MALAYSIA - Carol Chu, the Malaysian wife of Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau, is hoping to have a baby boy,Guang Ming Daily reported.

The 47-year-old former beauty queen was spotted visiting a famous practitioner in Chinese medicine in Hong Kong recently to seek help to improve her health.

Chu was accompanied by three bodyguards during her visit to the clinic at about 4pm on Aug 15, the paper reported.

The couple, who married five years ago, has a 15-month-old daughter.