Veteran star and general manager of TVB Eric Tsang, 69, recently shared his thoughts on the 25th anniversary of Hongkong's handover to China.

Speaking with Chinese newspaper Global Times, the actor, who reminisced about witnessing the Hongkong handover in 1997 over a live TV broadcast, called it "a very touching moment".

In fact, the event was so momentous for Eric that he even cried when he finally could indicate that he's from China on travel documents.

"We've been listening to the British national anthem since young. When we finally heard our own [Chinese] national anthem, and raised our own flag, that was a very touching moment," recalled Eric, who went on to reveal the difficulties he faced when visiting other countries before the handover.

"Back then when we went overseas, we had to fill in our nationality and we would usually write 'Hongkong'. If we didn't add 'British' at the back, people would question if 'Hongkong' is a nationality. But when we did, the British would ask 'Are you really British?' and that wasn't a nice feeling," he lamented.

It's why the actor was over the moon when he could at last declare he's from China.

"On my first trip abroad after the handover, I was finally able to write 'China' when filling up the documents, and [my] tears just started flowing."

And now, Eric hopes to produce a show about the handover and also plans to send more artistes back to their "hometown" for filming.

Eric, who revealed that reconnecting with his roots is what he always wanted, said: "Many things that we own are given by our country. The Hongkong citizens today should be very thankful."

Recollecting how he had to ration water as a kid, Eric said: "We had to carry a bucket down to collect water every four days. And that would be used for cooking, washing our faces and maybe even our feet, before being used to water the plants. It was only until our country imported a massive amount of water from the East River that we had water supplied [to our homes]."

"Now I always tell my children to turn off the taps when they are not in use. So we say Hongkong should be grateful," he said, positing that the freedom China has given Hongkong "has helped [them] a lot."

The actor went on to comment that young Hongkongers, who believe that Hongkong is the most advanced, don't know much about China 'cos they haven't lived there.

"Once they go to China they will know. If my kids are still young, I'd have sent them to study in China. Now I always advise my friends to send their children back [to China] for school, because I feel that on top of how prestigious the school is, the learning environment is very important too."



This post has been edited by Mr Mercedes: Jul 6 2022, 11:50 AM

terima kasih eric tsang!

50 cent donuted to him for patriotism

1 word, renminbi

Inb4 story of him hamsup

You’ll do the same too if you’re sitting in that position.

fuh...how many katchat will trigger by him? kek

this siu keung really jilat baik mia

Katchat where got jilat China?

ada wang ada amoi

No choice already. he's at the top of his game in the industry. The fate of TVB depends on him.

yg puendek sial ni klu tahu insider tvb infemes for laki gatal yg selalu nak makan sayur fresh

TBB need to jilat DaGe to avoid closure lettew

Hahahhahahaha wonder how many guns were pointed at him and his bank accounts.

renminbi or not, Chinese blood runs in Hongkee veins. they certainly don't look like the Ang Moh they worship so much.

tvb dying now, he need to jilat dage to get more dage investors to pump in more money into tvb

Better than those who were born Chinese but think they are angmos.

Or rather wished they were angmos.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Jul 6 2022, 11:58 AM

wonder where is he now? so quiet.. he used to anti china

This farkerwho raped Yammie Lam.

He will burn in Hell.

he couldnt survive china.. but still riding on his anti china kachat viewers with his radio and tookk show

0? too busy living the best life in uk owai

Cari makan, beb.. they also have a lot of evidence from his Metoo days..not a nice fella.

I think Taiwan

Lol now no choice have to jilat

He is a pig, chinese version jeffery epstein

he ran to taiwan, do some cooking show and late night talk show sendiri and sell subscription there during pandemic. then recently move to UK and so travel vlog with subscription.

His cable very strong. Triad wack him also fail.

this sei hansap lou, will go to hell because what he did to Yammie Lam

if not mistaken still in taiwan.
taiwan love this kind of people, i think he is treated as king there

Penang , HK and SG need to thanks British for their existence, if not now only a random backwater fishing island

eric tseng is new chynna ambassador after jackie cheung son drug case + his comment on chynna product

he quite sohai tbh, go UK complain things exp there, go convert the currency n compare, and say UK very exp cannot stay there

earn in pounds spend in pounds mar, he go convert from pounds to hkd then keep complain very exp not suitable for migration, what a sohai la

Cukur, Caina has money, so haters can only angry.

Eric Tsang??? i really no idea why this si ai zai so famous??? for every movies that got him. I will avoid. in case I know he is in the movie. I will mark NO NO NO

sampah punya orang!!! suspected rapist!!!

Can tvb do more outdoor shootings?
Damn boring, don't understand why they turned to only 100% indoor live shoots, macam mau ikut taiwan but skill 0

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Jul 6 2022, 12:48 PM

Same here🙋‍♂️

He just want to be kroni ccp need money

https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/ho...mmie-lam-251351

Hongkong Actor Eric Tsang Accused Of Raping Former Actress Yammie Lam

Is Eric Tsang the Harvey Weinstein of Hongkong showbiz? The big-name Hongkong star has been accused of preying on female celebs and pimping them out. His accuser: The Chinese godmother of modelling, Grace Han. Grace, the former Asia-Pacific president of American international modelling agency Ford Models, has nurtured many international supermodels like Du Juan.

Grace made those damning accusations in a Weibo post today (Jan 11). “This scum [Eric] has sexually assaulted female celebs more than once. Everyone in the entertainment industry knows this,” she wrote, adding that her friends around her have also heard of Eric's alleged sexual misconduct.

In the post, she shared a screen grab of a video that featured Eric and former Hongkong actress Yammie Lam Kit-ying. In 2013, Yammie made headlines when she claimed that she was raped two decades ago by two “big brothers” of the Hongkong showbiz scene. Yammie said that the assault had happened in Singapore and that she had attempted suicide several times after the rape. The original video had concealed the names of the offenders. But in 2014, Hongkong-based media personality Stephen Shiu disclosed the names of the two men: actor-director Alan Tang, who died of a heart attack in 2011, and funnyman Eric Tsang. Now, a video that went viral yesterday also name-checked Yammie's alleged rapists as Alan and Eric. When that vid made headlines, Eric quickly released a statement through his company, claiming that it was “fake news” and that the clip had been “falsely edited”. The 64-year-old added that he would be taking legal action against the creator of the video.

Hong Kong’s Next Magazine’s 2013 report of Yammie Lam’s painful confession of being raped by two "big brothers" in showbiz.


In response to Eric's denial, Grace wrote a long, extremely damning post on her Weibo, claiming that Yammie isn’t the only victim of Eric’s predatory ways. She revealed how one of her models was invited to a KTV bar by Eric while she was in Hongkong, and Eric had allegedly spiked her drink when she went to the loo. In Grace’s Weibo post, in which she referred to herself as an ‘old woman’, she said: "When models go to Hongkong for work, he [Eric] would pretend to be the good guy and would take the models on KTV outings. Actually, he was just acting as a pimp. What has this old woman taught her students? That when you're in a foreign place and you get invited by someone of a certain status to go out and play at night, don't go! This jerk came over to initiate conversation with my student, but she ignored him. In the end, this jerk said that a superstar would also be there, and a bunch of [models] were convinced to go.”


"One of this old woman's students also went. But I have taught my students that when you are in public place and you have to go to the toilet, do not drink from the same cup that you’ve drank from before when you return. My student came out of the loo, and only after drinking from her cup, did she recall what I told her. She immediately went to the toilet, stuck her finger down her throat, and vomited the drink out. When she came out, [she saw that] all the other six models had collapsed onto the floor. The men who were present carried one of the models each and left. Only this old woman's student was left [in the room]. At this point, Eric said to another jerk in Cantonese, 'Why hasn't [the drug] taken effect?' The moment she heard it, [my student] collapsed on the floor immediately, and was dragged into a car. Later on, my student used the method this old woman taught her to get out of the situation (I cannot teach [the method] online, if not the perverts will know). The next day, my student took the early flight by herself to return to Beijing. The other six models never turned up.”

She ended her post by reminding kids to protect themselves. “If you've been sexually assaulted, don't be shy, it's those jerks who sexually assaulted you who should be ashamed! Call the cops immediately! It’s because no one calls the police, that this jerk repeatedly gets his way! ”

This isn’t the first nor second time that Eric has been accused of sexual misconduct. In 1989, when Eric directed and starred in the movie Fatal Vacation, it was rumoured that he had acted out a rape scene with an actress… for real. After filming wrapped, the female art director slammed Eric’s actions as “inhumane”. Part of the rape scene was subsequently deleted from the movie.

In response to Grace’s claims, Eric has released a statement accusing her of slander. He said that he had already brought the case to court, and is demanding for compensation for the damage done to his reputation. The statement also asked for Grace to look out for his lawyer’s letter. To which, Grace simply replied: "Okay! Sitting here waiting [for the letter]!”

quote for kemaluan besar

jackie cheung kek

Ayam read book little, dun buwee me

Many Indian triggered when they see patriotic Chinese national

Why lah? Culture thing?

In Taiwan, now no hold bar anti China

But then, nobody care about him anymore

Jilatan yang padu dari Eric Tsang.

Inb4 jacky cheung

i hope her ghost haunts him daily

kek it's like saying slav bloos runs in poland/czech/slovak/bulgaria/romania/lithuania so must kowtow to pudding

bodo mia reasoning

不错

this is abit too much of jilating

some people is so bad that they feel proud calling same race same skin as pest.

best place to find them is kopitiam.

his father is one of the main guy of tiger lui if not wrong.. the cable and money a lot

He and his group of friends like Dean Shek, Karl Maka, Tsui Hark, Raymond Wong, etc. was quite important to HK cinema as they were the ones who popularised HK style comedies.

Do you know that Aces Go Places was directed by him. He was a producer of a lot of successful movies in HK too. That is why he got a bad repo of practising casting couch like Epstein.

By the early 90’s he turned to TV and was originally with ATV until TVB brought him over. His Super Trio game shows were extremely popular and managed to attract all the big stars to join the show.

Even the triads don’t dare to touch him badly. He was just beaten up after he insulted Joey Yung who was under Emperor Group, a well known entertainment company started by triad boss.

those are all caucasians, you clearly missed the point

Justice for yamie

kek....
janji jilat white arse for their superiority

no i don't. these people are slavs. causasian/people from Caucasus are practically another race, only being used in america to denote white ppl (even tho Caucasus ppl isnt even "white" to begin with)

calling slavs caucasian is like calling vietnamese as chinese simply bcos both mata sepet

nope
he has too due to his position

TVB's license renewal depends on it...TV channel's license renewal in HK isn't automatic

Got to see who is your leader, kennot simply rebel against those who provide you makan.

Yammie Lam says hello to Eric Tsang

+20 social credit

ok fine. hongkees are not viet. they are chinese. you can read hong kong's migration history.

msia wumao also cry

can understand they all need jilat CCP, but recently c media post stars action.. quite pathetic..
talk like last time british tortured them, dog and HK ppl cannot enter like tat..

Can't blame him, its for livelihood. One wrong sentence, all his work will be wiped from the internet and be sent to some reeducation course.

Plenty of wumao also sure cry lah.

But when you ask them what practical good it does to them, they cannot answer.

Now Chyna is number 1, so what does it do for you? Does it improve your own life?

U kena boikot by china u can lingkup already

nationalism? patriotism? racism? chauvinism?

now shut up and listen to wumao sing my motherland.......

there are many artists in hk and taiwan that love their nationality like andy lau stephen chow those. but there are also many prc ppl that hate their own skin.


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