Raymond Lam admits he is qualified for award; TVB Executives said results are deserved

TVB and HKRIA's copyright disputes still have not been settled yet, last night the singers under the Big 4 record companies all ate the "white fruit" together at the "JSG Best Ten Music Awards 2009". EEG was the big winner of the night getting 19 awards total, while TVB "biological son" Raymond Lam leaped becoming the new "Asia-Pacific Most Popular HK Male Singer", which was the most controversial scene. When he accepted the award, boos were heard among the audience. It was said that other record companies who won less awards were dissatisfied with result. But, Raymond said that at the time he was so shocked that he couldn't hear the boos. Having the self-confidence, large number of fans, he is qualified for the award. TVB Executive expressed in support that all the winners deserved their awards.

Even before the award ceremony, TVB announced that even if the Big 4 singers do not attend the ceremony, if they receive an award it will still be presented to them, however that was not true in reality. TVB senior manager of arts and music (Chan Ka Yeung) insisted that the Big 4 singers did not have any awards and that the results had nothing to do with their absence! (Does Eason Chan not deserve an award?) He said: "The votes were like that, so no award! (How are the votes counted?) The results are based on the viewers, general assembly's review and the music department." Towards the rumors that the other record companies with less awards were in dissatisfaction of the results and that the "Asia-Pacific Male Singer" award should have gone to Hacken Lee? Mr. Chan denied: "Dissatisfaction? Which record company? And how did this rumor start!"

Raymond admitting that winning the "Asia-Pacific" award was a surprise and that singers under Big 4 absent from the ceremony probably had an impact on the results; However, he personally has been working really hard every year. (Does Raymond feel that he got the award too early?) He said that he has set a good foundation in the last 11 years, he has lots of fans both in and outside of HK, it just that he was focused more on TV series and just recently started singing. (Is he afraid to be criticize that TVB is biased towards him?) He said he never thought about it, winning an award proves that he doesn't just know how to act. (Did he hear the boos when he accepted the award?) He expressed that he didn't hear them, at that moment he felt numb on stage and had no response, he only heard that there were sounds everywhere, but definitely not boos.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Companies Dissatisfied with JSG Award Results

Since TVB's controversy with HKRIA has not been solved yet, artists under the four record labels were left "empty-handed" at TVB's Jade Solid Gold Ceremony. EEG became the biggest winner with 19 awards. TVB's "son" Raymond Lam even won the Asia-Pacific Hong Kong Male Singer award. When he accepted the award, booing was heard from the audience. It is said that the record companies that didn't win as many awards were dissatisfied with the award results. Raymond admit that he was so shocked that he didn't hear the boos. TVB says he has a good foundation and alot of fans so he well deserved the award.

Before the ceremony, TVB said they will give the awards as usual no matter if the singers are under the four companies. However, it is obvious that it did not happen. TVB Arts & Music manager Chen Ying Kin insisted that those singers just didn't win any awards and it has nothing to do with whether they attend or not. Is it that Eason Chan does not deserve an award? He said, "He has no award because of the scoring results! (How are the scores calculated?) It is determined by the audience and review by the assembly." There were rumors that some companies were not satisfied with the results and that the Asia-Pacific Hong Kong Male Singer award should be awarded to Hacken Lee. He denied it and said, "Dissatisfied? Which company? It's another rumor!"

TVB producer and director Virginia Lok expressed her complete satisfaction with the results since even Eric Tsang said everyone is happy. Many singers that have done alot but haven't been able to win any awards in the past, were able to win some at JSG this year. When asked whether the Asia-Pacific Hong Kong Male Singer award should have belonged to Hacken, she said, "No, I reviewed the scoring results and it is Raymond." It is said that because the four companies did not attend, EEG was able to obtain more awards? She said, "You can't say that. Even if the four companies don't exist, Joey Yung and Leo Ku should definitely have awards. I hope everyone can respect the results." When asked whether singers under the four companies are eligible to participate in the Jade Solid Gold seasonal rounds next year, she responded that she will see next year. This controversy is between two companies so it shouldn't cause the singers to feel embarassed. Alot of singers have a very good relationship with TVB privately.

Raymond Lam admitted that he was surprised to win the Asia-Pacific Hong Kong Male Singer award and that the absense of the four companies did somewhat affect the results. But he also insisted that he works very hard each year. When asked if he thought it was too early for him to win this award, he said he has made a good foundation for himself these past 11 years and there are also alot of fans in and out of Hong Kong. It's just that he focused on acting before and started singing recently. Is he afraid of the media saying that TVB helped him win the award? He said he hasn't thought about it. Winning the award proves that he is not only good at acting. Did he hear the boos from the audience? He expressed that he did hear sounds from his surroundings but it certainly were not boos.

Last night at the celebration banquet, TVB did not invite all of the singers to celebrate. Only Leo Ku, Miriam Yeung, Raymond Lam, and Joey Yung were invited on stage. Raymond and Joey's fans also prepared champagne for them to celebrate. Kate Tsui's fans were also gathered on the streets, but because there were too many people, the police had to give them a warning.

Source: Mingpao
Translations by: xbunnylicious @ AsianFanatics

Raymond Lam shared his success of music venture with his fans

Raymond Lam had a gathering at his "Fan Club" yesterday. Raymond revealed that he hasn't had a birthday party with his fans for two years now. Nearly 200 local and overseas fans turned up for his party. Raymond had a birthday cake made by his fans for this special occasion. Apart from having his pictures taken with his fans, Raymond also received a lot of presents from them. Talking about the success of his music venture for the past year, Raymond took the opportunity to thank his fans and share his happiness with them. He said 2009 was a fruitful year, he had good feedback for his music and his concert at The Hong Kong Coliseum was a success. He is hoping he can hold another concert next year.

Raymond will be working on two movies at the end of this month despite his busy schedule with his musical career. The cast of the movies have not be announced yet. Since "Stolen Love", 7 to 8 years ago, Raymond hasn't worked on a movie for a long time. Therefore, he considers himself as a new comer to the movie industry.

Raymond has been selected the "10 excellent singers" award by Radio Hong Kong. It is Raymond's first time to be selected for such an award. The other singers who have been selected include Charlene Choi, Joey Yung, Leo Koo, Eason Chan, Kat Tse, Hins Cheung, Mr., Khalil Fong, Mariam Yeung, Ivana Wong, G.E.M and Janice Vidal. Raymond disclosed that he was surprised when he heard that he has been selected. He only found that out on New Year's Eve. He said it was a pity that he couldn't receive the award personally in Hong Kong as he had already arranged to participate the New Year count down show in Macau.

Raymond is planning to release his mandarin album in March this year. He revealed that many year ago, as he was in the mainland doing TV series, he was hoping that he could do some promotion in some cities in the mainland. He goes to Shanghai and Beijing a lot, but he really wants to go to some smaller cities to thank his fans personally for their support.

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Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Bernice Liu, Raymond Lam and Joe Ma celebrated Christmas early

Bernice Liu, Raymond Lam and Joe Ma are good friends and they are also under the same manager. The three of them were having an early Christmas celebration at a hotel restaurant. The chef had prepared a special Christmas dinner for them, but they couldn't wait for all the dishes to come out, they have started eating already. The two guys even fought to get the oyster. Bernice was amazed.

Bernice revealed that her sister is expecting her baby to be born on Christmas day and she is looking forward for her delivery. Raymond wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and he will be relaxing with friends. Bernice said she may be working in the mainland, but she will find time to be with him. Daddy Joe said he will take his family out to show everybody.

Source: On.cc
Translator: Hokkien128 @ http://www.asianvn.com

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Family Ranks First for Raymond Lam

Sometimes your background determines your choice. Some people see themselves as the most important. Others will think of their spouse first. Materialism is the most important to some people! When you are very busy, you might start to neglect the most important things or people in your life. Perhaps we'll only know how much we treasure someone or something when we lose them. Being successful in his career and cooking stuff for family at times, how does Raymond value the most important things and people?

Raymond was given a list of 58 items. He had to pick 6 most important things in his life out of the 58 listed items. Raymond mumbled, "Is father the same as mother? I also love my brothers and sisters. Then I have already selected 4 items already?! Wow, ferrarri is in the list of choice! May I change it to another brand?"

After a while, he selected 5 items. He said career is very important. "I'm going to add this item!"

The First Round - Raymond chose Dining with Family, happy family, career, health, travelling and Hong Kong as the most important things in his life

Dining with Family and Happy Family

"My family, including my father, mother, brother and sister, always matters most for me!

Dining with family is also as important as a happy family. I feel very forutnate to be in my family because they love me so much. My parents are considerate and understanding about my busy schedule and my brother and sister also take good care of themselves so that I don't have to worry about them. I treasure this a lot. They stand by me forever.

They understand that I'm busy and won't grumble that I don't have time for them. Hence, I'll dine with them whenever I have some free time to do so. My family is a bit interesting. My daddy is the one who's the best at cooking and cook most meals! If my brother and sister are also at home, we'll go shopping for the meal. I actually enjoy going to the market to buy stuff for dinner! My daddy will cook whatever we buy. I'm very happy in the way it is now.

Career

I stand where I'm at because of my career. I value my career a lot; however if I happen to get a job I don't quite like, I will start to get a bit lazy. I'm really lucky that I get a lot of support from the audience and others within my 10 years in the entertainment industry. In addition to drama, I also got a lot of other opportunities to try out different areas. I never dreamt of holding my first concert already within 2 years of releasing my first album. I thought it's a dream rather than reality.

Until the poster, advertisement were out and the tickets were sold out, I'm still telling others that it's like a joke. I can't quite believe it until all staff have been confirmed for the concert. Then I tell myself, "Oh really? I gotta believe and prepare for the concert. It's coming up."

I'll try my best on my music and acting career because I am interested in both acting and singing.

Health

Since I'm overloaded with work, I don't have meals at a regular time so it's not a healthy style of life. I don't care about this that much previously. In the past, whenever I shoot ancient dramas, I'll also try the dangerous action scenes too. So I got injured at times.

Now I'll see if a scene is too dangerous and whether it makes a lot of difference in me doing that scene than someone else. I'll also try to have meals at a regular time.

Travelling

I have been waiting to go travelling for quite a while. But the destination, such as Macau, cannot be too faraway from Hong Kong. However, my schedule is so full and I cannot turn down any of those to-do-list. Then I'll start to temporarily give up this thought of trips.

I wanna travel because I'd like to really learn, feel and absorb everything I encountered. After all, it's meaningless to learn nothing after finishing a lot of work!

In this way, I can then improve and thus be more mature.

Hong Kong

Although I have gone to other countries, I have a sense of belonging to Hong Kong as I grow up in Hong Kong and also established my career here.

Second Round - Happy Family, Career, Health

Happy Family, Career

No matter what, family is always the most important thing in my life!

I always need to be a good role model for my younger brother and sister. I feel lucky that my everything went smoothly for my career so that I can take good care (the most basic ability) of myself.

It's impossible to only focus on either one of my acting and singing career. They make up my entire career. Even if many people ask, "Will you spend more time on singing now?" I'll say "no".

I'll try my best and concentrate on singing when I'm singing, acting when I'm acting. I'll just try my best to do my part and finish my tasks. Others also helped out in the process and that helped me concentrate on my work in a better way. This is the foundation of my career!

Health

I never had facial in the past. Recently, I went to have facial less than 6 times within 2 years. But I began to realize its importance. Nevertheless, my appearance also counts towards my career. It's also a way of showing respect. I'll try to pay more attention to health as being healthy is our key responsibilty for those who love and care about us too.

Family ranks No. 1

My family always stands by my side at all times.

If I have to shoot dramas, then I can only see my family members for a few times in a week (on Monday). Most of the time, I get up early and leave home early. By the time I get back home, it's already past midnight and it's time to sleep. But my parents will still come in and ask if I'd like to have some more meals or snacks so we can meet more often in this way. They are my motives for my life."

Source:【chinapress.com.my】
Credits: FF & foreverleila @ AsianFanatics

Raymond Lam says it's too Out, draws a line with Linda Chung

Yesterday was Raymond Lam's 30th birthday and still have no love life, he's eager to encounter his other half soon. When speaking of rumored girlfriend Linda Chung, Raymond used "too out" to describe the topic. In order to get away from the topic, he says that they do not keep in touch at all by phone.

Yesterday Raymond and Ella Koon attended a Christmas event at Pacific Place, Ella was dressed in a Pucca low-cut dress, exposing her sexiness. It was Raymond's birthday yesterday, the organizers especially arranged for a birthday cake to celebrate with him. Raymond reveals that he already had dinner with his colleagues to celebrate, last night he went home and spent his birthday with his lovable dog. He also received many birthday wishes through SMS from good friends, asked if Linda sent him a SMS too? Raymond said: "So Out, the series promotion has ended long ago, we have never kept in touch by phone." Then he quickly wanted to draw a line with Linda, he said: "Don't talk about it anymore, I don't want to affect her."

Men hitting 30, Raymond does not have plans to start a family yet, he said: "I briefly thought about it before, but now it's been postponed. My family does not rush me either." His career is developing very smoothly, but he's still eager to find his other half, he said: "Have to encounter her first, although I had met someone compatible, but there is no time to manage it, so in the end it's still no fate." Raymond laughed and said that his birthday wish is to earn more money because this year he had to pay millions worth of taxes, he smiled: "This year my income grew faster than the inflation rate. (Next year you'll have to pay 10 million taxes!) Yeah!"

Ella Koon who was also at the event did not give birthday boy a kiss, she smiled: "I'm afraid to ruin his make-up." Ella expressed that she doesn't randomly kiss people, she said: "It has to be someone I love. Usually during promotions, I don't mind pretending to kiss, filming I will get into it, so I'm afraid too, but now that I have more experience, I know how to manage it." Has there been a time where acting turned real? She was shocked and said: "No!" In filming, she has kissed Kenneth Ma and Chilam Cheung before, but she stressed that there won't be sparks, she said: "I am very professional, I don't think about that stuff."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Raymond Lam exposes that Linda Chung often gets skin allergies

SHISEIDO White Lucent global spokesperson, popular Japanese actress Chiaki Kuriyama along with Raymond Lam, Stephy Tang, Mandy Lieu and Zelia Z. attended "SHISEIDO Beautiful White Penetration Series" press conference yesterday.

Raymond expressed on stage that he likes girls with white rosy skin, he said: "Girls with whiter skin gives off a feeling of cleanliness, spirited and has a feminine feeling. (What is your condition for white?) White is important, but the most important is if it is compatible for the individual." Linda Chung's skin is white? He said: "Not too white, also she often gets skin allergies. My skin is better than hers."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

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