After the accident involving four female cast members from TVB's "Police Cadet Brave Hearts", there has been a string of reported accidents. The latest involves Hawick Lau, who had a minor incident after filming late for "Treasure in the Family", but was not injured. With the immense pressure placed on artistes by TVB, it is affecting the health and concentration of artistes greatly, with Adam Cheng and his liver problems caused by working too hard in the 80's being a firm example.
Hawick had back to back filming schedules for several days and was working even though he was unwell. In the early hours of last Friday, he was working late into the night and as he drove back home afterwards, he had an accident due to him not having had any rest. He crashed into a taxi and damaged his car quite severely, with the taxi gaining some scratches to the body of the vehicle. No-one was injured and after calling the police, he paid the taxi driver $2000 for the damage and left. He was back at work next day, having sent his car to the mechanic to be repaired costing him $100,000.
When Hawick was called yesterday, he says that he is busy filming at the moment and has not been able to rest after the accident, He admits that he had a crash, but he has not been for a check up at the hospital, just heading to a salon for a relaxing massage instead. When asked if he was worried about the lack of rest leading to another accident or even illness, he says: "I will be more careful when I am driving in the future and not drive if I am too tired, taking a cab instead. As for getting ill, this is my peak time now and if I have the opportunity I have to grasp it, so I will have to depend on plenty of herbal soup to keep me going." The shows producer Wong Sum Wai was very concerned about Hawick's accident, saying that on the day of the crash, the session ended at 6am, so being tired was inevitable.
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