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The Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild (HKPAG) held an urgent meeting Thursday night to call upon Hong Kong celebrities to look for countermeatures against candid photos taken by paparazzi. Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam, Stanley Tong and Lawrence Cheng were among the attendees.

The meeting was prompted by an incident involving Gillian Chung, one half of the girl band "Twins," who was snapped while getting changed several days ago.

Lawrence Cheng, the spokesman of the HKPAG, states they are determined to fight against the tabloids. He also hopes the government will intervene since a law that expired 26 years ago is inadequate to contain some unbearable and privacy-intruding behavior by the media.

yayy, people are lining up to help gillian and stand by her side! such great co-workers

i dont think its just to help gillian.
what happened to her was just an instigator for this cos many hk artists are getting very annoyed with reporters and how much privacy they invade.

this time they really went too far

this is becoming a serious matter...hope more celebs supports gillian and gets the government into this :<

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yesss support gillian and also other artists!!! this can not only help gill but can also prevent these situations from happening to other hk artists as well!

well after the whole gillian incident, the hong kong artists and actors are stepping out cause seriously this time the press has stepped out of line

hope tis could help gill

i admit, i'm not a fan of twins that much, but for that to happen to her is really evil. no one deserves that kind of treatment, just because they're celebrities doesn't mean you have the right to take photos of them doing something privately such as just changing clothes to get ready for your next performance, this is totally over the line, and a HUGE punishment should be excercised. I'm just glad that everybody's banding together to do something about it

i wonder with these high profiles celeb from hk can really make a difference in what paprazzis do.

If u give out a prizes money I am sure the offender friends or some1 who he told will betrade him n point him out

this problem with the media being too intrusive has always been there but i guess due to this incident has finally caused it to snap. hopefully there will b long term measures put in place

this is going to be a big problem in hk. Hope the government does something about this

good job for those who are taking action! and yes, they must fight against the tabloids. just because there's freedom of speech doesn't mean they can do anything they want.

I am really glad that amny of the celebrities are coming together to fight this problem. I feel very sorry for those who have become victims.

everyone is supporting her!! hope this gone soon >< and capture that person!

They're doing the right thing by standing up and making a statement as well as telling the government to get off their butts and do something about this matter before it happens to other superstars.

It's good to see the stars doing something about the gillian chung issue. Hong kong should really do something about their papparazi. They've really gone too far this time..

I think this is for every HK celeb. When the tabloids are using long lens to take pics of celebs at home, it has crossed the line. Now they did THIS??!!!! Of course, they have gone too far and people need to step up. One of them is to NOT BUY the tabloids!!!

just hope the hong kong performing artistes guild dont just sit and discuss....hope they really take action regarding gil's issue

they should take action soon, hopefully they learn there lesson, applogize and never do it again

glad that so many celebrities and co-workers are supporting gillian with this problem. hope they solve this issue sooner or later.

I'm glad more people are stepping in to help Gillian. Hopefully the whole magazine company will get shut down!

I'm so happy so many co-workers are eager to help Gillian! Thats the way to go! The more people, the more pressure on the government!

Yeah me too! I hope many more other's would care too.. That's invasion of privacy. tsk tsk. people these days, no respect

Yup, I'm glad that other artists are stepping out for ah Gill! =)
I hope this would really help her.
So agree that they shouldn't take pictures of artists during private times
like changing clothes.
That is like over the board. -____________-

The Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss new measures for preventing paparazzi from taking candid photographs. The meeting had been called in the wake of the scandal caused by photographs of 'Twins' actress/singer Gillian Chung getting changed which were taken a few days ago and which have since ended up on the cover of a magazine. Lawrence Cheng, the spokesman of the HKPAG, released a statement that members are determined to fight against the tabloids and that they hope the government will intervene since the law no longer provides adequate protection. Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam and Stanley Tong were among those who attended the meeting.

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yes the government should have a guide line to how far the paparazzi can go, and to set harsh punishment for those who guilty.

this is ridiculous...the papparazzi have always been known not to give anyone privacy...but this goes beyond just privacy, it's disgusting how some people just don't seem to have any morals

that's so great that there are other celebs that are supporting gillian! EVERYONE should be against those disgusting people taking candid photos of people changing, geez...

the government really should support the hk stars cos at this rate the paparazzi will get more and more outrageous.. which is unacceptable

they should start taking some action against the issue soon, taking photos of ah gil changing is outrageous

i am getting really piss here...is the hk government corrupted or something...do something here dammit

the government should really try harder to ensure the privacy of people, not just for celebrities.

I hope it does not only extend to the paparazzi but to the non-paparazzi as well. Hi tech is sometimes misused and there should be laws against someone taking a picture,videocam of peoples private parts (differetnt for those who consented of course).

Hong Kong duo Twins, last week happily went to Malaysia to perform "Twins Around the World Concert". Gillian was backstage changing, and Hong Kong paparazzi took pictures of it, and the pictures were printed yesterday. After Gillian found out, she started to sob, saying how she was so sad since it's the same as being taken pictures of while being in the bathroom.

Last week, Twins was at the concert backstage changing, and Hong Kong paparazzi secretly took pictures, and it was posted on the magazine cover. Gillian was truly hurt, so their company has decided to sue. Gillian yesterday was in mainland China filming, and she braved media interviews. Gillian said: "Then, Charlene and I were in the secret room changing, and there was a lot of closets against the wall, and in there were a lot of things in the closets. Now that I think about it, there must be something wrong with those closets, I suspected that there was some camera lens hidden in there. But before when we inspected the room, but it was unsuccessful. I feel like someone's taken pictures of me while I was in the bathroom."

Seeing Gillian talking and unable to stop crying, Charlene kept comforting her. Gillian kept trying to hold her tears back, and said: "In there room, there were two other girls, becuase I'm shy and afraid of being awkward, whenever I'm changing, I still try to cover up my chest with a towel. The magazine actually made it seem like I wanted to be seen, so they went against the law." Gillian also cried many times because of this, and said it also affected her family. She's even more scared that the pictures will be spread around online endlessly, hoping that her entertainment circle friends and her fans won't treat this as a joke.

Backstage that day, Charlene was standing to Gillian's right, and didn't get taken pictures of. She said: "This is actually pretty painful for a girl. This isn't good at all. We don't sell by showing skin, and this time it's pretty obvious that the pictures were taken intentionally, not like we were on stage and an accident happened, so this is giving us a very bad feeling."

funny thing. i was talking to my friends about this incident and what they should do. i said i hope that all of the hong kong stars (but not limited to) should all stand together and use their power to change this now because if nothing change because of this, there will be no ending it. more power to the stars! whats happening should not even have happened. ever.

Paparazzi is getting over their limit.... Not juz hong kong stars need to unite... Stars all around the world should do so... Hope they can win if got court case

hopefully they will be able to do something, it was extremely bad of the magazine...

that is just bizzard....paparazzi has steped over the line dis time...why on earth would they take photo of ppls changing...that is just wrong...who eva is doing it..should be punished by law...