This record of a legal kind was set after Tien found 10 of his songs used without permission on a hit album, Goodbye to the Swallows, released by a government-owned firm in Ho Chi Minh city. Well, there weren't any. But Tien did get a very public apology that was broadcast on TV and radio and published in the Saigon Liberation, the Communist Party newspaper. Not that Tien is worried. He is the co-owner of a popular restaurant called Inspiration.
Music is for giving to other people.
In this case, especially if they ask at all. Manila TV ratings wars can be a cut-throat business. But Lyn Ching may be the only show host to put her life on the line to beat the opposition. For her own gossip program, she plans to do a televised leap from a plane. Two years ago she was just another television-news cub reporter.