Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
ACTOR Lawrence Ng Kai Wah (pic) is making good income in China although he no longer enjoys the popularity of his heyday in Hong Kong.
Oriental Daily quoted him as saying that there were many job opportunities in China, especially in gracing commercial events.
“Three or four years ago, many companies would organise year-end parties and we would be invited to make guest appearances.
“I remember there was a year, in November or December, when I was invited to more than 20 such functions.
“I will accept the invitations, as long as they are not organised by investment-related or finance companies,” he said.
Famed for his roles in TVB drama series such as The File of Justice V and Healing Hands, Ng, 58, has been active in the entertainment industry for 40 years.
In his interview on the popular Chinese talk show A Date with Luyu, the actor said he had bought a property in China in 2006.
He now lives in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, a megalopolis consisting of nine cities and two special administrative regions in south China.
On the recent 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, Ng said it had given him the feeling that “finally, I am a real Chinese national”.
He also said he had been contributing to social security (social insurance) in China for two years.
> A Twitter user drew the ire of social media users for running down his housemate in his post, China Press reported.
The man was upset after he was apparently told off for using his housemate’s perfume without permission.
Showing no remorse, the man posted a screenshot of his WhatsApp conversation with the housemate on his Twitter account.
The caption reads: “Do you all have such a petty housemate? It’s only perfume. He thought my salary is only RM200?”
In the chat, the housemate said he did not mind if the man had wanted to wear his clothes.
“But could you please not use my perfume?” the houseman asked, with the picture of a Tom Ford perfume attached.
The man then replied: “I only used a bit, and I didn’t finish the whole bottle. So petty! OK, I won’t use anymore in the future.”
The post did not go down well with Twitter users, who felt the man was being unreasonably indignant.
The post has since been deleted.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.