Lai is first to admit that the artiste management department has expressed their wish to postpone discussion of his re-contract. "This is not unusual and I will not be unhappy. I've been in this line for so long, I should have hit a wage ceiling. And my award has brought me extra income; I will be performing in Vancouver this New Year!" he reveals.
Yim appears optimistic and encouraging. "The company does not want this to happen either; they have no choice. Employees may be suffering but companies have their policies as well. Those retrenched should not be discouraged; they are professionals and I'm sure the company will rehire them when opportunity arises. As for myself, I still have one entire year of contract with TVB," she says.
Chung, who secured a re-contract before the downturn, is glad to get an increment too. "When I went back to office today, I realized many make up artists and hairstylists have received the retrenchment letter. I have known for four years and I'm really upset about this. Lets hope the crisis will be over soon," she says.
Wong, who just returned to Hong Kong from Toronto, is unsure of the retrenchment that is happening. "I have recently re-contracted for another two to three years and also got some increment. Retrenchment is a company's policy; I'm not in any position to comment. All I know is that I just lost one-third of my assets," he says.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
the TVB calender 2009 pics are out! click to download. :) this is purely my point of view. don't be offended.january - linda chung, bosco wong, raymond lam, kate tsui. month for the young fa dans. kate's hair looks weird. :
febuary - susanna kwan, kiki sheung, louise lee, nancy sit, michelle yim chinese new year month. nice. :D
march - roger kwok, sonija kwok, michael miu, charmaine sheh charmaine sheh looks... as queen-like as ever. while the others look kinda stiff.
like she was the queen and they were her servants. :[
april - sunny chan, myolie wu, joe ma myolie wu looks... okay never mind. i don't want myself killed by
the myolie fanatics.
may - kenneth ma, yoyo mung, selena li, shirley yeung, chris lai i like the effects here. reminds me of pop art. :] one of my favs. (:
june - steven ma, sharon chan, kenny wong, anna yau, patrick tang there's always a month where they run out of ideas and come out with something plain.
this is the month. :
july - niki chung, ron ng, natalie tong, kevin cheng, tavia yeung reminds me of pirates of the carribean. : but still one of my favs.
<3>
but ron looks like... aladdin.
august - nancy wu, koni lui, leanne li, fala chen, tracy ip, vivien yeo, yoyo chen, suki tsuithis is the month where the pageant girls come in. suki tsui looks very, very fake. :[
september - mandy cho, michael tse, adam cheng, christine ng, sheren tangmanly?
october - gallen lo, bobby au yeung, maggie siu, bernice liu:] nice and plain. bernice looks pretty.
november - bowie lam, gigi lai, ada choi, moses chani've always had a feeling that these four were a package deal. :] pretty.
december - liza wang, amigo chui, matthew ko, jason chan, benjamin yuen, edwin siu, stephen wong
:] lisa wang, the queen of TVB. looks very grand.
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