Loyal fans spark promise of comeback

The appearance of Sandy Lam Yick-lin at Commercial Radio's annual awards presentation ceremony brought the house down.

Lam was once a very popular female singer in Hong Kong but her career simply ran out of steam in recent years.

Her last creative output in the SAR was her involvement in the Cantonese pop musical Snow.Wolf.Lake with Jacky Cheung Hok-yau.

Rumours had been circulating that Lam would marry Taiwanese producer Li Chung-sing and quit show business.

But she told fans at the ceremony: 'I've never thought of retiring . . . I miss all of you very much. I promise you I'll be back on the stage.' Lam remained vague on whether or not she intended tying the knot with Li.

Actress Kathy Chow Hoi-mei, who has attracted the label of Hong Kong's Sharon Stone, has won a contract with a Swiss watch-maker.

However, Chow declined to reveal how much the contract was worth.