{"id":1245,"date":"2018-01-15T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T04:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2018-01-15T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T04:16:02","slug":"hong-kong-famous-andy-lau-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/hong-kong-famous-andy-lau-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Superstar Andy Lau has a Doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Did you know that Andy Lau has a doctorate?<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_1259\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-1.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Lau has doctorate\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-1.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-1-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via ChinaEntertainmentNews.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On December 14th last year, Hong Kong superstar <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/education\/article\/2124382\/hong-kong-superstar-andy-lau-receives-honorary-doctorate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Lau received\u00a0an honorary doctorate<\/a><\/em> from Shue Yan University.<\/p>\n<p>What doctorate did he received?\u00a0Andy Lau was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters,\u00a0<em>honoris causa.\u00a0<\/em>This\u00a0 honorary usually awarded to those who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Heavenly King&#8221; joined Hong Kong&#8217;s TVB station in 1981, and has more than 60 films under his belt.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a great actor, he is also a prolific singer where holding more than 500 concerts since 1984, with over 48 million albums sold.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994, he set up the Andy Lau Charity Foundation to\u00a0help the needy.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, his speech was only one liner (that&#8217;s a quick thank you note)! He only said:\u00a0\u201cNo worries, I am not going to make a speech, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1258\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1258\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Lau has a Doctorate\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/01\/andy-lau-doctorate-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via asiaone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He did spent sometimes talking to press after the ceremony saying he was \u201cvery glad to be able to receive such an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"v2-processed\">\u201cI hope I can be a role model for young people. No matter how humble your beginnings are, no matter how adverse the situation you are in, there is no excuse for you not to do your best or work your hardest to strive for excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was also asked about why his wife, Carol Chu Lai-sin, and daughter did not show up, but Lau joked: \u201cI fear they would steal the limelight from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>So now, you need to remember. You cannot call him Andy Lau but you need to change name to call him Dr. Lau.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Andy Lau has a doctorate? 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