MORE than 16,000 mainland people sat in the rain for three hours last week to catch their favourite Hong Kong singers in what was referred to as a ''shoe-shining show''.
The concert was staged to ''celebrate'' the upgrading of Hua Xian, a town, to a city now known as Hua Du Shi, where the new Guangzhou airport will be located.
It was organised by producer-director-actor Tsui Siu-ming, who roped in Andy Lau Tak-wah, Lui Fong, Alex To, Prudence Liew and Angela Pang.
They sang and danced in the rain and for their endeavours Lau, Lui and To received awards from the city mayor. ALTHOUGH actress Ng Suet-man (Raped By An Angel ) has signed a management deal, it hasn't kept her clear of the industry's murky side.
Rumours surfaced recently she had been left with a broken collarbone after an assault by a bunch of heavies because she refused to strip for an upcoming sex flick.
Nevertheless, Ng bravely met the press to promote the (as-yet-untitled) film, and play down the rumours. But it seems more than coincidental that co- star Yiu Ching-ching, who did strip, has been given star billing. BLUES fans take heed. Cult guitar hero Robben Ford and his band the Blue Line look set to play an A. C. Hall gig in late January. Watch this space. MORE evidence of the mutual admiration between Sylvester Stallone and Hong Kong's own Rambo, Jackie Chan.
It comes in Sly's latest action blockbuster Demolition Man (due for release at Christmas) when a female cop speaks glowingly of Chan during a hectic battle sequence. Surely it cannot be long before Chan and Stallone team up on-screen. THE film version ofthe acclaimed play M. Butterfly, about the bizarre love of a French diplomat for a Peking opera star who turns out to be a man, is not flying in the American cinema.
