Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders
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Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders (愛心無國界311燭光晚會) was a major fund raising campaign held in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 for the victims of the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

. The event was organized by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild or HKPAG is the main non-profit labour association for Hong Kong artistes, canto-pop singers and stage performers. It was formed on 12 December 1993. Its current Chairman is singer Eric Tsang....

 and began at 7pm on 1 April 2011 at Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, located on the Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts. The Chinese name is also romanized as Tung Lo Wan as in Tung Lo Wan Road...

 Victoria park
Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Victoria Park is a public park in Hong Kong, named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It is located in Causeway Bay, on the north of Hong Kong Island, between Causeway Bay and Tin Hau MTR stations...

. About HK$18 million were raised in this event alone, not counting other fund raisers. Converted into US Dollars, the charity concert raised approximately 2.31 million dollars.

Preparation

The name of the event 311 came from 11 March, the day that the earthquake occurred. The concert event lasted 3 hours featuring 300 local and overseas artists, including some from Japan. There were about 8,000 to 10,000 people in attendance. Japan's consul general Yuji Kumamaru and his wife also attended and sat in the front row seat. On 24 March about 100 celebrities at RTHK
Radio Television Hong Kong
Radio Television Hong Kong is a public broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the government under the Broadcasting Authority. RTHK operates seven radio channels, and produces television programmes that are then broadcast through local television...

 recorded the theme song "Succumb not to sorrow" (不要輸給心痛).

Broadcast

More than 150 donation hotlines were available. The event was telecasted live. Broadcast was available on major stations in HK, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, Malaysia, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Japan. Event was hosted by Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...

, Lawrence Cheng
Lawrence Cheng
Lawrence Cheng Tan Shui is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive....

, Carol Cheng
Carol Cheng
Carol Cheng , commonly referred to as Do Do, is an actress and host from Hong Kong.-Biography:Cheng began her career in the 1970s working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link from 2001-2002...

, Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang
Sylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Actress :...

, Agnes Chan
Agnes Chan
Agnes Chan or Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan is a pop singer, a television personality , a Doctor of Education, a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist, a novelist...

.

Participants

The following are some of the participants at the concert. The list is incomplete.
  • Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

  • Andy Lau
    Andy Lau
    Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

  • Hacken Lee
    Hacken Lee
    Hacken Lee Hak Kan is an award winning Hong Kong based Cantopop singer and lyricist, actor, Master of Ceremonies and Association football sportscaster.-Early years: 1985-1995:...

  • Masatoshi Nakamura (中村雅俊)
  • Jaycee Chan
    Jaycee Chan
    Jaycee Chan Jo-Ming is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 2004, he released his first Mandarin CD album in Hong Kong. He is currently based in Taiwan to continue his music career.-Biography:...

  • Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung
    Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Charlene Choi.-Early life:...

  • Charlene Choi
    Charlene Choi
    Charlene Choi is a Hong Kong based actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.-Biography:...

  • Aaron Kwok
    Aaron Kwok
    Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...

  • Kay Tse
    Kay Tse
    Kay Tse is a Hong Kong Cantopop songwriter, recording-artist, entertainer and one of the premier Cantonese singers.Raised In Hong Kong, China. Tse made her debut to the music industry and was signed with Ban Ban Music in 2005 and released her debut album. She became a prominent figure in the...

  • G.E.M
  • AKB48
    AKB48
    AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

  • Miriam Yeung
    Miriam Yeung
    Miriam Yeung, RN, is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon...

  • Kwon Sang-woo
    Kwon Sang-woo
    -Career:Kwon Sang-woo, the most visible example of the so-called "mom-zzang" movement, started his career as a fashion model in the late 1990s. His first acting experience was in the TV drama Delicious Proposal, and for the first few years of his entertainment career he received only minor roles...

  • George Lam
    George Lam
    George Lam Chi Cheung, also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer and actor of Xinhui area origin. Lam studied at the Diocesan Boys' School in Kowloon, Hong Kong...

  • Edmond Leung
    Edmond Leung
    Edmond Leung Hon-man is a Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and television host from Hong Kong. At age 17, Leung became a finalist in the 8th annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1989, which won him a contract with Capital Artists. He made his recording debut in 1990 with the...

  • Bosco Wong
    Bosco Wong
    Bosco Wong Chung-chak is a Hong Kong actor under TVB management and singer under East Asia Music.-Early career:Bosco's entertainment career began in 1998. He was spotted on the street by a talent-recruiter and soon appear for the first time in a lemon tea commercial and several minor modelling jobs...

  • Angelababy
  • Chrissie Chau
    Chrissie Chau
    Chrissie Chau is a Hong Kong pseudo-model and actress. Chau with her usual provocative photos shots and photo album was titled Hong Kong's Young Model Pictorial Queen. She has appeared in a few advertisements which was the starting point of her career.-Biography:Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to...

  • Wonder Girls
    Wonder Girls
    Wonder Girls is a South Korean girl group. Its producer and manager is singer-songwriter Park Jin-Young and the Wonder Girls is signed to his talent agency, JYP Entertainment. Each of the five original members were selected through auditions...

  • Shirley Kwan
    Shirley Kwan
    Shirley Kwan, Kwan Suk’E, or Kwan Suk Yee is an influential Cantopop singer from Hong Kong. She first shot to fame in 1989 as a pop sensation with the hit, "Happy Are Those In Love" and was popular throughout the early to mid-90s...

  • Judy Ongg
    Judy Ongg
    Judy Ongg is an actress, singer, author and woodblock-print artist from Taiwan. Born in Taipei, she graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and after that, she changed her nationality from taiwanese into Japanese. Her career has spanned more than four decades.Judy made her film debut in...

  • Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam
    Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...

  • Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director and producer, action choreographer, and world wushu tournament medalist...

  • Joey Yung
    Joey Yung
    Joey Yung is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress from Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the prestigious JSG "Most Popular Female Singer" and "Ultimate Best Female Singer - Gold" awards a record breaking six times, thus emerging as one of the premier Cantonese singers in Hong Kong...

  • Sen Masao (千昌夫)
  • Alan Tam
    Alan Tam
    Wing Lun Alan Tam, MH is an award-winning Hong Kong Cantopop and English pop singer and actor. During the early 1980s he played a major role in developing the cantopop scene as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. As of 2008, he is still active in the music...

  • Kenny Bee
    Kenny Bee
    Chung Chun-to , better known as Kenny Bee, is a Hong Kong singer, musician and actor. He is well-known as a member of the Hong Kong English pop and cantopop band the Wynners, and as a solo artist who has been active in the Hong Kong entertainment industry for nearly three decades.-Career:Bee made...

  • The Wynners
    The Wynners
    The Wynners are a Hong Kong pop band formed in the 1970s. The five-piece is made up of Alan Tam , Kenny Bee , Bennett Pang , Danny Yip and Anthony Chan .-History:...

  • Agnes Chan
    Agnes Chan
    Agnes Chan or Agnes Miling Kaneko Chan is a pop singer, a television personality , a Doctor of Education, a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist, a novelist...

  • Richie Ren
    Richie Ren
    Richie Jen is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He has become extremely popular throughout Asia, particularly in the Chinese-speaking countries. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department.-Films:...

  • Coco Lee
    CoCo Lee
    Coco Lee , born on 17 January 1975, also known by her official English name as Ferren Lee, is a pop singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Coco started her career in Hong Kong but, after becoming popular in Taiwan, she was widely considered to be a Taiwan artist. She was born to a Chinese...

  • Prudence Liew
    Prudence Liew
    Prudence Liew Mei-Gwan is a multi-platinum selling Hong Kong pop singer and Golden Horse Award winning actress, having released 14 studio albums and appearing in numerous films.-Career start:...

  • Andy Hui
    Andy Hui
    Andy Hui Chi-On is a Hong Kong singer and film actor. Hui was the First Runner-up in the 5th Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1986. Hui has appeared in about 25 films....

  • Michael Tse
    Michael Tse
    Michael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...

  • Myolie Wu
    Myolie Wu
    Myolie Wu Hang-yee is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star-Career:...

  • Jonathan Lee
  • Joyce Cheng
    Joyce Cheng
    Joyce Cheng Yan-yee with family root in Taishan is a Hong Kong singer, writer, actress and performer. She is the daughter of Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and actor Adam Cheng....

  • Khalil Fong
    Khalil Fong
    Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

  • Sammi Cheng
    Sammi Cheng
    Sammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva and has been one of the most successful female singer in Hong Kong since the 1990s. Her albums have sold more than 25 million copies through...

  • Jade Kwan
    Jade Kwan
    - About Jade :Kwan entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1999 with the song "Face" and was awarded first runner-up. As such, she represented Vancouver in the New Talent Singing Awards Canada Finals 1999 and won...

  • Juno Mak
    Juno Mak
    - Discography :*August 17, 2002 - On The Road*October 4, 2002 - On The Road *March 19, 2003 - Next Step*April 27, 2004 - Proto*January 25, 2005 - Otherside*December 6, 2005 - Walking Underneath + Archives*April 20, 2007 - Chapel Of Dawn...

  • Elanne Kong
    Elanne Kong
    -Discography:* Innocent * Shining * Show You * Elanne Kwong -TV series:-Film:-External links:* * at Sina Twitter...

  • Virginia Lok (樂易玲)
  • Bennett Pang (彭健新)
  • Mr.
    Mister (band)
    Mister also known as Mr. is a Cantonese rock band composed of Desmond Tam, Tom To, Alan Po, Ronny Lay and Quincy Tam on the guitars. The vocal duties are performed by Po, with backing vocals provided by Tam....

  • Theresa Fu
    Theresa Fu
    Theresa Fu Wing is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, film and television actress, and model.Fu was introduced by Talent Bang model agency in order to become a pop star. She started her career in 2002 as one of the members of Cookies, the group disbanded in 2005.In 2005 she recorded a duet "自欺欺人" with...

  • Jonathan Wong (王梓軒)
  • Lionel Richie
    Lionel Richie
    Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

     (from remote)
  • Tony Leung
    Tony Leung
    Tony Leung may refer to:* Tony Leung Chiu-Wai , Hong Kong actor known as "Little Tony"* Tony Leung Ka-fai , Hong Kong actor known as "Big Tony"* Tony Leung Siu-Hung, Hong Kong movie action choreographer, stuntman, actor and director...

     (from video)
  • Park Jin Young

  • Other similar event

    On 20 March 2011 a much smaller scale fund raising campaign called "全城關愛日本大地震" was held in HK. Many of the participants have also worked closely in Japan's industry. Participants include:
    • Ivan Wang (王友良)
    • Marie Zhuge (諸葛梓岐)
    • Yan Ng
      Yan Ng
      Yan Ng Yat-Yin , born 25 November 1983, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress.-Filmography:*My Sweetie *Moments of Love *The Unusual Youth *It Had to Be You! *A.V. *Crazy n' the City...

    • Vangie Tang
      Vangie Tang
      Vangie Tang Wing-chi is a Hong Kong singer. She is a top 8 finalist of the 22nd annual New Talent Singing Awards in 2003. She is signed to Sony Music of Hong Kong since 2004....

  • Wylie Chiu (趙碩之)
  • Philip Wei (韋雄)
  • Yip Wai-ting (葉慧婷)
  • Rico Kwok (郭力行)
  • Carisa Yan (甄穎珊) from Freeze
  • Chow Wing-hang (周永恆)
  • 4anda
  • Venus Yiu (姚嘉兒)
  • JuJu Chan
    JuJu Chan
    JuJu Chan is a Chinese American actress, singer, model, and television personality.-Pageant career:JuJu participated in the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant in January 2009 in San Francisco, where she won the TVB People's Choice Award...

  • Renee Lee (李蘊)
  • Alice B
  • Rednoon

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