Kee Hua Chee Live!: PART 1---DATO ELAINE KANG HOLDS EPIC AND MAGNIFICENT CONCERT TO CELEBRATE 35 GLORIOUS YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS AND WHILE SHE CAN STILL HEAR HERSELF AND HER AUDIENCE CLAPPING...AS SHE IS SUFFERING FROM TINNITUS (EAR BUZZING) WHICH IS INCURABLE AND FEARS SHE MAY LOSE HER HEARING! MAY BUDDHA AND JESUS CURE YOU ELAINE!

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THIS STORY FROM THE STAR, MALAYSIA'S BEST SELLING AND NUMBER ONE NEWSPAPER!
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Elaine Kang makes a comeback with first live show in 7 years

by SETO KIT YAN

In Kang’s upcoming concert, she will be backed by a 20-piece band, 12 dancers and six-piece chorus.

Elaine Kang's concert was backed by a 20-piece band, 12 dancers and six-piece chorus.

With an incurable medical condition affecting her hearing, all Kang wants is to sing.

After a seven-year hiatus, Datuk Elaine Kang has decided to return to the stage and hold her next solo concert.

“I have decided to stage this concert because I want to be able to perform for everyone ... while they can still hear me sing, and when I can still hear them listen to me sing,” said the popular local singer in a press conference last week.

Kang had gone into semi-retirement while trying to deal with an incurable ENT (ear, nose and throat) medical condition. She had inadvertently developed tinnitus (buzzing in the ear) nine years ago, partly due to having undergone three surgeries to correct her sinus condition.

“It doesn’t affect my singing. But, it means I cannot bear to be in places that are too quiet or too noisy. And if I get too nervous or excited, then it gets even worse, as the sound changes according to my pulse rate,” said the glamorous pop star, who has been busying herself with various charity events.

“I once thought of giving up, because this problem really bothered me a lot. I keep hearing a sound even though there is none.

"There were times when I didn’t even want to get up. I just wanted to continue sleeping. Sometimes, I’d pummel the wall with my fists. It’s really very frustrating,” she said.

Kang has consulted many medical practitioners for her chronic condition, but they have all given her the same prognosis. “The doctors tell me that there is no cure for it. There is no medication I can take. There is no surgery to correct it.

"So, I have learnt to live with it,” lamented Kang, who is now concerned that she may lose her hearing altogether after observing the condition of award-winning Hong Kong actress Josephine Siao, a fellow tinnitus sufferer who was bothered by three different sounds.

“Singing is something that I love doing most of all. And when I’m on stage performing for an appreciative audience, it’s like really quite therapeutic because the sound doesn’t bother me,” explained Kang, 50, who was backed by a 20-piece band, 12 dancers, and a six-piece chorus.

Zaiton Sameon, winner of Anugerah Juara Lagu 1987, was Kang’s guest artiste at her show. “Zaiton is a positive inspiration for me. I see her as a strong woman who has made a recovery from her 1990 accident,” said Kang about her good friend, who made a comeback to singing after awaking from a six-month-long coma following the tragedy, which took the lives of her only son and her assistant.

Elaine Kang Live 2015 was staged at KLCC Plenary Hall on May 23 at 8pm. Tickets were RM383, RM283, RM253, RM193, RM163, RM103.

THIS STORY IS TAKEN FROM THE STAR NEWSPAPER DATED 5 MARCH 2015 AND SLIGHTLY AMENDED AS THE CONCERT IS NOW OVER.
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JAMES NG YIN TENG HOLDING OUR RM 253 TICKETS

JAMES NG, MR MALAYSIA 2013, IS ONLY 21 YET IS A FAN OF ELAINE KANG AND WAS PROBABLY THE YOUNGEST FAN IN THE CONCERT

JAMES NG YIN TENG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

JAMES NG YIN TENG AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR DATO ELAINE KANG TO PERFORM

DATO ELAINE KANG IS THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE CENTRE!

SPECTACULAR OPENING GAMBIT!

ONE COULD NOT SEE DATO ELAINE KANG'S FACE DUE TO HER GRAND HAT!

OF COURSE SHE NEEDED 4 MEN TO ESCORT HER DOWN THE STEPS

BET SHE COULD NOT SEE WHERE SHE WAS GOING!

DATO ELAINE KANG STUNNED HER AUDIENCE WITH HER OPENING SONG AND KEPT DOING SO FRO 2 HOURS!

SHE SANG 'THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC' BY ABBA

IN TRIBUTE TO HER TINNITUS WHICH MAY DEGENERATE AND AFFECT HER HEARING BUT WE HOPE THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN!

FANS WILL BE IN DESPAIR IF DATO ELAINE KANG'S HEARING CONDITION PREVENTS HER FROM SINGING AS SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR HER ADORING FANS LIKE ME CLAPPING AND CHEERING

WE LOVE YOU, DATO ELAINE KANG!

WHAT AN OPENING!

WORLD CLASS

DRAMA OR WHAT

ELAINE KANG TOSSES HER HEADGEAR OFF SO WE COULD ADMIRE HER LOVELY FACE AND SHE COULD SEE US!

HERE I AM! GLORIOUS AS EVER!

DATO ELAINE KANG SNEAKS IN TO BLEND WITH HER DANCERS

DATO ELAINE KANG IS ALL WRAPPED UP!

DATO ELAINE KANG WEARS WHAT LOOKED LIKE A STRAIGHT JACKET WORN BY THE INSANE AND MENTALLY ILL! I LOVE IT! SHE HAD TO SING WITH EAR MIKE AS BOTH HANDS WERE LOCKED INSIDE THE TUBES!