Source: MingPao & Takungpao
Pics: www.lizawang.com, Ent.Tom, Ent.QQ.com
HK celebrity and politician, Dr. Liza Wang will be the 88th Olympic torchbearer for SAR Hong Kong. Liza will be running in the Tsim Tsa Tsui area. Liza mentioned that she is not worried about the demonstrations (referring to the Tibetan issue) affecting the torch relay and that she is extremely happy to be able to be a part of the relay.
Liza added that she exercises regularly and that she should be able to run the allocated journey fairly comfortably.
Other celebrity participants include: Stephen Chan, Eason Chan(Wanchai district), Leo Ku (Wanchai district), Jacky Cheung, Kelly Chan, Alex Fong, etc.
http://tv.on.cc/news/news.html?mid=ONS-080429-11424-40M&mtype=video&mtime=1209461404
(Liza's interview on On.CC)
汪明荃將擔任第88棒火炬手
汪明荃不擔心有示威
(明報) 04月 29日 星期二 03:15PM
將會擔任火炬手的全國政協汪明荃說，獲選會感到高興，她不擔心遇到示威。
她又說，平時也有做運動，可以應付得到。
Source: Hong Kong Commercial Daily
A Hong Kong famous painter, Liu Yu and his daughter Hao Mei, painted a large pavilion painting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the reunification of Hong Kong with China.
Spanning over an area of 7.1m x 2.8m, the painting,《盛世明珠》, it currently hold the record of being the largest oil painting. It also hold the record for the most people painted in an oil painting. It depicts the history of Hong Kong. In 1997, a painting that marked the reunification of HK with China had a price tag of 25 million HK Dollars.
《盛世明珠》highlights the important individuals in HK. This included 500 celebrities, state leaders, Hong Kong SAR Government officials, successful businessmen, sport star. It also presented new iconic landmarks in Hong Kong, such as Golden Bauhinia Square, Zhongying international financial centre, the Yangtze Building and HK Disneyland.
Among the celebrities included in the painting are: Liza Wang, Lydia Shum, Chow Yun-Fatt, Aaron Kwok, Joey Yung, Kelly Cheng, Sir Run Run Shaw, etc.
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There has been reports that Liza will be one of the torchbearers for the olympic torch which is scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong on the 2nd of May. Each torchbearer is asked to bear the torch for a distance of 200 to 250 meters. (other torchbearers include: Kelly Chen, Andy Lau, Miriam Yeung).
As of now, Liza is refusing to confirm her participation as she was asked not to disclose any details to the press.
某人回帖:TVB是谁,我只对汪明荃感兴趣,对她的弟弟没兴趣...
Translation:
A forum posted a pic of Liza and the caption was: TVB's Ah Jie.
Someone replied: I am only interested in Liza Wang, not her younger brother.
LoL. So funny and so TRUE!