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Martin Wong

Vivienne Chow

People do not have to feel unhappy, she says
'I will be good. I will try my best to learn to be a responsible woman. I know it is  what my mother wants from me,' the only daughter of late comedienne Lydia Shum Tin-ha said at an emotional press conference yesterday, a day after her mother's death.
The death of Shum, better known as 'Fei Fei', or 'Fatty' for her ample girth,  sparked an outpouring of emotion throughout Hong Kong   as almost every newspaper in the city featured front-page reports  of her death after a long battle with cancer of the liver and gall bladder.
However, in a bid to emulate her mother who  brought happiness to millions before her death at age 62,  Joyce Cheng Yan-yee, 20, said: 'People do not have to feel unhappy about her death. She did  suffer  a lot during the long battle. It was really hard for her.
'We all miss my mum and we all do not want to let her go. But then she was tough, she had fought with the disease for a long time.
'Now that she has gone, she is  somewhere more peaceful.'
She added that  many family members  had been at Shum's bedside when she  died peacefully at Queen Mary Hospital on Tuesday morning.
Before succumbing once more to her grief and breaking down in tears, she   thanked  her mother's fans and friends for all the concern and support they had shown, saying all these were a great comfort to the family.
According to Fei Fei's wishes, she will be buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Vancouver next week  during a family-only service.
People would be able to  bid farewell to Fei Fei  at a memorial service in the Hong Kong Coliseum on March 2, Shum's manager, Chan Suk-fan said. Details  of the event would be released later.
'Fei Fei had lots of friends and regarded show business as her lifelong love,' Ms Chan said. 'She grew hand in hand with Hong Kong people and was always an icon of happiness. She hoped that such an image would be eternal.'
Ms Chan added that many people tried to contact Fei Fei when she was in the hospital and she had not realised until then the extent of the concern felt for her.
'There is no need to  regret that you did  not bid  a last farewell to her as Fei Fei wanted everyone to remember her face  as happy and healthy,' Ms Chan said.
It is understood the family  is to publish an obituary in at least one Chinese-language newspaper today  signed by Fei Fei's family members. However, it is also understood that the name of her ex-husband Adam Cheng Siu-chow, from whom she separated 19 years ago,  is not included.  Cheng, an actor who is making a TV series on the mainland,  has not   commented  since  Fei Fei's death.
Compared with  dead superstars like Anita Mui Yim-fong  and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing,  Shum's persona  had a deeper  meaning, said Chinese University journalism Professor Anthony Fung Ying-him.
'Anita and Leslie were glamorous superstars but Fei Fei was more like the close family that Hong Kong people grew up with,' said Professor Fung.



Fei Fei now at peace: daughter