SOME of Hongkong's biggest singing stars are doing their part to promote the mainland music industry, having already performed in a charity concert in Beijing.
Twenty-five winners of last year's Commercial Radio Ultimate Songs Chart Award Presentation took part in The Ultimate Songs Chart Show 92 at the Beijing Workers' Stadium.
All 12,000 tickets to the show, priced from 40 renminbi to 160 renminbi (about HK$50 to HK$215), sold out within hours and there were reports tickets were being resold for up to 300 renminbi, so popular was the performance.
Hosted by Commercial Radio deejays Gary Ngan Luen-mo and Joseph Chan Fai-hung, the concert featured Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Andy Lau Tak-wah, Leon Lai Ming, Sandy Lam Yik-lin, Sally Yeh, Shirley Kwan Suk-yee, Grasshopper, Beyond, Taichi, Faye Wong Ching-man, Tats Lau and Dream, Dicky Cheung Wai-kin, Lui Fong and Veronica Yip Yuk-hing.
According to Commercial Radio, profits from the show will go to a fund managed by the radio station and the co-organiser, the Chun Yang Television Station, and will be used in promoting mainland music.
''We do not have much experience in holding a concert overseas, but we knew that it would be a good opportunity for us to raise more money so that we could give some financial support to those young and talented musicians in China,'' said Ms Pearl Wong, Director of External Affairs at Commercial Radio.