Tung Wah Charity Show

Tung Wah Charity Show is a long-run charity television show raising funds for Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in Hong Kong. It is held in Television Broadcasts Limited annually at a Saturday or Sunday in December. It started from a charity show in an entertainment show Enjoy Yourself Tonight. Unlike other charity show on television, it runs from prime time until 12am. Immediately after the evening news, this show resumes until 2 in the mid-night. The total amount of time on air is 6.5 hours. Cantonese opera is the core of the show. The master San Ma Shi Tsang was the famous one performed a section of Cantonese opera every years until his decease and crowned as the king of charity singer. Other performance like acrobats and singing has been seen on the show. Many stunts performed in the charity show are record holder of Guinness World Records. Various English translation of the show name: ⁕Tung Wah Charity Gala ⁕Tung Wah Charity Show ⁕Tung Wah Hospital Annual Charity Show ⁕Tung Wah Hospitals Charity Evening ⁕Tung Wah Night ⁕Tung Wah Show The Chinese name means joy fills Tung Wah. In 1986, the former Hong Kong Governor Edward Youde died from a heart attack in his office in Beijing. The Chinese name changed to 愛心滿東華 since it was hardly any joy at that moment.