


CCTV held a large scale concert to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover, entitled "Celebrating Hong Kong's 10 Year Return 2007 [Same Song] Large Scale Concert". The concert series ended yesterday, featuring numerous artists from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan, such as, Liza Wang, George Lam, Alec Su, Denise Ho, Gigi Leung, Kenny Chung, Athena Chu, Wong Hiu Ming, Lui Fong, Andy Hui etc. TVB artists, Raymond Lam, Shirley Yeung, Bernice Liu, Tracy Ip, etc. were also present. The show's MC's included Eric Tsang, Dodo Cheng, Ng Dai Wai, Tsang Bo Yee and Leung Wing Ban. There were 1,500 people in the audience.
After Raymond, Patrick, Shirley, Bernice, Anne, and Tracy sang their song together, Eric Tsang asked the artists to express their feelings in Mandarin. This challenged the TVB artists' dialect skills. Unable to utter a single sentence in Mandarin, Bernice asked embarassingly whether she could speak in English instead. Tracy Ip said, "I am very happy to appear in this 'function'." Eric and Ng Dai Wai teased Tracy in saying "function" in English.
CCTV held the concert to celebrate the peaceful relations between China and Hong Kong since the handover in 1997. Liza Wang opened the concert by singing, "Ten Thousand Waters A Thousand Mountains Are Still Feelings" and "Courageous Chinese People". She commented that since the handover, 2007 was the best year thus far in terms of policy and civil rights. She noted that the current state was not easily established and should be cherished.
Raymond was quite moved by the 10th anniversary of the handover. In the past, he did not deeply understand the culture in mainland. However since the handover, he said that the economy and numerous other advancements were positive. He felt the mainland market was very broad and offered many opportunities. Currently, numerous [Hong Kong] artists film in China.