It’s my daughter Rebecca’s 21st birthday and I’m so proud, so happy and so glad to celebrate the woman she’s become and to think back on the last 21 years of her and our family’s life and in this nostalgic mood I’ve indulgently dedicated this week’s on-air chat with Hong Kong 3’s.

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