Artistes 8.8 Fund Raising Campaign (88水災關愛行動) was a major
fund raising campaign held in
Hong Kong
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for the victims of the
2009 Typhoon Morakot. The concert began at 7:30pm on 17 August 2009.
[CRI online.]
CRI online
" ''众巨星云集8.8水灾关爱行动 与台湾同胞共渡困难.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-17. The 88 stood for 8 August, one of the day of the typhoon. The main host for the concert was HK actor
Eric Tsang and
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
actress
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, she was one of the jury members of the main competition ...
.
[Chinatimes.com.]
Chinatimes.com
." ''香港超過50位藝人舉辦關愛水災募款晚會 .'' Retrieved on 2009-08-17. The show featured more than 200 stars mostly from Hong Kong.
[Sina.com.]
" ''不滿“8·8水災關愛行動”災搶風頭 劉德華黎明交惡.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-17. The show was also tele-linked live to Taiwan and some of their stars.
Preparation
A number of other hosts also took part including
Paw hee-ching,
Harlem Yu, Wu hsiao-li (吳小莉), Astrid Chan (芷菁).
A theme song "Many hearts prevail" (滔滔千里心) was also part of the show.
Major banks such as
Bank of China
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The Bank of China was founded in 1912 by the Republican government as China's central bank, repl ...
and
Fubon Bank also took part in managing the funds.
Participants
The following are some of the participants.
Edison Chen controversy
Edison Chen tried to make an appearance into the fund raising campaign. Fellow actor
Eric Tsang tried to talk HK station
TVB into letting him in. TVB computer technicians were ready to put Chen's name up should he appear at the concert, but Chen was turned down by the station. He did not appear on stage.
[Oriental daily.]
Oriental daily
" ''無綫認接陳冠希出場通知.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
See also
*
Artistes 512 Fund Raising Campaign
*
Artistes 414 Fund Raising Campaign
References
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*https://www.youtube.com/user/typhoontaiwan88/videos
Music festivals in Hong Kong
Benefit concerts
2009 in Hong Kong