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The Hippocratic Crush II” Ready in Malaysia Lawrence Ng, Tavia Yeung, Mandy Wong and Benjamin Yuen Arrived at Malaysia to Meet and Greet Fans Press Release TVB Anniversary Drama “The Hippocratic Crush II” ready in Malaysia Lawrence Ng, Tavia Yeung, Mandy Wong and Benjamin Yuen arrived at Malaysia to meet and greet fans (Hong Kong – 22 October 2013) With its surging popularity, The Hippocratic Crush had been awarded “My Favourite Drama Series” in the Astro On Demand Awards 2012 in Malaysia. The main roles by Kenneth Ma and Tavia Yeung were even crowned “My Favourite Actor in A Leading Role” and “My Favourite Actress in A Leading Role” respectively. Being TVB 46th anniversary drama, The Hippocratic Crush II, will broadcast in November. Its main casts, namely Lawrence Ng, Tavia Yeung, Mandy Wong and Benjamin Yuen, arrived at Malaysia to promote the upcoming grand production! Four TVB red-hot artistes Lawrence Ng, Tavia Yeung, Mandy Wong and Benjamin Yuen attended a series of promotional activities at Malaysia during 18 – 20 October. They were interviewed by a number of Malaysian media and shared bits and pieces of shooting. Besides drama promotion, TVB happily announced the TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2013 would be going to hold on 1 December. TVB Entertainment News would unprecedentedly organise this greatest TV award ceremony in Malaysia. The award presentation this year will open participations to all Malaysians. Nomination list would be announced on 1 November and voting campaign will start from 1 November until 22 November. Audiences could be able to vote and support their favourite characters, drama and variety programmes. Global audiences should not miss the award competition this year! The four artistes arrived at the Paradigm Mall at Kuala Lumpur, AEON Station 18 at Ipoh and Gurney Plaza at Penang for the three on-ground events. They were warmly welcome by hundreds of fervent fans and showed their professional doctor images to the audiences. Lawrence Ng expressed that he was very excited to participate in the drama and there would be new sparkles for him and the new casts. And Tavia Yeung also said her marriage with Kenneth Ma in the drama would encounter difficulties, it must attract lots of TV viewers. Mandy Wong and Benjamin Yuen would continue having a sweet love relationship thought their characters were different. They even delivered awesome singing performance on stage. The four artistes played interactive games with fans and gave autographed photos. The events were successfully concluded. 1 With the success of The Hippocratic Crush, the original casts and new faces joined hands in producing The Hippocratic Crush II, aiming to touch the nerves of audience once again and achieving remarkable result in the upcoming TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2013! Voting campaign will start soon. Stay tuned! Photo Captions: 2 1a-f. Four artistes dressed properly and attended media interviews. 2. Artistes attended first station of promotional activities at Kuala Lumpur. 3 3a-c. Artistes invited fervent fans to play interactive games on stage. 4a-d. Artistes gave away autographed drama posters to fans. 4 5a-b. Benjamin Yuen and Mandy Wong delivered awesome singing performances. 6a-b. The event was concluded with artistes giving away souvenirs. 7a-b. Artistes shared the great drama story during the press conference. 5 8. Artistes attended fans club party and expressed gratitude to their fans. 9a-b. Artistes played on-stage games with fans and hyped up the atmosphere. 6 10a-c. Benjamin Yuen and Mandy Wong delivered singing performances. 11a-b. Artistes attended the last station of promotional activities at Penang. 7 12a-d. The “doctors” played games with fans excitedly. 13a-c. Benjamin Yuen and Mandy Wong delivered singing performances and took photos happily on stage. 8 14a-b. The cast promoted The Hippocratic Crush II. 15. The series of promotional activities were concluded and took photos together off stage. For more information, please contact: Sum Luk Marketing Communications Executive Tel：(852) 2335 3319 Fax：(852) 2335 3227 Email：[email protected] Agnes Au Research Writer Tel：(852) 2335 3347 Fax：(852) 2335 3227 Email：[email protected] Simon Li Senior Marketing Services Manager Marketing Services Department TVBI Company Limited 9 .
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