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In an impromptu interview in the street last Saturday afternoon, the 33-year-old told Apple Daily she was just taking a break in Tokyo. "I should marry in five years' time. It could be one year, or two, three years later," the Taiwan-born Hong Kong-based actress said.
But questions remain about the hush-hush party she and Chu, 30, were said to have held that evening. They have been linked since they acted in The Tokyo Trial, a 2006 film on the World War II trials.
According to Apple Daily, their friends were asked to a dinner in Tokyo on Saturday, but not told of the place.
Lin's friend, jewellery designer Cindy Chao, also flew to Japan with a three-carat diamond ring for her, the report said.
When asked if it was a wedding band for Lin, Chao paused before saying: "It's a belated birthday gift. She was filming in Beijing on her birthday in October last year and I couldn't give it to her in time."
Asked about the expensive gift, Chao said: "Friendship is priceless." A report on China's Sina portal quoted a source as saying the party could have been for Chu, whose birthday was last Friday.
*This article was first published in The Straits Times on Jan 19, 2009.
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The soldier prince pours shame on the Royal Family as he calls an Asian squaddie “our little Paki friend” and tells another officer cadet jokingly wearing a camouflage veil off duty: “F*** me, you look like a raghead”—an offensive term for an Arab.
Harry, 24, third in line to the throne, also mocks the Queen—who is Commander-in-Chief of the British Army—while acting out a mobile phone call to her in front of other cadets at a field camp in Cyprus.
They laugh out loud as the disrespectful Prince pretends to get bored talking to his grandmother and dismissively hangs up on her saying: “Send my love to the corgis. I’ve got to go, got to go, bye. God Save You . . . yeah, that’s great.”
He even jokes about the colour of his pubic hair with one soldier in the middle of giving orders.
Last night Clarence House issued an APOLOGY for his behaviour in the shocking video diary—in which Harry is often behind the camera giving a foul-mouthed commentary. Extracts from the shock video can be seen on only our website notw.co.uk
And the Ministry of Defence said last night: “This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army.”
His sick remarks will not only have infuriated the Queen but could also increase tensions with Islamic groups in the UK who were outraged that he went to fight and kill Muslims in Afghanistan.
And they will mortify Army chiefs trying to recruit soldiers from Britian’s ethnic minorities.
The film was made in 2006, just a year after Harry was shamed for wearing a Nazi swastika at a fancy dress party and forced to make a grovelling apology.
It begins as the Prince—about to embark on training as a combat helicopter pilot—joins other cadets gathering at an airport for their flight to Cyprus. He is behind the camcorder, panning around sleeping comrades waiting for their flight.
As he films one cadet lying on the departure lounge floor, he says: “This is luxury. And here is our first example of possibly how to admin yourself (slang for looking after your kit and keeping yourself in good order) in the terminal awaiting the RAF.”
The camera pans over other snoozing soldiers, with Harry commenting “now that is bad admin, bad admin” before he suddenly stops and zooms in on the face of an unsuspecting Asian cadet yards away.
“Anybody else around here? . . . Ah, our little Paki friend . . . Ahmed,” he whispers.
After arriving in Cyprus, Harry is on exercise with his platoon when he makes his second offensive racist comment. Once again he is behind the camera, filming in the dark.
One of his comrades has put what appears to be some camouflage over his head and as he looks up at the lens Harry says: “It’s Dan the Man . . . F*** me, you look like a raghead. Look at me. Look at me . . . look away.”
The video— obtained by the News of the World— then shows the Prince on manoeuvres in Cyprus with his comrades. Harry plays on-screen reporter, turning the video on himself as he walks along. Then still a Sandhurst military cadet, he sarcastically mocks the exercise they have been given to do.
“It’s hot, very hot. Let me quickly show you the camp, let me show you the pointless tasks,” he says.
“Maybe not pointless tasks, we have been given by the real Company Sergeant Major, which apparently is all very much worthwhile towards our education in the field.” The camcorder is passed to another squaddie. A cadet then introduces Harry as “Mr Wales“ and says the prince is “going to attempt to deliver a set of deliberate night attack orders in 30 seconds”.
The camera focuses on the Prince as he sits pretending to finish a call to the Queen.
“I’ve got to go, got to go. Send my love to the corgis. Send my love to the corgis and Grandpa” before making his “God Save You” insult.
Afterwards he pops a cigarette in his mouth before barking orders about an upcoming exercise, saying “we will be wearing smocks, body armour, helmet, and all the usual s**t”. After giving the orders the exercise descends into farce when the Prince, wielding an army knife, asks his men if there are any questions.
One of the squad cheekily remarks: “Are your pubes ginger too?”
Harry replies: “Sorry?”
He is then asked the question again and replies: “Yes, they are” to laughter from the rest.
Later Harry, wielding the camera again, asks another member of the squad to talk through the exercise they have just done.
He asks for “your ups and downs in the exercise. Highs and lows. Good people, bad people. Good points, bad points.” Off camera, he adds: “How do you feel? Gay? Queer on the side?“ Then Harry asks another cadet: “Anything you want to say? There’s no secrets here. Quickly just tell me what the f ** k is going on?“
The sequence ends with a reference to the hit Channel 4 show Big Brother: “Well that’s all from sandpit heaven in Cyprus. What you’ll next see is probably the diary. Big Brother wants you. Ciao.”
Throughout the film, Harry remarks several times: “All is good in the Empire.”
Other scenes in the video diary show Harry enjoying party nights out with his pals on manouevres.
In one scene the Prince—now on the wagon—mockingly mouths to another soldier “I love you” before kissing him on the cheek and licking his face. On the same night he is seen holding two fingers to his head, implying he wants to shoot himself because he is so bored by the Greek dancers. Harry’s racist slur came 14 months after he was widely criticised over the Nazi costume incident.
In January 2005 the Prince, then 20, wore a swastika on a German Afrika Korps uniform to a fancy dress party.
He was forced to issue an apology saying: “I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise.”
Harry’s questionable judgement appears to be following the lead of his grandad the Duke of Edinburgh who has made a string of racist gaffes.
In March last year, Prince Philip stunned belly dancers during a visit to a Swansea school when he said: “I thought Eastern women just sit around smoking pipes and eating sweets all day.” In 2006, he managed to offend the Romanians at a Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme ceremony, saying of the country’s many orphanages: “There’s so many over there you feel they breed them just to put them in orphanages.”
In 2002, he asked an Australian Aborigine, the head of a cultural park: “Do you still throw spears at each other?”
On a visit to China in 1986, he told a group of British students: “If you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty-eyed.” And in 1967, on the suggestion of a royal visit to Russia to improve relations, he said: “The bastards murdered half my family.”
As a serving army officer Harry’s gaffe could get him into deep trouble this time. The Prince, who was promoted to the rank of Lieutentant after serving in Afghanistan, is in clear breach of British Army regulations.
Officers guilty of racism within the Army face ‘major administrative action’ for misconduct and a range of punishments from written censure to being booted out of the service.
In 2004 a report by the Armed Forces Directorate of Operations Capability, found 40 per cent of soldiers said there was racism in the Army.
Forces top brass are stepping up attempts to attract more soldiers from ethnic minorities in the fight against terrorism.
Muslim recruits who understand the languages of southern Afghanistan are highly prized to interpret Taliban radio chatter. An MOD spokesman added last night: “Neither the Army nor the Armed Forces tolerates inappropriate behaviour in any shape or form.
“The Army takes all allegations of inappropriate behaviour very seriously and all substantive allegations are investigated.”
But Harry’s offhand use of the word ’Paki’ shows that among Sandhurst’s officer cadets—the Generals of the future—racist terms are far from taboo. ”
ADDITIONAL reporting by ROBERT KELLAWAY, NEVILLE THURLBECK and CAROLE AYE MAUNG
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Of the Paki jibe, the spokesman said: “Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be—and is extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause.
“However, on this occasion three years ago, Prince Harry used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon.
“There is no question that Prince Harry was in any way seeking to insult his friend.
“Prince Harry is using the term ‘raghead’ to mean Taliban.”
A spokesman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, chaired by Sir Trevor Phillips, said they would be investigating.
The spokesman said: “These appear to be disturbing allegations and we will be asking the Ministry of Defence to see the evidence, share their investigation with us and their plans for dealing with it.”
A spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain said: “It beggars belief that Prince Harry did not realise just how crude and offensive such a remark is.
“The army is looking to recruit from minority communities and this kind of remark will not help the impression that the army is one of the last refuges of prejuidice towards minorities.”
Tory MP and former army officer Patrick Mercer said: “Whatever the context, this fine young officer has made a serious error of judgement that will cause great offence.
“It is unforgiveable.”
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In yet another twist in the Vivian-Joe relationship saga, Hong Kong's EastWeek magazine yesterday reported that Vivian Chow and Joe Ni are in fact already husband and wife.
They were reportedly married in 1998 when the couple migrated to the United States, which was the reason why Vivian has stuck by her erstwhile man all this time.
The magazine went on to elaborate that when Vivian gave up her singing career to move to the US to be with Joe in 1997, she had not obtained permanent US residential status. She could only stay in the country between one and three months each time before her tourist visa expired. The couple then decided that they would register their marriage, which was witnessed by Joe's parents and a few relatives.
The couple then stayed in San Francisco until 1999 before Vivian finally received her US citizenship. The couple then moved to Canada.
In a related development, the third party, Mifty Zhang had written in her blog to wish Joe happiness with Vivian after learning that the pair had announced their marriage plans. She also wrote: "I will keep mum about our secret, because I love you".
There were earlier speculation that the 'secret' Mifty had referred to were the 'love photos' that she was reported to have wanted to make public when she was reported to have wanted to disrupt Joe and Vivian's weddin
The celebrity couple who hit the headlines over their whirlwind split-then-marriage have made their first public appearance in the past two weeks.
Joe Nieh and Vivian Chow spent Christmas Eve dinner with friends at the luxurious clubhouse Hong Kong Parkview, followed by dozens of reporters. Their wedding ceremony will be held there next month, local newspaper The Sun reported.
The public appearance was described as "extreme chaos". Vivian and Joe, hand in hand, left under escort of the restaurant workers without answering questions from frantic reporters.
The marriage ceremony will last two days. Family members and relatives are expected to appear on January 5th, and friends and business partners on January 7th, The Sun said, quoting "a reliable source.
The Joe Nieh - Vivian Chow wedding saga is not over, it seems.
A report in yesterday's Oriental Sunday, a Hong Kong magazine, revealed that Miffty Zhang, the undergraduate who is the supposed third party between longtime couple, writer Joe Nieh and actress Vivian Chow, have come between them again. This time, the 23-year-old undergraduate has threatened Joe with suicide, in order to get him to meet her again. In response, Joe has postponed his wedding plans with Vivian.
She wrote in a blog entry that she will commit suicide if Joe does not "go to meet me, or talk to me", then he can "bring me a bouquet of lilies after I'm gone".
The report also said that Miffty has been trying to contact Joe through phone calls to clarify their relationship matters, but have not been able to reach him. He only replied to her after she sent him threatening SMS-es. A close source revealed: "Joe was afraid that something untoward may happen to Mifty, and would be too late to salvage the situation if she really carried out her threat."
On the other hand, Joe has also bought a pair of Tiffany platinum rings for himself and Vivian, in a bid to reassure her
The relationship saga involving Hong Kong actress Vivian Chow and writer Joe Nieh have finally come to a resolution, when the pair took their wedding vows before a pastor in Vivian's home in Hong Kong yestereday.
However, the couple had led the Hong Kong media on a wild goose chase, with rumours that the wedding was to be held in Hong Kong's Turf Club in Happy Valley.
The bride was said to have donned friend and designer Dorian Ho's wedding dress for the simple ceremony that was witnessed by about 20 close friends.
Groom Joe Nieh reached Vivian's apartment at 3pm (Hong Kong time) yesterday, wearing a white jacket and sunglasses. He was annoyed when approached by the media who were waiting for him for comments, and declined to be interviewed. The couple's friends arrived shortly after, including the bride's make-up artist.
About an hour later, the media suspected that looked to be Vivian's escort car was driven out of the building, with the pastor leaving about an hour after that. He apparently told the waiting media that the couple were married earlier in a simple ceremony, with the proceedings ending about 4pm. He also said they were very happy after signing the papers.
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The entertainment industry in Hong Kong has reported that Gigi Lai, 38, who recently left the industry to look after her brother who was injured in an accident, will be getting married on Feb 22 in Sydney, Australia.
The groom-to-be is Mr Ma, 52, a wealthy businessman who is 15 years older than her.
News of her marriage has graced the front pages of local Chinese tabloids and the media has even labelled her as someone who has
always been fond of older men.
According to my paper, Gigi reportedly prefers dating men who are relatively older than her. Her ex-boyfriends include Hong Kong comic king, Tony Wong, who is 21 years older than her, as well as Xu Jing Xiang, who is 9 years her senior.
Ever since her brother was hospitalised, Mr Ma, who is disabled, has provided Gigi with much support both financially and emotionally.
It was during these tough times when he told Gigi: "Stop working. I will look after you for life."
Gigi was so touched by his remark that she decided to give up her career and marry Mr Ma, according to the report in my paper.
Entertainment news reports on the Internet have also mentioned that the wedding, which is to be held next month, will be a simple Christian ceremony but the wedding will not be held in a church.
No celebrities will be invited as Mr Ma has always been someone of low profile.
It has also been said that Gigi and her fiance will be visiting Sydney before the Lunar New Year to have their wedding rings custom made at a jewellery store there.
Gigi has not responded to the media's queries regarding her wedding.
IS she an out-of-control wild child?
That's the question being asked of Winnie Cheng - the daughter of veteran Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng.
The 19-year-old recently posted photos of her posing with 19 different men on her page on social networking site Facebook.
Winnie is Adam's daughter from his current marriage to retired Taiwanese actress, Eve Goon.
He was previously married to the late Hong Kong comedian Lydia Sum.
The Facebook photos features her in a variety of poses with the men. Some of them show her interlocked in intimate embrace with them.
The locations for these 'shoots' were mostly in the United Kingdom - on the street, at hotels and the seaside.
One of the men, who closely resembles fallen Hong Kong actor Edison Chen, seemed to be the main star of the photo album.
He is seen in a variety of racy poses with her. The pair are pictured hugging, kissing, biting and french-kissing each other with wild abandon.
The pictures were published earlier this month in Hong Kong newspaper, Oriental Sunday.
Some of them have also been copied on various websites and blogs and commented on.
Malaysian netizen Lamely-named wrote on the Kopitiam forum: 'Stupid girl. If my daughter grows up like this, I'll give her up for adoption.'
Added another one, HyperX on Singaporean blogger, Lancerlord's post on Winnie: 'I pity those guys...lol (laugh out loud).'
Indifferent dad?
When asked by the Hong Kong press what he thought about his daughter's Facebook pictures, Adam appeared nonchalant.
The 62-year-old actor was reported in Shin Min Daily News as saying: 'They are only swimsuit pictures, what's the big deal about that?
'Winnie is close to 20 and will have many friends who are girls and guys, it's only natural that she makes as many friends as she can now.'
Perhaps in a bid to avoid blame, Adam is quoted as saying: 'When a girl reaches close to 20, there's no need to track her every move.
'What's most important is that she's pretty.'
Instead, Adam pointed fingers at the Oriental Sunday reporters responsible for the article.
He charged: 'Why have they written about this in such an unclassy manner?
'Do they want to create gossip just to attract readers?'
But Winnie's actions do not come as a surprise.
Past reports tend to show that she possesses a wild side.
Two years ago, it was reported in Shin Min Daily News that after a Christmas Eve dinner with her family in Hong Kong, she was caught by the paparazzi meeting up with two men on the same night.
She was spotted kissing the first guy fervently.
And then later in the night, she went to meet her second date.
When they met, she acted as though she hadn't seen him in a long time and hugged and kissed him passionately.
In the same report, Winnie was said to have returned back home to Hong Kong for Christmas Eve dinner with her family last year.
But this time she kept her 'playful' side in check and didn't schedule any dates after that.
Shin Min Daily News also reported that when Adam read the reports on his daughter's 'double date', he flew in a rage.
He then reportedly sent his daughter to the UK in the hopes that she would study hard and turn over a new leaf.
But judging by these latest photos, it doesn't seem to have turned out the way he had hoped.
Adam has four daughters from three marriages.
His first marriage, with whom he had oldest daughter Cheng On Yee, was very low-profile.
Adam then infamously married Lydia in 1985 and they had Joyce, now 22. But he and Lydia split three years later. Lydia died in February last year.
Adam married Eve one year after divorcing Lydia and has two daughters with her, Winnie and Cecily.
While Winnie makes the news for her hard-partying ways, the irony is that she is still less popular than her half-sister, Joyce.
Compared to the more outgoing Winnie, Joyce tends to be seen in a more positive light - such as doing charity work.
Last year, she took part in the 512 Fund Raising Campaign to help garner support for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake disaster.
She was also known to be a filial daughter who was constantly at her mother's side during Lydia's battle with liver cancer.
Perhaps that is why the Hong Kong media have often speculated that Adam seems to make up for it by favouring Winnie.
In an interview with The New Paper in April last year, he declined to answer when asked if he was a biased father.
But his actions seemed to imply this.
He turned up with his family to see Winnie make her debut on the catwalk early last year. Yet, he was conspicuously absent when Joyce was strutting her stuff at another fashion show.
He said of the reports on this incident: 'Just take them all with a smile, and not bother with them.
'Like Joyce once said, as long as we ourselves understand (the truth of the matter), that's enough.'
But there's one thing Joyce shares in common with Winnie - having her private life under constant scrutiny.
Last year, intimate photographs of her and her boyfriend from Facebook were splashed in a magazine, reported Hong Kong news portal batgwa.com.
Joyce later had to publicly admit that the photos were real.
This article was first published in The New Paper on Jan 21, 2009