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HK Magazine

I was born into a big family with eight elder siblings. I am the youngest.
My mom passed away in 1998 but the very thought of her still empowers me.
I grew up in Wong Tai Sin, one of the poorer districts that reveals the darker side of Hong Kong's society. So drug addiction and crimes are not strange to me.
One time, I was waiting for the elevator when I heard a woman scream in the public washroom and saw a man run past me. Intuitively, I knew what had happened.
Despite the woman's cry for help, I just rushed into the elevator as soon as it arrived. I was scared, but hated myself for not helping her.
I discovered that making future promises is an effective antidote to an immediate sense of guilt. After that incident, I swore to myself that when I grow up, I would join the police force and fight crime. It made me feel a lot better.
Don’t judge others according to your own principles. Everyone looks at the world through a different lens.
Religion is a man-made institution and that’s why it has the inherent weakness of intolerance as well.
I think Jesus, Buddha and Allah are the same god appearing in different forms. It is absurd when people start killing each other just because they think one god is better than another.
Power means the ability to influence others. Everyone has some power over others. But the person you love or hate holds the most power.
I have produced over 40 albums. I feel I should stop singing about relationship breakups for a while.
Being calm and helpless is the best way to illustrate a sad song. Getting all choked up is just cheesy.
I was invited to perform in the Superworld Concert in Japan this year. It gave me a strong sense of national belonging, that I am Chinese and nothing else.
Most people have not heard of my name or my songs, and yet the orchestra played my song perfectly straight off the score.
Do something you are good at. I am from Hong Kong. I don’t speak English. So if someone invited me to sing, they should expect Cantopop and nothing else.
Cantopop is very culturally specific. You need to speak and think like the locals in order to get the music right.
Cantonese doesn’t go well with R&B; it shouldn't be forced together. It's not going.
“Chop chop chop chop chop.” That’s what Cantonese sounds like. Fast and rude.
Are Hong Kongers forgetful?  Not when there’s a scandal.
Presence is crucial to success here. You have to be everywhere in order to get somewhere. That’s why the local singers act too.
Newspapers piss me off. The world looks so messed up on paper.
People need people. Sometimes I go to parties just to have people around me.
I am a bit of a technophobe. I'm afraid of computers, in particular MSN. It logs on automatically whenever I turn on the computer and before you know it, I'm flooded with a bunch of "yo's" from everyone.
With a nice figure, everyone can look like a prince even with rags on. Well, almost everyone.
Looks are important, but I'm not that self-obsessed to check myself out in rain puddles.
My eyes are not sexy. They are just small and tired.
Personal trainers are never honest with numbers.  Their “one more” is often followed by a dozen "more.”
A good way to stop a personal trainer in his track is to get him to talk about the things he likes.

Or tell him that you are about to follow some fad diet or that you're taking steroids. He will stop everything and talk you out of it.
Your memories of a woman do not fade with time, especially if you have wronged her.
Ending a relationship dramatically is immature. My past relationships just die off slowly and gently.
I don't believe in the whole "soul mate" idea.  Some people are meant to spend their lives alone.


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Andy Hui Chi-On is a Hong Kong pop singer and a movie actor. Recognized both for his onscreen performances and his musical talent, he has won numerous music awards, and was elected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2005. The finale of his TV show, "To Grow with Love" will air on Nov. 18 (Sat) at 8:30pm. He shares his wisdom with Jan Leung. 
