Next Magazine TV Awards 2012

Kenneth Ma was ranked #7 on Next Magazine TV Awards 2012 for Top 10 TV Artist
The Hippocratic Crush was ranked #6 for Top 10 TV Series







07. KENNETH MA - ON SALE 38

Since Moses Chan was taken by Aimee Chan, Kenneth Ma takes his place as the number #1 Best Deal in the industry. Also, his upright doctor role Cheung Yat Kin in The Hippocratic Crush instantly got him to be the number 1 target among the group of 'left behind women' (middle-age, single women). It was just like when I mentioned at my company that I would be doing the photo shoot with Kenneth, my female colleagues immediately bounced up and asked: "When are you going to do the photo shoot with Yat Kin Tau? I want to see him!" That day, there were 4-5 female admin workers that stood by the studio's doorway the whole time to watch and their goal is to take a picture with Yat Kin Tau.

He said: "I am far from being the Best Deal', I just think I don't have a house yet and just my financial capability, I'm not qualified!" Kenneth still modestly denied.

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Kenneth Ma no taste in fashion, Tavia Yeung takes him out clothes shopping

Last night Norman Leung hosted a celebration dinner for the cast and crew of TVB series The Hippocratic Crush and announced that there will be a sequel. Lead actor and actress Kenneth Ma and Tavia Yeung are currently busy shooting for pre-modern series Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles and attended in their costumes.

Kenneth Ma has been accepting series after series, but he modestly said it's not much of a harvest. It is all thanks to THC's high ratings that he got more public event job opportunities and is another source of income. He hopes to save enough money to get a bigger house. When reporters teased him asking if he needs a 'golden house to keep a mistress'? Kenneth jokingly said: "If I'm rich, I don't mind. I want a bigger house, enough for 7 people to live in. This is for the convenience of my sister bringing her two children to visit us, and have more room to move around." Kenneth also believed that home investment is far more practical and valued than having famous cars or watches.

Earlier Lawrence Ng publicly praised Kenneth's good acting. Kenneth thanked 'Ching Ji Mei' (Lawrence's role in Healing Hands) for his appreciation. "I thought he didn't watch. Actually Healing Hands's Dr. Ching Ji Mei is an icon. This time, our doctor roles are more on the greater scale, different from their type." Kevin Cheng also praised that he has hope for the TV King title this year. Kenneth was very grateful: "Have to really thank this big brother, he loves me a lot too. Often times, he gives me advice on what to wear and the way I dress. He also told me he'll take me along to develop in Mainland." When speaking of him lacking a female companion to dress him up? Kenneth claimed that Tavia should take him out for clothes shopping because there will be a discount. He laughed and said this is what Tavia suggested, so he's not worried to be called the 'light bulb' between Tavia and Him Law.

Tavia teased Kenneth's outfit that he looks like a waiter and told him to put on a suit jacket: "Today, he initially came here without the suit jacket. It was only when I said he's always looking like a waiter, that he put that jacket on." Tavia continued to tease her partner: "He has everything, he has a house, he has the acting, but he just doesn't have any taste in fashion. He really needs to change his image, in order to reach the a higher level. Although I don't really have much knowledge on fashion myself, but as a friend I'm not trying to bash him, just giving advice and trying to help him. He is happy to accept any advice, just not many people tell him. (But he has no girl?) Leave it to fate." Tavia also said she doesn't mind taking Kenneth out to shop for clothes, just as long as time allows her to do so.

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Samantha Ko and Kenneth Ma seeing the light of their sucess

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"The Hippocratic Crush" Filming a Sequel: Tavia Yeung and Kenneth Ma Excited

The final episode of "The Hippocratic Crush" averaged 37 points, and peaked at 39 points (approximately 2,470,000 viewers). The entire series averaged 31 points (approximately 1,970,000 viewers). Chairman Norman Leung will be treating the cast and crew to dinner next Wednesday.

Kenneth Ma just found out that the original cast will be filming a sequel. Although he still does not know when filming will begin and whether the characters will be continuing on, he believes that it will still be a hospital setting.

When Kenneth was asked whether he was confident in becoming a housewife killer like Lawrence Ng's Dr. Ching Chi Mei in "Healing Hands", as well as filming a number of sequels, he said, "I am Cheung Yat Kin; there are differences to Ching Chi Mei. Hope that my girlfriend is still Yue Jai (Tavia Yeung). Believe that it would also be very enjoyable to watch us portray a couple for another 25 episodes...do not want it to be like Ching Chi Mei's girlfriends...all dying".

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Tavia hopes for sequel after sequel

The finale of The Hippocratic Crush staring Tavia Yeung and Kenneth Ma averaged at 37 points, currently securing first place in ratings among other TVB series aired this year. Tavia revealed at FILMART 2012 that The Hippocratic Crush is set to film a sequel, she and Kenneth both hope that THC, like Healing Hands, will have sequel after sequel. Even Kevin Cheng, also at the same event, supports Kenneth Ma to be TV King this year!

Source: Oriental Daily


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The Hippocratic Crush Ratings!

Week	Episodes	Average pt	Peaking pt
1	1-5	29	31
2	6-10	30	32
3	11-15	30	33
4	16-20	31	34
5	21-25	37	39

Congrats to THC for high ratings!

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Kenneth Ma a late bloomer in the entertainment industry

在剛剛大結局的無綫劇《 On Call 36小時》中，馬國明（馬明）飾演的張一健叫好又叫座，人氣急升。藝員訓練班出身的馬明，做過甲乙丙沒名字的角色，又試過穿道具戲服扮「小強」為黃子華的《藍天》拍 MV，直到近年所拍的劇集，先後獲讚賞，令他的演藝事業漸露曙光。捱足 12年的馬明坦言：「我冇諗過有呢個成績，成功與否唔係自己一個人嘅努力，仲有好多配合。」

談到今次張一健的成功，日前馬國明接受訪問時說：「初初真係冇諗到會有呢個成績，呢個角色同我以前嘅比較，其實都係啲斯斯文文、性格上又冇乜特別，但係嗰陣時睇劇本覺得好好，聽故事嗰陣都有啲眼濕濕。」

馬明續說：「雖然我好鍾意，但唔敢有好大期望，好似之前有好多係劇集受歡迎多過我，點知今次出嚟，感覺多咗好多觀眾鍾意睇馬國明。」

捱足十二年

事實上有網友大讚馬明今次的演出，可惜他正趕拍《名媛望族》的關係，仍未認真看過自己的演出：「可能今次嘅角色唔使再扮仔，係比較成熟，接近我現實嘅年紀，德哥（監製潘嘉德）覺得外型同性格都幾啱我做，咪搵我拍，我入行到家拍咗三套德哥監製嘅戲，收視同口碑都唔錯，佢讚我越嚟越好。」
不少前輩曾說最少要做十年才可登上小生的位置，馬明捱足十二年，現階段在事業上終於有所成就，他覺得心機和運氣不可或缺，最重要亦要視乎對娛樂圈的興趣，他說：「好坦白講，如果我今時今日都仲等緊機會，都唔知會唔會捱落去，呢行真係唔係易捱，除非你好好運，一出嚟就順風順水，不過通常都冇，唔知幾個人裏面先至有一個。」

老戲骨難求

即使事業有起色，馬明直言不會有飄飄然的感覺：「我都三十幾歲人，唔會突然間有呢個感覺，就算信心亦唔會特別多喎，咪同平時一樣，拍戲唔係次次都係做張一健呢類角色，一定會有其他嘗試，每個角色亦會有唔同特質，都係要同導演、對手研究。做戲同唱歌做運動一樣，你呢場做得好，唔代表下一場都係，都係要自己畀心機。任何比賽都唔會成日贏，一定會有輸嘅時候，打得唔好咪輸，做人都一樣，只要能力範圍做好，成功與否交畀個天。」
隨着免費電視台的數目增加，無綫台前幕後一度受挖角潮影響，無綫已經力谷藝員上位，亦在製作上投放更多的資源，可惜最近不少資深的老戲骨相繼離巢，馬明亦有感而發說：「我以前做訪問都曾經講過，小生唔難搵，喺訓練班搵啱人選，度身同佢拍兩、三套劇集，再搵啲老戲骨撐住佢咪冇問題；反而做咗二、三十年嗰啲老戲骨難求，呢班人真係好緊要，冇咗就冇咗，對拍戲多少都會覺得麻煩，如果一個主角嘅屋企人，全部都係特約同臨時演員都幾驚，好多嘢靠一個人係做唔到，冇咗互動同熟悉嘅面孔，觀眾都要去調節。」
凡事有弊亦有利，人事上的衝擊造就不少上位機會，馬明說：「好似《 On Call》有好多新人演出，我成日都同佢哋講，叫佢哋要畀心機，因為走咗咁多人，多咗好多機會，家係睇吓邊個畀心機做戲，只要你把握到每個角色，工作量就會越嚟越多，監製好實際，佢哋唔使你送乜嘢畀佢，因為佢要人拍戲，只要你 OK交到貨，下一套咪會預埋你囉 。」

馬明又說：「呢度唯一係叫穩定，無綫呢度係一間好學校，就算你初頭出嚟拍得幾差，都會 keep住畀你拍，等你磨練吓再等吓一個機會，唔會冇嘢畀你做，只不過係學滿師啲人走咗 。」

向松哥偷師

笑問他又是否已經學滿師？馬明笑說：「我唔知呀！呢啲要人哋話，唔係自己講，你問我會覺得仲有好多嘢可以再進步，松哥（劉松仁）成日都講呢行係無止境，佢到家都唔係百分百有信心做好每一個角色，佢仲話千祈唔好覺得自己得，得嗰個死嗰個。」
馬明還笑說：「之前同松哥拍《蔡鍔與小鳳仙》，已經喺佢身上學到嘢，今次拍《名媛》仲學得多，你睇到佢點做，點樣攞到個方向，我呢啲醒目仔袋咗好多錢落袋！」被笑稱是「遲來的醒目仔」，馬明亦不禁笑說：「遲到好過冇到，好多嘢係講因緣際遇，做咗咁多年都好認命，好似我上年全年都係做緊啲奸奸哋嘅角色，今年《 On Call》做忠嘅角色又有新鮮感，連帶啲做好 fresh嘅實習醫生，亦畀咗好多新鮮感畀觀眾，如果我一路 keep住做同一類角色，可能呢個角色嘅迴響冇咁大。」

過往馬明接受訪問，多次提及「愛錢多過獎」，他不諱言至今這想法仍未有變，他笑說：「我都係市劊啲睇錢，希望搵多啲外快，等生活有保障先，獎項呢啲有咪錦上添花，冇咪戥人開心，太多嘢控制唔到，有同冇獎都係要咁做。」

享受單身

最近承認與胡定欣拍過拖的馬明，感情生活再被大家關注，馬明說：「家好享受單身一個人，唔使煩，我唔係安慰自己，只不過我份人不嬲都唔怕悶，因為我自己真係幾悶，所以覺得冇乜嘢，隨遇而安喇，啱就冇所謂，家都未有目標，我唔係好急，穩定事業先喇！」

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The Hippocratic crush finale dinner

Last friday Kenneth Ma, Him Law, Tavia Yeung, Mandy Wong, Candy Chang and the rest of the cast of The Hippocratic Crush met up in Tsim Sha Tsui for dinner and to watch the finale.

Kenneth Ma: Ability

Kenneth Ma has always gone the ability route. Compared to other siu sangs in the same generation, his pace is indeed slower. Acting for 13 years, finally the first male lead 'Yat Kin Tau' in "The Hippocratic Crush", the series receiving good reviews and drawing a large audience, and Kenneth's acting has also received praise. Is this a late spring? "Absolutely not. When filming 'Born Rich', Lo Ka (Gallen Lo) previously said that it takes 10 years to come out with a siu sang. I don't think that my pace is slow; it's just that my road is longer because, in this industry, apart from ability, luck is also a major factor. For example, Wayne Lai. His acting has always been good. I already greatly admired him in the '90s, but had to encounter 'Chai Gau' before gaining great popularity".

When talking about [his] career, Kenneth went on and on, but when asked about [his] love life...reconciled with Nancy Wu? He immediately became awkward, saying that there was nothing to report: "Nancy and I are in the friendship stage...enjoying the current single life. Still make money above all else!"

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Kenneth Ma no desire to be TV King; Exposes 'THC' is an open ending

Yesterday Kenneth Ma was a guest for the opening ceremony of men's clothing store TAKEO KIKUCHI. Recently because of Kenneth's new series The Hippocratic Crush (THC), his popularity has been on the rise. At the event a large group of fans shouted his nickname from the series, 'Yat Kin Tau'. The series has also been receiving favorable criticisms by Netizens that the storyline moved them to tears and that Kenneth has hope to compete for the TV King title this year. Kenneth said: "Really thank audience for all the support, but its just that the script was written well. As for awards, just go with the flow. If audience believe I'm qualified for TV King, I'm already happy." Regarding the series finale, Kenneth expressed the recent two episodes averaged at 33 points. He and Tavia Yeung are going to host a dinner for the cast and crew to watch the finale together. Kenneth said: "Lately audience have been displeased by series endings, but for THC's ending, it should be pretty good. It's an open ending. (Left open for a sequel?) Tommy [Leung] jokingly said that the series must get a sequel since it got high ratings. Of course, I want one too and hope it will be the original cast. There are still lots of topics that could be covered. "

His career's going smoothly, but what about his love life? Kenneth expressed he is just focusing on work now. Reporters asked about Nancy Wu? He said: "Nancy is a good girl, many want to pursue her. I feel comfortable being friends with her. It is a priority for us both to make more money. (It was rumored you two are back together?) I don't mind rumors, as long as it doesn't negatively impact others family or its about affairs. [Rumors] actually help series promotion. (Will you consider on-screen partner Tavia then?) We're good buddies, impossible."

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Kenneth Ma Cries Out Acting Abilities: Audience Full of Likes

Last night's episode of series "The Hippocratic Crush", starring Kenneth Ma, talked about his doctor character not being able to save his younger brother, 'Yat Hong' Nathan Ngai, blaming himself, breaking down, and bursting out crying. The tear-provoking storyline touched netizens, supporting him for being able to compete for TV King, becoming hotter property.

Kenneth, who is regarded as the industry's 'Hot Property', has received the support of netizens to compete for 'TV King', seemingly becoming even more 'hot'. When he accepted a phone interview yesterday, he said, "Thanks for the audience support, but do not dare taking the credit. It's the editors who wrote it very well...everyone's chemistry. As for awards, taking things as they come. It's only March now; there are many grand series coming up. Already very happy with people feeling that I have the qualifications to compete for TV King". When asked whether there are hopes to film a sequel, he said, "Tommy (TVB Executive Tommy Leung) jokingly said that, with such good feedback, must film a sequel. Certainly hope for the original cast!"

In addition, Kenneth expressed that he will leave romance to fate when he attended an event yesterday. As for his reconciliation rumours with Nancy Wu, he said, "Thanks to the media for boiling...helpful for the series. He also highly praised Nancy for being a good girl with many pursuers. On the other hand, Selena Li filmed "All Things Girl" yesterday. When asked whether she was interested in competing for 'Hot Property' Kenneth, she laughingly said, "Wait and see. We are good friends...have known each other for a long time".

Kenneth Ma: More Important to Make Money Than Date

Kenneth Ma attended an opening ceremony for a fashion shop (Takeo Kikuchi), gaining the support of many fans. He expressed that the most recent two episodes of series "The Hippocratic Crush" averaged 33 points...hope that the ratings increase again. Afterward, will have dinner and watch the ending with the cast and crew; he and Tavia will pay the bill: "Recently, many viewers scolded that the endings for series were not good. I believe that it won't be this series. The ending is quite good; it is an open ending. (Foreshadowing a sequel?) Hope so". He also admitted that the series has brought him many money-making opportunities.

As for romance, he frankly said to leave it to fate...make money above all else. However, he highly praised former girlfriend Nancy Wu as being a good girl with many pursuers. As for reconciliation rumours, he laughingly said, "Thanks to the media for boiling...helpful for the series. Rumours are fine with me".

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'The Hippocratic Crush' basketball game promotion, lost badly to Students

Kenneth Ma, Tavia Yeung, Him Law and Mandy Wong took part in a basketball competition promotional event for The Hippocratic Crush. Yesterday the cast arrived at the high school to play a basketball game against the students. In a pair of leather shoes, Kenneth carelessly tripped his opponent during the game, frightening him so much he put his hands up in surrender. Him also tripped and fell during the confusion. The final score was 18 to 7, the Students crushed the Artists defeating them by 11 points.

Tavia didn't participate in the game, but she did serve as the cheerleader for her team. She exposed: "In the series, Kenneth is suppose to be good at basketball, but in reality he's really bad at it. He NGed countless times before he was able to get 1 shot in." It turns out Kenneth doesn't know how to play basketball at all, he laughed and said audience only saw the edited version.

When speaking of ex-girlfriend Nancy Wu's 6 second cameo appearance, Kenneth said: "She wasn't visiting me on the set, nothing to do with me. It's because the studio turned into a surgery room, so it was like TVB's holy land, everyone wanted to go in and see, including other producers and directors. (Nancy said let nature take its course when getting back together with you?) Well then, let nature take its course!" He said he's currently comfortable being friends with Nancy.

Asked if there is a possibility that they may get back together? Kenneth said: "I don't know the future. Never know, maybe they'll (media) will say I'm back together with Margie Tsang! It's all written and rumored by you guys! (You two didn't admit to have dated?) Any rumored friend can be said to have reconciled with me!"

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