Andy Hui video shows we’re all peeping Toms now
- The illicit video of intimate moments between singer Andy Hui and actress Jacqueline Wong went viral, lifting Apple Daily’s reader registration to 2.1 million and sending the share price of its parent company soaring
Forget about noisy lawmakers, incompetent bureaucrats and dodgy tycoons. You want to know what Hong Kong society is really like at this moment? It’s all about singer Andy Hui Chi-on and his intimate moments with TVB actress Jacqueline Wong. It’s what we hacks call serving the public interest. We are all peeping Toms now.
Hui, the husband of Canto-pop superstar Sammi Cheng Sau-man, offered a teary public apology that has been turned into lessons in English translation and endless online memes.
The stock market reacted the day after the video clip of the two in a car went viral. Private eyes and security consultants have offered tips on how to avoid being filmed in public places. Feng shui masters have advised people how to read telltale signs on the faces of unfaithful men. Everyone and his dog have given their takes online.
Some people have helpfully provided full translations of Hui’s mea culpa for the benefit of those who don’t speak Cantonese. The turns of phrase made me spill my morning coffee from laughing too hard.
The singer, for example, confessed to having “a horny heart” and for “breaking bad”. He admitted his behaviour was “shameful, deplorable, abominable, disgusting and absurd”. Boy, that’s better than the original Chinese!