[2012.04.24] ERIC TSANG: SENTIMENTAL SCORE IS INEVITABLE

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Nancy Sit Ka Yin and Eric Tsang Chi Wai yesterday attended a Yuen Long restaurant opening.  Derek Yee Tung Sing earlier criticized this year's Hong Kong Film Award for being more sentimental than professional.  Chi Wai said that on May 5th a Hong Kong Film Award review meeting will take place and said that this year's focus might have been on a few artists, but he thought the Hong Kong Film Award election process was very sound.  Chi Wai admitted that sentimental score was inevitable, ultimately the event was to support Hong Kong film.  He said, "Speaking of sentimentality, A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH) earlier also won many awards.  Winning again this time was very normal.  If the results were too even they would resemble everyone getting a piece."  Did he disagree with what Anthony Wong Chau Sun said about one vote per person?  Chi Wai said that the Hong Kong Film award actually has been an one vote per person election with each affiliated organization.  Unless it was like overseas film awards with different international filmmakers on the jury to avoid regional sentimental score.  However, he too wanted Carina Lau Ka Ling and Lau Ching Wan to win because they are Hong Kong actors as well.  Chi Wai said, "I also respect Jiang Wen very much, he stayed from the beginning to the end.  LET THE BULLETS FLY had many nominations.  Finally (William) Chang Suk Ping won.  Earlier (Peter) Chan Ho Sun received 11 nominations but went home empty handed."