Movie stars and singers, including Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Andy Lau Tak-Wah and Eason Chan Yik Shun, added fuel to the spectators' excitement.
Cheung is a Hong Kong singer and actor from the mid-1980s to the present. The Chinese-language media refer to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings.
Cheung is sometimes dubbed the God of Songs, a title which was once owned by another Cantopop singer Sam Hui. His successful music and acting career has made him one of Hong Kong's icons. Cheung was elected by the Time Magazine as one of the 25 most influential persons in the new Hong Kong in 1997.
Andy Lau Tak-Wah is a Hong Kong Cantopop star, movie actor and producer. He has been Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actor since the 1990s.
Andy Lau has since appeared in more than 100 films, and has a huge fan base throughout Asia with the success of both his onscreen performance and his musical career. He is a very good singer. Andy Lau is best known for his (often) recurring roles as a "Heroic Gangster."
"I was a bit nervous today. The big crowd is not a surprise for me for all the people I met told me they would come to the street to see the torch relay, but when you realize you are holding the Olympic flame and passing the torch for the Beijing Games, you just can't control your nerves," said Lau, who was the fourth to carry the torch.
