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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Q Bobo Officially Says Goodbye to HK, Takes off to Scotland

Last night, Q Bobo (Gil Singh) appeared at the HK airport ready for departure to Scotland, where he'll be imprisoned in the "immigration jail". Dressed in a "I Love HK" T-shirt, Q Bobo brings a TVBuddy figure and a special custom made "HK's First South Asian Actor Award" trophy, a birthday gift from good friend Johnson Lee, with him on the flight. On the back of his T-shirt, it also reads "I'm a HKer". Q Bobo frankly expressed he has a contradicting feeling: "I really feel reluctant to leave HK, but at the same time I'm happy to see my family again. Also, my wife enjoys living in a bigger house in Scotland!" Before departure, Q Bobo left a final goodbye message on Facebook and got many blessings from fans.

As the first South Asian actor in all of HK, Q Bobo expressed he feels honored to represent the minority group: "I'm very pleased to be able to contribute to society and I hope there will be an emerge of more Q Bobos in the future." He also did not forget to thank the audience for all the support and acknowledgement given to him. There were several fans sending Q Bobo off at the airport. Fans asked for pictures with him, and he answered them one by one. He disclosed in August, he'll be attending an event in HK. When asked if he'll come back to HK for work after "going to jail"? He said with a regretful tone: "We'll see how it goes! Sometimes in life, there are things destined to happen and there are other things that are not, but you cannot demand it."

Q Bobo expressed earlier in a phone interview: "My wife is already in Scotland. I purposely chose to depart on Mother's Day because HK is like my motherland. I really feel reluctant to leave, but then again I don't want my family to be separated in two places. Thank you Minutes to Fame and the support my manager gave me thereafter. Thanks for taking me all over the world for stage performances and bringing me so many jobs. Also, I want to thank producer Amy Wong for casting me in her series and allowing the audience to know how I am."

Q Bobo was born in HK and his wife had always been living in HK for 22 years, but unfortunately she was unable to get a HK SAR passport. She only holds a passport from India."

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Q Bobo Sighs: SAR Gov't Treats Me Like 'Salted Water Grass'

TVB actor Q Bobo (Gill Singh) held the first show of Q Bobo Standup Comedy - I am a Hong Konger?!. This is the first of three shows. Q Bobo is a Hong Kong born Indian, but because of the rejection of his wife's SAR passport application, he expressed he is forced to give up his acting career, which is currently at its peak, and immigrate to the United Kingdom. He said: "Hong Kongers treat me like treasure, but the SAR government treat me like salted water grass. However, I don't dare to go too over in my stand up comedy because I still hope that there's a turning back. Although my wife couldn't get her SAR passport, I don't want other racial minorities to have trouble getting theirs too." Power Chan and his wife Mimi Lo and Louis Yuen supported Q Bobo in the audience last night.

*TN: To get a better understanding of what Q Bobo is implying, according to CantoDict, 'Salt Water Grass' (鹹水草) is used to make mats or tie up bundles at grocer.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Q Bobo Ends Acting Career with a Standup Comedy before Immigrating to Scotland

Q Bobo was dressed like a maid ('ma jeh') at the press conference of his upcoming show Q Bobo's Standup Comedy - I'm A Hong Konger?!, which will kickoff in November at Starhall for three nights. At the event, Q Bobo often posed in a S figure and had an enticing expression. He reveals aside from disguising himself as a maid, he'll also have four other disguises as a triad leader, prisoner, student and a villager. Q Bobo invited comedy leader Lo Hoi Pang as well as another artist disguised as one of the Four Heavenly Kings. "I will talk about the bitter history, South Asians' opinions on Hong Kongers and much more."

Earlier Q Bobo's wife applied for a SAR passport and got rejected, forcing his family to immigrate to Scotland. He said: "There hasn't been any new developments. I will be talking about my wife's situation at the standup comedy too." Q Bobo frankly expressed he's trying to earn more money before he leaves HK: "I don't know when I can come back, so this will be my farewell project. Next September (2013), I'll be moving to Scotland and will have to start all over again."

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