[2024.07.01] RAYMOND WONG BIDS FAREWELL TO THE KITEC WITH HAPPY GHOST

Fennie Yuen, Gigi Fu and Lolettea Lee all make the appearance in support of the film 
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Melvin, Chan Man Na, Clifton Ko, Raymond Wong, Fennie Yuen, Gigi Fu and Loletta Lee take a happy photo on the stage
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The famous performance venue, the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Center (KITEC) officially closed at 5pm yesterday, marking the end of many years of memories for film and music fans. The night before (29th) at the KITEC Star Cinema the last film event took place. Raymond Wong Pak Ming was reluctant that the KITEC would be rebuilt and arranged for the Hong Kong classic comedy film HAPPY GHOST II (HOI SUM GWAI FONG SHU GA) to be screened at the Star Cinema for a limited one show. Director Clifton Ko Chi Sum and a number of participating actors including Wong Pak Ming, Fennie Yuen Kit Ying, Gigi Fu Ming Hin, Melvin Wong Kam Sun, Chan Man Na and others attended. Loletta Lee Lai Chun, who participated in the first film HAPPY GHOST (HOI SUM GWAI) also made an appearance to show her support.

A number of stills from the theater, as well as full-page newspaper advertisements from back then and the Mr. Yuen Tai Yung re-illustrated poster of HAPPY GHOST II, were placed at the scene and evoked everyone's memories. Yuen Kit Ying even received support from a group of fans. The KITEC would be dismantled, and Wong Pak Ming felt very reluctant. He admitted that this was his favorite theater, so he held a limited screening of HAPPY GHOST II the night before the cinema's final closing to relive this classic works of yesteryear with a group of actors and friends in the film. He believed that it is a good farewell, "My favorite installment of the HAPPY GHOST film series is this one. Tonight I see the actors of HAPPY GHOST again tonight, it feels just like it was yesterday. Everyone has become friends now, watching this movie again together should remind everyone of the beautiful memories again."

Wong Pak Ming discovered Yuen Kit Ying on the street back then and she got into the industry, her first movie was HAPPY GHOST II. She said, "Because of this film many viewers recognized me. I was still in school back then. Because Mr. Wong discovered me on the street, I came out. It has been almost 40 years and my friendship with Mr. Wong has not changed." She said that her life has been quiet recently, pointing out that she used to be too busy in life. Now she has more time to see friends and exercise, and do things that she rarely did before. Does she still have the acting bug? She smiled and said, "Even if I have the acting bug I still can't make the Happy Girl Group again, let's wait until after I finish watching the film tonight first."

Fu Ming Hin felt happy but also lamented about being able to watch HAPPY GHOST II (HOI SUM GWAI FONG SHU GA). "So many years have gone by again in the blink of an eye. I have watched it again before, and the taste is different every time I see it. When I see everyone again I am so happy every time." Although Lee Lai Chun did not participate in HAPPY GHOST II, but back then she visited the set. She said that back then she was "stupid and silly", but the movies she made in this company were all very happy.