[2011.04.03] MASATOSHI NAKAMURA PRAISES HONG KONG MEDIA UNITY

Masatoshi Nakamura, Alice Chan Mei Ling, Judy Ongg (Yung Sin Yuk)

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Two nights ago ARTISTS 311 LOVE BEYOND BORDERS took place at Victoria Park as 300 artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea brought the event to an end. Many artists after the show attended the banquet. Japan's Masatoshi Nakamura praised Hong Kong media for being united, being able to break through the gaps to broadcast the fund raiser jointly. He stated that was something the Japanese media could not do.

The disaster relief event ended officially at 10PM two nights ago and raised $26,572,421 excluding online and check donations. In a show of appreciation, the event held a 20 table banquet. Korean star Kwon Sang-Woo, Japanese artist Masatoshi Nakamura, Judy Ongg (Yung Sin Yuk), Eric Tsang Chi Wai, Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan (Fong Cho Ming) and others attended. Masatoshi Nakamura praised the kindness that Hong Kong has shown Japan, which was very touching. He stressed, after returning home he would tell every Japanese about this event. In addition, he complimented the local television stations for being able to broadcast jointly two nights ago. Nakamura said, "Hong Kong media are united, which Japan cannot do. In Japan aside from news, joint broadcast definitely cannot be done." Was he satisfied with the donation amount, Nakamura said that he heard about the over 20 million in donation and had to thank the people of Hong Kong repeatedly. He said, "This time could be considered as giving the people of Japan a dream and a future." Nakamura was also very gracious, after the interview he shook hands with the media and bowed.

Tsang Chi Wai stated that the banquet was held because most artists went from 4PM to 10PM straight, thus he asked the restaurant owners Manfred Wong (Man Jun) and Andrew Lau Wai Keung to provide a place for everyone to pig out. Chi Wai said, "At 9:45PM we only had 18 million, half a hour later we reached 23.8 million. I am very please about that."