[20.2.08] HITO Pop Music Awards ceremony - 1 March

Pop Music Awards Ceremony - See you at Cijin on 1 March

The
2008 HITO Pop Music Awards ceremony cum concert will be held on Cijin
Beach on the night of 1 March. The event will see performances by pop
idols such as Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai and Wang Lee Hom and is expected to
attract 50,000 people.

The HITO Pop Music Awards is second only
to the Golden Melody Awards and results are determined by record sales,
radio broadcast frequency, public polling etc, and best represents the
market, thus is widely recognised by fans of Chinese music both
nationally and internationally.

This year's HITO Pop Music
Awards ceremony cum concert will be held at Kaohsiung for the first
time, at 6.30pm on 1 March on Cijin Beach. The public is free to attend.

The
Chief of the Municipal government information bureau revealed that the
singers travelling south that day to perform and receive awards are the
hottest heavenly kings and pop idols of the entertainment world
currently, including Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Wang Lee Hom, Liang Jing Ru,
S.H.E, Fahrenheit, Show Luo, Khalil Fong, TANK, Stefanie Sun, Pin Guan, Xing Guang Bang etc.

To
welcome the idol artistes to Cijin, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu has
specially hired a sight-seeing yacht and will travel with the singers
onboard the yacht towards Cijin, and at the same time promote Kaohsiung
harbour's night scenery.

The municipal government is expecting
more than 50,000 fans at Cijin Beach that day and will mobilise 80
lifeguards to patrol the beach, to prevent the public from falling into
the sea. In addition, the municipal government traffic department will
be deploying more ferryboats to accommodate all the fans heading
towards Cijin.

Liberty Press.

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