Hacken Lee ID: News

HLID stuff, part 9 (last one): images from HLID! =D

2011-01-28T20:01:00.000-08:00

i wish the HLID site could have lasted longer
but i guess it's been over 4 years now...
and we don't update it anymore....
Thanks to Em who hosted our fansite
for all this time!!

thank you to everyone who helped me with making
or contributing or maintaining HLID!!!
thank you so much!!

even though the fansite will be gone this april,
but i re-posted everything from the fansite here,
and the forum remains! YEY!!!

so please join us at the forum...
http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hacken_Lee_ID/index.php?act=idx
thank you~ and see you there~~!

-kate

edit: oops! forgot the Updates from the main page:

Apr. 10
Hacken and Alan completed their concerts together in Hong Kong in February, but this summer, their world concert tour starts! Hacken said they will be going to Atlantic City, LV, Toronto, maybe Boston, and later they will go to KL, Australia, etc.!!! and now, u can pre-order hacken & alan's 2009 concert dvd here: http://www.yesasia.com/us/alan-hacken-2009-live-concert-karaoke-3dvd/1019618383-0-0-0-en/info.html
For the first time, all 3: the dvd, vcd, and cd versions, are all released on the same day!! wow. =D
Jan. 19
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! I hope 2009 will be an awesome year for Hacken and all his fans! Hacken's new CD, Today Special was finally released on Jan. 15!! The pre-order CD sales already reached platinum level before it was officially released, though! (and I, Kate, was 1 of those ppl that pre-ordered f/yesasia!! yay!!) So, Hacken and his singer friends that helped him make this CD had a party to celebrate its success even before it was released!! :D Hacken is currently very busy preparing for and promoting his concert with Alan in february! Good luck with everything, Hacken!! :) (check out the Awards section in the Hacken-identity section to see all the awards he won in 2008!)
Dec. 1
Hacken and Alan are finally singing together again! =) Their Left Alan Right Hacken Concert () will start in 2009, during Chinese New Year. the shows are going to be from Feb. 1-7. They get to be the first singers to have concerts at the HK Coliseum after it was closed for renovation since last year! They are now training to be in shape for their concert. Also, Hacken says his new CD will not be released for a while, cuz he wants to have enough time to plug the new great songs! Everyone, please patiently wait for it!

Hacken had an early birthday party with his fan club members on a ship on Nov. 29!! You can see pictures of it at his new blog post about it and probably later at his official website. :)
Oct. 15
HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY TO HLID!!!
Oct. 15 is the two year anniversary!
There is a new banner and layout for our forum to celebrate HLID's b-day, please check it out! ^_^

We will keep trying our best to keep this fansite & all the different sections of it that are linked here up to date and a happy place for all hacken fans that come here. =) Hacken is currently still recording songs for his new CD, which might not be released until the end of the year, at the rate things are going...but please continue to look forward to it and remember to buy it once it's released! So far, he has only plugged one song from this new album, and it is "She is kind but I am sad".

Old Updates and Messages

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July 14
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, everyone that visited this website, especially the people that keep coming back. =) Thank you for your support! Hacken really does have fans from all over the world! Here's the latest news! His new CD will probably be released at the end of this summer. Especially for this album, he asked Eason Chan, Jaycee Chan, Hins Cheung, Jan Lamb, Justin Lo, Khalil Fong, and Louis Cheung to work with him on the album production! Hacken will be doing hosting work for TVB's coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing next month! Also, he will have a concert during September in HK! To keep up-to-date with Hacken's news and talk with other fans, please join our HLID forum here: http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hacken_Lee_ID/
May 19
Congratulations to Hacken, he recently won a JSG top 14 songs award for his song, Everyday is Valentine's Day! Also, Hacken has accepted a hosting job for TVB's coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics this August! He will be hosting the opening and closing ceremonies with Dodo Cheng.
Feb. 20
CONGRATS to Hacken, from the end of 2007 to the start of 2008, his total music awards count is 15.5!!!
CONGRATULATIONS, HACKEN! WIN EVEN MORE AWARDS IN 2008! =)
Nov. 26
You can now buy Hacken's new compilation CD, Hacken Lee No.1 Hits (4CD) (Limited Edition), at Yesasia: It has 3 new songs, including "Farewell Concert Hall", which Hacken is currently plugging.
Oct. 24
CONGRATULATIONS, HACKEN & EMILY!!!!!!!!!!
On Oct. 22, Hacken became a father and his son is named Ryan. Both mother and son are fine. Hacken's wish to become a father before he turns 40 came true!! =)
Oct. 15
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TO OUR FANSITE!!!
THE HACKEN LEE ID SITE IS NOW 1 YEAR OLD!
i hope there will be many more to come!!!!! =)

Sept. 30
HACKEN'S GOT A BLOG!! CHECK IT OUT: http://web.mac.com/leehacken/iWeb/Site/

he just announced it at his official website recently. anyone can add a comment! ~_~ it takes kinda long 2 load, though.
Sept. 22
many thanks 2 all the ppl that have said they like this new layout!!! ^_^

*quick update* about hacken: he said in his newest message that his 3rd plug will be the song "Team of Brazil Girls". it's a peculiar choice, but i hope UMG & hacken can help it become a popular song. remember 2 vote/request for it soon! also, our FORUM has finally recently reached 100 members! yesss!!! pls join the forum if u haven't already 4 the latest updates/news/pics/chat,etc. about hacken! thanks. ~kate.`*
September 19, 2007
WE HAVE A NEW LAYOUT! welcome to version 2.0 of HLID! on Oct. 15, this site will turn 1 year old already! new fans here: pls take a look around this site! old fans: pls also take a look, i have added more pics of hacken through out the site! =)

Though Iris designed the layout, Jane and I (Kate) did add/design certain elements to the layout of the main page and other sections of this site. I hope everyone will like how this site looks now, cuz all 3 of us (especially JANE!) put a lot of time and energy into the new layout of this site!!!!!

(below: Hacken's "Paper Marriage" song)

HLID stuff, part 8: HLID's stats and Hacken's messages from 2000-2004

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AS OF JAN. 28, 2011,
HLID HAS HAD 13,994 HITS, since it was launched on oct. 15, 2006!
and our HLID fansite and HLID news blogspot shows up on the 2nd google search page if u search for "hacken lee". ^__^

AND...

Current Country Totals
From 21 Aug 2010 to 27 Jan 2011

United States (US) 188
Malaysia (MY) 67
Canada (CA) 57
Hong Kong (HK) 56
Singapore (SG) 35
Australia (AU) 34
United Kingdom (GB) 22
Netherlands (NL) 13
New Zealand (NZ) 8
France (FR) 7
Belgium (BE) 5
China (CN) 5
Germany (DE) 4
Taiwan (TW) 4
Indonesia (ID) 4
Japan (JP) 3
Thailand (TH) 2
Philippines (PH) 2
Korea, Republic of (KR) 2
Spain (ES) 2
Vietnam (VN) 2
Norway (NO) 1
Sweden (SE) 1
Denmark (DK) 1
South Africa (ZA) 1
Bulgaria (BG) 1
United Arab Emirates (AE) 1
Jamaica (JM) 1
Guadeloupe (GP) 1
Turkey (TR) 1
Saudi Arabia (SA) 1
India (IN) 1

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For: Misc. Lyrics, Letters to Fans, etc..., please visit:
http://hackenleeid.blogspot.com/
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2004 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]

Posted By: Maggie
8412. ?? 2004-01-01 16:34:47

Very happy, very excited, really didn't think I would receive any awards!

Truly thank all the fans for their votes, and of course......to everyone who is happy for me.....you guys!!!!!!

[Hacken was really happy that he won some the "Best Male Singer" awards & some awards at the Chik Chak (903 radio) Awards Show!]

....... Posted By: Gillian
9486. ?? 2004-01-11 11:59:13

Good Morning! I suppose everyone was very happy last night right! So was I!

I have received many awards which have made me very happy this year from the 4 award shows. Some which I didn't even think I would get. It was definitely a good year for me.

However, everyone must not forget that awards are only a form of encouragement. Every singer who receives an award has put in their effort and hard work. It is unnecessary to compare between singers, and to speculate who should have gotten/ not gotten the award. After all, the most important thing is one should feel happy when one's hard work is recognized, my receiving an award! :)

For example, I like Manchester United a lot and hope that they will be champions every year. However, I will also feel that Arsenal played good matches, Liverpool has good defense and Chelsea has many good soccer players to look out for.... Everyone understand what I'm saying?

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone again for your support. I will continue to work hard!

[Many fans were upset because Hacken didn't win many awards, especially none for his duets that year.]

............. Posted By: rou
11003. ?? 2004-02-01 18:30:00

Rarely do i have a day off, spent the whole day at home.
There's still the final "Left Lun, Right Lee" concert, and I'm beginning to feel a little bit sad (don't want the concert to end), because the next time we pair up again, it'll probably be in a few years time!
After finishing tomorrow's show, I will go on a holiday, and return in mid-February. On the 22nd, I will be performing at a charity concert, and early March, I will follow TVB to do a show at Vancouver, so I will get to see Canada's fans.
Those fans who turn up tomorrow can scream louder, it'll be recorded! See ya tomorrow night :)
(show, TVB, fans)

................. Posted By: Gillian
18529. ?? 2004-08-04 11:18:16

I'm ok, can take out the stitches in another 2 days. Can wash hair already, everyone, pls do not worry. Instead, my flu still has not cleared. My voice is still a bit hoarse. I had trouble singing at last week's concert at Shen Zhen but the concert on 7th Aug shouldn't be a problem. Thank you everyone for your concern.

Will be on Jade Solid Gold tonight. Will wear a hat and sing Goodbye Kiss Position, Will also include a clip of Gigi (Not too sure abt this part)

I will also appear on the Ms Hong Kong pageant on the 13th Aug but will only sing some old songs.
(Gigi)

[Hacken was injured when his dog pushed a golf club off the 2nd floor of his house, which hit Hacken on the head.]

.............. Posted By: Gillian
19089. ?? 2004-08-15 16:30:06

The 3rd song plugged will most probably be "Slam Door". Actually we have to consider a lot of factors when choosing the song to plug. For example, the 1st and 2nd song were all slow songs. If the 3rd song is also slow, it might give people a feeling that there are not too many changes. Also, there is the type of song that we will plug from the next album and that there should be something fresh to it. Also, the number of times a radio station will play it, and the possibility of recording a fast song in future. Thank you everyone for your opinions. I also like ' The Morning before the End of the World', but Universal is a big company. What you all have thought of, they would also have thought about it as well. Please do not worry!

My flu still hasn't cleared, but work has not stopped. I also have no choice....... :(

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2004 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
Posted By: Jane
19909. ?? 2004-09-01 00:15:29

Just finished watching Andy Lau's concert, very exciting, on the 3rd, will go as a guest performer. The 4th plugged song? Very sorry, but there shouldn't be one, 'Slam Door' will be competing on the charts until end of September, then right after that will have a newplug, lyricist is Peter Kam, its very touching and very K (karaoke style), probably around the 20th will be able to hear it. Windpipe allergy... very severe... affecting my performance... have seen both American and Chinese doctors... have no cure... very sad!
(Peter Kam)

............... Posted By: Jane
20265. ?? 2004-09-07 23:34:16

Windpipe Allergy is still not over yet, that's why very difficult when singing, especially the line........... "no idea!" hope I will get better soon!
Today was suppose to sing 'Slam Door', dancers were ready too, but a week ago, 'Jung Fong' [the show where they welcome the olympic athletes (?)] requested that I sing Red Sun and one slow song, so that's it changed to 'Red Sun' + 'Kiss Goodbye'"
(dancers)

............ Posted By: Gillian
22794. ?? 2004-10-26 16:22:21

I know the support you all have given me. Hacken's fans are polite and united, I'm also aware of that. These 2 months, let us all work hard together!
Later I'll be doing a show and of course I'll be singing 'flying acrobat'!
(fans, show)
[Hacken is responding to the problem of many posts at the guestbook comparing him & other singers' chances of winning awards or fans bad-mouthing other singers.]

............. Posted By: jess
24971. Hacken 2004-12-04 11:51:04

so it is not 38 (his age on his coming birthday)? Last night i said it without seriously calculating it. so it is 37! perhaps i have been saying 23 too often! (Hacken always jokes that he's only 23, cuz Alan is always saying he's only 25.)

tomorrow's fan gathering, i intend to let everyone listen to songs which have not been released to see the response, for 2nd plug also fine. so please be early!

afterwards, i will be busy recording the new songs and attend a "gang tai lu" 10-parter series. in the series will also be 'lee hsiang qin" (a veteran actress) who will act as my mum. definitely funny!
(2nd plug)
[kggy's explanation of "gang tai lu": "gang tai " is a HK radio station, RTHK. "lu" is record. So "gang tai lu" is ... go to RTHK record ........]

............. Posted By: stephanie
6450. Hacken 2004-12-22 23:18:17

"Festival" = 2nd plug. but I like "Divine Land Line" more!
(but I like, more)
[ hyn5's explanation: Hacken said his next plugged song off of "Acrobats" CD will be "Festival," which is track 4. He, however, likes "Divine Land Line" (literally translated) more, which sounds like Hacken's previous fast songs, and is the fifth track on his new album.]

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2003 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by Carmen or Elaine? and Em. this is the message Hacken wrote after he won the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award in 2003! =P ]
11652. Hacken 1/6/03 10:02:42 PM

Thank you every friend that has supported me all along, no matter if you were there at the show or at home watching, without you all, I would not have got this big award that I wished I could have for the past 17 years. This year, I will work even harder. Also, hope I can get other awards. This year's award is the biggest and everyone can see it, I can share this with you. The concert has already arrived "on my doorstep", so..... I will try my best! :) :) :)
(show)

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25416. 4/13/03 1:23:39 AM

I know Wyman is good, but he needs long long time to write 1 song!!!!!!

[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

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25406. 4/13/03 1:58:41 AM

I also like "Red sun" and "Ming Yun Fu Hao"!
[hacken wrote this message (except the titles of the songs) in eng]

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25416. 4/13/03 2:08:37 AM

I'm waiting to c Tiger Woods at 3
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

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25441. 4/13/03 2:42:42 AM

Bye now, goodnight everyone!
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

[in 2003, when HK ppl were advised 2 stay indoors most of the time, hacken had some jobs canceled or something & had some free time and chatted online w/fans 4 a while. He wrote these messages all in eng., which he rarely does, except when overseas.]

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34222. 8/13/03 11:49:03 PM

Now still in Las Vegas, will movie to Vancouver tonight. Don't worry, everything is alright!
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

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34567. 8/19/03 2:35:53 PM

Play golf in Vancouver today, looking forward to c all Vancouver fans tomorrow!
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

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34676. 8/22/03 12:09:46 AM

Just wake up, wait 4 the show tonight! All Toronto fans pls tell me what u feel after the show!
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

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35210. 8/31/03 11:54:08 PM

No recording on any Part II concert! So NO Part II vcd will be released, 4 sure!
[*hacken wrote this message in eng]

........... [translated by Stephanie]
5603. Hacken 2003-12-02 20:26:19

This time I'm really down with sickness. Chinese and Western medicine or herbal medicine or injection didn't help. Slept for 3 days, feeling dizzy and feverish, it's really terrible!

Can't go to Malaysia and would like to apologize to all Malaysian fans. I know some of you were waiting as early as 8 or 9 o'clock for me but eventually didn't get to see me. You must be very disappointed. Hope that by month end when I go for the concert, I can have another autograph signing session and take photographs with you. And most importantly....to present a 200% satisfactory concert for all of you!

2006: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2005: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2004: 1 | 2 // 2003 // 2001-02

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2002-01 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by Aiwah]
??: 2001-06-10 02:52:23 ?? ( no email / no homepage) ??:

How is everyone? Thank you for your continued support and comments, I have been visiting here often and seeing it always so busy here, it makes me very excited, however, as I am a Stareast person, I don't leave many messages, please forgive me! I would like to thank the webmaster Ah Yee ---- someone I don't see often, but have known for a long time, a fan and an old friend. Keep on working hard and 'add oil'!
(stareast, fans)

............. [translated by Aiwah]
1557 ??: 2001-07-24 04:18:25 ?? ( no email / no homepage) ??:

Have just returned from Atlantic City, where I stayed for no longer than 30 hours! Today I have to film the TVB music video for "Forward Backward Feet", the last one was for karaoke, talking of which, the story made up for the last one by Oriental (a newspaper) was disgusting, so annoying!
(TVB, mtv, K)

[Hacken must have been angry at a newspaper making up some kind of bad story about him.]

............... [translated by Carmen]
2636 ??: 2001-12-25 03:47:55

Merry christmas!Thanks for booking for the concert tickets and I will announce to add 2 more concert in the 27th Bec press conference. In the poster, there are some songs,I will only sing part of it,not whole of them!

....................... [translated and summarized by Elaine and Carmen]
3043 ??: 2002-01-17 13:07:16

First of all, he thanks everybody for buying the concert tickets! He will add one more concert on the 17/2 in the daytime!So,there are two concerts on the same day!!He said he will announce it on the 22/1 to the media. He asked his fans not to worry about him about 2 concerts in a day,he can handle it,like the concert in 1993,there were two concert in the same day!!! He say he is very surprised that the fans are very interested in the side track!

........................ [translated by Aiwah]
4581 ??: 2002-05-11 03:27:29 ?? ( no email / no homepage) ??:

It has been a while since I left a message, how is everyone? I have been very busy recently, working on my new album. 'Victory' has been sent to the stations, this is a very fast song and it is hard to sing, so you can all try it out at karaoke. :) The new album incorporates many surprising sparks, working with Li Chuan and Gigi Leung. Also...... as well as watching the World Cup, go and buy a copy! ****** Support England and China!
(victory, k)

...................................... [translated and summarized by Elaine]
4809 ??: 2002-06-26 05:31:23

He says: I haven't been here for a long time. How is everyone. I am busy this day. everyone can see that from watching tv. World cup is almost over.......(i dont know some of what he say) He finish filming a programme and it will air on July 20...He really likes the songs Tall GIrl and Love Sick from his new album (track 2, 3)..He feels bad that England lost. Can try again two years later.

[Elaine notes: Hacken make a mistake. It should be 4 years later. ^.^]

................................. [translated by Carmen]
5221 ??: 2002-08-18 05:04:48

The concert on the 31/8 will not be released on VCD,there will be 3 guests,2 girls and 1 boy and I don't think all of u can guess who! I am working on my offical website,it will re-open within the next 2 weeks, the website is ..........will tell all of u later!

................................ [translated by either Carmen or Elaine, additional translation by Gaga]
#4740, September 20, 9:40am

Thank you! I will work harder! Also, from now on, I will write a journal in a magazine,and tomorow will go to Hoi Kong Sing Film [.....something.....] and it will be shown on a big tv [outdoors, at the mall]! (Actually, it's now showing my MV [Love Hand] there.)

[Hacken filmed a very short Christmas movie with Cherie that was shown at a big screen TV outside a mall.]

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Message #6239: 12/10/02 (Dec. 10, 2002) 10:53:51 PM

No mp3 la!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[**Hacken wrote this in English**. He must have been responding to somebody asking where to download his songs! =P]

2006: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2005: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2004: 1 | 2 // 2003 // 2001-02

HLID stuff, Part 7: hacken's messages from 2005

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2005 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]

Posted By: Gillian
28063. Hacken 2005-01-03 13:09:50

Happy New Year, good health to everyone!

Actually I've been coming online to the post board to read all your messages. Recently, I discovered that everyone seem to have some comments and suggestions towards the award ceremonies which are all very similar.

Echoing each other is a good thing but I also hope that everyone will be like me and respect the results and the way the awards are calculated at each ceremony. Those who support me can vote aggressively. If you all feel that it is not enough, you can always ask your family, friends, relatives and neighbours to vote too. Immediately! Haha!

....... Posted By: Jane
28365. ¿ËÇÚ 2005-01-05 23:11:29

"Just finished filming "Festival" 's Karaoke version MV, TVB's version will be filmed next week. Tomorrow will be heading out to KL (Kuala Lumpar??), hopefully this time will be successful and smooth! Hong Kong fans, remember to vote! see you on the 8th!!"
(K, MV, TVB, KL)

......... Posted By: lily
29439. ¿ËÇÚ 2005-01-09 22:09:12

Thank you for everyone's support, especially the fans who went to hung kwun yesterday. I could see and hear all of your support. Contests will always consist of winning and losing and sadly, this year we aren't victorious but losing doesn't mean that we didn't work hard or did well! Perhaps our competition did better than we did or was able to take advantage of every chance. Don't be disapointed, saying that it wasn't fair won't make things better. The most important thing is to learn from this experience, continue to work hard - fate is in our own hands!
Sincere congratulations to Andy Lau, he deserved it but this year we'll show him our hard work! I would like to thank all of you once again, having your support makes me very proud!

................ Posted By: Jane
29623. �Ž<Î 2005-01-10 22:03:48

"Tomorrow at 1330, will go to 'Gum Jung's Man Ho Hotel' Roadshow's award ceremony, on Thursday will film TVB's MV version of 'Festival'."
(1330, Roadshow, TVB, mv)

................ Posted By: Jane
30537. ¿ËÇÚ 2005-01-20 02:00:28

"This evening I am very happy, once again, Thank You everyone who supports me. All the award ceremonies are over, in the awards there is happiness, disappointment, surprises, helplessness, and I think you guys share the same feelings as me, year 2005 let us continue our hard work together!"

................ Posted By: Jane
30859. �ŽÎ 2005-01-24 12:19:09

"Yesterday was supposed to go the prepartion for the show (Hong Kong's version of American Idol), but since I had to go to Guang Dung Station's function so I couldn't go, missed a happy opportunity! The show will be opened on the 2nd, right now is coming up with the theme song, at that time, it should be very fun."

.............. Posted By: Jane
31261. §J¶Ô 2005-02-01 11:08:12

"Just came back from Tokyo shopping, spent lots of money, bought a lot of things! Tomorrow will be the show opening (the HK version of American Idol), will film 2 shows consecutively, half way thru, will also do the Jade Star Showbiz live"
(shopping, live)

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31383. ?? 2005-02-03 23:06:43

Tomorrow 1000 Vani CR2

[* hacken wrote this in English] [meaning he's gonna be interviewed by this radio station at 10am, I think]

.................. Posted By: Jane
31855. ?? 2005-02-13 23:03:02

"Happy New Year! these few days had no work, it was so relaxing, new year festivities are not too bad! the 15th will resume my work schedule, what do you guys think about the show, 'American Idol'? the second episode was much smoother, the 16th will record the 3rd episode, at the same time will also start working on the mandarin CD, also the cantonese CD, and 'Maan Luen' (Manchester Song) songs, etc.......

2 to 0.... Awesome!! should have changed to 'Git Si'! (?? assuming this was something to do with soccer?)

[explanation by mel: I think he meant the player called Ryan Giggs.]

................. Posted By: Jane
32312. ?? 2005-02-22 21:20:02

"These few days started with recording for my mandarin album and my cantonese album, 26th will go to Beijing for a show, 27th will be back to the show JSG and be a guest for Andy Hui."
(show)

.......... Posted By: Jane
32848. ?? 2005-03-05 21:53:56

"This past week, have been recording the mandarin songs, therefore I won't be at the audition tomorrow, but if everyone has interest in 'Minutes to Fame', you should go take a look, it should be very entertaining!"

................ Posted By: Aiwah
33045. 2005-03-09 23:24:47

To all my overseas fans, "Alan and Hacken Concert" will be coming to the following places in May: 7/5 Las Vegas, 11/5 Toronto, 14/5 Vancouver, 21/5 Tianjun, 28/5 Chongqing

The Manchester United song is currently in production, it will be composed by Fai Yeung, I will write the lyrics and there will be a Mandarin version. I will be filming the MV at Old Trafford in mid-April.

Today, I filmed two episodes of "Minute of Fame", one with Nancy Sit and the other with Joey. Tomorrow night it will be Leo's turn to be guest and I have heard it will be a good show. Are there any fans who will be there tomorrow to watch?
(fans, Las Vegas, Toronto, Vancouver, mv)

[explanations and corrections: By Aiwah: Old Trafford is a football (soccer?) stadium where Manchester United plays/ By Rou: Tmr is not Leo's turn to be guest but rather, the opposite. Hacken will be the guest performer at Leo's concert.]

.................. Posted By: Jane
33484. ?? 2005-03-19 13:34:25

"Tonight will appear in many different parts, there is song requests, there is charity version of 'One Minute to Fame', and of course will sing 'Dai Si Doi'!
Thank You to all Singapore fans for your support, also the gifts and red envelopes! but Alan and I really don't know how the expensive/cheaper ticket's seating, and it's a four-sided stage, finding the direction around the stage is quite difficult, we also made a few mistakes with the stage coordination!
Next time when we come, we will pay more attention!"
(part, Alan)

................ Posted By: Jane
33742. ?? 2005-03-24 20:34:48

"Tomorrow will be going to GuangZhou to film 'Kwun Ho' (??) its for this year's commercial, later will also have to go there for to film TVC. As for Sunday's HK Film Award, I will sing 'Disc Change' (diep bin) (??)" ["disc change" is his new mandarin song]
(TVC)

.............. Posted By: Jane
33971. ?? 2005-03-31 11:53:16

"Today took photos for 'TVB Drama Theme Songs' cover, actually there were other singers doing the photo shoot, such as Eason, Ekin, and other TVB Actors/Actresses.
On Saturday I will go to the 'One Minute to Fame' trials, for those who may be interested, you can go to 'Lok Fu' to see, the atmosphere is not bad.
There won't be a 4th hit, after 'Big Century' (dai si doi) it should be hitting the mandarin songs."
(cover, Eason, Ekin, TVB)

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2005 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
Posted By: Jane
34245. ?? 2005-04-09 09:36:56

"These few days have been recording the mandarin songs, almost finished 50% of it, I think it will still require a little more time. last nite saw ??? (someone's) show, very funny, those who want to laugh wholeheartedly should go see the show, heard that it will have more shows in May."
(show)

[ Em's explanation of the show he watched: He went to see a show by Jim Chim (Chim Sui Man), who is a hilarious stand-up comedian in HK and also a regular on the movie screen. He put on a series of stand-up shows lately. ]

................ Posted By: Jane
34523. ?? 2005-04-17 23:27:24

"Supposedly tonight can't watch Manchester, but luckily the Sprite music awards was postponed to tomorrow night! 4:1, Awesome!
As for 'Big Century' (dai si doi) MV, I will definitely try my best to get it from the company. GuangZhou's fans, see you tomorrow night!!"
(mv, Fans)

.............. Posted By: Gillian
34764. ?? 2005-04-23 12:07:42

Will be going to record the themesong for 'Yi Dao' (The Korean TV series) today. At night will be going up to Fo Shan (a place) for a 'show'. Fans in China, Minutes to fame (or the Cruelest Bell) will be holding an event in Guang Zhou in the near future. You all must remember to come ar!
(show, fans)

.............. Posted By: Jane
34829. ?? 2005-04-25 14:39:53

"Tin Juen Concert's Press Conference have been cancelled, it's not due to 'Cure Techniques' theme song, just that there is something happening with the sponsor company, all Tin Juen's fans, please pay close attention for any other updates"

............ Posted By: Maggie
35256. ?? 2005-05-08 23:22:11

"Now it's 8 in the morning on the West Coast. Last night's show in LV went smoothly, the audience were very enthusiastic (warm), which I enjoyed!

The only imperfection is the jetlag, everyday I can only sleep off and on, hope that it will become better soon.

"Festival" is elected into the finals (I believe for the JSG seasonal award?!), thanks to everyone who voted ! "
( LV, enjoy)

................... Posted By: Jane
35339. ?? 2005-05-11 22:57:48

"Right now is 11 in the morning at Toronto, yesterday afternoon's 'Minute to Fame' trials was very fun, participants were really talented, aging from 3 to 84 years old! There was a grandpa who was 80 years old who went on stage to perform (??), really awesome!!

Tonight's concert, Toronto fans should put in some effort and be more engaged! See you tonight!"
(fans)

........................ Posted By: lily
35878. ?? 2005-05-30 11:37:30

Lately I've been flying around a lot so I haven't had a chance to leave a message but I do check the site every day and am able to read your comments promptly. We've decided that "Love Can Ask Whom" will be the first radio release so everyone in their respective countries should be able to hear it on their radio stations soon. Also, I really like the mandarin version of "I Cannot Sing," felt that it is even better than the cantonese version. The chungking show was very touching, the fans were very passionate, perhaps because it was the last show. Hopefully there will be more opportunities in the future, but some fans had some comments on the sound system, correct? In August at Alan Tam's concert, I will definitely be a guest!

On June 11 there will be a mini show in guangzhou, on the 12th I'll fly to beijing for the first round of mandarin album awards. On the 18th is KL's show (anti-drug concert), the 25th is in macau, 26th will be an olympics show in beijing, and of course I will stay in beijing to promote the new album. on the 29th i will be in shanghai and on the 30th i will return to hong kong to do a radio show with gigi, chan yuan zi (newcomer?), and hins cheung.
(show, concert, mini show, show, show, HK, Gigi, show)

.......... Posted By: Jane
35976. ?? 2005-06-01 09:56:19

"All Overseas fans, don't need to worry, June is just starting, later will be going to other places to do promotion, especially overseas, one mandarin album's promotion time can be as long as one year. the function for Miss HK will be broadcasted tonight."

............ Posted By: muic
36445. ?? 2005-06-14 10:06:49

Just came back from "golden disc award ceremony" in beijing. The mini-concert at Guangzhou (last sat.) was really fun, just that the weather was really hot! On the 27-29th of June, i will be promoting my album in shanghai.

.......... Posted By: Jane
36619. ?? 2005-06-17 15:40:49

"My health is a lot better now, everyone don't need to worry. I think I will be the first to perform at the KL anti-drug show tomorrow night, so KL fans better arrive early!"
(KL, show, KL)

.............. Posted By: stephanie
36723. ?? 2005-06-20 12:09:55

KL's fans are as hot as its weather. A pity that my distance from the fans was too far. Today, I will record my last Mandarin song. The CD should be out early July. Please take note of tomorrow's Entertainment News (Showbiz, an RTHK radio show)!
(KL, KL)

___________________________[2 diff translations f/ 2 diff translators]______________________

Posted By: Ruan
37053. ?? 2005-06-29 11:20:15

These past few days have been in shanghai ?????, resting? OK! I will not appear at golden song on saturday,from 2nd of July to 4th of July I have to do a commerical with Joey Leung.

The Jok Yan concert will not have a CD & DVD release (>.<), On thursday will listen to "yi do" ( "Doctor ethics").
(OK, CD & DVD)

____________________________________ Posted By: lily

the past couple of days have been in shanghai, promoting the mandarin album. resting? OK, la!

sunday i won't be going to jade solid gold. july 2 to july 4, i'll be filming ads with joey leung-wing zhong (zhong jai).

singer/writers music concert will not be coming out on cd and dvd.

listen to 'yee do' on Thursday.

'yee do'-theme to new korean series...the name has escaped me... [THE SONG IS CALLED "MEDICAL ETHICS"]

---------------------------------------

2005 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
Posted By: Jane
37233. ?? 2005-07-02 17:21:53

Metro (I think is Metro Radio, literal translation: 'Sun Sing') radio's concert I really like the parts with 'Day and Night' and 'Tonight sing good song', also sang some songs that I don't normally sing too often, that night I was very very tired, because just got back from Beijing and Shanghai, but when I saw the support, I already forgotten all about it, this is also the reason why I performed early on the show. As for the Shanghai fans, the CD you gave me, I will bring it back to the company to inspect, later when I have an answer I will let you guys know first, of course I know you guys will not buy bootleg, but I have to get things cleared, no need to worry.
Alan's concert, I will be guest on the 31st."
(part, fans, CD)

............ Posted By: Jane
37649. ?? 2005-07-13 06:41:32

Mandarin album will be released in July, as for the Cantonese album, it is in its progress, this time will have a new breakthrough, new songs will be broadcasted in September, please keep on a lookout!
.............. Posted By: Jane
37969. ?? 2005-07-22 00:09:57

"Mandarin album confirmed to be released on the 28th, because want to release at the same time as other countries!
RTHK (gong toi) will have a program (Big Korea Trend), and since I am the ambassador for Korean Language, within the program I will join everyone to learn Korean.
Tomorrow Manchester United will come to HK.. Awesome! "

............ Posted By: stephanie
38051. ?? 2005-07-23 13:51:34

Setting off!

Yesterday's photos will be uploaded as soon as possible.

........ Posted By: Gillian
38336. ?? 2005-07-29 12:33:12

we are also having a headache trying to decide which song to use as the 2nd plug. We are going to choose between 'Slowly' (literally translated as 'seng seng maan') and 'Da Yu' (Heavy Rain). We will collect comments from everywhere before we decide.

........... Posted By: muic
38792. ?? 2005-08-02 13:06:31

everybody can be rest assured that all your opinions have been conveyed to UMG, and they will plan the promotion carefully. I know it was really tough for the shanghai fans, so when i saw u guys waiting for me even though the weather was really bad, i was very happy. Also, the cd that u guys gave me the last time has been proven that it is.. an original CD!
(fans, CD)

[ NOTE: ROU's corrections: The first line should be: Everyone rest assured that your suggestions has long been reflected to Universal and I believe they know what to do. Hacken did not give any confirmation with regards to what Universal will do, unlike what the translation implied. He was only acting as an intermediary between his fans and Universal. In other words, the ball is in Universal's court now. ]

........... Posted By: rou
39123. ?? 2005-08-07 13:51:30

will be going to Poly U to give a talk later, will sing Love Can Ask Whom at tonight's JSG.

.......... Posted By: obi_wun_kenobi
39492. ?? 2005-08-12 23:04:21

"Just came back from a photo shoot in Guangzhou for a new season of commercials. Today I also threw a meeting, thanks to all the Guangzhou fans that attended. Later on, I will also do further promotions in China; including Taiwan, Xingma (I don't know this place in English).
I've already chosen the songs for the upcoming Cantonese CD. This particular recording will have a special arrangement including highly regarded musicians. Hopefully, I will be able to perform some of the songs on the night of "Bao Lang" (A concert/occasion?)

[ NOTE: Rou's explanations: its not exactly a meeting...more of this press conference to celebrate the success of Love can ask whom on the radio charts and to introduce the album to the chinese press.
xingma = singapore & malaysia
and its not bao lang...its po leung. po leung kuk is a charity organisation and every year there is this charity extravanganza/concert held to raise funds. it was at this event last year that we first heard "hear the wound talk". ]

....... Posted By: muic
39793. ?? 2005-08-18 21:49:10

I have been busy with miss hongkong pagent work the whole week and I am still rushing to write lyrics. The original plan was to write ten songs, but the process is going too slow so half of the songs will be written by can xiu kei (dun noe if translation in canto is correct; he has written a lot of good lyrics for hacken in the past canto albums e.g festival). The quality of the canto songs are not bad and everybody would be able to listen to them in about a month's time.

....... Posted By: muic
39840. ?? 2005-08-19 09:19:36

xiao qing(the fan's name), I will be going to that place on the 27th, but i will only be singing 3-4 songs, its not a big concert, can u send me details regarding that show?

[Muic's explanation of the message: this was the fan's msg (that Hacken was responding to): Hacken, when i went to china to work is a poster that stated you will be holding a big scale concert at dong yun feng stadium (some stadium i have no idea where) on 27/8 8.50pm, is that true?]

.......... Posted By: stephanie
39985. ?? 2005-08-21 09:08:38

Last night's show was fun. I benefitted a lot from working with the two experienced comperes. Now I have to leave for Pearl River to record a programme there.
(show)

........... Posted By: muic
40187. ?? 2005-08-26 22:05:41

Just finished filming "a man u can rely on" mv, it has a different feel from "love can ask whom", its newer and not in a story style going to dong yun(somewhere in china) to do a show tomorrow, and the night after that i would be singing first at "the sunshine plan" and will also be singing "xing ji"(the theme song that is in the tvb 10 guys album), will u guys be coming along to play?
(mv, feel, show)

.......... Posted By: muic
40284. ?? 2005-08-28 14:41:52

I'm going for the 'sunshine plan' concert soon and I saw ur complaints and truthfully I got upset. You guys need to know that a singer's job is to sing and make music, promoting their songs as hard as they can and introducing their music to every person, other jobs like how to promote, where to promote, what songs to plug and when to plug are the company's responsibility. Even though the singer has a say in these jobs but it is still fundamentally the company's decision and the singer has to do his best to adjust to their decisions.
I cannot say that umg's efforts in promoting the songs have been great these few months and umg knows that too, especially due to the changing of the promotion committee in june and july, a lot of things are still trying to adapt to the changes, but i believe umg will do their best and so would I.

I understand everybody's feelings, but this is still a public forum and there are some things that cannot be told to everybody (I think he refers to reporters). I hope that I can communicate with my fans through this forum but i really don't wish to see your complaints about umg everyday.

All in all, I understand and i am going off now!

......... Posted By: Gillian
40549. ?? 2005-09-01 19:20:08

The recording for the finals of 'The cruellest Bell' (AKA Minutes to Fame) will be held on the 14th of September. The day earlier will be when I am going to record the songs for the new Cantonese album. Will be recording 10 songs all at one go, as if it is a live performance. Details will be announced during the press conference on the 5th of September.

.......... Posted By: muic
40823. ?? 2005-09-06 15:23:06

From today onwards, i will be able to rest for quite a few days and prepare my vocals for the 13th. The only work i will be having is the jian cai(some ceremony?) and the editing of the lyrics on the 8th. I loved the banner that was done by the malaysian fans and many thanks to all the malaysian and nan jing fans for all their support. At the end of September I think I will be going to beijing and fuzhou to promote my cd, it will be confirmed here on the board at a later date.
(banner)

[ROU'S EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE BANNER SAID: "Hak Seh We": its a pun on the words. Hak comes from the second word in hacken's canto name of cos, and "seh we" sounds like the canto term for society. when placed together these 3 words sound like the canto term for secret society...hehe...]

...... Posted By: muic
40963. ?? 2005-09-09 12:19:58

I can't attend the opening ceremony of Disneyland this weekend. The 11th and 12th is reserved for preparation of the canto album and rehearsals with the band, but if there is a chance I would love to go and play at Disneyland.
(show, band)

....... Posted By: rou
41227. ?? 2005-09-15 23:13:44

the recording process is extremely successful, the effect is also extremely ideal. i believe later when everyone hears it, they will feel that this is very different from my previous albums. very live and music-focused, the lyrics are also very special, it comes in pairs, like i wrote "woman before marriage", siu kay (the lyricist)responded with "after marriage", he wrote "lost love song" and i wrote "victorious in love", its very nice to play.

1st plug is called "love in seoul" (written by hacken). its a (dunno what this instrument is)+guitar+violin tragic love song, will sing it for the first time for the TVB recording of the health promotion board show, as well as on the po leung and mid-autumn festival show on the 18. it will also be sent to the radio stations next week.

am yet to think of the album name...diamond hill (the place where the song is recorded) live? u guys can try to think about it for me!
(pair pair, 1st plug, TVB, show, show, live)

........ Posted By: Gillian
41678. ?? 2005-09-25 10:49:11

The promotional tour in Beijing was very successful. Been on many TV and radio programs in the past few days. I also want to thank the Beijing fans for your presents. But the promotion event in Fujian next week has been cancelled. It should be postponed until sometime in October, more details will be announced here later.

It's still pouring heavily now, it is still unclear if the press conference later this afternoon will be cancelled!

-------------------------

2006 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by Stephanie]
57525. ?? 2006-10-04 18:47:18

Thank you all Singapore fans for the fruits and mooncakes.
Today, I filmed the TVB version of the MV, which is a little simpler because only need to lip-sync since film clips from Korea's Concert II were added. Only four hours needed.
(TVB, MV)

.............................. [translated by Stephanie]
57590. ?? 2006-10-07 17:54:35

I will appear in the last part of today's show and sing "Woman Before Marriage" and the new song, "tin sui wei chen" ["(City) Surrounded by Heaven and Water"]. Tomorrow afternoon at 2pm i will be at "World Heart Day".
In December, I will go to Atlantic City [in New Jersey, USA] and Toronto [in Canada] for a concert.
Wish everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
(part)

................................ [translated by Alicia]
57680. 2006-10-12 21:43:43

Concert Hall 2 is rushing for the last few jobs [just a couple more things to take care of so that the CD can be finished and released]. It's confirmed/hopefully it will be able to release on the 1st of November. I have been doing a lot of interviews lately and mostly all those AV audio magazines that are available in Hong Kong, already have done the interviews. I believe that in 2 weeks time those interviews will be out.

England lost 0-2. I've got nothing to say. Those good players that are good in shooting at goal and passing of the balls are not selected...what kind of coach is this?
(AV)

............................... [translated by Alicia]
57681. 2006-10-12 21:50:11

2nd plug?
"Princess Prince"'s [Name of his new song] possibility is very high!
You all can go and hear it, but it is not a complete version.
(2nd plug)

............................... [translated by Alicia]
57744.?? 2006-10-14 23:08:47

It's really lively here on Saturday!
Today no need to work, have been staying at home, while eating crab and at the same time watching the match of Manchester United. They bounce back 3:1, feel really good!
No matter it's at the radio station or at the official website, the version of "Princess Prince" is a demo version, mixing and mastering has not been completed, in the future you all will get to hear another verison which is "better" than this.
Regarding the voting issue?
It's up to you all!
If you want to vote, then vote!
But its better if you vote...haha! Come and have a look at the instructions given by the fan club!
(mixing, mastering)

HLID stuff, PART 6: hacken's 2006 messages

2011-01-27T18:59:00.000-08:00

Note:
* * * * ALL TRANSLATIONS OF MESSAGES AFTER 2006 WILL BE POSTED AT Hacken Lee ID: Learn More About Hacken! FROM NOW ON. IT'S A LOT QUICKER TO POST THERE. =) * * * *

2006 Messages
[THE TEXT IN THE PARENTHESES ARE THE WORDS HACKEN WROTE IN ENGLISH IN HIS ORIGINAL MESSAGE. THE TEXT IN THE BRACKETS ARE MORE INFO THAT I OR THE TRANSLATOR ADDED SO YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS MESSAGE.]
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by mlthai: "Hi, seeing as there are no Chinese literate Hacken fans around at the moment, I have used online translators to give you a "best guess" translation."]
47319. ?? 2006-01-03 21:32:45

Actually what I said on stage two nights ago didn't really have any deep meaning, just my feelings at the moment! Please don't always think that I am not happy. After so many years, I only think of the happy moments. So I am seldom unhappy! [ADDITIONAL TRANSLATION BY BABELFISH: Much less has the prize to take!] :)
Tomorrow is a happy day as it will be announced that my album has gone platinum and also two additional shows have been added to my concert. In the new year, I wish you all happiness every day. There are two upcoming awards, please remember to vote for me!

....... Posted By: gillian
47851. ?? 2006-01-10 22:51:27

I didn't expect to sing and I also didn't know there were going to be fireworks, but it doesn't matter! [I think Hacken was asked to like dot the eyes of those lions for Chinese New Year.]

I've been busy with preparation for the concert. During the encore, you all should shout as loudly as possible what songs you want to hear. I will work hard. You all too!

It will be the JSG awards ceremony in a few days. Please remember to vote diligently! Do not look down on your one vote, every vote is important!

....... Posted By: Mandy [last sentence translated by Aiwah]
48713. ?? 2006-01-16 22:21:09

I was really happy last night, so happy that it lasted until this morning!

Thank you everyone for your wishes and "good luck"s and also my cheerleaders from last night. To be able to get this big prize was not only my effort, it was thanks to a lot of people's cooperation. The timing was just right and many thanks to you guys of course!

Haha, sometimes my fans scream really well! Didn't rest too much today, have to practice a dance. This time it will be a bit difference from last time, it will be a surprise for all! "Ah Jie" and Kelly are the first guests, and Alan will be last. As for Andy Lau? Yesterday, I forgot to ask him, just remembered to make him be my best man!
(Kelly)

........... Posted By: Gillian
48971. ?? 2006-01-19 00:44:00

Using different instruments as accompaniment will definitely bring about different moods and style of singing and different effects!

there will be a 'hot' dance? It is true, but it is not that simple. There will definitely be something that everyone won't expect.

Andy Lau will be the guest on the first night and will be counting down to the Year of the Dog with everyone. Roger Kwok's 'Lo Por zai' [Jessica Hsuan] will also appear on one of the nights.

There are no plans to increase the number of concerts currently. A lot of technical problems that are yet to be solved.

............ Posted By: Jane
49490. ?? 2006-01-26 12:18:10

Rehearsal is very smooth, hopefully everyone will like the show. The first show's rundown will be different from the other ones because the first show will coordinate with the countdown, but each night the songs will also have some changes, to maintain each night's freshness. As for the first night's opening song.don't need to guess, because you won't be able to guess what it is! The tenth row is actually the best for handshaking!
(show, rundown)

.............. Posted By: Jane Date: Sunday, 29 January 2006, at 1:08 p.m.
49759. ?? 2006-01-29 13:42:39

Gung Hei Fat Choy, and of course 'Duk Sum Ying Sau' [Dreams Come True]!

Last night was the first show, of course will have some good and bad, rundown was also a little conservative, because we have to observe what reaction we get from each part and then we make some changes for the other shows, but I think it was ok! Before I said that each night will have some change in songs, as for tonight, probably won't sing '1001 night' and 'guen luen' [sorry not sure what the English translation is] [Babelfish translates it as "Attachment," maybe meaning not being able 2 forget an ex-girlfriend]... but there are some classic songs that must sing, there are people who bought tickets because of 'Red Day' and 'Concert Hall' [dai wui tong], hope everyone understands.
(rundown, part, OK)

............. Posted By: Gillian
49923. ?? 2006-01-30 14:34:24

The actual rundown for the concert will be the same as last night's one. We had to incorporate the Chinese New Year countdown into the first. That's why it was a bit rushed. The next 6 shows will be similar to last night's one [2nd show].

Besides Ah Wong [Roger Kwok] and Joey Leung, there may not be guests every night. Those who appear are my good friends, but some of them are not in Hong Kong and are thus unable to make it for the concert.

It is very funny. When I was singing "Juan Lian" [Thinking of You] for the encore part, I heard someone shouting for me to sing "Cang Hai Yi Zhu" [The name of another song... not sure of the translation]. Last night, I was singing "Hao Xi Zhi Ren" [sth about good actor or sth], I heard people shouting for "I'll never Change [Yat sang But Bin]"! Actually, every song has their own supporter. For the next 6 nights, I will change some of the songs in the rundown part especially during the encore portion.
(rundown, encore, rundown, encore)

............ Posted By: mlthai
50032. ?? 2006-01-31 15:17:33

Of course there wil be a VCD/DVD of the concert! Tonight's guest star is Andy Hui. We will duet a song which you all will not be able to guess.
(VCD/DVD)

................ Posted By: gillian
50036. ?? 2006-01-31 15:22:52

Recording will be done tomorrow and the day after that as Wong Meng La (The violinist) will not be around after that. I'm setting off now. See you all later!

................ Posted By: gillian
50184. ?? 2006-02-01 13:28:44

I made a mistake. Actually, Andy is the guest for tonight!

Yesterday was very smooth overall. I was also feeling in form. Except that there were some slight problems with the ear piece for one or 2 songs. This resulted in me singing a bit uncomfortably. The songs were "Yue Ban" (Moonlight Melody and "Yi Sheng Bu Ai Bie Ren" (Will never Love another again). I believe that there will be improvements tonight.

Retire? Surely not! I still want to have another 10 or 8 more (this is a phrase like saying he still wants to have more) concerts!

........... [translated by 61er]:
50471. ?? 2006-02-03 15:26:31

The hand is just small injury, Then I was changing in back stage has killed the bacteria, no need to worry. It's just then I got it there seemed to be a lot of blood, a little scary! Shirley didn't come over, Joey (Joey Yung) is not in Hong Kong. Tonight the guest is Jessica (Jessica Hsuan) , the one after of course it's Alan!

............ [translated by 61er]:
50607. ?? 2006-02-04 14:44:13

These two days has been quite relaxing, I can see presents you guys got me, there was a lot, thanks every one of you! The green cake (Pandan cake) was very good, thanks the fans from Singapore, When I was one stage I said too fast and said it wrong sorry la! Of course there is still presents and red pockets from fans of Shanghai, Canton, Malay, Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong! Tonight is the last show, hope everyone enjoy it!
(fans, sorry la, fans, enjoy)

............... [translated by 61er]:
50877. ?? 2006-02-06 15:42:56

Time went by so fast, the 8 concerts are over already, not really used to last couple days, even Peanut said that too, originally Butter will show up for the last show, but in the back stage it was too excited, I'm scared I can't control on stage, so at the end i didn't take it over. will rest till mid-feb then go Singapore to film a movie.
(Peanut, Butter, control)

...............

51020. ?? 2006-02-08 23:44:32

Now in Tokyo, lots of doggies/reporters here! Following us all the time! So bad!
[HACKEN WROTE THIS MESSAGE IN ENGLISH.]

............. Posted By: Gillian
51431. ?? 2006-02-18 22:50:25

All friends, I have already returned from Japan last night.

With regards to the false report by 'that magazine', i just feel helpless, disappointed and regretful. actually, I am already used to the exaggeration approach that some magazine uses, but to an artist, i really hope that we will get the respect and that we are being treated fairly! I don't understand why everyone has the same photos, witnessed the same thing happening, but the reports that came out are entirely different.

I only wish to tell all those who are concern for Emily and I: We are alright. 'That magazine's report is 95% untrue! We had a great time in Japan except that we were being constantly followed about!

I'll upload some photos later for everyone to see.
(Emily, upload)

............ Posted By: Jane
51667. ?? 2006-02-22 21:58:01

Last night arrived in Singapore, 0800 this morning continued with the filming for 'Left Alan, Right Lee' moving, because it is continued shooting, I had to change the hair color to what it was before, actually am not too used to seeing that hair color, I personally like the concert's purple hair color. I will be staying here for about 10 days, can eat the chicken rice and the green color cake.
(like)

........... Posted By: mlthai
51721. ?? 2006-02-23 22:23:06

Just got back to the hotel. Have been on the go from 8 am until now, what a day! No time to go for a wander around or to arrange for a fan club get-together.
(what a day, fan club)

.............. Posted By: Jane
51819. ?? 2006-02-27 02:27:38

Today started at midday, that's why just finished from work.

watched bits and parts of the Manchester (literally Maan Luen) game, 4:0 of course is a very happy result of the game, today also saw a group of KL fans, thank you all for your presents, remember to drive safely. Also there were the Singapore fans, you guys give me so much food and snacks, will become fat, haha! Couple days ago I ate a Chocolate Lana Cake, is very tasty! It's as good as the green cake.
(KL, LANA CAKES)

........... Posted By: Gillian
51959. ?? 2006-03-04 18:04:26

Came back from Singapore yesterday. The filming of the movie went pretty smoothly. We are now left with the Hong Kong portion of trying to touch up the movie. I heard it will be screening in June. If you want to know more about what happened in Singapore, watch out for this week's 'Ming Pao' (magazine)

The concert CD will be out by this month. VCD/DVD will be later. The 4th plug for my album is '10 years before and after' (the 1st track). I heard that it has already been distributed to the stations before I came back.

'Xian feng Bang' (an awards ceremony)? I am also not too sure of the company's arrangement. I think I should be attending it. You all must also work hard at the voting process ah!
(CD, VCD/DVD, 4 plug)

................. Posted By: muic
52180. ?? 2006-03-12 10:32:01

last night's award ceremony was both a shock and delight. Delight was of course I got a quite a few awards and shock because every since i came back from Singapore, I have been troubled by flu, my throat feels uncomfortable and I have a cough, my voice has also changed, so i had to push back the recording of the World Cup themesong. But i really didn't want to lip-synch last night so i had to 'take a gamble', luckily it was not so bad. However, one thing funny was (other than during the first time i got the award), i never got a chance to speak on stage again! i wanted to tell everybody that i was not feeling well, and hoped everybody could understand. Also i would like to thank all the guangzhou fans last night, even though u guys were sitting pretty far, i could still feel your enthusiasm. Many thanks!

.............. Posted By: Gillian
52294. ?? 2006-03-15 22:06:19

I will be a guest singer at Lau Ka Cheung's concert. And definitely at Vivian's (Vivian Chow) show la! Also, the recording for the world cup song will take place some time this week. Melody by Chan Fai Yeung, your humbly's lyrics (ie: he wrote the lyrics). This song will also be featured in the 'Ka See Pak' (Carlsberg beer) advertisement that we cooperated on.
(Vivian)

.................. Posted By: Gillian
52370. ?? 2006-03-18 10:26:04

The concert CD is tentatively going to be released around the 28th. Now rushing for the deadline.

The jersey I wore that day was not the Liverpool jersey. It is the England new home kit. This is because Carlsberg is England's beer sponsor
(CD)

............. [translated by Gillian]
52558. ?? 2006-03-26 00:15:59

Recently, the paparazzi are getting increasing... , they are almost following me everyday. Last night when I went back to my parents' house to have dinner, they actually tried to force their way into private property! Very bad attitude! Last time, even when the paparazzi took photos, they were still rather orderly and did not create much trouble. But last night, the security guards had to even call the police, sigh!
I heard that they even got a super super super long lens (so that you can take pictures from far away i think). Now, I even have to draw the curtains at home. Why did it become like that?

2006: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2005: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2004: 1 | 2 // 2003 // 2001-02

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2006 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
Posted By: muic
52982. ?? 2006-04-09 22:35:06

Those photos (on the website) were taken a few days during the filming of the world cup theme song mv, we spent the whole day at the football field filming, together with the nan hua football team. I have loved watching the nan hua team playing ever since i was young, and to be able to film with them was really exciting.
Tomorrow i will be going to lau ga cheung's house as a guest (huh..probably a performance) and have a press conference, on tuesday i will be helping tvb magazine to present awards,we have started work on 'concert hall2' , hopefully it will be better than the last album. the concert vcd and dvd will be released during the middle of the month, this time, the dvd will have a gold version, and it would be shot with high-definition technology, making it clearer than any other dvd!
(TVB, VCD, DVD)

..................... Posted By: Tracy
53258. ?? 2006-04-18 21:57:43

2006-04-18 21:57:43 (I'm not 100% sure if that's what he means) I will be a guest for one of Vivian's concert, the 25th (May 25th show).

(Vivian)

................. Posted By: Tracy
53361. ?? 2006-04-21 10:33:36

Went to take photos to be used for the posters for the "Left Lun Right Lee : I Love Medical Family People" with Alan Tam. The movie will be in theaters on June 1st. The VCD/DVD for the concert will not have the part with "Ah Wong" due to copyrights. I too feel that it's a lost.
(VCD/DVD)

.................... Posted By: Gillian
53489. ?? 2006-04-25 18:17:50

New song "I'm wearing Number 10" has been sent out to the radio station! On the 9th of July, and also the finals of the World Cup, there will be a TVB Music Special of me being aired. (I think it may be sth like a mini concert). It was originally supposed to be at last year's end, but couldn't match the dates and thus was cancelled. But all details are still being finalized.
(TVB)

................... Posted By: Gillian
53751. ?? 2006-05-03 12:05:31

Wah! Last night's rain was good! The gold version of the DVD is almost all sold out. The normal (karaoke) version will be released soon. Will be recording a song for Yi Neng's 20th anniversary (the artiste management company Hacken is under I think). I heard it will be put into the 'Left Alan, Right Lee - I love this family' movie. Alan and I will be going to Beijing, Guangzhou, Singapore and Malaysia at the end of May to promote the movie.
(DVD, OK (karaoke), Alan)

..................... [translated by Aiwah]
53989. ?? 2006-05-10 13:48:28

I will be at Teacher Lau's concert on the first to fourth and seventh (last) performances because I have to do some promotion for a film in the middle. Tomorrow I will be with Joey and Alan on "????" (English title of this entertainment show is Scoop) to promote the film, nothing to do with music. As for the Music is Live concert, I am just the guest for Ivana Wong and Hins and just have a ten minute performance.

............... [translated by Aiwah]
54144. ?? 2006-05-16 15:37:41

Those who watched the 'making of' section of the DVD will know that I hope to have a concert, which is just about singing. I wanted to hold this at Christmas, but there is no availability at any venue in Hong Kong! My ideal would be at the cultural centre, but I will have to wait until next April! Looks like everyone will have to wait a little while longer.
(DVD making of)

............. [translated by Aiwah]
54505. ?? 2006-05-25 12:23:39

I will be working on the World Cup until 9th July and there is also the planned music special. On the 22nd, I will be in KL for the "Minutes (to Fame)" final and in August, it has been confirmed to go to Korea for "Concert Hall II"... I am not getting married in July, it won't be so quick. I think it should be after "Concert Hall II"!
I know many people care for us, but getting married is not like cooking a meal on a daytime TV show, so I don't need to reveal or explain every step along the way. The press have been making up lots of false stories all along, so I hope you will not believe everything you read. If I can talk about it, I will tell you about it here.
I have just received gifts from my UK fans from 'ma lai', many thanks! Waiting for my visit to Beijing on the 26th, I wonder if I will see any Beijing Hacken fans?
(KL, step, fans)

................ [translated by Aiwah]
54733. ?? 2006-05-31 21:08:42

Wishing you a happy dragon boat festival!
If you have time, go to the movies! Overall just be happy and relaxed!
Yesterday, I recorded two songs in one go, one is a World Cup medley that strings together all the songs I have sung before about football. The other is the duet with Joey, which is the theme song for the RTHK series "One Family".
From tomorrow, I will be writing some World Cup articles for Oriental, so you can go online and take a look.
I was very happy to see my fans in Beijing and Guangzhou, especially the ones in Beijing, I have heard your words and will come back more!

......... [translated by Aiwah]
54984. ?? 2006-06-09 18:40:44

Just finished doing Teacher Lau's show and now I am busy working on the World Cup. The first day of shooting will be tomorrow at 2300, of course before that I will go to the apm. Half of the songs for the new album have been selected, Ivana has just handed one in and it is very good, so I hope there will be some new chemistry.

Germany do not have Ballach (German soccer player's name), so they may not get two goals, what do you think?
(show, apm, Ivana)

............... [translated by Aiwah]
55105. ?? 2006-06-14 14:59:48

The World Cup has been playing for a few days now, I'm sure everyone has been watching it hard and not getting enough sleep. Of course I have been too, watching football, commentating on football, writing about football. Everyone knows I have been writing for Orisun, but I have also been writing for a Mainland website: http://ent.163.com/special/00031UQP/leehack.html
If you have time, do go and take a look.
Yesterday's Brazil match, what were they playing at?

[Hacken is talking about how Brazil's team was not as good as usual. a lot of ppl R saying they were disappointed with their performance in that game.]

................. [translated by Aiwah]
55173. ?? 2006-06-16 12:26:44

I saw "Sudden Weekly" yesterday and my mood was really bad at first, I have been working away happily, but this has been changed into another story! However, after watching England win their game, all the unhappiness has been forgotten! I hope England will continue to win. :)

................. [translated by Tracy]
55312. ?? 2006-06-21 03:53:36

You guys don't have to worry, I'll only remember the happy things. As long as I've done my best at the show.the other stuff I can't control!
When I have time I'll watch the world cup, England in half period with 1:0, now these are things I will remember!

................ [translated by Gillian]
55475. ?? 2006-06-26 12:54:34

I have not left for Germany yet. This time, I am watching quarter finals (in Germany), Argentina vs Germany, England vs Portugal. I have been busy preparing for my album these 2 days. I will be going over to Korea to do the recording for the album.
Although England's performance yesterday wasn't very good, but the final result was what is most important. Haha!

............... [translated by Aiwah]
55566. ?? 2006-06-28 19:13:33

This week, I open the magazines and am 'surprised' to find there is news about my World Cup show. I feel very helpless and regretful about these untrue reports.
I will still not make any response though. I hope you will understand.
I think I will refuse the kind offer from Pay TV for a "Stag Party". A low profile wedding is more suited to me.
It's nearly time to go now, go England to win! Haha!
I hope Meng gets well soon!
(Pay TV, party)
[Meng is a fan that posted a message saying that the doctor warned she/he of having stomach cancer and is really worried about it. Many fans and Hacken responded to Meng's message with encouraging thoughts.]

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2006 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by obi_wun_kenobi]
55862. ?? 2006-07-06 17:11:01

I hope I can be a professional artist. Seeing the news reports will make me unhappy, but it will not affect my work. No need to worry.

.............. [translated by Aiwah]
56127. ?? 2006-07-18 12:11:45

I have not left a message for a while because I have not been in Hong Kong.
After the World Cup, I went abroad to rest for a few days, to avoid the press finding out where I was going, I did not tell you where I went, please forgive me!
Yesterday morning at 10am, I was in Guangzhou shooting a Winter Collection ad for the Kwan Ho Fashion company. In the evening I attended an awards ceremony, where I received three awards, making me very happy. Thank you to all my supportive fans, I have not sung "Woman before Marriage" [in a long time?], so I was a little nervous last night!
Tonight I will be a guest at the 'Music is Live' concert. Remember that it is Hins and Ivana Wong who are the leading act, so for fans who will be attending, please give them your applause! Tomorrow I will be filming for "Be My Guest" (Dinner with Stephen) and attending the World Cup celebration.
(fans)

............... [translated by Aiwah]
56186. ?? 2006-07-26 21:46:08

Host 15/16? No, I won't. I just received a call from Nat (Nat Chan) and went on his show as a guest. I never imagined I'd come away with so much!
Heartfelt thanks to my Singaporean and Malaysian fans, that afternoon was very tiring and the show was over 4 hours long, so the meeting afterwards was a little short. If you have the chance, please thank Terry because his gift was very heavy! :) [Terry helped Hacken carry fans' gifts]
Work that involves 'seeing people' in the next few weeks is minimal, because I will be preparing well for my new album and toning up my voice for recording in August in Seoul.
(show, Terry)

.................. [translated by Aiwah]
56212. ?? 2006-07-30 22:19:51

guest star at the Softhard concert? i will be there on 3/8 [august 3rd].

............... [translated by Aiwah]
56220. ?? 2006-07-31 23:26:03

Ha Ha, I'm wrong! i am actually the guest on 04/08!
(Ha Ha, I'm wrong!)
[Em's explanation of the concert: The Softhard concerts so far have been a lot of fun with Jan and Eric having a different guest on every night and changing the lyrics to their songs. So far, there has been Leon, Jacky, Andy and Leo - will be fun to see how they massacre Hacken's songs!!]

............... [translated by Aiwah]
56391. ?? 2006-08-13 15:26:04

The last few weeks, I have been busy with matters for "Concert Hall II" and like last time, I will first compile all my songs with a computer and then try singing it, rehearsing it, editing it and making sure that everything is ready before flying out to Seoul at the end of August for the recording.
I will have no part in writing the lyrics because I wrote too much last time and this time it is a little different because it has been left to Lin Xi, Wyman and Siu Ki to take care of. (Wyman)

.................... [translated by Aiwah]
56427. ?? 2006-08-17 11:27:52

These two days, I have been recording the theme song for TVB's "Casino Crisis" series and I hope that like 'Heart Plot' (Sum Gai) [the themesong for the TVB series Revolving Doors of Vengeance] it will be well liked by you all. I have received the gift from my Shanghai fans and I like it a lot. Thank you!
To KL fans:
Of course I will eat the things that you make and I will share some with the crew. As for 'tea'? I rarely drink Chinese tea, but I often drink Japanese Green Tea. (TVB, TO KL)

....................... [translated by Gillian, with additional info she added in brackets]
56497. ?? 2006-08-19 13:34:41

Will be going to Sheng Jiang [a place] to do a show. Looks like won't be able to watch the beginning of the English Premier League! [the soccer league started last weekend]
(show)

....................... [translated by Gillian]
56560. ?? 2006-08-20 22:29:11

I did watch! Ha Ha! 5:1 MU the best!
(*hacken wrote everything in English except the first sentence)

....................... [translated by Gillian]
56575. ?? 2006-08-22 10:51:04

I will say this one more time. I hope everyone will be a smart Hacken fan and not believe what the magazine says so easily!
Firstly, I still do not know which magazine it is, but I have never said anything about when I am going to get married or even done any interview for my wedding in any magazine! Recently, there has been a lot of reporters who has been disturbing both me and my girlfriend's family members. 3 or 4 cars belonging to reporters stopping outside my house is no longer something new. Actually, my life for the last 10 over years have been pretty normal. Work, soccer, have meals outside, sleep. Nothing much to film. and I have never been afraid of someone filming me. But today, I don't want my pictures to be taken by the paparazzi becaise it has become another matter. When last time we had 4 persons eating, now there's only 2. Happy times became unhappy times. When we don't talk, it is interpreted that we are giving black face (meaning unhappy with each other). Plus using rude and malicious words to describe my friends and family around me. There is just so many of them. So many!
If you have any questions, can ask me here. Remember, must be a smart Hacken fan.

.............................. [translated by Gillian]
56617. ?? 2006-08-25 10:59:10

Will be setting off for Seoul soon. Everyone can watch the recording and filming scenes from here.
http://moov.netvigator.com/music/static/index.jsp?pageName=e_hackenlee

..............................

.. [translated by Gillian]
56698. ?? 2006-08-26 23:59:18

Reached Seoul, will start working tomorrow night.
(will start working tomorrow night)

................................... [translated by Gillian]
56722. ?? 2006-08-29 10:04:52

Recorded 3 songs. The disc has 12 songs in total,including 2 old songs! Surprise?
How's the weather? OK la!
Setting off!
(including 2 old songs! Surprise?/OK la!)

................................... 56737. ?? 2006-08-29 22:37:20

Just finished recording n already back 2 hotel.
2day we did 4 songs!
N 4 more tmw!
[*all written in English]

.................................. [translated by Gillian]
56775. ?? 2006-09-01 21:28:32

Ginseng Chicken Soup? Really good la!
Already move 2 Jeju, beautiful place!
Will spend a few days here. One more guest 4 the MV, guess who she is?
[* all written in english, except the first sentence]

................................. [translated by Gillian]
56885. ?? 2006-09-03 09:29:54

"Po Leung Kok Charity show"? Yes, hopefully the new song is ready 2 sing on 9/9
[* all written in english, except the first sentence]

.............................. ... [translated by Gillian]
56898. ?? 2006-09-04 11:39:50

Lau Wai Hang is my good friend. He helped us a lot in this project.
[* all written in english, except the name of the person]

.............................. ... [translated by Gillian]
56925. ?? 2006-09-06 00:34:59

I'm back! I would like to apologise to those fans who came to the airport to meet my flight. Tonight, "the airport is not a place to stay too long" (Hacken used part of a Chinese phrase) as there were too much paparazzi...

The possible hit from the album will be "????" [Sth like 'Likely to be Possible']:
"(City) Surrounded by HEaven and Water" Music by Edmond Tsang, Lyrics by Lin Xi
It's a song with a lot of spirit, accompanied by the bug drum and another instrument from Korea. Plus Lin Xi's very meaningful lyrics. My company and I are very satisfied. Hope it can be rushed to be sung soon.
(fans, Edmond Tsang)

.................................. [translated by Gillian]
56964. ?? 2006-09-08 22:59:51

Will be appearing in the 2nd part tomorrow night. Will be singing an 8 minute long medley that includes "Love lost in Seoul", "Women before marriage", "Victory" and "Sky Water City?" [=> Not to sure about this title]
(2 part, medley, Victory)

.................................. [translated by Gillian]
57092. ?? 2006-09-12 10:59:34

"(City) Surrounded by HEaven and Water" [==> direct translation of the song title] has been sent to the stations. Like the lyrics very much. actually, besides talking about being surrounded, there is another meaning. Can anyone guess and understand what it is?

[Hacken posts the full lyrics to the song below]:

?? ?? ??:Edmond Tsang ??:?? ?:??? ??:Ronald Fu ?????? ?????? ???????? . . . .

............................. 57182. ?? 2006-09-18 01:43:56

So sad! MU loss!
[*written in english]

.............................. [translated by Stephanie]
57275. ?? 2006-09-23 12:02:08

Yes! Just back from Bangkok. Everything was as per normal over there. Didn't tell you guys because i don't want you and the 'doggies' to worry!
Afterwards, i will have to go Dongguan for the 9+2 music show, so couldn't attend this afternoon's 'World Heart Day'.
We are still changing the song list for the coming [?? i think this is the mini-concert] show. Anyway, there will be new and old songs, some hit songs and some none hit songs, some of my own songs and some of other people's songs too!
(show, hit, hit)

............................. [translated by Gillian]
57409. ?? 2006-09-29 22:11:48

I thought the 'Sang Seng' show (concert organised by the Radio station) was not bad as well. There is one part that I can use as part of the rundown for the concerts in America/Canada in December.
Went to Wu Zhou yesterday to do a show. It was a very quick trip. It took seven hours to go there and six hours to get back. Reached home at 3am. and even caught a cold. That's why I have to wear a mask when I go over to Macau today. I've seen the doctor, no need to worry.
Will be going to Shanghai tomorrow morning. It's a corporate performance which I agreed to attend very much earlier. thus, I will not attend the JSG selection.
(show, rundown, show)

2006: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2005: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2004: 1 | 2 // 2003 // 2001-02

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2006 Messages
[source: Hacken's official website: www.hackenleenet.com]
[translated by Stephanie]
57525. ?? 2006-10-04 18:47:18

Thank you all Singapore fans for the fruits and mooncakes.
Today, I filmed the TVB version of the MV, which is a little simpler because only need to lip-sync since film clips from Korea's Concert II were added. Only four hours needed.
(TVB, MV)

.............................. [translated by Stephanie]
57590. ?? 2006-10-07 17:54:35

I will appear in the last part of today's show and sing "Woman Before Marriage" and the new song, "tin sui wei chen" ["(City) Surrounded by Heaven and Water"]. Tomorrow afternoon at 2pm i will be at "World Heart Day".
In December, I will go to Atlantic City [in New Jersey, USA] and Toronto [in Canada] for a concert.
Wish everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
(part)

................................ [translated by Alicia]
57680. 2006-10-12 21:43:43

Concert Hall 2 is rushing for the last few jobs [just a couple more things to take care of so that the CD can be finished and released]. It's confirmed/hopefully it will be able to release on the 1st of November. I have been doing a lot of interviews lately and mostly all those AV audio magazines that are available in Hong Kong, already have done the interviews. I believe that in 2 weeks time those interviews will be out.

England lost 0-2. I've got nothing to say. Those good players that are good in shooting at goal and passing of the balls are not selected...what kind of coach is this?
(AV)

............................... [translated by Alicia]
57681. 2006-10-12 21:50:11

2nd plug?
"Princess Prince"'s [Name of his new song] possibility is very high!
You all can go and hear it, but it is not a complete version.
(2nd plug)

............................... [translated by Alicia]
57744.?? 2006-10-14 23:08:47

It's really lively here on Saturday!
Today no need to work, have been staying at home, while eating crab and at the same time watching the match of Manchester United. They bounce back 3:1, feel really good!
No matter it's at the radio station or at the official website, the version of "Princess Prince" is a demo version, mixing and mastering has not been completed, in the future you all will get to hear another verison which is "better" than this.
Regarding the voting issue?
It's up to you all!
If you want to vote, then vote!
But its better if you vote...haha! Come and have a look at the instructions given by the fan club!
(mixing, mastering)

2006: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2005: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // 2004: 1 | 2 // 2003 // 2001-02

HLID stuff, PART 5: QUOTES

2011-01-27T18:48:00.000-08:00

Hacken's QUOTES..witty. Inspiring.
touching ..find out more about our Hacken...
(mostly in order, by year)

Page 1
- "Thank you very much to Universal Company, thanks, all of u! I can't help to say some things--some people say that if a singer acts in a TVB series, he can get awards! But I have been in TV series for 8 years la, and I can't get any rewards!! Anyway, I will make more good songs for all fans! Thanks TVB, thanks to the people who like this song! ...Lastly, thanks Lee Sze Zone and Chan Siu Kei!!
(Carmen's explanation: LEE SZE Zone and Chan Siu Kei are the composers in Hacken's music company!!) (Hacken's thank you speech after he won a JSG award for his song, Flying Flowers, which was one of the 10 best songs for 2001. translated by Carmen)

-"After my concert series in 1995, I waited seven years before I took to the stage again. Honestly, I have to tell you that I'm really afraid to hold concerts. I remembered that back in 1995, there were a lot of empty seats. It was really hard to take. But, I told myself, even if there is only one person in the crowd, you still have to do your best!"
(Hacken said this 2 the audience on the last night of his concert series in 2002) [feb 19, 2002 news, source: http://www.hkentreview.com/ ]

-"Are you kidding me? I would never turn down work. I'm already helping out with TVB's World Cup coverage -- aren't I? Who do you think I am? Alan Tam Wing-Lun."
(Hacken responding to rumours that he turned down filming a sequel for LEGAL ENTANGLEMENT because the World Cup was coming in June) [may 22, 2002, source: http://www.hkentreview.com/ ]

-"If she is willing I would do anything. (Why not propose on stage?) My mind was a complete blank, but I will ask her at home. I called her, but she was crying so hard she couldn't say anything. I asked her to come but she said she was afraid that she would cry when she sees me win. She said she was more scared than I was."
(Hacken responding to reporters asking if he already thought of his girlfriend (Emily) as his wife after he mentioned her in his thank you speech when he finally won the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award) [1/7/2003 news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

-"Am I a leper? You hug him and not me, tomorrow's papers have their headlines."
(Hacken's joking about Eason only hugging Andy Hui after both Hacken and Andy had presented the award to Eason) [1/18/2003 news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "Hacken Lee Hark Kun earlier attended a radio interview with guest host Jan Lam Hoi Fung. He said he and his girlfriend are not in a hurry to marry because nothing can break them apart."
[not an exact quote, but I just thought it was a sweet thing 2 say! ;) ] [1/18/2003 news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "Hacken Lee Har Kun yesterday won a Top Ten Television Artist and a Well Rounded Artist award. He was excited because this award is different from music awards. He humbly said he does not deserve the Well Rounded Artist, especially when he still has to work hard on looks. He joked that his girlfriend should work hard on improving his image."
[3/28/2003 news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "That's ridiculous. They made us sound like a koala bear holding onto a branch. It's unfair to her. That day was her birthday, she definitely was happy."
[Hacken responding to newspapers making a big deal of Cecilia hugging Hacken backstage at the 1:99 concert, (5/29/2003) news, HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "The blood that flows in my body is TVB blood, it's red and sometimes blue and green, my TV at home is fixed on TVB, if TVB want me I would be happy to sign to them for life! Anyway, TVB's new terms are mainly to combat local TV stations where there is only ATV and Cable and just by looking at the ratings points, you should know to sign to TVB!"
[Hacken showing his support for TVB's new policy that reduces singers contracted with TVB's opportunities to appear on non-TVB shows, July 29, 2003 news, source: Aiwah's website, http://tvbspacenews.blogspot.com/2003_07_27_tvbspacenews_archive.html ]

- "If that is true, (I will) bring the magazine to Chan Siu Bo. Even at 20% off I will sign for ten years."
[Hacken responding to rumors that he is offered $11 million (for 2 yrs) if he continues his contract with Universal. Chan Siu Bo is the boss of Universal Southeast Asia, I think. (9/22/2003) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

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Page 2
- "Call me Brother Hacken! Don't call me Uncle Hacken! Save the 'uncle' for Ah Lun (Alan Tam)!"
[Hacken tells the Twins this while he's a guest at their concert, January 6, 2004 news, source: www.hkentreview.com]

- " 'Your personal belongings must be strongly protected. You even have to handle your garbage well, to prevent write-ups [in the news].' Hacken says on the surface that entertainers are glamorous but everyone has their own hardships."
[Hacken responding to news that someone broke into Jessica Hsuan's house, which is right next to his house. News from http://www.hkvpradio.com/ , translated by fanz, posted at http://bravenet.jessicahsuan.com/, news from February 2004]

- "Ekin never cared about how everyone else felt as long as he wasn't scared. He was doing dangerous moves all the time. I really wanted to kick him off."
[Hacken talking about filming a scene on the roof of a 48-story building 4 the movie Six Strong Guys. All the guys including Hacken were scared cuz it was so high up, but Ekin wasn't scared. Haha. 7/30/2004 news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "In the business I only lose to (Andy) Lau Tak Wa. If the Olympic Game has bowling, Wa Jai will definitely compete. All of the Olympic hunks will have to stand aside. I can't believe how poorly Ekin plays. Tell Gigi (Leung Wing Kei) to help him! He still isn't as bad as Ah Jat, who truly has zero athletic cell in him. All of my strikes were broken even with his gutter balls! Actually working with them has been very happy, unlike music where the competition is fierce."
[Hacken talking about playing bowling w/the guys that were in the Six Strong Guys movie. (8/30/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "That's silly, we drew straws. Or perhaps we look at who has the most wrinkles and who is the oldest. They know I can't stand for too long. This doesn't mean anything. (Do you feel you are handsome?) This is a mystery. I don't dare to agree. Everyone else here is handsome. Actually TVB arranged for the clothing and the positioning."
[Hacken responding to reporters saying TVB treating Hacken as the "big brother" and letting him be at the center of the All About Men CD cover picture. (4/12/2005) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "I rarely wear costumes aside from playing the early republic Leung Foon. Ten years ago I seemed to have played Sai Moon Chui Shuet, which scared even me."
[(4/29/2005) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken Lee will have some tenpin bowling scenes in his new movie "Luk Jong Si" (Six Braves) and he tells of his achievements in bowling. He says that when he was hosting a show many years ago, he played a game against the Hong Kong Olympic representative Che Kuk Hung and he beat her in one round, Hacken laughs: 'From that day on I retired because how many people can say they beat an Olympic athlete!'"
[May 24, 2004 news, credit: Aiwah's TVBSpace News Roundup: http://tvbspace.blogspot.com/]

- "As for his head injury, Hacken said, 'It's OK, but I can't scratch it. My hair covers up the scar. When I am 50 I may see it. The dog seems to feel very guilty.'"
[Hacken's head was injured when his dog accidentally knocked over a bag of golf clubs from upstairs that hit Hacken's head cuz he was standing below. ((8/13/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "In the TVB AIDS charity show, TVB 'godson' Hacken Lee's usual top spot was stolen by Sheren Tang, so he was asked if he was jealous about this. However, Hacken did not seem too bothered as he laughed: 'Don't say it like that. You keep calling me 'godson', but I just believe that the more you sow the more you reap and I will not let go of any opportunity to perform. I was invited as a special guest for this event, so I am already very happy. Actually I don't put much emphasis on the order of appearance and feel we should really look at the whole picture.'"
[18/10/04 news, credit: Aiwah's TVBSpace News Roundup: http://tvbspace.blogspot.com/]

- "Hacken reveals that he will soon be singing another theme tune for TVB: 'It is a rare opportunity, but it's all up to TVB. I will tell all my friends not to watch any other channel and all three TV's in my house are all tuned into TVB.' Talking of Leo roping in the help of Hacken's good friend Vivian Chow, Hacken says: 'Vivian has more than just me as a friends, maybe next time I will ask Joe Ngai to help me!' "
[29/10/04 news, credit: Aiwah's TVBSpace News Roundup: http://tvbspace.blogspot.com/]

- "Alan Tam just crowned Hacken, Edmund, Andy Hui and Leo Ku as the New Four Heavenly Kings. Hacken doesn't think this competitive spirit will hurt his friendship with the other 'Kings': 'Edmund, Andy and I are great soccer buddies. When Leo didn't have to work in China, we used to be mahjong buddies. There are no hard feelings among us.'"
[nov 4, 2004 news, credit: http://www.hkvpradio.com]

- "RTHK asked each singer to write the name of the person they thank most for their musical success on a heart-shaped card. Most singers named their record label boss or their parents, but Hacken didn't name any record execs. 'I didn't write Hung Tik or Simon (Universal Music executive). Looks like I won't have an album next year. I wrote Principal's name. Lucky he has some pull.'"
[November 12, 2004 news, credit: http://www.hkvpradio.com]

- "On a radio interview yesterday, Hacken Lee explained that ever since Alan Tam announced Hacken was getting married, paparazzi have been bothering him nonstop. Two nights ago, Hacken almost hit some of them by car when they flew out of nowhere to snap photos. Hacken told girlfriend Lo Suk Yee that she can't wear loose clothing (fearing it will prompt tabloids to speculate she's pregnant) or wear a blackened expression in public and to maintain smiling at all times. He ended by telling her, 'To be in the entertainment circle, you deserve to be thirsty if you're eating salty fish' to which Lo replied, 'Only you're in this business, what's this got to do with me?'"
[November 16, 2004 news, credit: http://www.hkvpradio.com]

- "Lee Hark Kun has been watching WAR AND BEAUTY (GUM JI YUK YIP) and his acting bug is biting. Earlier he and TVB have been negotiating a television series but it fell through due to scheduling conflict. 'Singers at the end of the year are at war and are more sensitive than other times. Finally I didn't take the role.'"
[(10/5/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "...although [I] have won [the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award] but have to be more careful and work harder. Recently I cut all of my entertainment. Wa Jai asked me to bowl and I turned him down. I am in bed by midnight to be in my best shape. When I win I want to win at peace and when I lose I want to lose without regret."
[(10/13/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ ]

- "Hacken said about his position in the poster, 'It's a dice roll arrangement! Even volleyball has different positions!' Hacken also said that he hopes Eason Chan Yik Shun will join Universal. 'Then it will be like a zoo. The stronger the company the more it can fight off competition.'
[Hacken got to be in the center of the UMG poster full of UMG singers. (10/28/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken however felt, 'I instead feel right now we are like a couple that just feels the electricity. Hopefully when we get on stage we will be at hand holding.' [Hacken describing how it needs to feel (their partnership) to successfully work with Joey Yung on a concert, (11/6/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken joked, 'Congratulations to Eason on becoming Universal's money tree. We can be shaken together. Right now tigers are already extinct. Our types are different. On Jai and I are idols, you are substance.'"
[Hacken's taped message to Eason when he joined the UMG company. (11/6/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "When asked whether he will get married after the concert, Hacken said, 'Never read Hong Kong magazines. Right now we are still considering it. When we consider to December 31 we will officially think about it.' Alan said, 'Actually the wedding can be said as in preparation.' Hacken said, 'I have been preparing for it since I was little.'"
[(11/10/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "When Hacken saw fans keep giving flowers and gifts to Joey he pretended to be jealous. 'Give me a batch!' Finally a male fan brought a fruit basket to him. Hacken said, 'From now on our fans will merge together.'"
[Hacken and Joey Yung at their joint concert, (11/20/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "As for rumors of dispute between Andy Hui Chi On and Leo Ku Kui Ke, Hacken said, 'I don't believe it, but I don't understand why On Jai is always linked to disputes with others. Maybe because he is always wearing sunglasses, no one cen see his friendly eyes. I have always been Mr. Congeniality. Maybe On Jai should wear shades that are not as dark.'"
[(11/22/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Later Joey and Hacken will work on the music video. Joey suggested a costume shoot for the result that Hacken was looking for but Hacken objected. 'No, my costume look is grotesque and terrifying.'"
[(12/1/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "As for Beyond's criticism that the New Four Great Heavenly Kings could not live up to the title, Hacken said, 'They were so extreme, I thought I have insulted them. Later I realized that they actually praised me so I wasn't as scared. I am a wild card singer. Back then during the Four Great Heavenly Kings I was called the Fifth Great Heavenly King. In this generation I am a part of the New Four Great Heavenly Kings. I hope next generation I will be a part as well.'"
[(12/1/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken expressed that fulfilling some sick children's wishes feel very joyous. Several years ago a seriously ill child hoped to meet him and through a social worker's arrangement he brought him to the soccer field to watch him play. Hacken also secretly taped his concert from five years ago for the child. However soon he received the news of the child's passing. Although he was sad he has brought him joy and felt very comforted. He felt health is the most important. He sighed, 'In recent years aside from friends in the business some family and friends have also passed away.' He would like to take a long vacation. 'I feel that I am very tense. Earlier my vocal cord had problems so I really want a physical examination.'"
[(12/4/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken Lee Hark Kun yesterday attended a birthday party with 300 fans, who celebrated his 37th birthday today in advance. Originally Hacken thought about postponing it so he could attend James Wong Jim's memorial event. 'I wasn't worried about the taboo of attending a memorial on my birthday. I was worried that people didn't like me attending. I have thought about the overseas fans so I didn't postpone it. I just passed by the stadium and realized that many people are going to the Uncle Jim memorial. I don't know when I go whether I will have so many people remembering me. So now I have to sing more good songs.'"
[(12/6/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Hacken Lee Hark Kun after the press conference had a cake presented to him for his birthday. Hacken was very surprised, 'TVB just reminded me that I spent my birthday at work and I can't be lazy.'"
[(12/7/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Andy Lau Tak Wa has expressed that he wanted Hacken to win the Most Popular Male Singer award three times like him. Hacken said, 'I am afraid of losing to Wa Jai. Last year I wore white when I won, this year Wa Jai wore white and won the Golden Horse Best Actor. I think this year I will wear white too, I might as well borrow Wa Jai's.'"
[(12/7/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "Out of his four nominated songs he [Hacken] only voted for the two better ones. As for the Year's Most Improved Award he voted for Leo Ku Kui Ke. Hacken felt that picking ten out of 110 songs was enough, but during the Four Great Heavenly King era it was not because they already took up seven songs. With Faye Wong the competition was for the last two spots. 'Now I am more nervous at the award shows, in the past I knew a month ahead. During the acceptance I couldn't make the nervous expression. Now not knowing is better, but if I don't win the expression from disappointment to applause is very hard to do. Disappointment is a natural reaction. I have seen many who want to pretend but can't.'"
[(12/14/2004) news, source: HK Top Ten Central: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/]

- "There are suggestions that Hacken can try for the 'newcomer' award next year with his new Mandarin album and he laughs: 'I have already won that and it is my only Mandarin song award. I remember I was in the industry for ten years before I got the chance to record a Mandarin album and at the time I won a newcomers award in Singapore with this and was presented with my award from Faye Wong, who made fun of me.' Hacken jokes that when he releases his album next year, he will challenge Andy and work towards the title of 'Most Popular Male Singer in Asia'."
[dec. 18, 2004 news, credit: http://www.hkvpradio.com/]

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Page 4
-"Hacken laughs that maybe Ms Lok is here to support him! He says that he has too much work and if his family attends everything, then they will be very busy."
[This is Hacken's reply to reporters asking him that since Ms. Lok (a TVB executive) attended the Lady Iron Chef movie premiere to support Charmaine, has he asked his wife Emily to come and support him too? MARCH 8,2007 news. source: Em's TVBSpace News Roundup, http://tvbspace.blogspot.com/]

-"To make people feel that you're arrogant, all you might have to do is to make one comment. However, to erase these comments and the impression you've made, you need 10 years."
[from Hacken's Be My Guest interview, July 2006, translated by Hianez]

-When a fan handed him flowers from below, she called him handsome. Hacken said "Of course!" And the audience prompted him to kiss the fan! Hacken, who wanted to avoid embarrassment, quickly turned to his wits and said "Have you all asked her if she wants to?"
[this exchange went on at Hacken's solo Malaysia concert on July 28, 2007, translated by Hianez]

HLID stuff, PART 4: VOTE, FANCLUB, CDs & CONCERTS

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Vote:

I will post voting info at my Yahoo group! Join now! Remember to allow emails to be sent to you, so that if you forget or have no time to go check what to vote for---the messages I post about voting will reach you at your email account. Or at least allow Special Notices to be sent to you.

Please also add yourself 2 the map of Hacken fans all over the world! http://www.frappr.com/hackenleefans

You can also check for voting info at our FORUM here:
http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hacken_Lee_ID/index.php?showtopic=65&st=80&#last
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for voting for Hacken!! ^_^ Vote whenever possible and ALSO remember to ask people you know to vote for Hacken, too, on the really important awards!! THANKS A MILLION!
-Kate

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Fan Club:

If you want to join Hacken's fan club (you will have to pay a yearly membership), please go here to download the application form. If you are in the fan club, you will have access to certain sections at Hacken's official website and be able to post messages there. You can also reserve good seats at his concerts early, go to fan club meetings/his birthday party, receive a fan club jacket and ID card, might be able to meet him when he comes to your country and has a fan club meeting, etc. http://hackenleenet.com/contact.htm

There are 3 different versions of the form there, the left one is written in Traditional Chinese font. The middle one is written in Simplified Chinese font. The one on the right side is written in English. If you have any questions, you can contact the webmaster of Hacken's official website: fanclub@hackenleenet.com.

If you are a fan living in Singapore, you might be able to save some money when sending the form/money to HK, because some fans there will gather and send renewing/new members' fees and forms all at once, to save money. For more information about this, contact me at daphne_rain@yahoo.com.

[If you are not in Hacken's fan club, you can only post messages at his official website's message board on Saturdays, from 10am(Saturday)-12:00am(Sunday) in Hong Kong time. Here's a good website for everyone to figure out what time & day it is in HK, no matter where u live! =D
[ http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ ]

CDs
[translated by Jane, credit: http://www.hackenlee.com.hk/albumlist.html]

2009
-Today Special
2008
-Hacken's Concert Hall Live Concert(3CD)
2007
-Hacken Lee No.1 Hits
-My Cup of Tea
2006
-2006 Hacken Lee Live in Concert
-Number 10
2005
-Acrobats ('05 Spring Limited Edition)
-Ask About Love
-Concert Hall
2004
-Alan and Hacken 2004 Concert
-Smart ID
-Acrobats (or Midair Flying People/Person)
-Hacken X Joey Music is Live
2003
-Alan & Hacken Concert Collection
-Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Live 2003
-Everlast
-Everlast (AVCD)
-Custom Made
-Alan & Hacken
2002
-Big Band Music
-Hacken Lee Live 2002
-Hacken From Beginning (9CDs)
-Let's Celebrate
-Let's Celebrate (2nd version, AVCD)
-Piano Love Songs
-Hacken Lee Live in Concert
-Universal DSD
2001
-Hong Kong Philharmonic Live
-Flying Flowers
-Hong Kong Philharmonic Live Concert (SACD)
2000
-One Year Half Year (2nd version, AVCD)
-Thinking of You Once More
-A Pair of Love Collection

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1999
-Hacken Lee Best Collection
-Red Sun (reissue)
-The Most of Hacken Lee Collection
-Wonderful 48 Best Collection
-One Year Half Year
1998
-Searching for the Best in These Five Years
-98 New and Collections
-Number 10
1997
-Please Search for the Best 17 Songs
-Love Prison (Mandarin CD)
-Please Go to Sleep Early and Wake Up Early
-Best Collection 2
-Hacken's 17 Love Songs
-At Hacken's Side
-2 in 1 Best Collection
1996
-When I Find You
-Third Dimension
-Best Collection
-Searching for the Best
1995
-Making Nothing of Gentle (Mandarin CD)
-Greatest Hits
-Greatest Hits
-Reborn
-Hackenation
1994
-Goodbye '93
-Wish (or Hope)
-One Life's Wish
-It's Love Songs
1993
-Greatist Hits Boxset
-Hacken's Album
-Thinking of You All My Life
1992
-Red Sun
-I Want You to Know
1991
-Raining in the Street Act
-Broken Time
1990
-Love
-One Thousand and One Nights

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1989
-This Place, This Feeling
-Hacken Lee Whirlwind Remix
-Purple Dream
-Hacken Lee Remix
1988
-Summer Story
1987
-Lucky Number (AKA Signs of Life)
1986
-Hacken Lee EP

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Concerts
[translated by Hianez, source: http://hackenleenet.com/]

Hong Kong Concerts
(in the format: DATE/TITLE/VENUE/NUMBER OF CONCERTS HELD)

-2009 Feb 1-10, 13-14/ Left Alan Right Hacken/ Hong Kong Coliseum/ 12

-2008 September. 24 / Metro Radio mini-concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre / 1

-2008 Chinese new year (08 February-18 February 2008)/ Prudential & You Use Your Heart to Listen: Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall 2008 Concert/ Hong Kong Coliseum/ 11

-2006 Chinese new year/ Hacken Lee 06 De Xin Ying Shou(meaning successful) concert/ Hong Kong Coliseum/ 8

-2005 June/ Metro Broadcast Concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 1

-2004 Nov 18/ 903id club Hacken Lee and Joey Yung MUSIC IS LIVE concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 3/ 1

-2004 Oct 6/ Hacken Lee Music Has No Boundaries Concert (Metro)/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 1

-2004 Jan 22/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee 04 Happy Concert/ Hong Kong Coliseum/ 11

-2003 Oct/ Metro Broadcast and Universal: Loving Someone Concert/ ? / 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live in Concert/ ? / 12+6

-2002 Feb 13 to 17/ Hacken Lee True Love Concert/ Hong Kong Coliseum/ 6

-2002 Aug 31/ Metro Broadcast - Hacken Lee Live/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 1

-2001 Feb 23 to 26/ HK Philharmonic Orchestra with Hacken Lee Live Concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 4

-1995 Oct 7 - 16/ '95 Hacken Lee Coming into Contact with Music concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 10

-1993 Dec 22 to 27/ Hacken Lee '93 Concert/ Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre/ 8

Hong Kong Concerts | Overseas Concerts

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Overseas Concerts
(in the format: DATE/TITLE/VENUE/NUMBER OF CONCERTS HELD)

-12-26-2008/ HACKEN'S CONCERT HALL/ MGM Grand, Las Vegas/ 1

-11-15-2008/ Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall II 2008 Malaysia Concert/ Arena of Stars, Genting/ 1

-3-23-2008, 1am / Hacken Lee Live in Concert @ Atlantic City/ Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort/ 1

-3-23-2008, 2pm / Hacken Lee Live in Concert @ Atlantic City/ Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort/ 1

-06-07-2008/ HACKEN'S CONCERT HALL/ The Venetian Macao/ 1

-02-03-2008/ HACKEN'S CONCERT HALL/ Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, Atlantic City/ 1

-03-18-2008/ HACKEN'S CONCERT HALL/ Casino Rama, Toronto/ 1

-10-6-2007/ 2007 Hacken Lee Fundraising Concert / San Francisco, USA/ 1

-7-28-2007/ Hacken Lee Live With Special Guest Ivana Wong Yuen Chi/ Genting, Malaysia/ 1

-3-3-2007/ The Same Song show: Stars Celebrate the Lantern Festival/ Cow Palace, San Francisco/ 1

-2-21-2007/ Lunar New Year concert/ Wynn Casino & Hotel, Las Vegas/ 1

-2006-12-21 @ 8PM/ Hacken Lee Live With Special Guest Ivana Wong Yuen Chi/ Air Canada Centre, Toronto/ 1

-2006-12-17 @ 2PM/ Hacken Lee Live With Special Guest Ivana Wong Yuen Chi/ Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City/ 1

-2006-12-17 @ 1AM/ Hacken Lee Live With Special Guest Ivana Wong Yuen Chi/ Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City/ 1

-May 2005/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ (MGM Grand) Las Vegas, Toronto, Vancouver

-2005-01-07/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Malaysia/ 1

-2004-09-25/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Shantou/ 1

-2004-08-07/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Panyu/ 1

-2004-07-31/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Shen Chuan/ 1

-2004-07-17/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Hua Du/ 1

-2004-07-03/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Wen Chuan/ 1

-2004-06-26/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Hangzhou/ 1

-2004-06-18/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Nanjing/ 1

-2004-06-12/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Beijing/ 1

-2004-06-06/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Zhu Hai/ 1

-2004-05-15/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Zhanjiang/ 1

-2004-05-06/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Fo Shan/ 1

-2004-03-27/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Zhongshan/ 1

-2003-12-31/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour concert/ Kuala Lumpur/ 1

-2003-12-27/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Dongguan City/ 1

-2003-12-12/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Guangzhou/ 1

-2003-12-06/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Shunde/ 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Singapore/ 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Australia - Sydney/ 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Atlantic City/ 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Vancouver/ 1

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Toronto/ 2

-2003/ Alan Tam and Hacken Lee Live Tour Concert/ Las Vegas/ 1

-2001/ Australia - Sydney/ 1

-2001/ Toronto

-2001/ China - He nan

-2001/ Atlantic City

-2000/ Celebration 2000 Charity concert (various stars)

-1999/ Toronto

-1999/ US - Connecticut

-1998/ Las Vegas

-1998/ Atlantic City, Toronto

-1997/ Ya Ju Le Love and Sincerity concert/ Zhongshan

-1996/ Singapore Star Pisces

-1994/ Melbourne, Gold Coast, Sydney

-1994/ Atlantic City, Boston, Vancouver, Toronto

-1992/ Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlantic City

-1991/ Walking Towards Tomorrow Concert/ Shenchuan

-1990/ San Francisco, Atlantic City

-1990/ Guangzhou

-1990/ Australia

-1989/ Atlantic City

HLID stuff, PART 3: PERFORMANCE and AWARDS list

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Performance
[translated by Jane, credit: http://hackenleenet.com]

TV series and other shows:

2008
TVB Beijing Olympics 2008 Games coverage

2007
TVB HD Music Special

2006
World Cup 2006

2005
Minutes to Fame
Miss Hong Kong

2004
Sunshine Heartbeat (guest-star)
Love Paradise 2004 Musical Special Series

2002
Legal Entanglement (TVB series)
World Cup 2002
Hong Kong Can Do It

2001
Hong Kong Tourist Fun

2000
Street Fighters (TVB series)

1999
*** Ricky, My Love (stage musical) ***
Jade Solid Gold
I.T. Files
1998 World Cup

1997
As Sure as Fate (TVB series)

1996
Olympics Challenge

1994
Master of Martial Arts (TVB series)
-Modern Love Story (TVB Special Programme)
(Second chapter : Unfinished Love - Hacken Lee, Charlie Yeung)
-Twilight Tubes Part 1 Chapter 1 (TVB Special Programme)
(Shocking Banquet - Hacken Lee, Joey Leung)
[I'M NOT SURE IF Modern Love Story AND Twilight Tubes WERE FILMED IN 1994, BUT THAT'S MY BEST GUESS!]

1992
Eastern Hero (TVB series)
Angel's Call (TVB series)

1991
A Life of His Own (TVB series)

1989
Two of a Kind (TVB series)

1988
Teenagers No More (TVB series)

--------TV Series & Shows | Movies | Books | Shows Hosted | Other Links

Movies:
Wonder Woman (2007) (guest-star)

The Lady Iron Chef (2007)

We Are Family (2006)

Six Strong Guys (2004)

Clueless (2001)

Comic King (2001) (guest-star)

Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star (1996) (guest-star)

No More Love,No More Death (1993)

Fruit Punch (1991)

[Also, Hacken and Joey Leung were the voices of the 2 main dog characters in the HK version of the American movie, Good Boy, in 2004.]

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Books:
Hacken and Alan each released a book (the 2 books were sold together) about their lives in 2003, entitled "Left Alan, Right Hacken" (just like the name of their concert). I think Hacken wrote some passages in the book.

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(compiled by Kate)
Some of the shows that he hosted:
1992-1995 (?): Talk of the Century (AKA Smart Person in the New century) [A funny TVB variety show he hosted w/Joey Leung]

1996: He was one of the sports commentators for the TVB Olympics coverage in the USA (along w/Andy Lau, etc.)

1998: He was one of sports commentators for the World Cup 1998 TVB sports show.

1998: Miss Interline 1998 (co-host)

1999-2000: He co-hosted A LOT of TVB specials, such as: TVB Gala Show, TVB New Year 2000, a charity show relating to Buddhist relics that Andy Lau took part in, the Relight a New Life 2000 charity show (Nick Cheung was the co-host), etc.

1999-2001 (?): He was the co-host of the JSG show

2001: co-host of the tourism show Hong Kong Fun Power

2001: He was one of MCs for the final segment of Miss HK 2001 Pageant

2002: He was one of the sports commentators for the 2002 World Cup TVB sports show

August 2002: He was one of hosts 4 the semi-finals of Miss HK 2002 Pageant

March 2005: He co-hosted Minutes to Fame with Joey Leung

August 2005: He was one of hosts for the Miss HK 2005 pageant

June-July 2006: He was one of sports commentators for the World Cup 2006 TVB sports show

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(compiled by Kate)
Helpful links:
- go here to read some reviews of Hacken's movies:
http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/lee_hacken.htm

- you can watch some of the themevideos of Hacken's tvb series at
http://youtube.com/profile?user=kate6002

- http://hkadb.net/info/Minutes_To_Fame
[info about the popular Minutes to Fame (AKA The Cruel Bell) show he hosted]

- http://hkadb.net/info/Lee%2C_Hacken_%28Lee_Hak-Kan%29
[short bio and links to pages w/info about Hacken's series/movies. some has the themesong(s) he sang.]

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REVIEWS FOR SOME OF HIS TVB SERIES:

-Eastern Hero
http://www.bluecrys.com/rev_eastern.html
[**WARNING**: detailed review, A LOT of spoilers and gives away the ending! some pics]

-Angel's Call
http://tvbmusic.tripod.com/songs/angelcall.html [songs, pics]
http://www.bluecrys.com/rev_call.html [review, pics]

-A Life of His Own
http://tvbmusic2.tripod.com/songs/lifehis.html [song, pics]

-As Sure As Fate
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=1078
[review, may have some SPOILERS]

-Street Fighters
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=649
[review, may have some SPOILERS]

-Legal Entanglement
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=297
[review, may have some SPOILERS]

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Awards
[translated by Jane, source: http://hackenleenet.com/]
(in the format: AWARD NAME/ALBUM OR SONG NAME)

2008
-TVB Service Award (for 20 years' work with TVB!)

-RTHK 10 Most outstanding artists

-Metro Hits Best Song/ She Is Kind But I Am Sad

-Metro Radio Hits Asia's Singer Big Award

-Music Chart Awards 2008/Top 10 Songs Of The Year/Hong Kong & Taiwan: She Is Kind But I Am Sad

-Music Chart Awards 2008/Top 5 Most Popular Singers:/ Male: Ham Yu, Eason Chan, Hins Cheung, Hai Ming Wei, Hacken Lee

-Music Chart Awards 2008/17 Radio Stations' Media Award: Hacken Lee

-2008 JSG Seasonal Awards Round 1 / top 14 songs / Everyday is Valentine's Day

-2008 JSG 3RD QTR Gold Song/ She Is Kind But I Am Sad

-2008 Jade Solid Gold Awards/Top 10 Gold Songs/Hacken Lee - she is kind but i am sad
2007
-2007 Jade Solid Gold Third Seasonal Awards/ Top 12 Songs/ Paper Marriage

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-Metro Hits Best Song/ Where will the flowers fall

-Metro Hits Best Creatively Composed Album/ My Cup of tea

-Metro Hits Best performance award

-Metro Hits Best Asian singer award

-Metro Hits Best International Song of the Year/ Where will the flowers fall

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-CRHK's Chik Chak Pop Music Chart 2007/ Top 10 Songs/ Where will the flowers fall

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-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Song of the Year/ Where will the flowers fall

-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Songs/ Where will the flowers fall

-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Duet/ Hacken Lee + Zhou Chuan Xiong - A Sky This Blue (The Drive of Life themesong)

-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Male Singer

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-Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Music Awards/ top 10 songs/ Where Did The Flowers Go

-Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Music Awards/ Four Stations Combined Best Song award/ Where Did The Flowers Go

-Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Music Awards/ Gold Song/ Where Did The Flowers Go

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-RTHK Top 10 Gold Song/ Where Did The Flowers Go -RTHK Top 10 Best Singers

-IFPI Hong Kong Most Popular Music Awards/ Best Cantonese pop album: Concert Hall 2

-IFPI Hong Kong Top-Selling Awards 2006/ Year-round Top-selling Male Singer

-IFPI Hong Kong Top-Selling Awards 2006/ Top Ten Selling Artists

-IFPI Hong Kong Top-Selling Awards 2006/ Top Ten Cantonese Album/ 2006 Concert

-IFPI Hong Kong Top-Selling Awards 2006/ Top Ten Cantonese Album/ Concert Hall I

-IFPI Hong Kong Top-Selling Awards 2006/ Top Ten Cantonese Album/ Concert Hall II

-JSG Season One- Top 12 Gold Songs/ Princess and Prince

-The 7th Global Chinese Music Awards/ Cantonese Album of the Year/ Concert Hall II

-The 7th Global Chinese Music Awards/ Best HIFI Artist

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001-02 | 1996-2000 | 1990-95 | 1980s

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2006
-JSG Season One- Top 12 Gold Songs/ Woman Before Marriage

->Ming Pao Weekly 38th Annual Show Business Driving Force Award: Most Outstanding Album/ Concert Hall

-9+2 Music Charts Music Awards: Best Albums/ Concert Hall

-Metro Radio Most Explosive (popular) Songs/ Woman Before Marriage

-Metro Radio Most Explosive (popular) Songs/ City Surrounded by Heaven and Water

-Metro Radio Most Original Commercial Songs/ I'm wearing Number 10

-Metro Radio Album of the Year/ Concert Hall II

-Metro Radio Most Creative Album/ Concert Hall I & II

-Metro Radio Asian Singer Award (tied with Andy Lau)
[thanks to Hianez for posting & translating the Metro Radio awards results!]

-JSG Top Ten Gold Songs/ City Surrounded by Heaven and Water

-RTHK Top 10 Outstanding Singers Award

-RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs/ City Surrounded by Heaven and Water

-RTHK Best-selling Male Singer

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2005
-JSG Season 2 Gold Songs/ Medical Ethics

-JSG Season 2 Most Popular Mandarin Song/ Ask About Love

-Metro Radio Mandarin Gold Song/ Ask About Love

-Metro Radio Mandarin Hong Kong Male Artist

-The 2nd Annual China Gold Album Hong Kong Most Popular Male Artist

-IFPI Hong Kong Best Selling Male Artist

-IFPI Hong Kong Top Ten Best Selling Cantonese Album/ Left Tam Right Lee 2004 Concert

-JSG Season 1 Gold Songs/ Festival

-GuangZhou Charts - HK Most Popular Male Artist

-GuangZhou Charts - HK Top Ten Gold Song/ Acrobats

-GuangZhou Charts - HK Best Duet/ Na Na Sound (w/Alan)

-RTHK - Year round Best Selling Artist (1st place)

-RTHK - Nation Most Popular Artist (3rd Place)

-RTHK - Most Outstanding Popular Male Artist

-RTHK - Most Outstanding Popular Artist

-RTHK - Gold Songs/ Acrobats

-Roadshow Most Vote Male Artist

-Roadshow Top Ten MV/ Acrobats

-2004 JSG Top 10 Gold Songs/ Acrobats

-Commercial Radio Top Ten (3rd place)/ Acrobats

-Commercial Radio Singer and Composer (3rd Place

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2004
-Four station Song Award/ Goodbye Kiss Position

-Metro Radio World Popular Artist

-Metro Radio Popular Male Artist

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ Na Na Seng (Quickly)

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ Acrobats

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ Goodbye Kiss Position

-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ Acrobats

-Gold Chart - People's World Most Popular Cantonese Song/ Six Feet Troubles

-Metro Radio Year Round Most Popular Radio Played Song/ Goodbye Kiss Position

->Ming Pao Awards Most Prominent Male Artist

-World Chinese Song Charts - Most Outstanding Artist

-World Chinese Song Charts - Best Duet/ Na Na Seng (Quickly)

-IFPI 2003 Best Selling Album/ Left Alan Right Lee Concert (Left Lun, Right Lee, or "Neighbors")

-IFPI 2003 Top Ten Best Selling Album/ Left Alan Right Lee Concert (Left Lun, Right Lee, or "Neighbors")

-IFPI 2003 Top Ten Best Selling Album/ Custom Made

-Song Charts 2003 - Hong Kong Most Popular Male Artist

-Song Charts 2003 - Best Duet/ "Left Lun, Right Lee", or "Neighbors"

-Song Charts - 2003 Most Popular Gold Song/ I Will not Sing (or I Can't Sing)

-2003 JSG Gold - Most Popular Male Artist

-2003 JSG Gold - Gold Song/ I Will not Sing

-Commercial Radio '03 - Most Popular Male Artist

-Commercial Radio '03 Top Ten (4th Place)/ Love One Person (or Loving Someone, To Love a Person)

-Commercial Radio '03 Top Ten (6th Place)/ I Will not Sing

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2003
-Metro Radio Popular Male Artist

-Metro Radio Popular Album/ Left Alan Right Lee Concert 2003

-Metro Radio Radio Most Played Song/ Love One Person

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ Long Time Together Must Marry

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ Love One Person

-Metro Radio Popular Song/ I Will not Sing

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ I Will not Sing

-26th RTHK Year Best Selling Male Artist

-26th RTHK Gold Song/ Left Alan Right Lee

-26th RTHK Gold Song/ Long Time Must Marry

-26th RTHK Outstanding Popular Artist

-TVB8 People's World Most Loved Cantonese Song/ Long Time Must Marry

-3rd Annual Malaysia Gold Song - Most Popular Duet (Silver)/ Love One Person

-3rd Annual Malaysia Gold Song - Most Popular Duet (Gold)/ Left Alan Right Lee

-3rd Annual Malaysia Gold Song/ Long Time Must Marry

-3rd Annual Malaysia Most Popular Male Artist

->Ming Pao Most Prominent Male Artist/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

-3rd Annual Cantonese Gold Song - Most Popular Duet/ Left Alan Right Lee

-3rd Annual Cantonese Gold Song - HK Outstanding Artist

-5th Annual CCTV-MTV - Hong Kong Most Popular Male Artist

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ 3001 Nights

-Snow Charts - Most Outstanding Duet/ Left Alan Right Lee

-Snow Charts - Gold Song/ Long Time Must Marry

-Snow Charts - HK Most Popular Male Artist

-Gold Song Charts - Best Selling Album Male Artist

-Gold Song Charts - Year Gold Song/ Tall Girl

-Gold Song Charts - Best Duet/ Arrive Today (or Come to Today)

->Next Media Skillful Artist

->Next Media Top Ten Male Actor (8th Place)

-JSG Season 2 Most Popular Duet/ Love One Person

-JSG Season 1 Most Popular Duet/ Left Alan Right Lee

-JSG Season 1 Gold Song/ Long Time Must Marry

-25th RTHK Most Outstanding Artist

-25th RTHK Year Best Selling Male Artist

-25th RTHK Gold Song/ Tall Girl

-25th RTHK Gold Song/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

-2002 JSG Most Popular Male Artist

-2002 JSG Gold Song/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

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2002
-2002 Metro Radio Gold Song/ Tall Girl

-2002 Metro Radio Most Popular Male Artist

-IFPI 2002 Best Selling Artist

-2002 Metro Radio Gold Song/ Victory

-2002 Metro Radio Gold Song/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

-IFPI 2002 Year Best Selling Album/ Love Concert Live

-IFPI 2002 Year Best Selling Album/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

-> TVB Most Loved TV Character/ Ko Chi Long - Legal Entanglement

-2001 JSG Gold Song/ Flying Flowers

-24th RTHK - Most Outstanding Artist

-JSG Season 1 Most Popular Duet/ Arrive Today (Come to today)

-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ Victory

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ Tall Girl

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Love Unstoppable [Can't Let Hands Go]

-> Next Media Top Ten Celebrity

-> Apple Daily 2002 Upcoming Celebrity

-TVB8 World Most Popular Cantonese Song/ Tall Girl
2001
-2001 JSG Gold Song/ Flying Flowers

-IFPI 2001 Best Selling Album/ HK Philharmonic Orchestra Concert

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2000
-1999 JSG Most Popular Composed Song/ Sakura (Sakura in Japanese means Cherry Blossoms---Ying Fa)
1999
-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Sakura
1998
-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ Soccer Fan Diary (or Soccer Fan Adventure)

-1998 Malaysia 321 Action Music Award Gold Song/ Soccer Fan Diary (or Soccer Fan Adventure)

-1998 Malaysia 321 Action Music Award Best Lyrics/ Soccer Fan Diary (or Soccer Fan Adventure)
1997
-Metro Radio Best Remake Song/ Please Sleep Early and Wake Early

-Metro Radio Best Love Song/ Searching

-Metro Radio Best Album Cover/ Please Sleep Early and Wake Early
1996
-RTHK Top Ten Most Outstanding Male Artist

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ One Person Flying

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Please Sleep Early and Wake Early

-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ When I Find You

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1995
-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Cry For You

-1994 JSG Most Popular Music Recording/ Hope

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Broken Time
1994
-Metro Radio Golden Love Song/ Look Back (or Turn Around)

-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ Lonely Night

-903 Radio Top Ten Most Outstanding Male Artist

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Regret

-1993 JSG Gold Song/ Look Back
1993
-JSG Season 2 Gold Song/ Look Back

-1992 JSG Most Popular Music Recording/ Red Sun
1992
-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Red Sun

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ Old Love like Dream

-JSG Season 1 Gold Song/ Only Wish You Understand

-1991 JSG Most Popular Music Recording/ Protector
1991
-13th RTHK Gold Song/ 1001 Nights

-1990 JSG Gold Song/ Attachment

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ Protector

-JSG Season 1 Gold Song/ Day Break
1990
-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ 1001 Nights

-JSG Season 4 Gold Song/ Attachment

-1989 JSG Gold Song/ One Life never change

-12th RTHK Gold Song/ One Life never change

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1989
-JSG Season 1 Gold Song/ Deep Deep Deep

-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ One Life never change
1988
-JSG Season 3 Gold Song/ Summer Story
1985
-Region 19 Singing Competition 1st Place Winner

PART 2: HLID stuff------> super long hacken bio!!!

2011-01-25T18:42:00.000-08:00

Biography - Page 1
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

Hacken Lee was born on December 6, 1967 in Hong Kong. He and his parents lived in Macau for a short period of time. Later on, his family moved to Hong Kong. Hacken has one younger sister. Hacken was an average student in school and sometimes sneaked out of school to go eat or have tea with his friends. Ever since he was young, he loved soccer and Alan Tam's music. Hacken's uncle had an interior design business, so his family wanted him to study interior design and later run his uncle's company in the United States. (source: HKVP Radio) But in 1985 (he was 18 years old then), Hacken's life changed when he entered TVB's 4th Annual New Talent Competition (a singing competition) and met and became friends with fellow contestant, Vivian Chow. Though Hacken did not make it into the finals of this competition, Vivian persuaded him to enter the 19 Territories Singing Competition a couple months later. (source: HKVP Radio) Hacken entered and won first place in the competition. Hacken recalls, "When I won the competition, it messed up all the plans for college. Winning first place got me a PolyGram recording contract. It was so much fun, so I never thought about not signing this record deal. Now my family has immigrated so they're not against it anymore. If I could choose again, I would still be a singer." (source: HKVP Radio) Also, Hacken was very happy to be able to work in the same record company as his idol, Alan Tam, who he would later become very good friends with. So, he stopped going to college (which he had completed one year of) and became a singer. At that time, who knew that Hacken's life would be full of twists and turns? Yet, Hacken never gave up on his dreams and in recent years, has become one of the most famous and respected singers in Hong Kong.

At the start of Hacken's career, everything seemed to be going his way, as he quickly became well-liked and known for his amazing voice. In 1986 Hacken's first EP and later his first CD (Signs of Life) were released. Though sales for his first album were not very good, it received good reviews and professionals alike agreed that he was very talented. (Carmen's website) After Hacken acted in a TV series, Summer of '88, he became more well-known and his records sales went up. (source: Wikipedia) Also, Hacken started winning various music awards. Hacken also started doing advertisements, participating in charity shows, etc. (Carmen's website) Hacken's inspirational song, Red Sun (which he wrote the lyrics to) became a hit song in 1992 (and it's still popular today, often sung by Hacken at concerts/charity shows, sung by other singers, or played at various events) and boosted his popularity and career sky high. That same year, he also met Emily Lo (when he was a guest at the Miss Hong Kong 1992 Pageant), who would later become his girlfriend. During December 1993, Hacken's first concert (8 shows) was held at Hong Kong Coliseum and tickets were sold out. (Carmen's website) In 1994 he released his first Mandarin album to try to break into the mainland China and Taiwan market, but was unsuccessful. In the next few years, just as fast as he became famous, he became forgotten.

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Biography - Page 2
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

"In life, there are twists and turns, but I have to get through it!" (Lyrics from Hacken's familiar song, Red Sun)

Starting in 1995, Hacken's career went downhill, mainly because of his bad luck and him not getting along with other people. Hacken had some contract disputes with Polygram, and soon left them to join a different record company. But that record company was having its own problems. (Wikipedia) Hacken changed his appearance, went to New York City to study music, and cooperated more with TVB, but was still not able to gain much recognition. He grew a beard and left his hair long, looking tougher and older, different from his previous clean, "nice guy" look. He traveled to New York City, USA, to study music there for a few months that year. (Elaine's website) Then, he released a CD titled Reborn (signifying that he is now different and better than before?). Unfortunately, many of the songs had a jazz style that the Hong Kong audience did not like, and only a couple songs became hit songs. Hacken tried to release a jazz songs CD again later that year, where he worked with Sony to record the songs in the USA. But when the Hackenation CD was released, the CD sales were once again very low.

Worse of all, Hacken had a concert in October 1995 that probably had the lowest ticket sales in the concert history of Hong Kong-only about 50% of the tickets were sold. (CASHFLOW interview) This was a very traumatic experience for Hacken, having to stay on stage and pretend nothing was wrong even though he was extremely upset when he saw all the empty seats. According to Hacken's long-time fan, Rou, Hacken has said before that those 10 days of concerts were the most disappointing days in his career. And in an interview with CASHFLOW (Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong) in June 2003, Hacken has referred to this incident as "the most difficult incident [he] encountered [in his] life." Fortunately, Hacken's optimism greatly helped him through this tough time. [You can read more about Hacken's thoughts about this time in his life in the CASHFLOW interview.] Also, his good friend, Alan Tam supported him during that time and surprised him by coming on stage in the middle of one of his concerts and standing behind Hacken while he sang a song. After Hacken finished the song, Alan said that if he wanted more people to watch his concert, he must work harder. (according to TONG) During Hacken's 2002 concert, he tells the audience that he really wants to thank "one person" (fans think this person is Alan), who, at that time, encouraged him to work harder and that if he could improve--his fans would surely come back to him one day. (fan Alan Alan's message)

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Biography - Page 3
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

But why did Hacken lose fans and became less popular back then? There are many possible explanations. Some people say it was because too much pressure was put on Hacken to be as great as Alan Tam, because Alan was telling everyone how talented Hacken was and that he could replace Alan's place in the HK music world. Of course, such great expectations, at such a young age, are hard to live up to. No matter how great he was, the HK audience did not think he was good enough. On the other hand, many people think that it was because after Hacken started winning awards and becoming famous, he got arrogant and started to offend people with his overconfident attitude. But actually, this is just because Hacken is a very straightforward person who doesn't like to sugarcoat his words. [Read more about Hacken explaining this problem in the 2nd part of the Andy Lau x Hacken Lee Crossover Scoop interview that Jane translated.] Hacken's long-time fan, Rou, explains the problem very well: "Hacken has always been a frank and straightforward person and speaks his mind. He admits that success did get into his head, but he was just being himself and saw nothing wrong with it at that time. It was only when people told him about what they thought about him that he began to reflect on his behaviour and change his attitude for the better. Today, Hacken is still that frank person but he is notably more restrained, cos he does not want history to repeat itself. IMO, Hacken's frankness is good in the sense that it makes him more real, unlike other celebrities who put on a false front." In the interview with CASHFLOW from June 2003, Hacken explains ". . . at that time I didn't think I was arrogant. . . . [But] No matter what my motive was at the time, my speech and behaviour did make people feel uncomfortable. In response to many friends' advice, I decided to make a change." Lastly, others believe it was the popularity of the "Four Heavenly Kings" that pushed Hacken and other singers out of the limelight. During the time that these four singers were extremely popular during the mid-1990s, they dominated the music charts and CD sales. [Read more about this and why Hacken does not hold a grudge against them in the "Andy Lau x Hacken Lee Crossover" Scoop interview that Jane translated.] Though Hacken sang very well, his looks could not compete with these heartthrobs. Hacken had to get used to presenting awards to them rather than receiving awards during these tough times.

During the late1990s, Hacken spent a lot of time working on TVB series or hosting various TVB shows to have some work to do and hopefully become more well-known. He still released CDs, but the CD sales were not ideal. In 1997, he released a Mandarin CD again, hoping to break into the Mainland market. But once again, he was unsuccessful. Hacken still received a few music awards each year, but by this time, his singing career was going nowhere. In 1998, he could not release a CD because all the record companies rejected him. (source: HK Top Ten) Luckily, since Hacken is a big soccer fan, when the 1998 World Cup championships started during the summer, TVB picked him to be one of the hosts of a sports show and they promoted his soccer song, Adventure of a Soccer Fan, which became a hit song. Hacken explains in an interview in January 2005, "TVB gave me a lot of opportunities and even when I didn't have a contract with them, they sought me to do a lot of big shows. And when I worked for them, I became friends with a lot of employees, like producers and directors. When work came up that fit me, they would call me. Someone asked me, how come TVB doesn't look for other singers, because they are so many of them? I guessed because TVB doesn't need to go through managers and record labels to get to me. They contact me directly and think it's easier. Plus, I'm cheap, beautiful and upright, haha." [Reporter: We don't need to explain what "cheap" is. "Beautiful" means talented and "upright" means he doesn't mind]." (Source: HKVP Radio) Hacken actually thought of giving up singing to become a sports commentator for soccer games then, but he changed his mind and decided to "work on other jobs and wait for the chance [to make a comeback]." (source: HK Top Ten) During that time, Hacken joined the HK Celebrity Soccer Team and his friends from the team (such as Alan Tam, Nat Chan, Eric Tsang, etc.) also helped provide him with more work opportunities. (source: HK Top Ten) Since more people started to like and recognize Hacken, he was able to star in a TVB series, As Sure as Fate. Hacken was also able to sign a contract with the record company Star Entertainment and released a new + old songs collection CD that included Adventure of a Soccer Fan and other CDs that year. His CDs started selling well again, as more people remembered him and liked him again. But Hacken would still not have "the chance" he was waiting for until 2001, when he made his comeback (at the age of 33!).

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Biography - Page 4
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

As the end of the millennium neared, Hacken's bad luck started turning into good luck. In 1999, he started hosting the weekly music show JSG (Jade Solid Gold) for TVB, which gave him more publicity and fans. Hacken also got to be Dodo Cheng's co-host in the important New Year show to welcome year 2000 at the end of the year. In the year 2000, Hacken starred in a stage musical, Ricky My Love, which was quite popular. By now, he was part of the Universal record company, and he continued releasing CDs, having a few hit songs. By the end of the year, Hacken starred in a TVB series called Street Fighters with Edmond Leung and newcomer Michelle Ye. It was a low-budget modern series that did not get much attention. Hacken was still working on JSG when the opportunity to make his comeback finally came in February 2001. According to Hacken's big fan, Stephanie, The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra wanted to cooperate with Alan Tam for a concert. But Alan was busy, so he recommended Hacken to replace him (Isn't it ironic, how earlier, replacing Alan harmed Hacken's career, but almost 10 years later, it helped him make his comeback!) Loyal Hacken fan Rou explains: "he finally picked up the courage to have 2 concerts in conjunction with [Hong Kong] Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001. (He had a phobia of concerts after 1995.) The concerts were an unexpected success and it grew [to] 4 concerts and was a huge morale booster for him. The concerts CDs, VCDs also had high sales and with that, Hacken went back to singing [full time]." Actually, even then, Hacken still needed to overcome an obstacle that came from his own people. His manager thought he was too old (he was 33 years old) and not popular enough for the CDs and VCDs of the concert to sell well, so he rejected Hacken's request that the concert be released on CD and VCD. Yet Hacken believed in himself and kept insisting that the CDs, VCDs, and DVDs be released. Finally, in March 2001, the CDs were released and the VCDs and DVDs were released after that. At the time, the excellent CD sales broke a Hong Kong record for concert CD sales!

Hacken was definitely on his way to great success, as his popularity soared and everyone started appreciating his music again. In that year, he won many awards for his hit song, Flying Flowers and a couple other songs. Hacken filmed a TVB series about lawyers with Kenix Kwok, called Legal Entanglement (in which he played the role of a lawyer) in 2001 that did not air in Hong Kong until the next year. At the start of 2002, Hacken finally had a concert during Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, and it had been 9 years since he had his last solo concert there. In February 2002, Hacken died his hair gray for the concert (later in the year, he died it to yellow/blonde, at around August) and had worked out since the year before to look more manly and tough. He even danced (he has always said he's scared of dancing because he's not good at it) with some sexy dancers while wearing sunglasses. Hacken's new image was exciting and impressive. He sang some new songs and many of his classic songs. Tickets were sold out, and Hacken was very happy with the success of the concert. He even cried during the last concert! Right before Hacken's first concert, TVB started airing Legal Entanglement. The series was very successful. Super fan Rou remembers: "In 2002, he had his solo concert and this concert was a rousing success. The CDs, VCDs, DVDs had high sales and gained him the awards of IFPI Bestselling Male Singer and IFPI Bestselling Album (HK). His show, LE [Legal Entanglement] also had high ratings at a time when TVB ratings were in a slump, further stamping his popularity. June [2002] was World Cup month and Hacken was the ambassador for TVB [he was one of the sports commentators, like he is now], singing the theme song [for the soccer sport show. The song was Victory, in which Hacken used the hit instrumental, Victory, by popular England group, Bond] and hosting the programs. During this time, his exposure rate [was] brought to an all-time high and this was followed by Oi But Sek Sau [Can't Let Hands Go] and Gou Mui [Tall Girl, in which Gigi Leung composed the music and Hacken wrote the lyrics], two highly popular songs. The rest, as they say, is history." Hacken continued to cooperate with TVB when he made a music special that starred himself, Gigi Leung, Cecilia Cheung, and Andy Lau that summer. At about this time, he finally had an official [before, he only really had fansites] website. His CD sales were high, fans were cheering for him everywhere he went-his popularity was at its peak. He won many awards for Victory, Tall Girl, and Can't Let Hands Go at the end of the year. Even with all his success, Hacken remained modest and did not agree with reporters who said he was the favorite to win the most coveted award for male Hong Kong singers-the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award.

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Biography - Page 5
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

In January 2003, to the delight of fans and fellow singer friends, Hacken received the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award to thunderous applause and cheers! Hacken waited 17 years to win this award! Eric Tsang revealed afterwards that the other singers and he were planning on protesting right then if the award was not given to Hacken, who everyone thought truly deserved that award. Everyone already guessed that Hacken would win before the ceremony. But when Alan Tam came on-stage to present the award, everyone was completely sure. "Alan Tam Wing Lun personally presented him with the award, but also expressed that he has already found a successor in Hacken. He also transferred his father's advice to him in 85's award show "Win But Don't Be Proud" to Hacken and hoped that Hacken would continue to work hard. Hacken humbly said that he is not qualified to be Alan's successor, but [at least] the victory did not disappoint Alan's expectation in him. Hacken also honestly thanked TVB because over the years, during good and bad times, TVB has given him so many opportunities. At his worst at least he was able to host TVB Jade Solid Gold. He also thanked his [girlfriend], who he said might be so happy for him at home that [she is] crying." (source: Hong Kong Entertainment Review) Afterwards, reporters asked him why he did not cry when he won, since he had waited so long and worked so hard to finally get the award. He explained that he wanted to be able to thank everyone properly, so he tried not to cry [though his eyes were red and welled up with tears]. This was Hacken's message (translated by Carmen/Elaine? and Aiwah), which he posted the next day, at his official website:

11652. Hacken 1/6/03 10:02:42 PM
Thank you every friend that has supported me all along, no matter if you were there at the show or at home watching, without you all, I would not have got this big award that I wished I could have for the past 17 years. This year, I will work even harder. Also, hope I can get other awards. This year's award is the biggest and everyone can see it, I can share this with you. The concert has already arrived "on my doorstep", so..... I will try my best! :) :) :)

As many of you know, Hacken's success continued with his collaboration with Alan Tam for a Chinese New Year concert in Hong Kong (mentioned in his message above) at the start of 2003, called Left Lun, Right Lee (the phrase in Cantonese means "neighbors" or "friends"). Alan is his good friend and mentor, who he has also said is like a father to him--but because of Alan's playful personality, is more like a little brother to him. Since they are such good friends, their concert and song (by the same name), was extremely welcomed. But around March, Hong Kong had many SARS outbreaks, and Hacken and Alan had to postpone the second round of their concerts in April until later that year. From April until June, Hacken and many other artists, like everyone else in Hong Kong, spent most of their time in-doors to avoid being infected by SARS. Hacken's workload was drastically decreased (like most other artists), so he spent a lot of time playing mahjong with Alan and his other friends. During the month of May, Hacken, Alan and other big stars took part in the huge concert set up by Anita Mui to raise money for SARS victims, called the 1:99 All Star Charity Concert (1:99 being the bleach to water ratio that the Hong Kong people were instructed to use to mix up a solution used to disinfect their homes and themselves with), which included many famous artists, such as Andy Lau, Sammi Cheung, and Jacky Cheung. Hacken and Alan were quite popular and welcomed with a lot of applause, having one of the more popular performances that night. Hacken and other singers took part in various charity shows to raise money for SARS victims both during the time outbreaks were still going on and afterwards. By June 2003, the disease was finally contained in Hong Kong. Everyone could go about their business as usual again, no more masks and empty streets. Hacken soon became busy with work again.

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Biography - Page 6
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

At the end of June, Hacken and Alan, as promised, continued their concerts that were postponed in April. The concerts were very successful, though they kept making fun of other Hong Kong celebrities. But Andy Lau (one of the people they made fun of) was not mad at them and even praised them for cheering up Hong Kong people with their jokes! He sent them a big floral arrangement that said: "I Lau Tak Wa sincerely show deep appreciation for the two superstars of Left Lun Right Lee, Lee Hark Kun and Tam Wing Lun! The content of the concert came from a place full of justice. The words were humorous and thought provoking. They brought joy to the public! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I do not mind what you have said at all. Please continue to say them every night!" (source: HK Top Ten) In August, Hacken and Alan had an overseas concert tour that also had great results, performing in the United States, Canada, and Australia. By the end of the year, Hacken once again received many awards at the various music awards shows. In January 2004, Hacken once again received the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award. He continued working with Alan on their second concert that would also take place during Chinese New Year, called Left Lun, Right Lee: Happy 2004. Though they were still very popular and their concert ticket sales and CD sales were great, they were not as popular as the year before, and some critics started saying that it was time for Hacken and Alan to go their separate ways before fans really got bored with them appearing and singing together all the time. Hacken and Alan agreed that they should not continue working together on concerts because Hacken needed to maintain his image as a solo singer. But they promised fans they would cooperate on projects every few years. At the end of 2003, Hacken was nominated for and received many awards. He even had a breakthrough when he won the Chik Chak award for My Favorite Male Singer (voted on by the audience at the awards show that night), Hacken never received any awards from that awards show before that year, never mind such a big award as that. Hacken was so happy, he stood up on his chair and jumped up and down! Yet, in the next two years, Hacken was not able to win that award.

In 2004, Hacken had good CD sales and remained popular, yet he still decided to film a movie instead of just focusing on releasing CDs. Hacken filmed a movie with five other men (among them, George Lam, Ekin Cheng, Andy Hui, and Chapman To), called Six Strong Guys, around April 2004, which was difficult at first for Hacken, because he was not used to filming overnight and having such a tight work schedule. Hacken talked about how he had to work in movies as well as sing to make enough money because the current Hong Kong CD sales were doing poorly because of illegal downloading on the internet. Hacken and other artists took part in several special shows or functions to remind the public to not download songs illegally. During April, Hacken's fan club was re-established, and Hacken had the first meeting with them during the month of June. Unluckily, at around the end of that summer, Hacken had a vocal chord problem because he was over-working himself (luckily at around summer of 2005, Joey Yung recommended an acupuncturist to Hacken that was able to cure his vocal chords, for which he was very grateful to "big sister" Joey for helping him out! =P Hacken and Joey collaborated successfully at the end of 2004 on a concert for 903 radio, which helped Hacken and Joey to get to know each other better.). At the end of the year, Hacken still received many awards. However, Hacken did not win the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award in January 2005, which would have tied him with Andy Lau for his record of winning the award 3 years in a row. Andy Lau won in 2005. Hacken was disappointed, but still very happy for his good friend. He promised fans that he (together, with his fans) would work even harder in 2005 to get the award next year.

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Biography - Page 7
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)

At around March 2005, Hacken and his old friend Joey Leung hosted a new TVB show called Minutes to Fame together. It got great ratings, and Hong Kong people enjoyed watching the funny show, where the hosts and celebrity guests often had fun teasing the contestants that could not sing or acted very strangely on the show. The show was so successful that Hacken agreed to do a second season, delaying the release of his Mandarin CD, which Universal did not allow him to work on until 2005. In May, Hacken went overseas for concerts once again, to the United States and Canada, also spending some time judging contestants for the Minutes to Fame show in Canada. During this year, there were a lot of rumors saying Hacken would soon marry Emily, all of which Hacken denied. His Mandarin CD was finally released at the end of July, and CD sales were great. At the end of the year, he was really happy to finally win some Mandarin music awards for his Mandarin song, Love Can Ask Whom. During September, Hacken managed to record all his coming CD's songs live in a school concert hall, resulting in a CD called Concert Hall, which sold very well. Hacken was the first Hong Kong singer to release his CD on a dual disc, which meant a single disc had a CD on one side and a DVD on the other side. By the end of 2005, Hacken received many award nominations and awards again (including some awards for Minutes to Fame, given by TVB), but he had a lot of competition from Eason Chan and Leo Ku. It was hard to guess who would win the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award in January 2006. But many people thought it would be Eason, since he made a strong comeback that year.

On January 15, 2006, Hacken won the big award for the third time, and the first person he hugged was Andy Lau (Andy Lau also hugged Hacken first when he won in 2005). Hacken was extremely happy and jumping up and down a lot! He even announced that he would get married this year and shouted out "Thank you, my wife!" Hacken had a solo concert during Chinese New Year again, four years after his last solo concert. He dyed his hair purple and spiked it up for the concert. He even brought his dog, Peanut, to the concert to demonstrate some tricks (because the new year is the year of the dog)! During April, Hacken, Alan, Gigi Leung, Jackie Chan, and other singers had the honor of taking part in singing a song, Olympic Beijing, which would be used to promote the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (source: HK Top Ten) This year is World Cup year again, so Hacken has been busy writing soccer blogs, recording songs for his upcoming CD, and being one of the sports commentators for TVB's sports show covering the 2006 World Cup championships ever since the World Cup began in June. Hacken's soccer song, "I'm Wearing #10", is very popular lately, and Hacken also wrote the lyrics to the song. Earlier this year, Hacken went to Japan on holiday like he usually does each year, with his girlfriend Emily. The most recent news about his wedding was that he already took wedding pictures with Emily in England. Also, Hacken himself said the wedding would probably have to take place after he releases his Concert Hall 2 CD. This could mean that Hacken won't have time to get married until at least this autumn. Hacken has said that he would like a low-key wedding many times before. However, he says it will not be as low-key as Eason Chan's (which was very low-key, with no press invited to take pictures or record the ceremony). After they get married, Hacken says he would love to have children as soon as possible because he does not want to have too big an age gap between him and his children. Also, Hacken, Alan, and Joey Leung spent the start of this year and the end of last year filming their movie, We Are Family. The movie was released at the June 1st and received mixed reviews. Nevertheless, many fans like the movie, and it seems quite successful in the Mainland and Hong Kong. Hacken is probably currently in Germany as I am writing this right now. He is there because he is a Carlsberg soccer ambassador and they sponsored him and some fans to go see a soccer game in Germany. Hacken said in his recent message that he would watch two matches, the Germany vs. Argentina (June 30) and the England (his favorite team) vs. Portugal (July 1) match. Now you are all caught up on Hacken's life (in general) and his most important achievements, from his birth to today, June 29th (in Hong Kong time, not my time (PST), because this is about Hacken's life, and he lives in Hong Kong, after all)! Welcome to the very big Hacken fans family! We live all over the world and wholeheartedly support Hacken! At this point, are you wondering why so many people like Hacken?

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Biography - Page 8
(Information compiled by Kate. Written by Kate. If I made any mistakes, please correct me. Thanks! Go to the CONTACT page to see how to contact me.)
Hacken is so popular both because he can sing well and he is a very likeable person. Everyone probably knows Hacken is a fantastic singer who has an amazing voice. [To read more about Hacken's good traits and why I like Hacken, go to the Forum, in the Fans section, and read the "=0) Why I'm Hacken's fan" article I wrote! Don't worry, it's not as long as this one! ;) ] But did you know that Hacken and Jacky Cheung are the only two Hong Kong singers that are highly respected when it comes to singing live? I have read that people compare Hacken and Jacky's live singing in this way: if Jacky's live singing was considered "perfect", then Hacken's would be considered "flawless". Hacken is also really nice to his fans, keeping in touch with fans often by posting messages telling fans what he's up to, or responding to fans' questions or comments at his official website. He has been posting messages to fans since around the year 2000. He also meets fans from his fan club whenever he can when he's overseas, especially in Singapore, which he has gone to a lot for concerts with Alan. Hacken is so popular partly because of his amazing voice, but also because of his great personality. He is very clever, charming, and has a great sense of humor--which makes him very likeable, a good host, and has made many famous celebrities like Eric Tsang, Andy Lau, and Nat Chan like him. So, even though some people say Hacken is only successful today because of Alan's and TVB's help, it requires a lot of talent and hard work on Hacken's part to bring him the success and fame he has today! Hacken's fan, Rou, points out that "During an interview [in 2003], Hacken pondered whether Eric and Nat liked him because Alan influenced all his friends to like Hacken. (Eric, Nat and Alan are an influential trio in HK, with the nickname Fu Luk Sou). So the reporter asked Nat for his response and Nat noted that he's a person not easy to get along with and so it's very hard for him to like a person, much less get influenced by others. He said he liked Hacken because [he liked him] from the bottom of his heart and not because of any other factors. Eric also said that Hacken is one who listens to advice and works on it. He noted that in spite of Alan helping Hacken, it ultimately boils down on Hacken himself to achieve success and Hacken did it." Hacken is a truly talented and exceptional artist! I am so happy and proud that he was able to overcome the obstacles in his life to be where he is today. I'm sure he will be a great father, too. Let's all wait and see when Hacken and Emily finally get married! I'm sure it will be a very joyous and big event, which a lot of people have been waiting for! We wish Hacken and Emily a very happy and loving marriage!!! :) We all wish Hacken continued success and many more years of making great music!

"Let the night's wind, gently breeze by
With gift of floral fragrance, as if blessing you and I
Let the night's stars, gently shine above
Shine on your dreams, dancing like wave blossoms"
(Lyrics from Hacken's inspirational song, Red Sun)

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Credits: - Thanks to Rou, Stephanie, and Go Anthony Callea Tong for their input!
- HKVP Radio, http://www.hkvpradio.com
- Carmen Wong's website: http://clik.to/hackenkenix
- Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacken_Lee
- CASH, www.cash.org.hk/
- Elaine Leung's website: http://www.geocities.com/xiluvhackenleex/
- HK Top Ten (The Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) Film TOP TEN BOX OFFICE Home Page), http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/
- Hong Kong Entertainment Review, http://www.hkentreview.com/
- fan Alan Alan's message posted at Hacken Zone fansite, http://www.hackenlee.com.hk/

[*** There are a lot of old interviews/news (including the ones I referred to in this Bio) here: Hacken Lee ID Blogspot, http://hackenleeid.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2006-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&%20updated-max=2007-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=27 ***] (it's all IN THE 2006 ARCHIVE!)

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PART 1 --->things from the HLID fansite

2011-01-23T00:30:00.000-08:00

(because Em can no longer host our fansite, and i'm not sure what will happen to our site, i'm going to re-post most of the things from the site here, so that it doesn't entirely disappear...!!)

About:

I thought of making a webpage in English for Hacken in May 2005. I know that there are many Hacken fans that can't read Chinese and live overseas (I am one of them!), so it's very hard for them to keep up with Hacken's news. This webpage will allow English-speaking fans from all over the world to know what Hacken's doing and also get to know other Hacken fans. This webpage also has a lot of information about Hacken's life and personality. That's why I named the website Hacken Lee ID*, it's about Hacken's identity---you can learn about what kind of person he is. The more you learn about Hacken, the more you will like him! :) He's not only a great singer, he is also a very good person, from whom I have learned a lot of valuable life lessons from. I hope that this webpage will help fans keep up with Hacken's news, concerts, etc. Also, it would be great if non-fans coming here become new Hacken fans after learning more about Hacken. That would make all the staff members and I VERY happy!
Support Hacken forever!!
-Kate

Contact:

Hi! If you have any questions or comments about the website, you can contact us here. We'll try to respond soon. (For questions or comments about Hacken Lee, please register and post a message at the forum.)

[i don't check this email that much anymore,
so it's best 2 go to the forum and post in the cbox!]

Terms of Use:

You are welcome to re-post the material we have at our website, but please make sure you credit our website. Make sure you say you got it from Hacken Lee ID, and post the link to our main page after that. Thanks.

-Hacken Lee ID staff

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Hacken Lee ID is not affiliated with Hacken Lee in any way. This is just a fansite created for Hacken Lee's fans. This webpage does not generate any income. Images, pictures and news sources are the copyright of the appropriate owners and are used without prior permission in line with the fair use exception of the Copyright Act for news reporting purposes.

Credits:

MANY MANY THANKS to the following people, who made this webpage possible! I truly appreciate all your time and effort spent on working on this site!

Thank you very much, Em, for hosting this webpage. If not for you, we would have had a hard time finding a good place to host it! Thank you Ruan and Viper, for giving me a lot of information and tips about what the site needs and being the 2 most active staff members from the beginning until now! Even during long periods of time when I wasn't able to work on certain sections of the site, you two kept going and reminding everyone to keep working on it. Thank you, Fei, for making the layout, giving me ideas about how the site should be organized, and showing me how to upload files/make pages. Also, I want to thank you the www.leehacken.com Admin for allowing us to translate the news gathered at your site into English! And I want to thank MYSELF, too! =P

Of course, thank you to all of the 9 current staff members for wanting to work on this site, even though we have had many delays and you must have had moments where you doubt if this site will ever be started! Below, you can find out more about our staff.
-Kate
(October 2006)

Staff:

(10 people, as of March 3, 2008)
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-Ruan [forum admin, moderator, e-mail responder] [AUSTRALIA]

-Em (Aiwah) [(sometimes) translator] [UK]

-Kate [WEBMASTER, moderator, updating Gallery, News, Hacken's Messages, etc.] [USA]
I'm Kate and I live in the USA. I want to work on this website so that fans that can't read Chinese can still read news and messages from Hacken. I also hope that this website will influence more people to like Hacken! Also, I think everyone should know that Hacken is not only a good singer, he is also a very good person.

-Jane [translator, graphic artist] [USA]

-Minna [(sometimes) translator, e-mail responder, promoting website] [USA]
Hello, My name is Minna and I am from the USA. I want to help work on this website because i am a BIG hacken fan. I want to help out on hacken related things including all of his fans!

-Gillian [translator, e-mail responder] [SINGAPORE]

-Hianez [translator] [SINGAPORE]

-Jenny [Hacken Lee International Fan Club correspondent] [Hong Kong, CHINA]

-Hacmily [translator] [MALAYSIA]

-Mary [translator] [MALAYSIA]

Media:

You can go to YouTube to find TONS of Hacken's video clips, both old and new. Just search for "hacken lee" or Hacken's name in Chinese.

And you can join our FORUM to download/watch many media clips, too! I have also posted directions there about how to register and download media clips from Hackenation, which is a great source of Hacken's video/audio clips!!

Listen to some of Hacken's songs HERE.
(Sorry, it doesn't work very well if u click on the "Listen" button to listen to them all at once. it's better if u listen to one song at a time, so there's less buffering.) ENJOY! :) Some recent ones and some old favorites. I'll add more songs once in a while.

Gallery:

If a picture is worth a thousand words,
you can find out a lot about Hacken by looking through his photos!
And there's MANY MANY MANY photos of Hacken here.
In this gallery, we have over 4000 pictures of Hacken!!
(Counting the repeats too. Sorry, while looking at
thousands of pictures on my computer,
I get tired and start to forget which pictures I have
uploaded already!) So what are you waiting for??

Check out the *GALLERY* now! =)
-Kate

----> 5.31.2007 : from this day on, i'm uploading all new (and also old pics or screencaps or posters, etc. of hacken that have not been uploaded at the photobucket gallery) here: *NEW GALLERY*

----> 11.27.07 : *HLID GALLERY Part 2*

----> 01.16.08 : *HLID GALLERY Part 3*

----> 05.14.08 : *HLID GALLERY Part 4*

----> 11.22.08 : *HLID GALLERY Part 5*

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Wallpapers & other fan art (many made by Kate)*:
(click HERE to go to album)

Also, go to these places for more wallpapers:

hacken lee WALLPAPERs & other graphics Frappr Map
(**once you join, you can upload your wallpapers/other graphics to share with all Hacken fans!**)
UMG Hacken Lee Page (wallpapers, screensavers, etc.)
just wallpaper (Lissa's wallpapers page)
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Also, these two Hacken fans are very talented photographers. They have taken great photos of Hacken at his functions/concerts and posted it up at these places:

Kar-Yan Mak's gallery
Richard Ho's gallery
(MANY cool photos from Hacken's 2006 concert! :) Trust me, you MUST come see!!)
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*GIF Animations*
(just for fun. haha. enjoy! =P)

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* I do not claim ownership to all of these photos. I only claim ownership of the graphics or pictures made/taken by myself, which I have specified. The rest of the pictures/animations belong to the respective owners whose website url or name may appear on the photo/animation. Among the sites the pictures belong to are: hackenleenet.com, yesasia.com, umg.com.hk, tvb.com, various HK newspapers (such as Orisun, Ming Pao, Apple Daily), Sina.com.hk, Ent.tom.com, various Hacken fan sites/groups (such as Hacken Station, Hackenation, hackenlee.net, Lee Hacken, Hacken Zone, Admirable Hacken, groups.msn.com/VPHOTO2004) and other websites such as: flickr.com/photos/hacken, richardho.mygallery.biz/albums.php, wire-studio-workshop.com, yeah18.com, vivianchow.info/, nb2000.net, sensasian.com, etc. I am only displaying these pictures/animations at these albums so that I can share them with as many fans as possible, in the most convenient way as possible, and not to sell them or benefit from them in any way. I have disabled the function that allows people to buy the photos at the Yahoo gallery. But if you still wish that I remove any picture/animation that belongs to you, please email me at hackenleeID@gmail.com, and I will do so.

Websites in English:

Hacken Lee Discussion Forum (This forum was one of the first places about Hacken I found online when I was a new fan! I come here daily. But sometimes, it cannot be accessible for unknown reasons.)

Hacken Lee-International Fans YAHOO Group (My yahoo group about Hacken)

Click to join hackenlee-intlfans

Youtube.com (You can find A LOT of old/recent Hacken video clips here, including at my channel there (kate6002))
Hacken Lee Fans Frappr Map (Add yourself 2 the map of Hacken fans all over the world!)
Wikipedia's Hacken Lee Page (I think all the info about Hacken's life here is accurate. There are many useful links, also!)
Hacken's CD's Page at Yesasia (order Hacken's CD's, videos, etc. here)
Hacken's Cottage (though rarely updated, one of the few existing Hacken sites in eng.!)
hacken-lyrics @ blogger (a lot of Hacken's song lyrics translated into eng.!)

Websites in Chinese/English:

Hacken Lee's Official Blog

Hacken Lee's Official Website

(GREAT site with almost daily updates of all news/magazines Hacken is in!! also, u can see his work schedule!)

Hackenation (Great place to chat about Hacken, find pics of him, and download some audio/video clips)
Hacken Station (lots of good stuff here, but I have trouble accessing it...my browser freezes when i go there! Maybe u won't have the same problem.)
Hacken Zone (great website, where Hacken used to go to leave messages for fans. the news section has his new songs there for you to listen/download!)

Websites in Chinese:

Hacken Lee's Page at UMG (UMG's section for Hacken, with a lot of nice wallpapers and info about him)
Hacken Lee's Page at Machester United (Click on the Chinese text on the bottom to go to the Forum)
Hacken Lee Net (**Click on the small circle to enter the website. I have trouble navigating this website, though, and sometimes it freezes.)
Hacken Lee's Lyrics Page at Coolmanmusic (Hacken's Lyrics Page)
Hacken Lee's Page at Stareast (Hacken used to work for Stareast, so his page is still there. There's a Hacken screensaver here!)
Hacken Labyrinth

Profile:

(translated by Jane, credit: http://hackenleenet.com)
Name: Hacken Lee (Hacken = lee hak kun)
Birthday: December 6
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'8"
Weight: Approximately 130+ pounds
Education: Form 7
[according to Carmen's site: http://clik.to/hackenkenix, he went to High School and 1 Year of College]
Favorite Food: Steak, Seafood
Favorite Fruit: Lychee
Dislike Food: Salty Fish, Shrimp Paste, Durian
Favorite Place: Japan, Australia, Thailand
Most Disliked Place: Public Restroom
Favorite Sport: Soccer, Basketball, Golf
Most Disliked Sport: All the Water sports
Favorite Sport Team: England, Manchester United, Michael Jordan's Time at Chicago Bulls
Dislike Sport Team: Germany, Argentina, Arsenal Asia
Favorite Sport Player: David Beckham, Roy Keane, Ryan Joseph Wilson, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Alan Iverson
Dislike Sport Player: Thierry Henry, Fredrik, Ljungberg, Rivaldo, Shaq O'Neal
Favorite Singer: Alan Tam, Tamaki Koji
Favorite Actor: Stephen Chow
Unforgettable Experience: Every concert

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EXTRA INFO FROM http://football.orisun.com/wcp/blog/?cat=3
[Hacken's 2006 World Cup Soccer Blog, translated by Jane]:

- Family Members: Dad, Mom, and younger sister
- Favorite Actors: Chow Yin Fat and Stephen Chow
- Played Soccer years: since the early days
- Watched Soccer years: since the early days

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EXTRA INFO FROM http://clik.to/hackenkenix:

Nick Name: Lek Yun [Smart Person]
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Languages Spoken: Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Favorite Hobbies: Singing, Writing/Composing Songs, Listening to Music
Favorite Sports: Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Basketball
Favorite Colors: Blue, White, Red
Favorite Fruit: Mango
Favorite Drink: Coke
Favorite Type of Clothes: Jeans & Sports clothing
Favorite Singers: Alan Tam, Sam Hui, Wham, Air Supply
Favorite Movie: Terminator

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Also, Hacken was born in the year of the Goat: 1967.

Emily

(information compiled and written by Kate)
Hacken's girlfriend Emily Lo Suk Yee was Miss Hong Kong 1992. Her birthday is on November 16. She is 6 years younger than Hacken. Emily likes to keep a low profile and is rarely photographed with Hacken except when she goes with him to certain functions, concerts, friends' parties, or Japan on holiday, for instance. They met when he was one of the hosts and guest performers for that year's pageant. Emily was already a fan of Hacken's, and he also seemed to like her. According to one of Hacken's long-time fans, Rou, "Emily remarked during the competition that she actually had fans cos hacken had told his fans that he thinks highly of her and believes that she could win the crown . . . when she had completed her obligations as Ms HK and made the decision to leave showbiz, she also commented that her biggest gain from showbiz was knowing Hacken, even though their relationship then was still under wraps." Emily and Hacken have been a couple for about 14 years now, and they are practically husband and wife, though they have not gotten married. Hacken keeps postponing the wedding because he wants to focus on his career before he starts a family. But right after he won the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award in January 2006, Hacken finally announced on-stage that he will be getting married this year! He will probably have time to get married July or later this year.

Hacken has said many times before that without Emily's support, he would not be so successful today. Besides helping Hacken, she spends her time learning various things. According to Rou, "from whatever little hacken mentioned abt her, in recent years, she had got a golf teaching license, learnt foreign languages and taken up courses [such as Chinese medicine, last year]. In recent years, she has also become his fashion consultant. A lot of people think that Emily is a tai-tai with an easy life cos hacken's earnings these few years is sufficient for her to enjoy life. But in a rare mention of her in an interview, hacken defended her by saying "Emily is actually very busy, She has to arrange all my clothes for my performances, scout for sponsors for me on top of her own work. But I never interfere with her work. I only tell her 'If you want to work, you work. If you want to play, you play. a person is happiest without any financial burden. As long as you are happy, I will support you.'"

Some of Hacken's songs from 2003 and 2004 were related to or directly about his relationship with Emily, such as "Together Long Will Get Married" (and some other ones on the Everlast CD!) (about a couple that have been dating for many years but still haven't gotten married), "3001 Nights" (about a couple together for 10 yrs and how she supported him during his rough times), and "You Cannot Sing" (about how, in Rou's words: "although she does not know how to sing, she always gives him inspiration for his songs". so sweet of him to dedicate this song to her!). Hacken was very emotional when recording the song 3001 Nights in 2003. According to the DAILY BASELESS BLAH, he said "It's been awhile since I got teary eyed when I recorded a song. The lyrics really cut close".

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3001 Nights

We've been together for 10 years.
We have found hapiness, right?
Even if I dont say anything touching,
our story is still far from being dull

travelling on the edge of cliffs, or snowy grounds,
as I start to lose my energy,
you were there for me. And so, I will not give up.

Thinking back to the days when my heart was too broken to love again,
in the cruel cold, you were there to smile for me.
You brushed away the snow, and started to heal me.

Back when I was not desired by anyone,
you never left my side.
Now I know that you had cried in those days,
but you did no dare to tell me.

To this day, I can finally raise my head with pride,
and you act as if you have never cried in the past.
You know me too well.
From the day you met me on,
you take it upon yourself to never let me hurt again.
(you know me too well.
As if you and I were a result of our past life, you will be by my side this lifetime)

(from: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/4828/lyrictrans.html)
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You Won't Sing

Why Fuzzy but like a back shadow
Calming going To the back Give me whistle noise
Actually you should 10 years ago
Have world's appreciation Turn to shining start

* I'm the one on the stage You're the huge person off the stage
Standing beside the stage give me good luck
Everything experience Only scare can't do without you
Can face the whole world Only because of you Sacriface for me

# Actually you know at the beginning What you have given up to follow me
If you Give me up You're achievement will be much bigger
Actually you won't sing Using love to get me though
When I'm On high points In low points
Can still Have more energy to sing Every song

Repeat * #

Never open mouth Quietly clap
But I know Who's with me Without a word dueting this song

Actually you won't sing Put the feelings in the song
If you Don't look at me
Will there be another person to sing love songs to
Actually you won't sing Using love to get me though
Let me when I'm in hard times In stress times
Can still Face the universe
Totally without any worries to sing My song

[translation done by 61er (AKA Longfumoon)]
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other sources:
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2038/ [DAILY BASELESS BLAH]
www.misshkbeauties.com
www.hongkongbeauties.com

recent/old hacken news!!!!!!

2009-09-27T09:27:00.000-07:00

(sorry, there's been no real hacken news in a long time
and i'm late in posting them here too.)

http://www.88news.net/2009/09/23/left-alan-right-lee-concert-attracted-50000-audience-in-guangxi/
Left Alan, Right Lee” concert attracted 50,000 audience in Guangxi

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=681543
Hacken Lee looks for white pants for carrying the "Torch"
Saturday August 29, 2009 Hong Kong

these days, hacken's working on his new CD and still having Left Lun Right Lee concerts at various places in Asia, and he's plugging a new song, "Grandma".

kenix & frankie's affair rumors...hacken dragged in to the mess!

2009-07-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

though it's just more stupid rumors that he had an affair with kenix,
if u wanna read about it, go to www.jaynestars.com. =/

hacken and alan's world tour starts this summer!!

2009-03-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

this time, hacken and alan will have concerts in many different locations all over the world! please support them and go to one of their overseas concerts if u can!!!!! :D

the first confirmed location is Atlantic City, NY, USA!
go here for more info: http://aznconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/03/alan-tam-and-hacken-lee-world-tour-2009.html

(credit: http://www.rmpny.com/main.html)

and hacken said in his latest message that they will be having concerts in LV, Toronto, maybe Boston, and KL, Australia, etc.!! i'll try to keep you updated about all his concert locations/dates! =)

(4.26.2009 edit:
their las vegas and toronto concerts have been announced!! =D
go here for all the info: http://aznconcerts.blogspot.com/search?q=hacken+lee)

Hacken: I've Piled On 7 Pounds

2009-03-18T18:31:00.000-07:00

=) read the news here:
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1587&lang=1

also:
Hacken Lee went through custom without any problem,
Tuesday March 17, 2009 Hong Kong
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=636496

hacken's CD, concert news...

2009-01-14T09:12:00.000-08:00

go to links below to read! =)

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=617176
Hacken Lee does not want his son to steal his limelight,
Monday January 12, 2009 Hong Kong

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=617451
Hacken Lee sings good songs to thank his friends' support,
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Hong Kong

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=617342
Hacken Lee & Alan Tam's Concert To Render Financial Aid for the 2009 East Asian Games, Tuesday January 13, 2009 Hong Kong

news from december 2008 about their concert...

2009-01-10T12:35:00.000-08:00

(sorry, there havn't been any real hacken news in a long time!! at least his new CD, Today Special is finally gonna be released soon!! i pre-ordered it today...looking forward to it!! also, they did add more shows, so their concert will have 10 shows in all, feb. 1-10, 2009.)

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=609668
Alan Tam and Hacken Lee will be the guinea pigs at HK Coliseum
Tuesday December 16, 2008

Alan Tam had a X'mas party "Alan &Fans x'mas Party " the other night. 400 fans were at the party. Alan also invited Natalis Chan (阿叻) and Pang Kin Sang and the group Mr as guest.
Alan recently received medal from The Hong Kong Government. He took the medal along to show to his fans. Alan said " I am not the first person to wear this medal, my mom wore if before me. She is going to be the winner of mahjong from now on."

Speaking about Alan and Hacken 's concert being the first show in the Hong Kong Coliseum after its renovation, Alan told reporter that the venue was originally booked by the East Asia Sport Club. The sport club kindly let them have their concert first. "We are the guinea pigs, testing the sound systems as well as the drainage pipes." Alan is planning to spend christmas in mainland for holidays with his famly.

Source:MingPao
"Translator:dragon888 @ http://www.asianvn.com

.........................

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=611401

Alam Tam and Hacken Lee continue with the charity work,
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Alan Tam and Hacken Lee are preparing for their "Alan(left) Hacken(Right) concert 2009" in Feb 2009 at The Hong Kong Coliseum. Ticket sale starts today. Alan said, "Credit card bookings are full. 70% internal tickets are booked also. If fans want to watch the concert, they betrer hurry up to book tickets because the ticket sale is very good, we haven't decided yet if we will extend the concert."

Alan and Hacken have been secretly training to keep fit. They want the audience to have a nice surprise. Although they have a very busy schedule, they make time for charity work. Last week they were managing a telephone line for 2 hours to raise fund. Alan did that last year, this year he got Hacken and Emme Wong to do it with him. They hope they can raise more money to help the charity.

Alan revealed that in just two hours, Hong Kong area have raised 1,800,000 HK dollars. The sum will be donated to Sichuan victim support to help the people to rebuild their home. Alan stressed that a lot of people have to rebuild them home, it is a long process, not just a one off. That is why they have to continue to raise fund.

Source:MingPao
"Translator:dragon888 @ http://www.asianvn.com"

Hacken at RTHK press conference... Hacken received a reward for working for TVB for 20 years!

2008-12-08T17:56:00.000-08:00

sorry, i forgot to post up these links!
both news are from nov. 30.

East Asia Music Boycotts RTHK Event
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1361

Tavia Yeung Receives TVB Service Award
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1359&img=3

Hacken will team up with Alan again for concerts in 2009!!

2008-10-17T19:38:00.000-07:00

Hacken sings with Myolie at JSG and
talks about having a concert with Alan at the start of 2009!
Read the news at batgwa.com:

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1274
Hacken Hopes For Happiness In HK, 17 October 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken Lee's maid fires him instead!

2008-10-03T00:26:00.000-07:00

sorry, no new news in a long while! until now.

[credit: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=581843&st=0&gopid=5470642]
Hacken Lee's maid fires him instead for her carelessness,
Friday September 19, 2008 Hong Kong

Source: wenweipo
Translated by: kingkongit27 @ asianuniverse

Hacken Lee's maid fires him instead for her carelessness

Hacken Lee yelled out to the paparazzi's yesterday evening "Changes in the family". It was in fact not about him and his wife Emily Lo having marriage problems, but because one of his maids was careless and dropped his son Ryan on the ground. His eye area immediately appeared bruised and made Hacken very concerned and worried.

But what made Hacken most angry was that before he had time to scold the maid, she immediately turned it around and fired him instead. Hacken said "Before I fired her, she fired me. I didn't get to scold her but she already said "I want to resign", afterwards I immediately asked her to leave. If she was working for one more week, who knows if we will have steamed chicken to eat? He felt the same experience as another student in his school days when they also fired their maid. But personally he felt more worse because he was fired instead.

Hacken stated without the maid he took care of his son with his wife for the last 2 nights. Not only did he not have the chance to watch his favorite English football match but he also couldn't sleep. He even had to cancel recordings, but fortunatley the company didn't complain.

olympics news: Hacken Lee Sings Praises for 'New Beijing'

2008-08-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

[hehe, hacken's so happy 2 be there!! =)
pics credit: http://ent.sina.com.cn]

read the news here:
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1128
7 August 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken Lee Excited About Olympics

2008-08-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

read the news here! =)

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1097
Hacken Lee Excited About Olympics
28 July 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken : Dogs & Babies Can Co-exist

2008-07-27T18:27:00.000-07:00

read the news here! =)

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1093
Hacken : Dogs & Babies Can Co-exist
27 July 2008
Emma Lam

hacken talks about upcoming CD and concert!

2008-07-12T23:56:00.000-07:00

read the news here! =)

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1043
Hacken Lee Calls In Seven Friends
12 July 2008
Emma Lam

hacken's olympics hosting job news

2008-07-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

read it here!

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=1004
TVB Reveal Olympic Coverage Line-up
2 July 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken was a guest at Kelly Chen's concert.

2008-06-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

read the news here:

Hacken Plays The Prawn At Kelly Chen Concert

18 June 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken and many other HK stars help with the fundraising effort for the Sichuan earthquake victims

2008-05-19T22:42:00.000-07:00

Hacken took part in recording a fundraising song.
read news about it here: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=884

(u can watch the MV here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlyZfne3JM&feature=user)

He was also at the recent TVB fundraising show.
read news about it here: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=888

Of course, Hacken has donated money, and he even donated money on Ryan's behalf! He has also asked all his fans to help out by donating money.

Batgwa.com news: Eason Chan: Gossip Is The Price Of Fame

2008-05-14T17:41:00.000-07:00

[picture credit: on.cc]

=) read about what Hacken and Eason think of
the rumors that they don't get along:

Eason Chan: Gossip Is The Price Of Fame
10 May 2008
Emma Lam

Hacken Plans For 2009 Concert (maybe a concert with alan!! =P )

2008-04-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

read about it here:

Hacken Lee Plans For 2009 Concert
24 April 2008
Emma Lam

HACKEN ACCEPTED OLYMPICS HOSTING JOB!!!!!

2008-04-22T21:04:00.000-07:00

[picture credit: www.batgwa.com, www.tungstar.com]

YESS!!! HACKEN'S GONNA HOST THE COVERAGE OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS!!! i was hoping he could sing at one of the ceremonies, but chances of that R slim...but being there, hosting is awesome, too!

read about it here:
TVB Shows Might For Olympic Video
21 April 2008
Emma Lam

HACKEN OFFERED OLYMPICS HOSTING JOB!!!!!

2008-04-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

[(pics credit: Tungstar.com, Tom.com, Batgwa.com)

=)
read it here:
Hacken Lee Weighs Up TVB Olympics Job
6 April 2008
translated by: Emma Lam

REALLY HOPING HE'LL TAKE THIS JOB!!!!!!
he can get more popular by hosting a TVB Olympics show!!! ^_^

---> u must watch AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH!!!

2008-04-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

if u don't already know, it's a documentary about global warming.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0XMn_Ry3z6M
[watch the trailer here! ]

it won 2 ACADEMY AWARDS last year.

YOU HAVE 2 WATCH THIS!!
it's not boring at all, & very easy 2 understand.
what could be more important than saving our planet,
and saving ourselves in the process??

u can probably rent it at any local video rental store or u can also BUY it. it's only around 1hr and a half long.

Hacken blames himself for the death his dog and will miss beloved son when working overseas

2008-03-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

March 14, 2008

Hacken blames himself for the death his dog

Hacken Lee, Eric Suen, Angela Tong and Kay Tse attended the Hang Seng Bank 75th Anniversary Special on the night before. Hacken revealed that he will be heading overseas for more than 10 days. “This is the first time I'm away for such a long time since Ryan’s birth. It feels sad to part but we still have to earn our living.” He also brought up the death of his beloved dog which he has kept for more than 10 years. This has saddened him a lot. “It’s my fault. I was busy with my concert as well as taking care of Ryan. I’m deeply sorry that I’ve neglected it. There are 4 more dogs in my house currently and I have decided not to add any more.”

Working overseas, Hacken Lee misses beloved son

On the same night, Hacken also attended JSG. As he had to change his appearance for both shows, it was a hectic day for him. Adding on, he said that his dog died a week ago due to Pleural effusion. It was too late when he discovered there is something wrong with his dog. There was nothing they could do but euthanasia, and Hacken feels guilty about it. Seeing the doctors ‘send his dog away’ felt like he was murdering his own dog but he was not in a position to control it. Moreover, this is the second time he is facing the death of his dogs. 2 of his dogs at home are more than 10 years old.

[sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080314.htm, Oriental daily, Takung Pao, Wen Wei Po]
[translated by: Hianez]

Hacken and Eason tie, both win 5 awards each

2008-03-26T16:07:00.000-07:00

2008 March 13

Eason and Hacken were big winners last night; both winning 5 awards each; Eason was the only singer that had the firework effects when he was singing, it shows that he is the Big Brother. Hacken replies: "I requested not to have the fireworks because a firework hit my eyebrow before, and also my throat." As for Leo Ku, who was absent and had no awards, Hacken responds: "I don't how to say this, when I am on stage to receive awards, I am very happy, but if no awards there is nothing I can do, I won't take it to heart (they should give Leo an award?) I don't know how to answer, maybe he received a job that will earn lots of money, this is understandable!" As for the flu going around, Hacken agrees that schools should close for a week.

[Source: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080313.htm, ~ Sun Daily]
[translated by: Jane]

Batgwa.com news: Hacken Lee Misses Son While On Tour

2008-03-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

=)
read it here:

Hacken Lee Misses Son While On Tour
13 March 2008
translated by: Emma Lam

Hacken takes care of baby, loses chance to meet Beckham

2008-03-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

2008 March 3

Hacken, Patrick, Vincy, Yumiko and Sherman Chung were guests at the "Po Leung Kuk 60 Years Show."

Recently finishing his concert, Hacken and his wife along with a big group went to Japan for vacation. But Hacken ate all sorts of food and eventually became ill. Hacken laughs and said that the time in Japan was very precious, but already had to sleep in the hotel room for one whole day; I still insist on going shopping on day two even though I still had a fever, but as a result, while my wife was shoe shopping, I fell asleep on the sofa. Hacken's idol, Beckham is already in Shanghai to play soccer with the Celebrity Soccer team. Hacken said that even Alan called him to see if Hacken wanted to go as well, but Hacken rejected the offer. Hacken said, "Actually after finishing the concert, my son already doesn't recognize me, when he saw me, he cried. And because I was sick, I had to wear the face mask to play with him, but because of the face mask he can't recognize me so he cried! Well, Beckham will also come to Hong Kong! I told Alan that if I had to say who was more important, Beckham or my son, of course my son is more important." Hacken joked that if Beckham can't recognize him, it's not a big problem but if his son can't recognize me, then it is a big problem. Because of his son, Hacken loses his chance to meet his idol, do you think your son tied you down? Hacken replies: "No, I feel very happy! Right now I am not afraid to expose my son, even when going for tea, I will bring him too." Hacken will soon be going to the US for a concert, will his wife also go with? Hacken answers, "No, she has to take care of our son, I am in charge of earning money. If she also goes, then our son won't recognize her too!"

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080303.htm, ~ Ming Pao]
[translated by: Jane]

Alan gives Hacken a digital photo album at his concert

2008-03-03T23:41:00.000-08:00

February 20, 2008

"Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall" concert ended last night on its 11th show. Alan Tam and his mother, Charmaine Sheh, Hu Fung and his wife, Chen Dao Ran and rumoured lover Li Ceng Wu as well as other artistes attended to show their support. When Hacken was singing "Everyday is Valentine’s Day", he dedicated the song to Ceng Wu and Dao Ran. He requested for the two of them to kiss, making Dao Ran embarrassed. In the end, however, Dao Ran kissed Ceng Wu. Hacken sent them his blessings and hoped they could bear a child soon, commenting they are not young anymore. Realizing he might have spoken the wrong words, he begged for their forgiveness. On them saying that both of them did not admit to their relationship, Hacken joked “Of course they deny it but their expressions gave themselves away.”

Alan jokes about Edison scandal

Alan went on stage and told him some "uncivilized" jokes, not letting go off the recent Edison scandal. He joked, “I am giving you a digital photo album and teaching you the right way of storing photos. As Ryan grows, don’t store his pictures in the computer.” Alan also admitted that he’s someone who's a happy-go-lucky person who goes on stage and speaks any-o-how and is not the chairman of the artistes’ guild while up on stage. It was obvious that Alan was pointing out Edison’s stupidity, and he shocked Hacken with his words.

Alan also commented to Hacken, “Cally (one of the artistes present as audience) said that when you dance, it would be best that you make your backside higher.” Hacken replied, “There are so many kids here…” On saying that, he gave Hacken a red packet imprinted with Cally’s beloved dog Cash, and expressed that Cally wanted to pass this to him.

The audience bursts into laughter because of their conversation.

Both of them received red packets from the audience which will be donated to the Red Cross society. Alan Tam prepared his own big bag to collect the red packets and went the coliseum. Hacken reminded him to be careful with the staircase. “I can see that. You think that I am George Lam?” He even joked about George Lam on the incident where he fell on stage the year before.

Shirley Kwan also appeared as a guest. An MV special casting the both of them (filmed in the past) was broadcasted. Shirley joked, “I could not recognize myself from the screen.”When the both of them held hangs and duet, the audience applauded. She wore a sexy costume, and agreed on a date to dine with Hacken and his son after his concert. Hacken kissed Shirley before they sang.

In an interview after the concert, Hacken relates to Alan’s joke with the digital photo album. “It sent shivers down my spine but I know that he will not say what he’s not supposed to. I am very alert too. I did not cut into his words.” He did not want to reply to the Edison scandal, and was asked if he had invited Twins, Cecilia Cheung or Nicholas Tse as guest earlier on. All Hacken said was “Don’t ask sensitive questions!”

During the encore, Hacken sang "Festivals" last. One of the bulbs hanging on the stage exploded and pieces of glass landed on the audience’s seats. The security guards dispersed the front row audiences at once. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Hacken joked, “I sang till the light bulbs burst. I have to go over my singing.”

What is the first thing he wants to do on completing this concert? He wishes to spend more time with Ryan. As he has been very busy, he missed the time to spend with his son and joked that he’s afraid that Ryan cannot recognize him.

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080220.htm, Mingpao, Oriental Daily, Orisun, Apple Daily, Takung Pao] [image source: ent.sina.com.cn]
[translated by: hianez, edited by: kate`*]

Happiness in Hacken Lee’s Concert

2008-02-21T16:32:00.000-08:00

February 20, 2008

Happiness in Hacken Lee’s Concert
Hacken wears a shirt bearing his son’s face

Hacken Lee’s 11 concerts – "Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall" kicked off last night. It was indeed very exciting! Though his wife, Emily Lo, remained at the backstage to prepare his costumes, his son Ryan did not appear. Hacken’s parents, in-laws, Andy Lau and several artistes came to support. Towards the end, Hacken announced that his family is happy.

He wore a shirt with Ryan’s face imprinted on the front and said “2 years ago, I shared my dogs with everyone. This year, I met with many changes. Such as, I got married and became a father, so I wish to share these experiences with everyone. These 2 years have been very happy for me. Besides work, other areas have also provided me with great satisfaction. I feel very happy when I return home and see Ryan, even though there are lots of things to worry about – like Ryan being naughty, hungry and so on. Sometimes, I feel like sleeping but I can’t sleep. Ryan can sleep all he wants but he doesn’t want to.” The sleeves of his shirt had Ryan’s pictures too.

Fans presents him with pampers

Later on, Hacken mentioned that every time he sang to Ryan, he feels happy. He proceeds to sing a few lines “A little sparrow fell into the water” (a non-English song) and ‘London Bridge Is Falling Down’. He jokes that the lyrics of these children songs are scary. The lyrics of the song that Emily sang was worse – “I am a teapot, fat and short”. Hence, he had earlier written a song for his son and he went on to sing "Little Baby". The screen immediately broadcast pictures of Ryan. The last photo was a picture depicting the happy family of 3. How it makes one feel fortunate and full of admiration for them! After singing the song, Hacken said happily “Hope that all of you feel the bliss! Is Ryan cute? You have to say he is! Is he handsome? You have to say he is handsome! After this concert, I will bring my son around to have fun. If the press wants to take pictures, please keep a distance. If they get too close, I will think that there is someone shooting!” Many fans gave red packets to Hacken and Ryan, and some of them even gave him a big packet of pampers, delighting him.

Changing 12 costumes

To suit the theme of ‘Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall’, Hacken invited Professor Long to lead the audience to play the drums before the opening of the concert. Also, he invited the orchestra to be the live band. “I heard that a lot of saliva is needed when blowing the trumpet, where does the saliva goes to?” The members explained that the saliva is deposited in a hidden area of the instrument and Hacken immediately retrieved it. He wanted them to pour away all the saliva in the trumpets and showed the cup to the audiences. It was a very funny scene.

He even spent 3 months learning to sing while playing the piano for the song "Where Will The Flowers Fall". For this part, he wore a golden jacket with angel wings attached to the back. Unfortunately, the sound system had some problems the night before, resulting in Hacken’s vocals and the music to be unclear. Some audience even complained that they could not hear him sing. Hacken said that system is still new and needs time to run. In fact, it got better in the middle of his performance.

“The scariest part is the piano. After playing it, things are alright. I only spent 3 months learning.” He also commented that this was the first concert where he had to prepare so much.”

On seeing Gigi Wong in the audience seats, they hugged.

It was a good thing that Hacken spent a lot of effort in the visuals as well, changing a total of 12 costumes. He expressed that he feels like an idol singer. This is more than what the female singers usually do. Also, when it comes to singing fast songs, he will dance. He danced a lot for the first show.

For someone like Hacken, who is unfamiliar with dance, this was a big challenge. It was no wonder that he claimed himself to be an idiot in terms of dancing, and though slightly ‘promoted’, he is a ‘fool’ at dance. The moment he sang Tall Girl, a lady taller than him by a head appeared. She was about 6 foot 5 inches tall and even danced with him, providing comedy relief. The model touched Hacken’s chest and inner thighs, and he to stand on the elevating stage to touch her shoulder. He couldn’t help but say “How can there be such a tall lady?” According to him, the model was recommended by his fans.

Moreover, he had a section whereby he danced with fast songs. Though he is weak in this area, it can be seen that he had put in a lot of effort into dancing. The audiences joined him in dancing on seeing Hacken dance. He later expressed that he did not want to dance so much initially.

Red packets go towards the charity

After the show, Hacken had an interview at the backstage, commenting that he awarded himself 70 marks for this show because when he was dancing to Old Love Is Like A Dream, he sprained his leg. “The coliseum spent millions on the new sound system and I’m the first one to experience it. However, I feel that it’s too soft and unclear. Have I become the guinea pig? (he meant ‘white mice’ – a term in Chinese used to describe the thing/person/animal that is used for experimental purposes) Yes, this is the year of the rat after all!’ Also, he said “I don’t know why but I felt so nervous this time.”

Regarding the shirt imprinted with Ryan’s face, Hacken revealed that it was his idea. The picture of Ryan on his shirt changes each day. On the previous night, which is the first show, Ryan appeared naked except for his male organ which was covered by a golden image. The other shirts were ideas from Emily and his designer friends. He also said that "Little Baby" was a song that they decided to add in later as they did not want to do it intentionally. On seeing that tickets were sold out, he decided to publish photos of his son for everyone’s delight. Is he relaxed after doing so? “Yes, he’s just a normal child. He will be going to school later on and we don’t want to intentionally hide him.” On the red packets received, Hacken says that they represent luck. He will keep them at home first for 6 months, and later donate them to charity.

Besides red packets, the priceless gift is the laughter from all the audiences. “It’s the most important thing to see laughter during the Chinese new year. I welcome every one of you to laugh as much as you can. A smile is a precious and priceless gift.”

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080210.htm, Mingpao, Singpao, Apple Daily, Takungpao] [translated by: HIANEZ, edited by: kate`*]

new news coming SOON!

2008-02-15T15:51:00.001-08:00

our translators R working on it...
pls be patient! =)

meanwhile, u can check out hacken's concert pics
(and pics of his son, Ryan!! =P) here:
http://www.leehacken.com/news/2008/20080210.htm

Hacken considers having one more child due to Media Award

2008-02-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

[again, sorry no newer news yet.
chinese new year going on....every1 is busy celebrating!! =)
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR, EVERY1!!
-kate`*]

2008 Jan 21

Eason - No pressures for awards. Feeling high after receiving the Media Award

Eason was the biggest winner in all four musical awards this year, in total he received 20 awards plus receiving the Media Award for the fifth time and appeared to be very happy back stage and during Universal Music’s celebration function. Hacken got a total of 11 awards this year, ranking number 3. However, Hacken (One of Universal Music Big Brothers) did not attend the celebration function, not sure if he’s unhappy because he did not win the Best Sales Award? Or did he want to rush home to take care of Ryan?

Hacken absent in celebration to object?

Hacken said it was fair for Eason to get the Media Award. When asked if he will work hard to fight for this award in 2008? He said he never got the Media Award before, does not dare to make it an objective, but will definitely work harder in 2008 in hopes to get this award: "I will retire after getting the Media Award, Eason is so happy now, should have more babies; if I want another baby, then give me the Media Award!" But only Eason, Hins, Cheh On K and Sun Yao Wei attended Universal Music’s celebration function. Hacken absent, is it because he doesn’t feel like celebrating for others?

Ever since the merging of Universal Music last year, there were rumours that top management is biased against Eason, Hacken’s superior also has resigned. This has affected Hacken’s position in the company. Luckily, the two were quite close and there is no politics between them.

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20071228.htm, Mingpao, Singpao, Oriental Daily]
[translated by: Mary]

summaries of 3 old news articles....

2008-01-30T19:12:00.001-08:00

(translated by Babelfish/me and edited by yours truly. so pls pardon the bad translation!
if u can read some chinese and know i got some stuff wrong, pls comment, correct me!
thanks! u can go to the links in the Source sections to read the original articles in chinese. -kate`*)

jan. 5, 2008:

Hacken won one of the Chik Chak Pop Music Chart 2007's top ten songs for "Where Have the Flowers Gone", but he was absent from the awards ceremony. Hacken said that "that very evening has the matter in the body, he said: "Begins. (Does baa? ) Begins, the broadcasting station all 冇 asks me, everybody not good carelessly guessed, the promulgation ritual does dramatically. "
[i'm guessing that hacken said he was sick or busy that day, and maybe chik chak radio asked him 2 come, but it didn't work out in the end cuz of his busy schedule.]

(source: East Daily)
.............................

In addition, a Hacken explained that only because he was working is the reason why he was absent from the Chik Chak Awards, "I always relates good with business, I besides looked does not have □, actually also has listens to a business program". Regarding makes sound of the horse continually, a Hacken said: "Like sense this year does is not good, aims at its mechanism to send the song, thought how does make own song to broadcast some much, thought the speech, while convenient informs me!"
[i'm guessing hacken said he has a good relationship with chik chak radio and also listens to that radio station. when asked why he always does not get much awards at that awards show, hacken says something like he only knows that if his awards result this year is no good, he will try harder next year, to have more radio stations broadcast his song more, and to ask for comments about his songs. i hope i'm close...haha....this was hard 2 guess.]

(source: MingPao)
[source: http://leehacken.com/news/2008/20080105.htm]

..................................

jan. 12, 2008

Ada Choi's wedding ceremony: Hacken and Emily stuck in the chaos

Today many entertainers attend Ada Choi's wedding ceremony, including Wu Ch'ihua, Chen Hao, Li Tzu, She Shihman, Guo K'oying, Yang Ssuch'i, proclaims the tawny daylily, Zhang Chiahui, Huang Depin, Chen Huishan, Wang Hsi, Mr. and Mrs. Li K'och'in, 馬德 Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, Mr. and Mrs. Liao Ch'ichih, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Chient'ing, Li Yanan, the Hong dawn, Xia Yu, Liu Ch'o Qi and does not have? Manufacture resources vice- inspector general Le I Ling and so on.

When Hacken and his wife appears, it caused the most commotion, causing chaos. (cuz this is the first time Emily appeared in public after giving birth.) Hacken led the way immediately for his wife. At the scene were ten security officers to maintain the order. The security officers and reporters' pushing and hitting caused an argument and Hacken had to act on behalf of them and mediate! Emily indicated she knew Ada and her husband, they make a good couple, so them suddenly announcing the marriage did not surprise her.

(source: East Daily)
[source: http://leehacken.com/news/2008/20080112-1.htm]
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jan. 13, 2008

[more about the chaotic scene when hacken and emily arrived at ada's wedding]:

When the couple arrived, reporters crowded around them to interview them, causing the a chaotic scene. Hacken, worried for his wife's safety, escorted her through the mob. But the reporters and security had an argument and a gram attendance for exempts the jubilation atmosphere to suffer injury, namely changes the body "and the matter is old", speaks persuades, only then struggles both sides subsides.
[i'm guessing it means hacken, not wanting an argument to ruin the happy atmosphere of ada's wedding, told a joke and said that he is old news (his baby is old news), only after hacken's persuading did both sides retreat.]

(source: 太陽報)
(source: http://leehacken.com/news/2008/20080113.htm)

Hacken Lee Is A Dancing Disaster

2008-01-30T18:48:00.000-08:00

go here 2 read the news:
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=537
28 January 2008
[translated by the great: Emma Lam]

Hacken doesn't want more children yet

2008-01-23T10:54:00.000-08:00

read about it here:

Universal Music Singers Celebrate Successful Year

20 January 2008
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=503
[translated by: Emma Lam]

sorry, no new news yet!

2008-01-19T17:55:00.000-08:00

sorry, our translators R busy right now,
might take a while till they can translate the recent news...
pls be patient....

CONGRATS to hacken,
he won 2 more awards at the last major music awards show,
the RTHK awards show, on Jan. 19:

-RTHK Top 10 Gold Song/ Where Did The Flowers Go
-RTHK Top 10 Best Singers

so i think that makes his total awards count 15.5!!!
CONGRATULATIONS, HACKEN!
WIN EVEN MORE AWARDS IN 2008! ~_~

Hacken's having dance rehearsals....

2008-01-17T19:37:00.000-08:00

hacken, eason, etc. were at JSG.
hacken talked about having 2 practice dancing for his
upcoming concert during chinese new year!

read the news here:
Eason Chan Is Modest About Prospect Of Winning Top Award
17 January 2008
(translated by: Tammy Ly)
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=492

Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Music Awards news!!!

2008-01-12T08:46:00.000-08:00

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=468
Hacken Lee: Awards Are Like Concerts - The More The Better
11 January 2008

.....................................

CONGRATULATIONS HACKEN!!!
he finally won the GOLD SONG award at JSG!

hacken won 3 awards at the Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Music Awards:

-top 10 songs: where will the flowers fall
-Four Stations Combined Best Song award: where will the flowers fall
-Gold Song: where will the flowers fall

CONGRATS,
CONGRATS 2 HACKEN!!!!!!!!!
~________~

current AWARDS total (still RTHK left!): 13.5

[pics from: http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/2007tvbtop10/p/index.html,
more here: http://www.esnips.com/web/HackenLeeIDsPhotos2/]

recent hacken news!

2008-01-06T18:24:00.000-08:00

[image credit: mingpao, hacken at the roadshow awards show]

AWARDS UPDATE:
awards hacken has won so far
(still RTHK and JSG Top Ten left!): 10.5

CONGRATULATIONS, HACKEN!!! *__*

-2007 Jade Solid Gold Third Seasonal Awards/ Top 12 Songs/ Paper Marriage

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-Metro Hits Best Song/ Where will the flowers fall
-Metro Hits Best Creatively Composed Album/ My Cup of tea
-Metro Hits Best performance award
-Metro Hits Best Asian singer award
-Metro Hits Best International Song of the Year/ Where will the flowers fall

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-CRHK's Chik Chak Pop Music Chart 2007/ Top 10 Songs/ Where will the flowers fall

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-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Song of the Year/ Where will the flowers fall
-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Songs/ Where will the flowers fall
-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Duet/ Hacken Lee + Zhou Chuan Xiong - A Sky This Blue (The Drive of Life themesong)
-2007 Road Show Music Awards/ Best Male Singer

......................................

(sorry, since Batgwa.com does not allow their news 2 be re-posted elsewhere, i'll just post the links 2 the news and u can read it there! =/ kate `*)

chik chak,
Roadshow awards news that mentions Hacken:

http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=431
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=433

4 January 2008
Music Awards Controversy Reaches Boiling Point
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=438
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3 January 2008
Hacken Lee Extends 2008 Concert Run To Ten Shows
http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=435

Hacken will contemplate seriously about adding more shows to his concert, his phobia of poor ticket sales still remains

2007-12-30T20:49:00.000-08:00

28 December, 2007

Hacken Lee attended a press conference for his upcoming 2008 concert "Prudential & You Use Your Heart to Listen: Your Hacken Lee Concert Hall 2008 Concert". The concert will start on February 8, 2008 till February 14. All 7 shows will be held in the Hong Kong Coliseum, and music will be the highlight of the concert. Four famous musicians were also invited to perform, including Lung Heung Win and Huang Shih Lun who were present at the conference to show their support. The organization presented Hacken with a computer and popcorn to wish him success and astonishing sales for his concert. Present at the conference also were 12 children who played the violin as accompaniment.

The main highlight will be music, will not imitate Andy Lau

Hacken expressed that his concert sales were not very good in the past (more than 10 years ago) and it did affect him. Will he add more shows? He said that for now, he will not do so as it is better to maintain the stability. As the concert is held during the Chinese New Year, there will be many audience members giving him red packets. He reveals that he will donate all the red packets he receives to charity unless it is specified that the red packet is for his son. If so, he will set up an educational fund for Ryan. He also joked he wants to compare the number of red packets between him and his son. “Dear fans, remember to give 1 more red packet this year!” he said. He says that receiving many red packets is like receiving lots of luck. He will spend the amount of money received, and then donate the same sum to the charity. In the past, the amount of money totaled up to almost ten million and he believes that Ryan will receive more red packets than him. He is happy to know that his concert sales reached at least 60 percent.

Will he give half of what he earned in his concert to Emily? “We’ve not thinking about money! She’s not a materialistic person.”

“I’ve seen Andy Lau’s carnival-style concert, it was very well done. I give it 101 marks. I will not follow his style but put music to the highlight instead. Even the costumes are simpler; there will not be flashy outfits. It’d be great if I can wear sports shoes.” Emily has always been in-charge of his clothing, but she will be taking care of Ryan this year. He will employ another image consultant this time. The flashy outfits will be saved for the future concerts with Alan Tam. Did he invite Alan as guest? “He should not sacrifice his family time for me, let’s see if he’s free,” Hacken joked. “I’ve asked several other singers, whoever is free can come and have fun!”

When asked if he starts his concert on the second day of CNY because he wants to spend the first day together with his family, Hacken reveals, “The schedule was arranged this way. Even on the first day, I need to rehearse. For the past few years, I’ve been a regular at holding CNY concerts and I’m used t it. And when it comes to receiving red packets…it’s really great and happy.” In the past, red packets received during his concert with Alan Tam were given to charity. He also says that as Ryan is still very young, he will not let him attend the concert. Will he attend the 903 awards ceremony? “It’s not appropriate to answer this question now. Let’s wait a few more days.”

Does not speak about the Metro Hits Awards

On the discussion that the Metro Hits Awards were as predicted, Hacken said that he does not wish to comment on this anymore. He’s happy if there’s an award, but if there’s none he will go fulfill his duties as a father. For now, the most important to him is his concert. He congratulates all winners, and is happy that Priscilla Chan is back in the industry.

At the Metro Hits Awards, Andy Lau, Eason Chan and Hacken Lee were the winners that day, each with 5 awards. Leo Ku received 4 awards, falling behind by 1. Joey Yung received 4 awards while Janice received 3.5 awards though she could not attend the function due to food poisoning.

Before the awards ceremony, Gold Label announced that they are boycotting Metro Hits and none of their singers would be present. During the opening ceremony when the various music companies were introduced, it was mentioned that Gold Label was not present due to personal financial problems. Hence, all related personnel did not attend. However, Gold Label singers still received encouragement and awards, which also shows the fairness in this event. Following this, one of the first 4 songs to receive awards was Leo Ku’s "Love Coming Home", which received Most Number of Plays award---Justin’s "Man & KTV" and Kary Ng’s "Forcing Too Hard" both received Best Original Song Award. Edmond Leung’s "Trying to Be Smart" and Stephy Tang’s "Light Bulb" won the Karaoke Award. The host commented on the good results.

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20071228.htm, Mingpao, Singpao, Oriental Daily, Orisun] [translated by: HIANEZ, edited by: KATE]

Hacken Lee Interviews Stephen Chan!

2007-12-29T15:18:00.000-08:00

[credit: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=415, Translated by Emma Lam]

28 December 2007

Hacken Lee (李克勤) welcomed his guest, TVB General Manager Stephen Chan (陳志雲) to film the interview section of his HD Music Special programme today and in the style of Stephen's hospitality when he interviews his guests, Hacken presented Stephen with a thoughtful gift. Hacken had arranged for a special award to be made for Stephen, in the shape of his initial "S" and engraved with "Most Popular Programme Host" on it.

After receiving his gift, Stephen revealed that on the night of the Jade Solid Gold Music Awards, he will be on leave and could be on his way to the Antarctic. He laughed that he was not going away intentionally to avoid Hacken. Asked if he would be especially generous with his answers during his interview with "TVB Godson" Hacken, Stephen laughed that Hacken is TVB's godson and not his own and pointed out that he is also just an employee of the company. Asked if the company would be awarding Hacken with the two highest male singer awards this year in exchange for this show, Stephen said that the voting has not yet started and the result will reflect the will of the viewers.

There were reports that Eason Chan (陳奕迅) lost his temper during filming of an episode of Jade Solid Gold <勁歌金曲>, leading to TVB's displeasure and their decision not to give him any awards. Stephen pointed out that this is not related and after investigation, he has learned that Eason did not throw a tantrum and he only wanted to get the job done right.

As for whether his cherished staff member Patrick Tang (鄧健泓) stood to bag an award, Stephen said that he felt that Patrick has one particularly good song, but it is down to the marketplace to decide if he is ready for an award yet.

Hacken admitted that he will be plugging himself during the interview and will take the opportunity to ask Stephen whether or not he will be attending his forthcoming concert. However, Stephen asked him in reply why he had not invited him to be a guest on the show. He said that this will be a very risky interview because he has to balance the questions between being too boring and being disrespectful. However, he has had many suggestions for questions for Stephen from many of his inquisitive friends.

Metro Radio Hands Out Music Awards To All

2007-12-29T14:35:00.000-08:00

[credit: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=412&img=2, translated by Emma Lam]
27 December 2007

Metro Radio's Hit Music Awards 2007 <新城勁爆頒獎禮> were presented on Boxing Day and with over a hundred awards handed out, it was like Christmas for the singers.

All the singers who attended received an award and even the Gold Label singers who had boycotted the event were awarded 13 gongs in their absence.

Hacken Lee (李克勤), Andy Lau (劉德華) and Eason Chan (陳奕迅) were the big winners of the night, each receiving five awards. Joey Yung (容祖兒) was the most fruitful female star, receiving four awards. Gold Label big brother Leo Ku (古巨基) was honoured with four awards and MC William Lam (林柏希) commented with a hint of sarcasm: "With such good results, why did they not attend?" Fortunately for Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅), who left Gold Label earlier this year, she was able to attend and receive her awards in person.

The stars arrived and were arranged to do a red carpet walk. Rumoured couple Ivana Wong (王菀之) and Hins Cheung (張敬軒) arrived together and up and coming diva Kay Tse (謝安琪) was accompanied by young husband Louis Cheung (張繼聰). Yumiko Cheng (鄭希怡) and Joline Tsai (蔡依琳) gave a taste of sexiness and glamour and rumoured couple Show Luo (羅志祥) and Rainie Yang (楊丞林) also happily posed together.

Although the Gold Label stars were not present, the company's congratulatory message was still printed inside the programme. Metro Radio boss Chu Ming Rui (朱明銳) explained that the programmes were printed a month ago, before Gold Label had pulled their artistes out of the ceremony. He said it was a shame that they did not attend, but he had made it clear in an earlier communication with the company's executives that Metro would still be presenting awards to their singers, despite their absence. As for any further co-operation between the companies, Mr Chu said that it was difficult to discuss anything at the moment and he will have to wait until things have settled down. He joked that he will have to think of some new ways of breaking the ice, maybe by presenting them with tea.

Gold Label decided earlier this month to withdraw all its singers from attending the Metro Radio awards ceremony after failure to negotiate a set number of awards from the station for the company's top singers, Leo and Justin Lo (側田).

[hacken won these awards. thanks 2 HIANEZ 4 the translation!!
Metro Hits Best Song - Where will the flowers fall
Metro Hits Best creative album - My Cup of tea
Best performance award
Best Asian singer award
Metro hits best song of the year - Where will the flowers fall ]

Hacken Refuses to Comment on Gold Label's Boycott Act, feels that singers are like pawns

2007-12-27T21:12:00.000-08:00

December 24, 2007

Earlier, Gold Label issued a statement that all their singers would not be attending the award ceremony organised by Metro Radio Station. The reason being that they are unhappy with the unequal distribution of the awards, with the majority of them going to Universal. Two of the main singers involved is Hacken Lee and Leo Ku. Last night, both of them met at the JSG 3rd Quarter selection, but things seemed amiable between them.

It is rumoured that Leo Ku would get the Male Singer Award, but because Metro Radio Station wants to 'return the favour', the award will be given to Hacken instead. This caused Gold Label to be greatly displeased, thus deciding to boycott the event.

Hacken does not wish to be dragged into the boycotting incident and said that that he wants to just take good care of his son. He said that being a singer can be rather helpless sometimes. If the Award Ceremonies are like battlefields, then the record companies would be the equivalent of generals while singers are only pawns and soldiers. Singers just have to put in effort to produce a good album and obey instructions.

When Hacken and Leo met at the JSG awards, they were talking and trying to understand the whole incident form each other. Later, Hacken acknowledged that they did talk about this incident. Hacken relayed that Leo was only just following instructions, just like how he himself missed Metro's celebratory bash after the awards ceremony last year because his company was not happy with the results.

When asked if this incident caused any awkwards feelings between him and Leo, Hacken said, "No, everyone talks and jokes." When asked his feelings towards getting awards, he replied "If I receive an award, I will be happy, if not, I will just go home and take care of my son. I'm already not that young, please don't try and drag me into this. When asked if Leo's award is being given to him, he said: "I have always not believed this. No one knows the results yet. Maybe I will also not get it."

Leo Ku has just returned from Malaysia and he indicated that he did not know what was going on. He had even prepared his clothes for the ceremony, only to be told by his company that they would not be attending. He said that all the talk about the awards and the reasons are just media speculation. He said he will follow what his company does, and respect their decision, but he will also understand the reason for doing so.

[Gillian's comments: I think Paco was being very petty by getting all his singers to boycott the event because they are not the big winners. Also, if it is really about the Male Singer award, it was given to Leo and Hacken did not get it. Not sure if they changed the results because of this or it was just a media speculation.]
[kate's comments: i 100% agree w/gillian!! though last year UMG artists did not attend the party afterwards, but that's not as bad as not attending the ceremony period. but i'm not that surprised about the boycott. paco has always had the kinda bad news reported about him that makes him seem like a really greedy/petty guy....]

[source: http://leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20071224.htm]
[translated by: GILLIAN]

Hacken Lee Spends Christmas With Family

2007-12-26T11:16:00.000-08:00

[credit: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=408, translated by Emma Lam]

26 December 2007

Hacken Lee (李克勤) and Kayi Cheung (張嘉兒) were among the guests on Christmas Eve at the blessing ceremony in preparation for the TVB Jade HD Premiere <翡翠高清首映禮> show.

Hacken laughed that he will be using face masks more often now with HD broadcasting because his skin is not as smooth as he would like it to be. He also commented on how well Andy Lau (劉德華) has managed to keep his body looking throughout his concert run, so he will be asking Andy for his diet plan to help with preparations for his own concert next year.

Hacken revealed that he will be having a big meal with his family for Christmas eve and he has prepared two big stockings for his son, but has not bought a gift for his wife. He said that his wife does not care much for material possessions, but he will surprise her once in a while.

Kayi will be representing Hong Kong in the forthcoming Miss Chinese International Pageant in January and she seemed to have lost some weight recently, with her cheeks looking less puffy. She said she has not lost weight intentionally and hopes that she will do well at the pageant.

Hacken at the TVB HD Series For 2008 Launch

2007-12-25T08:41:00.000-08:00

[credit: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=400, translated by Emma Lam]

22 December 2007

TVB's HD Broadcasting Roadshow <高清數碼廣播全面睇> reached East Point City (東港城) today and General Manager Stephen Chan (陳志雲) led the opening ceremony, together with many artistes, who did their part to promote some forthcoming series that will be broadcasted in high definition.

[*left out parts not Hacken-related*]

Other shows in the HD showcase included Hacken Lee (李克勤)'s music special, Jade Solid Gold <勁歌金曲> presented by Patrick Tang (鄧健泓), Living Up<更上一層樓> hosted by Maggie Cheung (張可頤), daily sitcom Best Selling Secrets <同事三分親> starring Esther Kwan (關詠荷), Alvina Kong (江欣燕) and Angela Tong (湯盈盈) and Sharon Chan (陳敏之)'s current affairs show Info Link <事必關己>. The four Miss Hong Kong winners were also on hand to promote the forthcoming beauty pageants.

Hacken was asked about the section in his music special where he will be interviewing "the boss" Stephen and he revealed that this was quite a challenge because if he kept his questions too tame, the audience would lose interest, but if his questions were too prying, he risked losing his job. He revealed that he will be asking about the reports surrounding the allocation of TVB awards. As for whether he would bring up the matter of sexual orientation, Hacken said evasively: "Sometimes you do not have to be too direct, a successful interviewer is able to turn a general conversation into a kind of trap. If you take it easy, you can slip the odd question in without your subject realising."

To show his support for the HD launch, Hacken has spent the equivalent of his fee for half a concert on a new 65 inch HD-ready television and 110 inch projection unit at his home. He laughed that when Liza visited him, she was stunned when she saw it.

Asked if he would terminate Hacken's contract if he did not like the questions at the interview, Stephen laughed that TVB would not do something like this. He said that if Hacken asks the question, he will answer it. With his numerous appearances on television, will Stephen be spending more time on his skincare regime in the future? He said that he already goes for skin-cleansing treatment every seven to ten days, so he will not increase this any more.

Hacken Lee Films TVB First HD Music Special

2007-12-25T08:36:00.000-08:00

[credit: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=395, translated by Emma Lam]

20 December 2007

"TVB Godson" Hacken Lee (李克勤) has received a special invitation from TVB to star in the first ever music special to be filmed using HD technology and filming on the show started yesterday evening. His guests will include Eason Chan (陳奕迅), Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文), Patrick Tang (鄧健泓) and TVB General Manager Stephen Chan (陳志雲).

In the show, Hacken will be turning the tables on Stephen and conducting an interview with him in the style of his chat show Be My Guest <志雲飯局>, which has been renamed "Be Hacken's Guest <志勤飯局> for the purposes of this special show.

Asked if he is worried that this job will lead to rumours that he is only working in exchange for awards at the end of the year, Hacken said that this is not the case and if it was true then he should have won lots of awards years ago when he did even more work for TVB.

Talking about his other guests, Hacken said that it has been his wish to work with Eason for many years because it is so hard to find a true friend in the industry, so they will be testing each other with tongue-twister songs. As for Sammi, Hacken revealed that it has been over ten years since they last collaborated in TVB series A Life Of His Own <浪族闊少爺>.

With Stephen often making his guests cry in his chat show, Hacken was asked if he will make Stephen cry in his interview with him, but he did not respond directly and said that he wanted his show to concentrate on other things to complement the music, so this was ideal. He also laughed that with the HD recording, he will have to make sure that his hair and make-up are perfect.

Eason on the other hand has never liked setting his hair or putting on make-up and said that he does not mind people seeing him in his true form. During filming, he asked Hacken why he has kept his golden head of hair for so long and Hacken explained that he has only started winning awards after he started dying his hair and although he is not normally a superstitious person, he has kept up the tradition of having dyed hair since. He went on to point out that Eason started winning awards after he permed his hair, so Eason laughed that maybe they should try both dying and perming and see if that gives better results. However, he then said that he cannot dye his hair blonde because it will make him look like a little fat chicken as he does not have much hair.

Eason is currently filming <查之女> with Sammi and he said that in the first few days, he was quite nervous about working with her. Asked if he felt that Sammi had changed from before, he said that the only change is that she no longer offers incense to the gods, other than that, she is just the same. He laughed: "She is like a piece of paper, I mean her figure. I am like a chopping board, a weathered one, with lots of dents."

Hacken Lee Gives Ada Choi Concert Tickets as Wedding Gift

2007-12-14T17:54:00.000-08:00

[source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=480129&st=0&gopid=4703364&#entry4703364]

Source: http://udn.com/
Translated by Cmiley

Ada Choi earlier announced she and secretly dated for 4 years with Zhang Jun will be getting married, even though the marriage news is surprising, but earlier in November through Zhang's blog he expressed of going home to rest for a few days, and feelings of being able to eat together with the family and watching tv really is fulfilling happiness, he enjoys the feeling of a family atmosphere, and sweetly said: "Having a family is really a happiness" Sounding like right at the moment he's disclosing that he'll soon be happily setting up a family.

Also, after Ada announced the marriage news, many entertainment industry artists were yelling congrats, one of them good friend; Monica Chan through the blog, complimenting Zhang is a good man, he's caring to the family and really motivated, directly saying Ada and Zhang are a match made in heaven, giving the two unlimited wishes of happiness.

As for Hacken Lee attending TVB's program "豷智豶在職安健" recording, he already knew early of Ada's marriage news, and he said: "What kind of gift will I give her? Cash is the best, or invite her to watch my concert in Feb., by then I can give her the Colisseum's 64th tickets for her and her husband, and her husband's family can come watch too."

And when Myolie Wu was at a function, she expressed really admiring Ada for keeping the marriage news so secretly, she would do the same, only announcing marriage news and not announce a relationship.

Hacken Lee Has No More To Say

2007-12-12T15:35:00.000-08:00

[source: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=363, translated by : Emma Lam]

12 December 2007

Hacken Lee (李克勤) was a guest on an interview with Metro radio and was presented with a cute outfit for his son by host Barry Yip (葉文輝). Asked about the recent negative reports and rumours about his wife and his son, Hacken said with resignation that he has nothing more to say. "I have said everything that I can to respond to the false reports. When I went to the gym yesterday with my wife, I knew that we would be photographed again and I am prepared for this now, but I cannot keep responding to everything. I will accept any words of congratulation or encouragement and forget the unhappy incidents." Hacken said that his wife is not upset by these incidents any more and they will not let this affect their lives, so they will continue as normal with their affairs. He said: "I can't help the reporters taking photographs, but just hope that they will print the better ones."

Hacken's car and mic breaks down...and he also receives criticism

2007-12-12T01:36:00.000-08:00

December 10, 2007

Things do not go well for him

Yesterday, Hacken met with many unsuccessful things. It all began when he made his way to Sha Tin Courseway to act as guest for the Cathay Airlines Hong Kong International Races 2007. When he left his home for the event, his 7-seater car broken down in Tseung Kwan O tunnel. After the commotion which lasted for about 30 minutes, he then boarded a taxi and managed to arrive on time for the event.

Though he was the most popular performing guest, his mic earphones had problems while he was singing. When he sang "Red Sun" and went forward to shake hands with the audience, a man shouted "Horse Club's Bootlicker!" and even raised his hand to do a thumbs down gesture, expressing his jeers. But there were people in the audience who stood up for Hacken and directed 4-letter vulgar language at the man.

About the man's comment, Hacken replies: "Really? I didn't hear him. Oh, forget it!" With such bad luck, will Hacken make a bet on the horse race? Hacken replies: "in my whole life, I've only bet two times on horse races. Ten years ago, together with friends, we bet on a horse and won lots of money, but since then never won again." And replying to his car breaking down, he says, "Good thing I have a habit of always leaving the house early, so even when the car breaks down this time, I was not late and didn't affect the show's progress."

[Sources: http://www.appleactionews.com/site/art_main.cfm?&iss_id=20071210&sec_id=7018882&art_id=10513309&dis_type=ss&media_id=1,
http://www.leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20071210.htm]
[translated by: HIANEZ & JANE, edited by: KATE`*]
[*** GO HERE TO READ HACKEN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS MATTER (FROM HIS BLOG):
http://hackenleeid.blogspot.com/]

Joey Yung gets to see Ryan's picture

2007-12-12T01:32:00.000-08:00

December 8, 2007
Vol 25 of FACE

In the recent children's charity program organized by TVB, the focus was on Hacken Lee (well known for his singing) who did not perform (as well) as expected. Later on, there were many discussions on it and Hacken explained that it was due to the fact that the crew forgot to switch off Joey Yung's mic. Hence, he had to listen to Joey's conversation with Wong Cho Lam while singing. More or less, he got distracted.

However, the truth wasn't as such. Joey ought not to be the one who has such a strong influence over Hacken to distract him. The culprit had to be his son, Ryan. That night, backstage, he kept telling Joey about his son. And Joey liked little Ryan a lot, and kept at Hacken's ipod (in which he stored Ryan's picture) for 10 minutes. How could one not be distracted like this?

While doing make up and her hair, Joey kept looking at Ryan. And she even dared to show it to the reporters! Hmm, could it be that she wants to have a baby too? But her boss would not want her to do so, she is EEG's number 1 sister after all!

Later on, Gigi Leung also said that she wanted to have a look at Ryan. Hacken, on seeing that there were reporters around taking pictures, spoke loudly "Of course I won't show it, I only show it to people that I know!" Gigi has written (music for) "Tall Girl" for him before, did he mean those words for the reporters?

Hacken put Ryan's photo into his ipod. He was very happy to become a father, and should've been more generous and let the FBI have a clearer shot!

[Source: http://leehacken.com/magazines/2007/20071208_face_25.htm]
[translated by: HIANEZ, edited by: KATE`*]

Hacken Lee offers millions to catch traitor

2007-12-12T00:52:00.000-08:00

December 8, 2007

Emily's blog exposed

Yesterday, Emily Lo's private blog was being exposed and published in various newspapers. Her family and pregnancy pictures were all reported in the news. Her termination of breadfeeding due to germ infection was also reported. Yesterday, during a rehearsal, Hacken commented "Sigh! I knew of it already. I don't know why but this time, I have to praise them for being superior. Less than 20 people knew of this blog, I won't get angry over this but I really have to fork out 1000 million to seek this traitor." (he was joking) Is Emily infected by germs? "I do not wish to elaborate on this. Everyone knows that I don't comment much on family matters," he replied.

Hacken stressed that he has no idea of the traitor. The blog was not registered under their real names and it was only meant for relatives and friends. He added,"We've already removed the items on the blog this morning and will not continue to update. I have no idea if the traitor is a friend of mine or my wife's but I really wish to find out. Even Alan Tam did not know of his blog (he does not have a computer), it might've been my father but then again he does not know how to use the computer. My friends know not of this blog and I believe that it is one of my wife's friends who was bribed. I should have distrubuted the photos myself instead of letting that person gain (from it)!"

They were very careful about this blog but it had to be exposed in such a manner. However, it isn't exactly a very unhappy thing. Hence, he will forgive this issue. Also, regarding the reports of his wife coming down with a weird disease, Hacken answers that someone made up that story.

When asked about Ryan's resemblance to him, he said "Sigh, everyone of us is very careful when it comes to protecting him. We take greater care when we go out, and have no idea that things would be exposed like this. But forget about it, things that will happen has happened. Let nature take its course. I was angry about the report regarding the weird disease because clearly, they conjured it up, but not this one."

This blog has been going on for a year and they dared not update it anymore. Also, he announced that ticket sales for his concert had been doing well. Credit card users already bought 2/3 of the tickets. The decision of adding shows will be finalized after public sales of tickets.

[Sources: http://www.leehacken.com/news/2007/news_20071208.htm, Mingpao, Apple daily, Takung Pao, Wen Wei Po, Singtao]
[translated by: HIANEZ, edited by: KATE`*]
[*** GO HERE TO READ HACKEN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS MATTER (FROM HIS BLOG):
http://hackenleeid.blogspot.com/]

Hacken Lee Says Emily Lo Is Fine

2007-12-04T00:47:00.000-08:00

[source: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=335, translated by Emma Lam,

image source: tungstar.com]

3 December 2007

Hacken Lee (李克勤) took part in a promotional event for Adidas Europass today, so he was absent from the CRHK Chik Chak Pop Music awards event that was happening at the same time. He explained that he only received the invitation from CRHK after agreeing to this commercial appearance, so he could not appear at both functions.

There have been reports that Hacken's wife Emily Lo (盧淑儀) has been suffering from post-natal depression and has been admitted to hospital after exhibiting strange behaviour, separating her from their son, Ryan. Hacken expressed disappointment at the reporters for writing these false accounts and explained that his visit to the hospital with his wife was to visit a friend of theirs from outside the industry. He added that the story seemed to be taken from the plot of the film 28 Days Later.

Hacken added that if the reporters had taken photographs, he would have welcomed them to come and ask questions, to which he would have answered truthfully, but to simply make up the story is very malicious. He said that his wife has been been upset by the reports, but they will handle it as well as they can. On an optimistic note, he can see it as additional promotional activity for his album. He said that he would like to take the opportunity to let all his friends and family know that they are fine and there are no strange illnesses or emergencies.

Hacken Lee Thanks Alan Tam For Generosity

2007-12-04T00:39:00.000-08:00

[source: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=337, translated by Emma Lam,
image sources: tungstar.com, leehacken.com]

3 December 2007

Hacken Lee (李克勤) was the guest host on the Roadshow <紅人館> programme yesterday, with guests Eric Suen (孫耀威), Kay Tse (謝安琪) and Kelvin Kwan (關楚耀).

During a break in the show, Hacken showed off the gift that good friend Alan Tam (譚詠麟) had presented to his son, Ryan, which was a specially designed necklace and white jade pendant. He explained that Alan had sent through a big basket of baby items previously, but this special gift had taken two months to make and he is very grateful to Alan for his thought and generosity. Asked if Ryan will be adopting Alan as a god-grandfather, Hacken said that there are no plans, but he already sees Alan as a father-figure, so this would be a natural progression.

Asked about reports that his wife Emily Lo (盧淑儀) suffering from post-natal depression, he insisted that this was not the case and that the irresponsible reports by the press has spoiled the happiness he has felt over the last few months.

Son is biggest (most important), Hacken isolates dogs

2007-12-04T00:28:00.000-08:00

2007 Nov 30
Sudden Weekly Vol. 644

[summary]:
It is known that Hacken and Emily loves dogs; they own five dogs. But since the birth of Ryan, things have changed. Hacken restricts the dogs from getting near Ryan. Even though Hacken once said that raising a dog is a lifelong thing, but dogs can't match up to the birth of his son.

Hacken is known for loving dogs; he treats them like family members. In 2006 he also trained two Golden Retrievers Butter and Peanut, who performed in his concert before. His 5 dogs can go in and out of the house freely.

Dogs restricted from second floor

Of the 5 dogs Hacken owns, 4 of them are considered long hair dogs, so since the birth of Ryan, the dogs have been restricted because Hacken is afraid that the dog hair will affect Ryan's breathing. And because the master bedroom and Ryan's room is on second floor, the dogs have been restricted from the second floor. In the beginning the dogs were frustrated and not used to the new restrictions. Upon seeing the dogs reactions, Hacken and Emily felt bad too, but for health's sake they had to restrict them. Earlier, Hacken was seen taking the dog to check-up; but it was apparent that Hacken kept his distance with the dog.

Two maids, two uses

Upon the birth of Ryan, Hacken hired another maid to care for the BB; the other maid will care for the dogs and do house cleaning. Also Hacken bought 4 air-purifiers that is used 24 hours in the house. Hacken said that one must always be clean and to be careful; Ryan is young, his immune system is still not strong enough to fight off bacteria. Ryan is about 9-pounds now; Lisa (wonder who this is?) visited him the most, but she never dared to carry him. Hacken is so caring that because of Ryan, he wants to eliminate having to leave HK. Earlier [someone? a company in?] Japan invited him to guest perform at a show, but he rejected because he wanted to stay in HK.

Dog hair can cause asthma

The doctor recommended that the pregnant mom and BB should not be close to animals because it can cause asthma. It is best to keep the animals outside.

[Source: http://www.leehacken.com/magazines/2007/20071130_sudden_644.htm]
[translated by: JANE]

Musical Stars Play Happy Families

2007-12-04T00:20:00.000-08:00

[source: http://www.batgwa.com/story.php?id=321,
translated by Emma Lam,
image sources: on.cc,
http://www.rthk.org.hk]

29 November 2007

This year marks the 30th anniversary of RTHK's Top Ten Chinese Songs awards (十大中文金曲) and an opening ceremony for the event was held today, attended by many big names in Hong Kong's music industry. The show's production manager Chow Kwok Fung (周國豐) revealed that there will be two parts to the awards presentation this year. The first section will be the presentation of the top ten songs on 13 January 2008 at the RTHK car park, then there will be a second show on 19 January at the Hong Kong Coliseum that will showcase the 30 year history of the musical selections and other performances to support the presentation of the individual awards. The build up to the awards will begin on 20 December, with the nominations being announced for the Golden Needle Awards as well as the release of a television documentary about the show's history.

To build on the concept of the singers being like one big family, a vote was held at the event for who should play which role in this "musical family" a and Hacken Lee (李克勤) emerged as the most popular for the family's father figure, with Eason Chan (陳奕迅) elected to be the matriarch. Leo Ku (古巨基) was chosen as the son and Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅) emerged as the daughter-in-law. Joey Yung (容祖兒) played the big sister and Kelvin Kwan was chosen to be the manservant.

Miriam was asked whether or not she was happy at being chosen to be the daughter-in-law and she said she was not really suitable because normally daughters-in-law are not supposed to speak out, but this is the complete opposite to her character. However, she laughed that her mother would be pleased at the selection because it proves she is still marketable. She also said that Eason is always very neat and tidy, so he would have suited the matriarch or the manservant characters very well. Asked about rumours that Joey is tipped to win the Chik Chak gold award, Miriam said that as long as she wins one award to take back to her boss, Leon Lai (黎明), then she will be happy because he is the father figure of A Music. As for whether she felt that she was behind because of her low broadcast levels, she said that the awards are like a race and you don't know who will win until the very end. She added that she will be attending as many events as she can to raise her profile and put Leon's mind at rest while he is filming in Beijing.

Asked about her feelings for being selected as the musical big sister, Joey said that it reflects her reality because with the newcomers joining her record company every year, then she does feel that she is like a big sister to them. With rumours that Denise Ho (何韻詩) may be in the running for the gold award this year, Joey said that this is all speculation and the reports are changing every day, so she will not let this affect her mood. She said she will go to the ceremonies without expectations and not let the rumours affect her relationship with Denise.

Hacken's mature and sensible image should have landed him the role of the dutiful son, but he lost out to Leo instead. Given the title of father instead, he said that he was not qualified to take the role because fathers are usually clumsy with the little things but smart when it comes to the big things, but he said modestly that he is clumsy with both big and small things. He commented that the atmosphere in the industry is much better this year, with a more friendly air and less rumours than in the past. He said that it is better for everyone to be friends because this leads to healthy open competition and no anomosity between the singers. He added that the fight should be between the companies and not the artistes.

Often caught up in speculation, Leo said that he has not thought about the awards much this year and he will leave the strategy to his company to devise. Asked who he thought stood a good chance of winning, he suggested that Eason, Justin Lo (側田), Hins Cheung (張敬軒) and himself all stand a good chance of taking the best male singer award. Asked about the rumours of Justin being dropped by his company because of his bad temper, Leo supported Justin, saying that he is very good-natured and he has not been disobedient. As for suggestions that Justin is a bit of a player, Leo continued to support his colleague, saying that he is actually very faithful and has only ever been linked to one person. When the reporters pointed out his slip, Leo called out: "Oh dear, entrapment!"

Eason was asked about rumours tha he will be the big winner at all the music awards this year and he said that the greater the expectation, then the greater the disappointment, so he will just see what happens and hopes that he will not disappoint his company. He admitted that he was a little lost in the past, but over a decade in the industry has taken him through experiences where he lost his motivation and direction, but now he has found it again and he wants to reward the people who work hard behind the scenes with his success.

SORRY!

2007-11-27T17:09:00.000-08:00

to all readers here:
I'M SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING THIS BLOG IN SO LONG,
CUZ SOME OF OUR TRANSLATORS HAVE NOT BEEN ONLINE
FOR QUITE A LONG WHILE NOW,
SO THERE WAS A LONG DELAY IN THE NOV. NEWS BEING TRANSLATED!

I WILL REALLY REALLY TRY 2 KEEP THIS BLOG
MORE UPDATED FROM NOW ON!

DO COME BACK OFTEN!
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