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Following the earthquake that struck Sichuan a week ago, the Chinese government announced three days of mourning for the victims of the disaster. To mark the start of this period, three minutes silence was observed at 2:28 pm Beijing time today.

People across Hong Kong also took this time to pay their respects and over 500 TVB staff members gathered in the main studio car park, led by General Manager Stephen Chan (陳志雲) to share in the silent remembrance of those who lost their lives. HKPAG Honorary President Eric Tsang (曾志偉) also played his part, helping to hand out black armbands to his colleagues.

A light drizzle fell during the ceremony and the sadness of the moment left many of the female artistes, including Susannah Kwan (關菊英) and Yoyo Mung (蒙嘉慧) unable to hold back their tears and even Adam Cheng (鄭少秋) removed his trademark cap as a sign of respect.

Over two hundred artistes, singers, models and celebrities from the Hong Kong showbiz scene joined together on Thursday evening at the recording of a fundraising theme song at the RTHK studios.

The song is a version of Beyond's "Boundless Oceans Vast Skies" <海闊天空> that was written by the late Wong Ka Kui (黃家駒), but with new lyrics by Andy Lau (劉德華) and renamed as "Promise" <承諾>. It will be released as a message of love from the people of Hong Kong to the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake and will also form the theme song of the united fundraising effort across all the media companies and fronted by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.