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For this Hongkong trip's summary I thought I put in this email that I've received and replied.

Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 2:18 AM
Subject: Hong Kong concert
Dear Jon:
After seeing tonight's (Sunday's) Ah-Mei show at Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport,
just want to say it was a great night and my wife and I really enjoyed it.
It must have been hot work for you guys, though. I'd be interested to hear
what the "airport" is like as a venue from a performer's point of view.
(Celine Dion played there earlier this year, but we didn't go to that one.)
Apart from the heat and the usual Hong Kong complaint of "ho daw yan" (hen dou ren)
whenever tens of thousands of people turn out for an event,
I'd have to say it was difficult to see the stage tonight, even from our A-class seats.
That probably has more to do with the extremely flat layout of the airport tarmac than anything else _
except we kept wishing the stage was about two metres higher.
Nevertheless, we thoroughly enjoyed the show, particularly the interlude by
the backing vocalists, and later, the AV of Ah-Mei's mom.
And everyone where we were sitting seemed to enjoy the bit with Ah-Mei's captive man on stage.
A quick question: How would you rate Hong Kong audiences _ are they boring and conservative?
Recognising, of course, that Sunday's crowd was ordered to stay in their seats and not stand up,
presumably because of crowd control problems on the Friday night.
Finally, will there be any concerts in Australia?
I'm only asking because that's where I'm from.
Anyhow, read this at your leisure; don't feel compelled to reply;
and keep on doing all to the glory of God, our Father!
Gavin Stafford
Kowloon Bay, HK

HI gavin,
Nice to hear from you again.....if I do recollect you wrote me an email not so long ago.
It's a pity that I do not have your email with me...cause I changed computers now and then heheh...
would have loved to meet you and your wife for dinner or something!
I went up to HK with my wife and 2 daughters...needless to say ,
they had a great time shopping and for the kids, going to ocean park.
As for me it was great going up to HK with the kids after 28 days in China without them.
Pertaining to the concert,
I personally felt that Kai Tak airport is a great venue for an open air concert
cause we had no problems with sound.
Playing in a stadium can be a nightmare for our sound engineer
(which happens to be an aussie too!)
as the sound would bounce back from the surroundings.
It's a pity that the promoters didn't handle the seating arrangements
better because I think they squeezed in too many people in that venue.
From the stage....we didn't get our usual high as the crowd was quite tame compared
to the one in Taipei or kaoshoung.....but I should say that the HK crowd are a polite lot.
Also the reminder not to stand up is a big damper in these sorts of concerts
...what were they thinking of?
They should'nt have seats in there in the first place!!!! heheheh.....
I think that they are planning a tour in Australia
and the US early next year.....but I can't confirm this.
I'm glad that you and your wife enjoyed the concert....
like I said ....I would love to meet you all up.
Maybe next time......but I'll have your email now in my address book!
Take care !
Love In CHRIST
Jonathan Koh