The 54-year-old recently took to her Weibo to share about her Chinese New Year holidays, which were spent amidst Hongkong’s fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.

“Didn't go visiting ‘cos of the pandemic, a record-breaking low! This year, I only received nine big ang pows from my family and close friends, [and] as always! All my ang pows will be donated to charity! Thank you to all the kind elders who gave me an ang pow, as long as I’m unmarried, I’ll still continue to take ang pows the next year,” Monica wrote in her caption.

Yup, she’s killing two birds with one stone, starting off her year by receiving these well-intentioned ang pows from her loved ones, and passing it on to charity.

As for staying single, here's what Monica had to say:

“It's not that the single life chose me, rather, I choose to remain single. Everyone, you don’t need to look at me with pity in your eyes,” she said, adding that feeling lonely while being surrounded by the wrong people, is worse than being alone.

Shots fired.

Photos: Monica Chan/Weibo