Cheung is considered a " Sing girl "—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow , and later went on to her own successful career. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was sent to Melbourne to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen and then attended Camberwell Girls Grammar School. Her career began in , when she was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea. She caught the attention of Stephen Chow after shooting the ad. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's King of Comedy
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Edison Chen Admits Taking Risqué Photos, Will Quit Performing
HONG KONG -- The fallen star at the center of an Internet sex photo scandal that has swept across several Asian nations in recent weeks tried to bring an end to the controversy Thursday, as Chinese authorities stepped up efforts to stop distribution of the explicit images. The year-old heart throb apologized repeatedly during his five-minute statement, saying he would quit the Hong Kong entertainment industry "indefinitely" to dedicate himself to charity and community work. Chen said. He admitted to having taken most of the photos and said he was cooperating with a Hong Kong police investigation into how the images got from his personal computer to the Internet. Meanwhile, the photos have continued to spread online, especially in mainland China, where an intensified effort by Beijing to crack down on online pornography is specifically targeting them. Though Chinese authorities are capable of exerting technical control over much of the Internet on the mainland, photo sharing by email is still rampant. Skip to Main Content Skip to Search. Dow Jones, a News Corp company. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services Dow Jones. Share Facebook Twitter Permalink.
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Many local newspapers headlined the story consecutively during the first fortnight of February , relegating coverage of the Chinese winter storms to secondary prominence during Chinese New Year. In a crackdown which itself became a controversial item, the Hong Kong police enlisted the assistance of Interpol to stem the spread of the photographs. The police crackdown raised questions over violations of the privacy and free speech rights of Internet users. Chen admitted being the author and copyright owner of most of the photographs, and stated that the private photographs had been stolen and published illegally without his consent. He made a public apology, especially to the women involved, and also announced that he would "step away indefinitely" from the Hong Kong entertainment industry. In November , Chen purchased a pink PowerBook personal computer, a photograph of which he published on his blog. Employees who discovered over 1, intimate photographs of Chen and numerous female celebrities may have secretly copied these files.
A Hong Kong actress at the centre of an Internet sex photo scandal has broken her silence about the incident, lashing out at the pop star who took the compromising pictures, a report said on Saturday. Cecilia Cheung, one of several local celebrities shown in the photos with Hong Kong-Canadian actor and singer Edison Chen, said he had never apologised, and that she was still reeling from the ordeal a year later. She added: "The photos are still circulating online.
