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Hong Kong light entertainment matriarch Lydia Sum (沈殿霞) passed away this morning at the Queen Mary hospital. She had been suffering from liver cancer and had been admitted to intensive care for treatment on several occasions, but finally lost her battle to the condition at the age of 60.

The death of Lydia has brought a feeling of sadness to Hong Kong and tributes have been pouring in from family, friends and fans since the news broke. People from Chinese communities throughout the world, who have all been touched in some way during Lydia's 47 year career, have joined the Hong Kong people in their mourning for a great loss to the entertainment industry and in passing on their condolences to her family, especially her daughter, Joyce Cheng (鄭欣宜).

Joyce was accompanied today by her manager Simon, who passed on her messages of thanks to the media for their concern. He said that Joyce was very upset, but has been resting through the day and will be releasing a tribute to her mother in her own words later on today.

Simon also mentioned that the funeral arrangements were being carried out on Joyce's behalf by the management company, but nothing has yet been confirmed.

Lydia worked at TVB for nearly four decades and as a mark of respect, a tribute programme was laid on this evening to allow her friends and colleagues to share their memories and celebrate her life.

Entertainer Lydia Shum passed away this morning in Queen Mary Hospital at 60-years-old. For many years Lydia has been suffering diabetes, high blood pressure, liver cancer, etc. Earlier on she received a bile duct operation.

Ho Sau Sun, who has worked with Lydia in the past described that it was hard to express his current feelings. "I can't seem to accept this at the moment... it's hard to explain my feelings."

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TVB held a fundraising variety show Help And Love <雪中送暖> this evening to raise money for the action aid project of the same name to help the victims of the snowstorm crisis in Mainland China.

Among the celebrities taking part in the event were Twins. Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐), who has earned herself the nickname of "Naive Gillian" (天真嬌) after her involvement in the recent sex photos scandal and her subsequent explanation for her actions as being "naive and foolish", became the focus of the media attention.

Although there had been over a hundred complaints from the public about the planned appearance of Gillian at the charity show, TVB decided to show their support for her and did not cancel their booking. The producers had also arranged for a group of Twins fans to sit in the live audience and support the duo during their performance. After joining the other stars in the main performance of the theme song "Bringing Warmth In Snow" <雪中送暖>, they also performed "Six Years Of Love" <相愛六年> as their fans showed their applause and encouragement from the audience.

Can the Twins group survive the dreaded “Seven Years Itch” and the fate of becoming solo acts?

Since Gillian Chung became involved in the suspected nude pictures of celebrity scandal, there is quite a lot of netizen suggesting the group Twins should be broken up. This will allow Charlene Choi to have a solo career. As of right now, EEG does not want to break up this duo.

TVB series The Seventh Day <最美麗的第七天> will begin airing on Monday and as it was Valentines Day, the cast of the romantic series attended a promotional event at Olympian City today. Cast members at the event included Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤), Natalie Tong (唐詩詠), Suki Chui (徐淑敏) and Selena Li (李詩韻). Female lead Niki Chow (周麗淇) is currently working in North America, so she was unable to attend. Her presence was represented by some cardboard masks that were brandished by the other cast members.