Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUNAID IBRAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN
HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau was spotted in Kuala Lumpur where he is believed to be spending Chinese New Year with his wife’s family.
China Press reported that the 61-year-old was filmed hand-in-hand with prominent tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan visiting Tzu-Chi’s Dewan Jing Si in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur.
The video taken on Thursday was shared by a netizen with the daily.
Lau and Tan appeared to be in good spirits as they were both seen chatting and laughing together.
Lau is known to traditionally spend his Chinese New Year in Malaysia together with his wife Carol Chu, who is back visiting her family members.
> Taiwanese singer Ella Chen, who is married to Malaysian Alvin Lai, is having a whale of a time in the country and was even seen riding pillion on her husband’s motorcycle, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The 41-year-old, who is currently spending Chinese New Year at her husband’s house in Melaka, revealed that they would always take the motorbike out for a ride each time they return.
She posted a photograph of herself riding pillion and joked that the machine was her husband’s primary mode of transport during his secondary school years.
“More than 30 years old. It’s an antique!” she quipped.
Before coming here, Chen already posted a list of food she yearned to have, including acar, sambal fried fish, yong tau fu, curry laksa and char koay teow.
“Must eat my fill when I get back,” she wrote.
Chen is now back in Taiwan to spend the New Year with her side of the family.
Chen, who is part of the all-girl trio S.H.E, married Lai in 2012 and gave birth to a boy in 2017.
> King of Mandopop Jay Chou got to celebrate his birthday in style after his wife Hannah Quinlivan booked an entire golf course for the occasion, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Chou, who turned 44 on Jan 18, got the whole golf course for himself and his friends for the day.
Many Internet users praised Quinlivan for being an attentive wife as Chou has just picked up golfing as a hobby last year.
“An amazing birthday party. Thank you for organising it,” he wrote on social media.
Quinlivan is known to splurge on her husband during birthdays.
In 2019, she splashed out on a Lamborghini Urus worth T$10mil (RM1.4mil) for his 40th birthday.
In 2021, she organised a camping trip for Chou and other family friends.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.