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Vivienne Chow

The emotional memorial event for entertainer Lydia Sum Tin-ha (also known as Lydia Shum) at the Hong Kong Coliseum on Sunday did not move everyone.
While millions mourned the death of the comedienne at the ceremony or at home watching the live TV broadcast, at least 16 people were moved to file complaints with the Broadcasting Authority.
They complained that the almost three-hour broadcast - which covered the two-hour ceremony and footage taken before and after the ceremony - was too long.
They also said that showing such a programme had ruined the mood of their day of relaxation.
The broadcast also interrupted routine programming and deprived them of their right to choose what they wanted to watch.
One of the organiser's of the Coliseum event, TVB, said it received two complaints about the outburst by Sum's close friend, veteran actor and filmmaker Alan Tang Kwong-wing.
They said Tang's attack on Sum's former husband, actor Adam Cheng Siu-chow, for not looking after the late actress' only daughter, Joyce Cheng Yan-yee, and his demand for Cheng to explain why he had not been there when Sum was dying, were inappropriate.
TVB's external affairs assistant controller, Tsang Sing-ming, said Sum, fondly known as Fei Fei, had made a big contribution to the entertainment industry and the Chinese community around the world.
'The ceremony was in praise of Sum's achievements. To many people, the service was a meaningful event,' Mr Tsang said.
A spokesman from ATV, which broadcast the service live and reran it that night, said Sum's death had been  a 'big deal' for Hong Kong and most people had wanted to watch the ceremony.
TVB recorded an average rating of 16, which means that more than  1 million people  were watching its live broadcast.
ATV said 130,000 people watched its live broadcast and more than 566,000 people watched the rerun.
Sum, 62, died last month.



Memorial for Fei Fei draws complaints