Leila Tong loves HKTV's freedom

Leila Tong revealed that she is happy working with Ricky Wong's HKTV despite the fact that the station still having difficulties obtaining a free-to-air TV license from the Hong Kong government.

According to Popular Asians, at a Buddhism seminar at the Hong Kong Coliseum recently, the actress said that HKTV has given her a lot of freedom in her work, thus, she has no regrets signing with them.

The former TVB actress signed with HKTV last year, and had filmed two HKTV dramas back to back, which are "Marvel Century" and "Police Boundaries". "Police Boundaries" recently had a five-minute preview on YouTube and Facebook – a marketing strategy used by the station due to Hong Kong's government delayed approval.

The actress clarified, "Many friends are sharing the clips, and I also shared the videos on Facebook. I hope that this will convince the government to pass out the free license. I will be shooting my third drama [with HKTV] soon. As long as I find the drama suitable, I will film it. [HKTV] has a lot of freedom."

Meanwhile, Leila reportedly will film HKTV's grand opening drama, "Flow Of The Years" soon. The drama also stars Felix Wong, Ha Yu and Paw Hee Ching.

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Leila Tong's Relationship with Her Son is like Sister & Brother

Pretty mom Leila Tong is still very fit after childbirth. Her facial shape seems sharper, clearly giving her a more mature and feminine look. When asked whether caring for her son had been too difficult that she lost weight? She said: "When I'm not working, I stay with my son. I love playing with him, it's so much fun. I don't find it difficult at all." Leila's friends says she and her 2 year old little boy resemble more like an older sister and younger brother. Such a cute and heartwarming relationship.

Also a dog lover, Leila has four dogs. She lives with her coffee-colored mongrel hence his name "Coffee", the other three dogs stay at her maternal home. Coffee is not only a playmate to Leila's son, but also his "big brother". Leila laughed: "My son calls him 'big brother' because Coffee is in fact older than him. Also we're just like a family."

Recently, Leila has fallen in love with yoga, she expressed exercising can get tiring, but it can relax one's mind and be a stress reliever. She said: "Yoga made my mind a lot more peaceful and can help regulate stress in my everyday life, so I will continue with this exercise."

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CTI new series 'Police Boundaries' starring Liu Kai Chi, Dominic Lam & Leila Tong

Yesterday Ricky Wong held the blessing ceremony for CTI new series Police Boundaries (警界線). The cast including Liu Kai Chi, Dominic Lam, Lawrence Chow and Leila Tong attended.

Ricky expressed CTI currently has enough series and variety shows in storage ready for CTI to begin operations next year, but he's in no rush. Regarding to his confidence in obtaining the free-to-air TV license, Ricky expressed: "We can definitely start operating next year because each our productions are on a HK$20 million budget, so I am very confident." It was rumored because the government keeps delaying the issue of the free-to-air TV license, iCable lost their exclusive rights to broadcast the London Olympics, which indirectly affects CTI's license issue? Ricky told the media not to pull two unrelated things together, don't make things that complicated.

In the series, Liu Kai Chi plays a big thief and will have a lot of scenes opposite of Dominic and Lawrence Chow. He said the new working environment brings new light. Before the series started, the cast and crew gathered to study the script together and took a course on gun shooting, which has never happened in TVB.

Leila reveals she signed a two year contract with CTI and this is her second series with CTI. This is her first time playing a policewoman, she expressed the series is male-oriented, so she'll have more time to look after her daughter.

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Leila Tong balances between family and work, 'hungry' to be in a TV series again

Last year Leila Tong became a mother and in just a blink of an eye, her daughter is already 1 year old. Although she usually has to look after her daughter and work at the same time, she enjoys this kind of life. She said: "My time management is fine, my personal time and work schedule is pretty ok. If I don't have to work, I would take care of my daughter myself, but when I have to work, I leave her with a babysitter." She frankly expressed when she first had to part from her daughter, she felt uncomfortable: "At first, I really missed her and sometimes I would look at her photos. One time, I had to leave HK for several weeks, I was so reluctant to leave my daughter behind. However, now with the advanced technology, I can see her any time over the internet and this actually helps me concentrate more on work. Then, I'm able to get off work earlier and get home to see my daughter sooner."

Leila teaches her daughter each and every day as she grows, she said: "Currently there are a lot of things that starts from zero, like I would teach my daughter to wash her hands after using the restroom, let her get used to it. She is starting to talk, but whatever she sees, she would shout Daddy, it's really funny." She also reveals her daughter is a girl that can really eat, especially the milk powder brand Illuma. She has to have greater portions of it: "She can really eat, perhaps because the formula I'm using is really good, giving her some appetite. My daughter is quite heavy now."

Also, Leila has switched over to Ricky Wong's CTI and will be starting a new series later this month. It's been a long while since she's been in a series, so she is very excited and anxious at the same time. She said: "I've been 'hungry' for a period of time because I stopped shooting series several years already. Fans are worried I'm only doing theater and won't do TV series anymore. This year I'll get back to shooting TV series, very happy and excited." She wants to let audience see the mature side of her, she said: "I was too limited in the last 10 years, many people think I'm a little girl, so I hope to portray roles that are more mature."

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