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Aaron Kwok wins the best actor prize at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2016. Photo: Edward Wong

Canto-pop star Aaron Kwok becomes a father at 51

Veteran Hong Kong singer-actor shares the news on social media

Canto-pop star and actor Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is celebrating fatherhood at the age of 51.

The singer-actor broadcast the good news by posting a picture of his first child’s hand grasping its parents’ fingers on his official social media account on Friday morning.

He did not show the baby’s face, reveal the date of birth, or specify whether it was a boy or girl.
The photo Aaron Kwok posted on social media, showing the baby’s hand grasping its parents’ fingers. Photo: Weibo

“Happy ... grateful! Us three!” Kwok wrote on his Sina Weibo account, China’s version of Twitter.

“Grow, family, protect,” the caption continued, accompanied by smiley face emoticons.

Another image in the Weibo post showed a pair of pink footprints with the title: “Welcome, little one”.

Aaron Kwok and his wife Moka Fang, during their wedding at Hong Kong’s Peninsula hotel. Photo: Handout
Kwok wed Shanghai model Moka Fang in April at Hong Kong’s Peninsula hotel. He announced his relationship with the 29-year-old model in December 2015 on Weibo.

By 11.30pm, the post had attracted more than 130,000 likes, and over 9,500 comments.

Aaron Kwok poses on the red carpet during the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards in Tsim Sha Tsui in 2016. Photo: Edward Wong

Netizens and fans congratulated Kwok on becoming a father, wishing him “every happiness” and “blessings for the rest of his life”.

Kwok rose to fame in the 1990s as one of Hong Kong’s “Four Heavenly Kings” – alongside Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Andy Lau Tak-wah and Leon Lai Ming – and was the last of the four to get married.

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