disaster charity performance party, was officially held in Hong Kong. This is more than a hundred stars from the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, specifically for the Morak typhoons which hit Taiwan compatriots in the disaster. Eric Tsang, Alan Tam, Zhang Guoli, Tsai Chin, Andy Lau and other artists gathered at the performances. As we know, the purpose of the disaster charity performance is to raise money for charity. It is known to all that a total of about 5,000 million yuan is collected by the stars, of which 20 million yuan is individual donations of Shaw Yifu.
In the live performances, all those artists are wearing a uniform bearing the map of Taiwan. On the white T shirt, you can read "8 • 8 Flood Caring Action" words, and there is no fancy dress, so it looks simple and sincere. The most meaningful thing is that, the opening song which is also the first adaptation of the song lyrics from artists such as Andy Lau, the temporary creation, positively is Hong Kong "8 • 8 Flood Caring Action" theme song. In this show, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, and Aaron Kwok called "four kings" appear together, Andy Lau, also appealed the Taiwan fans do not come to Hong Kong in September to celebrate his birthday, hoping that they donate to disaster instead of travel.
On the evening of the party, Jackie Chan, although did not to come to the show, but his voice was heard through the VCR video. "Hong Kong is my home, and Taiwan is my second home. Over the years, experience has taught me to learn that it is duty for me to help others when they are in difficult time." Chan said. In addition to singing, the art was also expressed with sincerity of the words of the wishes of Taiwan compatriots affected. It is so moving that everyone will try their best to help these people who are suffering the disaster. Dillon said: "I saw the Taiwanese broken bridge and power outages, but the Hong Kong people’s heart of supporting Taiwanese is not broken." What’s more, "5 • 12 Sichuan Earthquake" volunteers also came to the scene. She said: "5 • 12 Sichuan earthquake stricken areas has been a great help from Taiwan. Hope that Taiwan compatriots can also rebuild their homeland". And representative of mainland, Chinese artist Zhang Guoli attend this activity and on-site offer contributions.
The stars' enthusiasm not only affect their friends, but also allow more people to join the ranks of the disaster area to the donor, on-site 50 donation lines are set up, and the phones are answer by the star himself to raise donations for the quake zone in Taiwan. At last, the total number of the donations is about 50 million yuan, of which Hong Kong TVB boss Shaw individuals contributes 20 million yuan.