[2022.07.16] PATRICK TSE, GORDON LAM REMAIN UNCONFIRMED FOR THE HONG KONG FILM AWARD

Many hope Gordon Lam and Patrick Tse would appear at the Hong Kong Film Award
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Louise Wong

Derek Yee jokingly worries for Chin Kar Lok's ability to appear at the show due to his TVB ties
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Derek Yee in order to avoid trouble and awkwardness has not invited TVB artists to attend.  Chin Kar Lok as a Hong Kong Film Award Board of Directors member can appear on ViuTV.

MakerVille CEO Lo Ting Fai (in black) attend the worship ceremony

Best Actor nominees Patrick Tse Yin and Gordon Lam Ka Tung's appearance status at the Hong Kong Film Award remain unknown

Louise Wong is excited and looks forward to the Hong Kong Film Awards

Leung Chung Hang is happy whether he would win or not
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The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards will take place Sunday at the KITEC. Yesterday a worship ceremony was held. The Hong Kong Film Award Board of Directors President Derek Yee Tung Sing and the Board representative vice president John Chong Ching, Candy Yu On On, Tina Lau Tin Lan, Tin Kai Man, Chow Kwok Chung, Chin Kar Lok and this year's double nominees Louise Wong Dan Nei and Leung Chung Hang participated and prayed for a smooth award ceremony.

The Hong Kong Film Awards has been affected in recent years by the novel coronavirus. In 2019 the Hong Kong Film Awards president Yee Tung Sing announced the results of the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards online. Then the preparation for the "HKFA 40" also was hindered and postponed, making it two years in one event. Not only 19 awards would be presented, two of the highest honors the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Professional Spirit Award would be presented to Michael Hui Koon Man and Chow Kwok Chung. Yee Tung Sing revealed that this year many Best Actors including Koo Tin Lok and Nick Cheung Ka Fai have been invited to be the guest presenters. Most of the nominees would also attend, only few nominees who were overseas or in the Mainland due to the pandemic would not be able to attend, including the Best Actress nominee Gong Li.

As for the Best Actor nominee Gordon Lam Ka Tung who recently injured his lung while working on his new film I DID IT MY WAY (CHIM HUNG) and was hospitalized, and the 85 year old Patrick Tse Yin (Sei Gor) still has not agreed to attend the award show. Yee Tung Sing revealed that Sei Gor was a senior and would depend on his condition that day. The event would follow up daily. As far as he knew Lam Ka Tung's condition was not as severe as reported. Yee Tung Sing stressed that whether the recipients would get their awards whether they would appear or not, and he would handle the matter with flexibility.

When Lam Ka Tung was hurt, action director Chin Kar Lok was at the same location but shooting another unit. He did not find out until afterward. "At the time we were shooting in Units A and b. I only knew that an accident happened. Out of an abundance of caution, we called an ambulance to send Ka Tung to the hospital. I sent him a text message and he responded that it was no big deal. Men had to be a little hurt. Relax, he would recover very quickly. I learned that Ka Tung just had the air knocked out of him and probably did not suffer any broken bone."

Ka Tung this time received two Best Actor and a Best Screenplay nominations. Would not being able to attend be regrettable? Kar Lok joked that let president Yee Tung Sing worry about that, ultimately the greater the responsibility the greater the stress. Yee Tung Sing admitted that he would not worry about things that were beyond his control. Instead he made fun of Kar Lok that as a TVB person would be able to appear on this year's ViuTV live broadcast? Kar Lok joked, "I am the happiest about being able to appear on different television stations. Hong Kong Film Awards has been broadcast live on ATV before, but Tsang Chi Wai and I went together. We even spoke Cantonese!"

Hong Kong Film Awards double nominees Leung Chung Hang and Louise Wong Dan Nei were nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best New Performer. Speaking of the upcoming award show Wong Dan Nei said that it felt very much like a dream, but would try to enjoy the process because she has always been someone who was only nervous afterward. Her husband Sheldon Lo Hau Yung would cheer her on while their daughter would stay home and watch TV to support her. Wong Dan Nei picked out what she would wear for her first Hong Kong Film Award, it would be stylish but a little mysterious. She joked that it would also be convenient for going to the bathroom. Leung Chung Hang said that he was rather nervous because he and Wong Dan Nei would have to sing on the stage and salute the late elders of the past two years. Instead he felt normal about the awards and would let them up to fate. Whether he would win or not he would be just as happy.