Radio legend Uncle Ray Cordeiro celebrates 88th birthday
DJ who has broken records, as well as spinning them, celebrates milestone birthday with friends
The world's longest-serving DJ has turned 88 expressing a wish to stay on air for "another 88".
"Uncle" Ray Cordeiro made the wish as the legendary RTHK host and about 100 guests celebrated his birthday.
"It seems I have already reached the highest peak. Age 88 is something beyond my expectations, and it happens on the 'three 12s', which makes me extremely happy," he said, referring to the date, December 12, 2012.
Minimum requirement for attending the six-hour celebration was 30 years' acquaintance with Cordeiro.
"Every day I walk into the studio and break my own record," said the host of All the Way With Ray, the late-night show that goes on air live for three hours every weekday. "I never see it as a job, but a devotion. Without music, I am nothing."
And for his birthday wish, he quoted the greeting on a card from rock legend Elton John, who wrote: "Another 88".
Born in a flat in Wan Chai Road, Cordeiro started his career in 1949 with the now-defunct broadcaster Rediffusion, joining Radio Hong Kong, as it was then, in 1960. In 2000, Guinness World Records named him "World's Most Durable Radio DJ".