Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park was off to a glittering, glamorous start on Saturday evening with a star-studded opening ceremony as the city’s leader hailed the project as a bridgehead for a mega-event economy and a state-of-the-art venue for sports, entertainment, tourism and exhibition extravaganzas. “Tonight is a grand occasion, the opening of Kai…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is liaising with law enforcement agencies and looking into a report that ticket touts helped visitors enter the main stadium for Saturday’s star-studded opening ceremony for a fee of about HK$1,000 (US$128) per person. The new park, the city’s largest sports venue, said on Monday that it was “deeply…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park passed its first real test on crowd control measures on Saturday evening, as spectators dispersed swiftly after the venue’s opening ceremony ended. About 33,000 spectators cleared out of Kai Tak Stadium in around 20 minutes after the star-studded show ended at 8:35pm. To avoid the rush, some members of…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park was off to a glittering, glamorous start on Saturday evening with a star-studded opening ceremony as the city’s leader hailed the project as a bridgehead for a mega-event economy and a state-of-the-art venue for sports, entertainment, tourism and exhibition extravaganzas. “Tonight is a grand occasion, the opening of Kai…
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This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is hosting a star-studded opening ceremony on Saturday evening, in what the government hopes will…
Buskers are part of the urban fabric of many big cities around the world. Hong Kong has sought to weave the street performers into its own rich cultural tapestry but with limited success. Inroads were made to encouraging the practice in the 2010s, but they were subsequently undercut by restrictions on gatherings during the social…
The opening of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium on March 1 will boast a star-studded line-up that includes martial artist Donnie Yen, Cantopop diva Joey Yung Cho-yee and singer Michael “MC” Cheung Tin-fu, with tickets to go for just HK$10 (US$1.29). Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Thursday that 33,600…
Hong Kong should implement a real-name system for buying tickets to ward off scalpers, the head of the city’s consumer watchdog has said, as ones for concerts by Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung are going for as much as HK$200,000 (US$25,700) on the secondary market. Consumer Council chief executive Gilly Wong Fung-han said on Saturday…
Hong Kong should implement a real-name system for buying tickets to ward off scalpers, the head of the city’s consumer watchdog has said, as ones for concerts by Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung are going for as much as HK$200,000 (US$25,700) on the secondary market. Consumer Council chief executive Gilly Wong Fung-han said on Saturday…