Raymond Lam new rumoruted girlfriend Kibby Lau

After the relationship crisis with Mavis Pan, a new rumored girlfriend breaks out again for Raymond Lam. It was reported that the next day after his grandmother's funeral, he went to a nightclub in Lan Kwai Fong and got familiar with 'blueberry' Kibby Lau. He was dancing face to face with her, holding her hand and hugging her. However, Raymond firmly denied doing anything intimate with Kibby and stressed that it was just the camera angle. He then stuttered saying he's not familiar with Kibby.

Yesterday afternoon, Raymond held the autograph session to his new album LF. The event started 30 minutes later than the scheduled time, Raymond denied being late. He said he arrived at the shopping mall on time at 3pm. However, there was a road block outside causing a traffic jam, so he was only able to enter the mall after 10 minutes.

Asked about the reports with him and Kibby? He said in fact there is nothing to explain, don't let the words be intimidating. Raymond said that afternoon at 3pm, he and his colleagues had a meeting on his concert and the new album, but because the album was already completed, he received a phone call later saying that everyone will be doing a small celebration for all their hard work in Lan Kwai Fong. He just went and had a few drinks. That day it was Saturday, there were many TVB artists around, so he doesn't understand why only his photo was published.

As for being photographed dancing, hugging and holding Kibby's hand? He strongly emphasized that it was just a matter of the camera angles, he just chatted with Kibby. He reaffirmed that he was just there for a short while, nothing special and very normal. As this is his first time going to that place, he couldn't believe he was that lucky to get photographed. He joked that people rarely see him going out, so thought it was a big deal. If he goes more, then it be nothing.

It was said he kissed Kibby on the cheek? Raymond said he didn't and that everyone shouldn't make a fuss out of nothing. Will he meet Kibby again? He shouted with a smile, that's crazy, and then stuttered: "We aren't that familiar!" When asked why he had such a good chat with her if he didn't know her well? His face turned black and asked back: "How do you know I had a good chat? Just greetings. (Who initiated the greeting?) It just so happened we met. I have no other response, don't try to provoke more [questions]!" When speaking of Mavis Pan complaining about how his family was very fussy to her during a magazine interview? Raymond said he will not respond, he is currently focused on work.

Source: Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel@AEU

Raymond Lam bed photos with ex-girlfriend exposed

In the latest issue of Next Magazine, bed photos of Raymond Lam Fung and ex-girlfriend, Mavis Pan Shuangshuang, were exposed. From the camera angle, it appears that Mavis took the photos while Raymond was sleeping. The bed photos created a stir in Hong Kong and hurt Raymond’s feelings deeply. When reporters confronted Raymond about the photos, he admitted that he was previously engaged in a serious relationship with Mavis.

At the Return to the Three Kingdoms <回到三國>costume fitting yesterday, Raymond admitted that he and Mavis had dated for several months. They met on the film set of The Jade and the Pearl <翡翠明珠> last year. At the time, Raymond was quite serious about the relationship; the pair even met each other’s parents. Due to differences in their personalities and Raymond’s hectic schedule, resulting in little time spent together, the pair agreed to separate amicably. Since their break-up, they have not maintained contact.

Reflecting on his past relationship with Mavis, Raymond’s eyes brimmed with tears. He indicated that the bed photos scandal hurt him the most since entering the entertainment industry. Raymond stated that he was unaware that photographs were taken while he slept. In regards to future relationships, Raymond will let fate determine its course and will not purposely avoid them.

Since Raymond and Mavis were very discrete in handling their romance, Raymond’s former co-stars, Charlene Choi and Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, were unaware of his past relationship. On the set of The Jade and the Pearl, Raymond and Mavis maintained their distance. Regarding the surfacing of Raymond’s bed photos, Charlene felt that Raymond had trusted the wrong person, alluding that Mavis may have revealed the photos for publicity reasons.

Mavis Pan is a 24 year-old Taiwanese model and actress. Her voluptuous figure has earned her the nickname of “Little Shu Qi” in Taiwan. Mavis appeared in films, The Jade and the Pearl <翡翠明珠> and What Women Want <我知女人心>. She has appeared in numerous commercials as well.

Source: Tom.com and The Sun
Translated by: JayneStars

Raymond Lam first outdoor concert at Malaysia

The night before, Raymond Lam went to the man made beach in Malaysia to hold his first outdoor concert. Before the show began, it started raining. Fortunately when it was time to begin the show, the heavens went back to being beautiful and the concert was a success. The Malaysia concert is a new arrangement, besides having completely new dance clothing, the songs and the dances were all new arrangements. Although there was no rain during the concert, Raymond was still soaked on stage because of all his sweat. He expressed that first time holding an outdoor concert, it feels completely different. When sweat went down his back, he felt some coolness.

Malaysian fans were very bold and expressed their love to Raymond. Below the stage, they all shouted 'I Love You' and praised their idol to be handsome. Raymond responded: "I love you all too!" He then invited a female fan on stage to duet Lover and Sea, the two appeared very close and the other 'Fung Fans' went crazy. On stage, Raymond appeared extremely passionate with the fans. In order to get closer to fans, he did not care about his own safety, dancing from the 2 meter stage down to the audience. One 'Fung Fan' was able to give him a gift and another fan wouldn't let go of Raymond's hand. Because fans were too energetic and getting too close, Raymond had a painful expression. Later, he was asked if dancing off the 2 meter stage was dangerous? He laughed as he said at the time he was shaking hands with fans and did not think of the safety issue. He hopes that next time he can hold another outdoor concert. Besides Malaysia fans supporting his concert, Hong Kong and Mainland fans also made a special trip to support their idol.

Raymond reveals that his future work is very tight. He will be releasing his Mandarin album in March, and will be going to Taiwan to shoot the MV as well as prepare for the next stop (Singapore) of his Asia tour concert. In July, he will be holding his 3rd HK Coliseum concert.

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Raymond Lam and Charmaine Sheh in Colorful World Of Sister Fa

Raymond Lam and Charmaine Sheh were filming (Colorful World of Sister Fa) earlier last night. Raymond Lam was driving to fetch Charmaine Sheh. Although the rumoured couple were sitting in the same car for filming, they could not be bothered about the rumours and appeared even more intimate than they are in the series. After Raymond massaged his neck area, he also didn't mind helping Charmaine to massage her neck. Toby Leung who was at the filming scene also laughed and said, "I won't get on the ride, I know what to do."

Besides this, there was also news about Fala Chen wanting to compete for TV Queen. AboutFala being a threat to Charmaine, Raymond highly supported Charmaine, but Charmaine also highly praised Fala for being hardworking and smart, "Her Cantonese is not so good, so she used "pinyin" to remember, she put in more effort compare to others." (Do you have confidence?) "Talk about that later, don't even know if I'll be nominated." The hot choice for TV King Raymond Lam was also asked about this topic and he said, "Don't ask about these, every year it's about all these, I'm satisfied with my achievements this year, as long as the characters can be remembered by the audiences it's good enough." Toby on the other hand said that being nominated as the Best Improved is enough to make her happy.

About Charlene Choi and William Chan's publicly announced relationship, Raymond said that when she was collaborating Charlene there were no signs of her dating, however he sent his blessings to them.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translator：Eujean Lee @ TVB Newsworld

Raymond Lam in COME 2 ME BEAUTY LIVE ON STAGE CONCERT

The night before, Raymond lam opened the first show of his 4 show concert, inviting Kelly Chen, Kate Tsui, Wong Cho Lam and Ron Ng as his guests. He also had several sexy female dancers around him, making the fangirls in the audience scream in jealousy. During the encore, the organizers broadcast Raymond's MV with the 15 Miss Hong Kong contestants. During the part of the MV when the contestants' numbers were shown, the audience area was not affected and continued to enjoy the MV.

After, Raymond accepted an interview backstage, he also announced that his new album reached platinum album sales. He exposed himself that he's bad at remembering lyrics, the captions machine encountered some problems during the concert, he teased himself saying that he's "second headmaster." Speaking of the Miss HK getting booed, Raymond expressed: "I onlt heard loud sounds. (Consider cutting that part?) Ask the producer, but then I don't have anough time to change my costumes?" Reporters insisted on the question and asked 3 times again, Raymond begged for mercy: "Don't force me, I didn't watch the clip. (Especially filmed for the concert?) I think so, it's broadcast for the first time. (It has all the contestants' numbers and names in it!) Really? Then when I appeared in the MV, did they show my name?"

Don't know how to sing Linda Chung's songs

Asked why he didn't select rumored girlfriend Linda Chung's songs to sing? Raymond said: "I don't know her songs, I am personally not familiar with any girl songs. (Did you buy her album?) She didn't give me one!" Asked if he invited Linda to come watch the show? He said: "I invited many colleagues from TVB, but didn't give face."

Speaking of a Macau fan buying his concert ticket from a stranger and got scammed, Raymond said: "If I had a ticket, I would give it to them. We all should really buy tickets from an official seller. What I really don't like is people getting my signature who don't really like me, using my tickets to make profits. Anyone who wants my signature can get one from a public event I attend, anyone who wants to see me can join my fanclub."

Also, for the part where Raymond invites a fangirl to go on bed with him on stage, Fans sitting in the audience shouted: "That's too over!" ("tai gor fun")

As the guest, Kate expressed: "I lost 5 pounds, it's my real self! Didn't use any 'red-bean pudding'. (Not afraid of exposing yourself?) I have done all the preparations."

Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao
Translator: aZnangel@http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

Bernice Liu, Raymond Lam and Joe Ma celebrated early Christmas

Bernice Liu, Raymond Lam and Joe Ma are good friends and they are also under the same manager. The three of them were having an early Christmas celebration at a hotel restaurant. The chef had prepared a special Christmas dinner for them, but they couldn't wait for all the dishes to come out, they have started eating already. The two guys even fought to get the oyster. Bernice was amazed.

Bernice revealed that her sister is expecting her baby to be born on Christmas day and she is looking forward for her delivery. Raymond wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and he will be relaxing with friends. Bernice said she may be working in the mainland, but she will find time to be with him. Daddy Joe said he will take his family out to show everybody.

Source: On.cc
Translator: Hokkien128 @ http://www.asianvn.com

Raymond Lam feels pain paying off over million taxes

Yesterday Raymond Lam appeared at a Christmas event and looked tired. He revealed that he just returned from Shanghai to attend a ribbon cutting event and because of the local temperatures, he fell caught a cold while coming back to Hong Kong. In the recent years, Raymond has been very busy working, he admitted that this year he had to pay off over a million in taxes, quite painful. He said: "Actually my income grows every year, but I haven't done many series lately, so I had more opportunities to go out and earn real money! Next year, I will be even busier, working on a new film and will soon start recording for my new Mandarin album. But what I really want is to open a few more concerts."

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU

Raymond: Animation songs music show recording

A group of singers including Raymond Lam, Vincy Chan, Sherman Chung, Angela Tong, Hins Cheung and Stepanie Cheng were in cartoon character costumes for the recording of TVB’s “Animation songs music show” held the day before yesterday (22nd). Leo Ku and William Chan were the hosts. Leo was not afraid of those rumours of appearing in shows to swap for awards, he appeared as the TVB’s children ambassador.

Vincy Chan dressed up as Astro Boy, Pakho Chau dressed up as classmate Falun (Kazuhiko Hanawa from Chibi Maruko-chan), Raymond Lam revealed he watches the animations “Naruto” and “Fullmetal Alchemist” every week.

During the show, Raymond also sang the song “Legend” from the animation “Queen Millennia / 1000 year queen)”.

Source: Wenweipo / Takungpao
Translation: http://raymondlam.org

Tavia Yeung works with Raymond Lam as a couple again

Kenneth Ma, Tavia Yeung and Raymond Lam attended the blessing ceremony for up coming new TV series "Shall We State The Case" yesterday. Raymond and Tavia will play the role as a couple again following "Golden Faith" and "Twin of Brothers". Tavia revealed that the two has worked well together, but this time the feeling is different as Raymond has matured a lot. He doesn't look like a kid anymore. Tavia was teased by the reporter if she is worried about rumors. Tavia smiled saying that it would be inevitable, whether it spreads out successfully is another matter. Tavia went on to say that she is immune with rumors. Raymond thanked Tavia for her remarks, in return, he also said Tavia is very feminine and she is getting more and more beautiful too.

Raymond was late for the blessing ceremony yesterday, he disclosed that he has gastroenteritis and has been having diarrhoea. "I am not sure if I had eaten out of date food at home. I started having diarrhea yesterday and throughout the night too. I was feeling really unwell last night in the fund raising activity. I went to see the doctor and had an injection this morning. We have a celebration dinner tonight, it is a shame that I can't eat as much as I want."

Tavia revealed that Kenneth wanted the media to create a rumor for them as on screen couple. She asked Kenneth if he is worried about his girlfriend Nancy Wu. Kenneth said he preferred to have Tavia as his rumored girlfriend; the two was seen sharing fruits together. Tavia told reporter afterwards "You think Kenneth prefers me as his girlfriend, can't you see he said it with the orange covering his heart?"

Source: On.cc/Takunpao(image)
Translation: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Raymond Lam performed in Vietnam with 10 local models as backing group

Raymond Lam was in Vietnam performing a mini concert with a full house of 5000 seats. He is the only Hong Kong singer to have performed in Vietnam after Leon Lai 15 years ago. The stage decoration and the lighting were exactly the same as the one in Hong Kong with seats on either side of the stage, making him feel like home.

However, this concert had not got the "Wet" theme, but Raymond had organized 10 local models as the backing singers. Raymond even sang "Remember to forget" with his fans who can only speak Vietnamese and English, but they had learned the song in Cantonese specially for him. Raymond was very happy and was touched.

After the concert, Raymond had an autograph session which attracted over 200 fans who went crazy over him. They surrounded him and followed his around, some even followed him back to the hotel afterwards. There were fans from Singapore and Malaysia and they flew all the way to Vietnam to support him as well as giving him some souvenirs.

Talking about Raymond being the only one from Hong Kong to perform a concert in Vietnam after 15 years, He was very excited and expressed that he is very fortunate having to opportunity to perform there as he hasn't been to Vietnam before. At first, he was worried about not many people would turn up, but when he stood on the stage and saw all seats were occupied, he was very excited. Raymond hopes he will come again. Speaking about the landslides in Taiwan, he was worried about the local fans there. Some of his fans have already told him they were safe through the internet and Raymond himself also donated some money for that.

Source: Takunpao/Wenweipo/MingPao(image)
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Raymond Lam's Concert DVD sold out, rises as the "Water King"

Raymond Lam's "Love Unlimited: Let's Get Wet Concert" DVD had recently been out for sale for 2 weeks and its already sold out. Even 20,000 copies were not enough for 2 weeks of sale. Raymond was given the title of "Attractive Water King" by Fans. To thank his supportive peers, Raymond plans to give them a special edition of his DVD as a gift. However, he did not reserve a copy for rumored girlfriend Linda Chung.

Last night, Raymond held his autograph session for the DVD and signed 200 autographs, Fans held up Raymond signs during the whole time to show their support and gave him sponge products meaning that their Idol is the "Attractive Water King". In the short period of 10 days, Raymond's DVD sold 5,000 copies of the original version and the limited edition which includes a photobook, the limited edition sold rapidly. He said in a satisfied tone: "There were 20,000 copies of the original and limited edition and its all sold out!" Asked if he would give a copy to rumored girlfriend Linda Chung? He asked back: "It's her business too? And she didn't come to the concert either. I will give a copy to my seniors like Ms. Lok."

Raymond Lam pays more attention to skincare now to maintain facial appearance

Men who use skincare products are getting more and more common. In the recent year, Raymond Lam started paying more attention to skincare, he said: "It's not about trying to be pretty or not, as an artist we often need to attend events. We should pay more attention to our appearance." He also said that before he was very lazy, sometimes after work he would be really tired and just use towels to wipe his face. But ever since there are more males using skincare products, he tried it and felt that the results were worked well, therefore he started using them more often.

In the past, Raymond has been the spokesperson for Southeast Asia skincare products before. He hopes that in the future he could be a spokesperson for one of the skincare brands in Hong Kong. Recently he has been filming for new TVB series "Shall We State the Case", he said: "If outdoor scenes or studio scenes are added, in one day, I need 10+ hours to do make-up, so I definitely need to use some skincare products otherwise my skin would be ruined." Last night, he was in the studio filming and because his role is a physics professor, he needs to say many medical physics terms. At first he was very worried about that, but fortunately when it was time to film for real, he did not NG that much.

Source: Takungpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Tavia Yeung out for carry out, Raymond Lam relaxed inside eating spaghetti

Raymond Lam has been busy with filming and working on his music, yesterday he was with Tavia Yeung in Central filming for TVB new series "Shall We State the Case". On the set, it was seen that Tavia was at a nearby bus station waiting and had a bag of carry-out in her hand. She was constantly shaking her head back and forth looking here and there, looks like she had a lot on her mind. During filming, there was suddenly whistling sounds heard by a middle-age Chinese male. Tavia and the crew members were helpless, in order to avoid interrupting the filming progress, the crew moved to Elgin Street to continue filming.

That night, Raymond Lam was just in the air conditioned restaurant eating fresh pasta. Compared with Tavia, he was much more comfortable. Afterwards, he generously allowed Reporters to take pictures, he definitely knew what to do.

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Raymond Lam's "Let's get Wet" album achieves gold status

Raymond Lam's new album "Let's get wet" which has only been released since last month has already sold over 1,500,000 copies, earning its Gold status. The boss of EEG spent 5 figure sum of booking 6 banquet tables to celebrate Raymond's success. EEG Chief Executive Officer Mr.Wu Yu and Virginia Lok also attended the dinner. Chairman of Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce Records Mr. Kong Kwok Ping presented the Gold record to Raymond, who was so excited that he went round to each table to thank the invited guests.

Raymond revealed that he often treated the workers for meals out of his own pocket. He was very surprised that the record sale was so good. He told reporter "I think the concert has influenced the record sale. That proves the audience have accepted my concert and I thank those who have supported me." Raymond will be releasing the concert DVD at the end of the month. Asked if he is confident that he may get the male singer award? Raymond said he hasn't thought about it at all. At the moment, he is hoping he can produce a Mandarin record aiming for the Taiwan and mainland market at the end of the year. Raymond was asked if he would hold a concert in Amoy, his home town. He expressed that he has never thought about that either, he only wants to release his mandarin record first, and after its release, he will do a lot of promotion. The reporter went on to ask if he is treating himself with a new car? Raymond replied "I wanted to change my car to a Maserati. I have been driving my car for 10 years now." The reporter asked him how many rumored girl friends has he got? Raymond smiled "The number is zero". Asked when he gets his new car, is he going to pick Linda Chung up for a ride first? Raymond said "I am not chasing after her. That proves the TV series has good feedback. I admit our appearance look as if we are suited to each other."

Source: Takungpao/Wenweipo/MingPao(image)
Translator: R.E.D @ http://www.asianvn.com

Joe Ma rumors, Raymond Lam defends his good brother; No choice, chooses Linda as Wife

TVB executive Virgina Lok had a birthday bash earlier, loveable Raymond Lam attended the party empty handed. On contrast, Joe Ma brought his own personal karaoke set to the party, putting effort in for Ms. Lok's party. There was a report that said Raymond's "sucking up" skills aren't as good as Joe Ma's. Raymond defends his good friend: "Nonsense, the whole world had a chance to do karaoke because of him."

Asked if Raymond felt that he "lost out"? He said: "It's not like that! Joe recently brought a new karaoke set, he asked me to go to his house to sing karaoke and said that he'll learn how to sing my songs. Because that night, the party didn't have karaoke, so he brought his one." Another report said that, that night Joe was the "important person" as he got to stand next to Ms. Lok during the group picture. Raymond defends Joe again: "Nonsense! Should not talk about people like that. We are very mature people, we are good brothers. That night he contributed money and efforts. (How are you going to help him clarify?) He is really not like that, we all just came together to take a good photo, the most important is the main character (Virgina Lok), we should all take pictures happily." He also said that he has not given any gifts to Ms. Lok yet, but he already has something planned. In an CRHK interview with Eileen Cha, Raymond was asked to choose his older sister, younger sister and wife among the three artists: Kay Tse, Tavia Yeung and Linda Chung. He had no choice but to choose her. He said Linda is like a little bird, she is probably quite considerate.

[Oriental Daily] Raymond Lam accepted an interview from CRHK, when the DJ Eileen Cha asked him to classify Kay Tse, Tavia Yeung and rumored girlfriend Linda Chung into older sister, younger sister and wife, Raymond praised that Kay knows how to take care of others, therefore he chooses her to be older sister as a result. As for wife, Raymond laughed in response and did not avoid suspicions, so he chose Linda. He said: "Her cooking skills, I don't know about, but Linda gives me the feeling that she is considerate, maybe because of her voice, it's comfortable, like a little bird!" He also said that Linda is like a tomboy: "Don't let her voice fool you." Speaking of Linda not attending his concert, Raymond knew already it: "She had to film. (So you told her not to come?) No, I didn't!"

Coming from a wealthy background, Raymond expressed that after he entered the industry, he has gotten more pressured. He said: "I can't lose!" He also said that his father hopes that he could continue with the family business, and he does not rule out of the future business. Raymond says: "My little brother already said that he won't be entering the industry and he likes business. So we'll let my brother look after it for now. I also have thought about doing business myself because after all I am the oldest son."

Source: Takungpao, Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AEU

Raymond Lam Attends Virginia Lok's Birthday Party

It was TVB executive's, Virginia Lok, birthday. She specially booked a bar in Central IFC and provided buffet feast to give a treat to her good friends. TVB's Siu Sangs and Fa Dans, and music company executives turned up to congratulate her. Her guests included Nat Chan and his wife, Stephen Chan, Raymond Lam, Moses Chan, Joe Ma and Fala Chen. To prevent the reporters from disturbing the guests, Miss Lok even instructed the restaurant workers to use black cloth to cover the doors and windows. According to sources, Joe Ma brought along a karaoke set from his home, and the comical Moses Chan requested Raymond Lam, whom just held his concert, to perform in the soaking wet image again. He would even prepare hot female dancers for him, making the scene very hilarious.

Because of another TVB executive, Stephen Chan, being a vegetarian, Miss Lok specially prepared part of the buffet meal to be vegetarian, showing her meticulousness. When she was asked on what gifts she had received, she said, "Scarves etc. Everything of all sorts."

Source: 香港讯
Credits: kuangaitvb//Charmaine Sheh Baidu & summer7879 @ Illusive Serenity

Raymond Lam’s Family Business, Total Asset Value 2 Billion Revealed

Ever since Raymond entered the showbiz, he is known for his wealthy family background. We (from East Week) have found out that Raymond’s father, Lam Wah Kok owns many residential and commercial properties including acquired lands, which amounts to approximately HKD2 Billion. Lam Wah Kok is one of the property developers in Xiamen, always been known as ‘Xiamen Li Ka Shing’. Lam Wah Kok and the Shaw family (Mr and Mrs Shaw - owner of TVB) are prominent citizens of Xiamen.

Asked about his family business, Raymond said : [I'm the eldest in the family, I will have to bear this responsibility, one day, I will return to help in my family business].

However, the rich master still misses the showbiz, looks like Lam Pa-Pa (father) has to wait for a little while more.


Text Translation:
Raymond Lam’s grandfather, Lam Mung Fei graduated from the military school and he was then an inspector general. Besides that, he also served in the Xiamen Finance Ministry Department and later chosen to be the Hokkien’s provincial vice president in the government’s department. Hence, he was considered to be an influential political figure at that time.

As for Raymond’s father Lam Wah Kok, upon graduating from high school, he was actively involved in Xiamen’s music and dance association. He was always the sole performer in the musicals performance which focuses mainly on political reforms. Although he possessed great performing talents, he decided to venture into the business arena based on the family’s political influence and relationship.

Lam Wah Kok is on real-estate investor, property developer, construction and management and building materials supplier, mainly in Mainland China. In Xiamen alone, he is involved in projects development for luxurious residential and commercial properties. Apart from properties, Lam’s corporation acquired lands, estimated asset value to-date amounting to HKD 20billion.

Lam Wah Kok holds a permanent position as the chairman of the Hong Kong-Xiamen Federal Association, sitting alongside him is Albert Yeung. Raymond Lam is heavily promoted in EEG and last week, he held 2 successful sessions of a grand concert.

Pictures Illustration :
Left column shows some of the properties owned by Raymond’s father.
Middle column shows the association members list with his father’s name and Albert Yeung (EEG boss) name encircled.
Right column : Shows Ms Lok and Ng Yu showing their full support to Raymond even at the after-concert celebration.
Bottom Right: Showing Raymond’s 2 assistants

Raymond Lam is the eldest son (third generation of the Lam family). He studied Architecture in Southern California University so as to prepare himself in inheriting his father’s business. However, after he and his father had a casual meal with TVB Executive Mr Chan at that time, he decided to give up on his studies to join the showbiz. His father could only allow him to give it a try.

Raymond was supposed to return to his family business when he reaches the age of 30. Raymond: [My family has seen that my career path in the showbiz has been a smooth-sailing one, and they know that I take my job seriously. There was once, father came to visit me when I was filming in Mainland China, he saw that I was so exhausted that I could even sleep, leaning against the wall. Even though it has been tough for me, he knew that I was happy. Since then, he has not mentioned about the time limit anymore. They understand that once you are in any specific industry/job, things are always beyond our control, especially in the entertainment industry].

Preparing to Inherit Father’s Business
Text illustration
[I remember father saying to me "Before you learn of doing anything, it is always important to learn about humanity," whether being in the business world or the entertainment circle].

Raymond said that one day, he will still have to return to inherit his father’s business. Nevertheless, since I’m involved in the entertainment industry now, I would take this as a learning platform for me to gain more experience in preparation for business in future. He said : [The sooner I am out in the society, the sooner I would grow in every area of my life. In any industry, you need to develop good interpersonal relationships].

Even though he is residing in a luxurious condominium with a built-up area of 2000 over sq feet, driving a Benz, a present which was given by his father many years ago, however, Raymond said : [Actually, I have been financially independent all these years, I believe the only way to prove my capabilities and strength is through my earnings. This year, I am planning to invest in properties]. Property investment is his father’s forte, Raymond would also like to follow his father’s footstep to make his first earning from the returns of his investment in properties.

Caption : There are many artistes in the showbiz who came from average / above average family, for example, Kelly Chen, Ronald Cheng, etc. But speaking about wealthy family background, besides Raymond Lam, they are Ho Chiu Yi (Ho Hong Sang’s - The Ho’s family (casino typhoon) and Juno Mak.

Pictures Illustration

Top Right Column: Showing Ho Chiu Yi (Ho’s youngest daughter) and Juno Mak
Left Column: Raymond’s mansion in Xiamen (Caption: Raymond’s mansion with a built up area of 5000 sq feet, building materials are fully imported. They own a Bentley)

Scans by: Sharon @ RaymondForest.com
Translated by: Choccho @ AsianFanatics.net

Raymond Lam reveals his relationship secrets

Fung recently completed his first concert “Endless Love Let’s Get Wet”. At the concert he played with water, selling his passionate side, and also sang love songs, revealing his romantic side. He also invited many guests, revealing his friendships. As what he had said, his first concert had “love” as a theme, but during the concert while we saw different types of “Fung love”, that is only on the surface, what about inside? To promote his “love” themed concert and new album, Fung revealed a lot about his thoughts during the interview. Surprisingly he didn’t use his typical “official” answers talking about work, he actually talked a bit about everything. Even didn’t mind talking about his shortcomings!

Satisfaction

Fung recently completed his first two concerts, for a first timer, objectively it was quite good. At least no one complained about it online after watching it. It didn’t have many negative responses. “We didn’t have a lot of time rehearsing this concert, because I had to film a series, record the new album, luckily there weren’t many mistakes during my performance! I give myself a 80 for my performance, quite happy with it! But after two shows, I discovered some pain in my waist, I think it was because I pushed too hard during dancing! Actually two shows wasn’t enough, I wanted to add shows, the company also said they can consider holding a Part 2 concert. No matter whether Part 2 does go ahead, I’m already very satisfied since I have only been a singer for two years and was able to hold a concert at the Coliseum!”

Family comes first

We don’t know whether concert part 2 will go ahead that soon, but Fung cannot rest yet. He needs to go back to film the series, really busy! Actually being in the industry for ten years, Fung is already very popular in the television circle. He is busy working every day and doesn’t have a lot of time for his family, this caused him to feel quite bad about it.

“I value my family a lot, my family always come first. My family is very warm, mum and dad love me a lot. Even though we don’t see each other a lot, they will always care about me, and make me feel very warm and special. Sometimes my mum will stay at my place for a few days, and make soups for me. But every year besides Chinese New Year, I can’t spend long periods of time with my family. So I always tell my manager to not take jobs during holidays, would rather spend time with my family than earning money. I remember when I was young the whole family would go on holidays, hopefully this year we can go on a family holiday, be away for 8 or 10 days!” Fung rarely talks about his family, but inside he values them a lot.

Friendships the strongest

Besides his family being important, it seems friendships are also important to Fung, because he had said before, “In TVB, who is not familiar with me?” Can see Fung has many friends after filming series for many years. So does he think he is a good friend?

“I usually let my friends make decisions, can alter my plans to suit them. Like organising group functions I am normally not the organiser. But I will help them, following their instructions. For long periods of time I have to fly to different places for filming, so my family cannot be beside me, so my friends are very important. I have many friends in the entertainment circle, but for those outside the industry, like my old classmates I still keep in touch with them. When they have birthday parties, sometimes I have to work and can’t go, but I will definitely buy presents for them. I have even couriered a present to their companies too!

Sacrificing for love

In everyone’s eyes Fung is rich and handsome so he should have lots of girlfriends. But he said he hasn’t dated for 10 years, is he really that dry? “For me, dating is not about finding someone to fill up time. I think if two people haven’t spent time together and get to know each other, then they’re not really dating. Since I have focused on working, I haven’t had time to develop a relationship. Love is very important to me, I hope I can start a family in the future, but at this moment I haven’t found the right person yet. If I can really meet the right person, I don’t mind altering my working schedule to be with her. At the end of the day I have to give up some things to spend more time with her, but it will really be worth it!”

Involved with love

Even though Fung said he hadn’t date for ten years, but surely he did meet someone he had feelings for? “In the past I did have feelings for a few girls, but when I ask them out I will feel restricted, because I was afraid that the reporters will make up stories. So I was very careful, causing barriers between us, and couldn’t get to know each other. Now I’ve thought about it further, actually going out with girls is very normal, even if we were dating it’s not a big deal. So now I’m not like in the past, where I was afraid to even talk to them and the reporters would take photos. Now I’m ready to date, when I meet “The One” I will chase her, and even love her with all my heart. This is because I have been waiting for “The One” for many years! It doesn’t matter whether she’s inside or outside the entertianment circle, because it’s not up to me to choose. If I find her, then it’s her! I wouldn’t deliberately reveal my romantic relationships, but if someone asked, I wouldn’t deny it.” So if Fung has girlfriend, he will silently admit it then!

Emotional person

After understanding Fung’s thoughts on family, romance and friendships, we can better understand his real personality! In his own eyes, what does he think of himself? “My best and worst traits are the same, emotional! My emotions fluctuate a lot, can get annoyed easily, but also easily pleased. I can stay calm while working, but I won’t hold back when I’m around with friends. You can tell from my face if I am happy or not. So if my friends see my expression change they will be careful! But I rarely get really angry, no matter what happens, my mood will recover very quickly.”

Personality test

Fung says his best and worst traits is being emotional, so we played a personality test with him and discovered he had some other hidden good and bad traits as well!

Test 1: Testing for your hidden good points
Where do you think the butterfly will fly to?
A: Grassy plain on a farm / B: Beautiful rose garden / C: Forest (??) / D: High in the skies
Fung selected B, meaning he has an eye for beauty, he will thrive for beautiful things, will be praised as having good taste.

Test 2: Testing for shortcomings that he doesn’t want other people to know
During a hot summer day you decided to buy a drink to quench your thirst. Which drink would you want to buy?
A: Coke / B: Wulong Tea / C: Cold Coffee / D: Orange Juice
Fung selected B, meaning he cannot accept bad things being said about his family. He hates those who say things which hurt his family!

Passionate concert

Fung’s first concert was successfully held at the Coliseum last week. This time Fung really capitalised on his friendships, inviting many guests like FAMA, Charlene Choi, Miriam Yeung, Wong Cho Lam, Vincy Chan and Laughing Gor Michael Tse. Unfortunately his rumoured girlfriend Linda Chung was not there! Even though there were many guests, the focus was still on Fung, because when he was playing with water, all the female fans were drooling!

Linda Chung – afraid to say the wrong things

Because of the two “Heart of Greed”s, Linda and I became many people’s favourite on screen couple. I remember last year when “Moonlight Resonance” was aired, besides promotional functions, many advertisers asked both of us to appear together! Since we act as a couple in the series, for promotion purposes when we appear in functions, we will call each other and match what we are wearing.

I remember at one function, because she grew up overseas, she didn’t know much about some traditional Chinese objects which were related to the function. So she asked me all these questions about what things were for and what they meant, because she was afraid of saying the wrong things and be laughed by others! From this you can tell that not only is she a beautiful girl, she’s also very serious in her work. So many people ask me whether I would like a girlfriend like Linda, I would say yeah!

Source: Yes! Magazine
Credits: Kat @ Raymondlam.org

Miriam: Guest for Raymond Lam's concert

Miriam was the performing guest for Raymond Lam's concert, while Real Ting was in the audience seat with a little girl.

Raymond introduced Miriam as his "screen lover" and audience thought it was Linda Chung intially. Miriam teased Raymond, "Many are more suitable than me to be your lover!" Raymond asked her, "When will you give me that(wedding invitation)?" Miriam refused to comment on Real Ting and the little girl who were present at the concert.

When Miriam attended an awards show in Chengdu, reporters asked about her marriage again. She replied, "All the rumours are fake, they are the magazines' wishful thinking. (delaying marriage date?) Why delay? Getting married has no need to be so mysterious. I will announce if I can get married off!"

Credits: to http://miriamyeung-sg.com/home/

Charlene Choi gets electrified by Raymond Lam and almost fainted!

Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) attended her "younger brother" Raymond Lam's concert as his guest performer. The two duet the English song "In Love With You" and completely forgot about their own individual rumors. Afterwards, Ah Sa said that she almost fainted by Raymond's electrical eye shocks (his handsomeness), and she seems to have ignored the fact that rumored boyfriend Ronald Cheng could be jealous, she shouted: "Wah! Can't take it anymore, I'm going to faint, I can't look at Raymond Lam for more than 10 seconds!" Raymond who was next to her laughed and immediately said: "Don't play me la!" The two held hands as they sang the song and Ah Sa revealed a sweet smile.

Not sure if she really got electrified by Raymond, but when Ah Sa performed her new song "Two Missing One", when she was walking around the stage, she almost tripped and fell into the pool area, fortunately she had fast reaction and saved herself. After having deep feeling, Raymond did not forget to take Ah Sa's rumors to joke around with, he implied that she should go on "Beautiful Cooking", Ah Sa immediately fought back: "There were rumors that 'someone' was too busy to be a guest, so they looked for me! The friend's surname is Chung! (implying Linda Chung)" Raymond laughed and said that the person's surname is Cheng!

Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/