Award Received by Ricky Hui
Mr. Sam Hui can be regarded as a singer-songwriter who grows with Hong Kong together. Starting from the 70s and spanning the next few decades, Sam Hui has written a great number of works which reflected the social conditions of the time. His contribution and affection to the Hong Kong music scene was started in 1974 when his debut Cantonese album “Games Gamblers Play” released and elevated Canto-pop to become the main stream of Hong Kong’s popular music culture. Sam’s works were extremely diversified in their content, the lyrics were written in a mix of colloquial and literary style which appealed to both refined and popular tastes. Many of his works are still well recognized today.