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Vivienne Chow

Actor-singer Edison Chen Koon-hei says he may return to Hong Kong show business soon. 
The beleaguered star, who has kept away from show-business circles since a sex-photo scandal broke last year, says he has never vowed to quit the entertainment industry. 
'This is funny because a lot of the media, especially the Chinese media, have said that Edison says he's quitting the entertainment industry forever,' Chen told CNN in an interview  for the programme TalkAsia.  
'I actually said 'indefinitely'. Now, maybe some people don't understand what 'indefinitely' means. It could mean five minutes. It can mean 2,000 years. I never said 'forever'.' 
Chen's career was put on hold after more than 500 sex photos of him with a string of female celebrities started circulating on the internet in February last year. He emerged from more than a month's silence to apologise publicly and said he would step away from the city's entertainment industry indefinitely. 
Chen's management agency said no job had been arranged for him. The star was in town on personal business only and would return to the US shortly, it said. 
Chen's remarks in the CNN interview corresponded to recent speculation on his plans. He has been seen  around the city, and  Chinese-language media  reported that Andrew Lau Wai-keung,  who directed Chen in the film Infernal Affairs,  admitted he was aware of the actor's plans. 
In the interview, Chen also admitted being frightened by a death threat that Cable TV  received in March. The network was sent a bullet and letter  telling Chen to stay out of the limelight or he would be in danger. 
'I'd be lying to you if I said that I'm bulletproof and I'm not afraid of anything ... I never thought I'd ever have a death threat. Why would someone want to kill me?' he said. 'I would like to sit down with those people and really talk to them ... I don't think that a life has to be taken.'
He also said he was still dating Vincy Yeung Wing-ching,  niece of entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung Sau-shing,  who was among those featured in the photos. The interview will be aired tonight.



Scandal-hit star Edison Chen talks of a return to the limelight