Though Hanwei did not perform any item he was prominently featured. The camera focused on him many time as he appeared on stage with other celebrities before the countdown.
Just before midnight, Desmond Koh the host passed the mike to Hanwei and asked Wei Ge what he has to say. Hanwei said he wish everyone a wang, wang nian.
Hanwei with good friends, Biren and Lilin at his side cheered and danced as the countdown began.
Surprise! Hanwei was specifically called out for an interview after the Countdown. Asked how he felt, he said he felt "high" to be in this event. When asked about his new year wish, he said that he hoped that we can all work hard and overcome the difficulties posed by the hard economic times. 
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COUNTDOWN 2003

Hanwei was among the overseas and local celebrities who appeared at Countdown 2003. 
Organised jointly by Sentosa and MediaCorp TV, the event was held at the Sentosa Siloso 
Beach from 7pm on 31 December 2002 till 6am on 1 January 2003.

It boasted an 11-hour programme line-up of live band performances, sing and dance sequences, foam party and a fireworks display at midnight. More than 20,000 high spirited participants took part in the dawn to dusk party.

There was a ‘live’ 1 ½ hour broadcast on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 and TVMobile from 11pm and from 11.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 and Suria. About 1.2 million viewers – caught the “live” telecast on MediaCorp TV Channels 5, 8 and Suria. Among them, more than half a million or 756,000 viewers caught the “live” telecast on Channel 5 alone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                

 

 

 

 

 

He then urged the crowd to cheer with him for a better 2003. And they did with great fervour!

 

The show ended with all the celebrities dancing on stage...

 

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Added on 8/1/03