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                                                                             Lo’      written on it and retouched our
                                                                             photos, replacing my face with Anson
                                                                             Lo’s,” he says.
                                                                                “She was extremely happy. I guess
                                                                             she might not be that happy if I had
                                                                             given her a luxurious bag instead,” he
                                                                                            “

                                                                                 More and more

                                                                             Hongkongers treas-

                                                                             ure our local culture

                                                                               in recent years, so

                                                                               when Mirror said

                                                                             they wanted to sing

                                                                                more Cantonese

                                                                                songs for Hong-
              Tony Lam created pictures of Anson Lo and his wife by
             using photoshop to celebrate his wife’s birthday. (Photo        kongers, I started to
                             courtesy of Tony Lam)
      I became a die-hard fan,” Yuen’s wife   Yuen joined a Mirror event to get a   appreciate them.
      says. “He is so handsome when he  capsule toy of Ian in April as he want-             ”
      plays volleyball,” she says.       ed to give a surprise to his wife.
        “To be frank, I didn’t have any hard   “My wife always tells me that Mir-
      feelings. If being a fan of Ian can make  ror has a great variety of fans - from   says.
      my wife happy, then let’s do it,” Yuen  young girls to daddies - so I thought   Lam says he did feel annoyed when
      explains.                          it would not be awkward to go there.   his wife first became Anson Lo’s fan
                                         But when I arrived, all the fans were   and they even argued. But his impres-
                                         young girls, and I was the only uncle   sion towards Mirror changed after
                                         standing there! That embarrassing   watching the Ultimate Song Chart
                                         moment was beyond words,” he re-    Awards Presentation  (叱咤樂壇流
                                         calls.                              行榜頒獎典禮) held by Commercial
                                             “It is just a joke to say Mirror ru-  Radio Hong Kong on January 1, 2021.
                                         ined our marriage. Actually, we have   “I thought Mirror was MK pop at
                                         chatted more because of Mirror,” he   the beginning,” he says. MK pop, also
                                         says.                               known as Mong Kok pop, is used to
                                                                             describe local music groups in Hong
                                                                             Kong with strange dance styles that
                                          From Dislike to Appreciation       mock Korean pop music groups. 
                                            Tony Lam, a 26-year-old “ex-hus-    “But I was touched after watching
                                         band” pleased his wife by making
           Tony Lam ordered a cake       handmade gifts related to Anson Lo   the  awards presentation.  More  and
        featuring a message “Happy       Hon-ting - his wife’s favourite mem-  more Hongkongers treasure our lo-
       Birthday from Anson Lok” for      ber of the boy band.                cal culture in recent years, so when
                  his wife.                 “On her birthday, I ordered a cake   Mirror said they wanted to sing more
         (Photo courtesy of Tony Lam)                                        Cantonese songs for Hongkongers, I
                                         with ‘Happy birthday from Anson     started to appreciate them,” he says.
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