Artistes 88 Fund Raising Campaign
Artistes 8.8 Fund Raising Campaign was a major fund raising campaign held in Hong Kong for the victims of the 2009 Typhoon Morakot. The concert began at 7:30pm on 17 August 2009. 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 actress Sylvia Chang. The show featured more than 200 stars mostly from Hong Kong. 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, Astrid Chan. A theme song "Many hearts prevail" was also part of the show. Major banks such as Bank of China and Fubon Bank also took part in managing the funds.Participants
The following are some of the participants.- Alex Fong
- Miriam Yeung
- Sammi Cheng
- Andy Lau
- Aaron Kwok
- Leon Lai
- Jacky Cheung
- Tsai Chin
- Jam Hsiao
- David Tao
- Vivian Chow
- Leo Ku
- Wakin Chau
- Zhang Guoli
- Angelica Lee
- Hacken Lee
- Kay Tse
- Richie Ren
- Ekin Cheng
- Jordan Chan
- Kenny Bee
- Wu wai-zung
- Anson Hu
- Hins Cheung
- Julian Cheung
- Tony Leung
- Rosamund Kwan
- Karen Mok
- Charlene Choi
- Gary Chaw
- Grasshopper
- FAMA
- The Wynners
- Roger Kwok
- Michael Tse
- Ron Ng