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last updated:
9 September, 2024
The test concert at the Kai Tak Sports Park began at 6.50pm and only ended at 10.40pm, well past the 10pm originally scheduled. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Authorities to investigate concert overrun at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park

Authorities to look into why show featuring Mirror and other bands ran over the scheduled time, forcing axing of performances by final two acts.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How ‘big sister’ Liza Wang has delighted Hong Kong for over 50 years

Hong Kong culture

Hong Kong’s Mirror among stars to perform at Kai Tak Sports Park test event

Music

Profile | Meet Marf, the Cantopop group member supporting Coldplay in Hong Kong

Marf from girl group Collar will support Coldplay at their four Hong Kong shows in April 2025, part of their Music of the Spheres tour.

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Marf Yau. Photo: Instagram/@collar.weare
Hong Kong society

Collar’s Marf Yau to perform at Coldplay’s Hong Kong shows

Well-known member of Cantopop girl group will be a guest support act for British band’s April shows at soon-to-open Kai Tak stadium.

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TV shows and streaming video

Why 1979 song Below the Lion Rock is like a Hong Kong anthem

Named after a peak below which hunkered squatter villages, the song for RTHK by Joseph Koo and James Wong Jim resonated in 1970s Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hacken Lee, once snubbed by fans, thrives as a Cantopop star

The singer has made his mark on Cantopop despite once being told by superstar Anita Mui that she wanted to ‘slap you upside the head’.

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Hacken Lee at an interview with the Post in 2002. Photo: SCMP
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best shows in Hong Kong this weekend, Nov 29-Dec 1

See Suede, Central Cee and more at Clockenflap, or an award-winning jazz singer’s intimate event. A top drag queen makes her Hong Kong debut.

Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong from November 24 to 30

Indulge in ThinkWine’s raclette menu, savour Monkey 47 cocktails, catch Gigi Leung’s concert and explore the ‘Behind the Books’ exhibition.

Old Hong Kong

Remembering veteran Cantopop lyricist James Wong Jim, who died 20 years ago

Two decades ago today, the Hong Kong figure passed away due to lung cancer aged 64 – he’s famous for writing the lyrics to the iconic song ‘Below the Lion Rock’.

Hong Kong’s pride: James Wong Jim, a veteran lyricist with a tape of Christmas songs in 1989. Photo: SCMP Archive
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Miriam Yeung’s career as singer and actress, and rupture with fans

Declaring herself a Chinese patriot at the height of anti-government protests in Hong Kong angered fans, but Yeung is back performing again.

Leading Hong Kong singer and actress Miriam Yeung at an interview with the Post in 2017. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Music

How beloved Cantopop classic The Bund took Hong Kong by storm

Featuring Frances Yip’s commanding voice, The Bund, theme tune to a TVB series of the same name, was also a hit among the Chinese diaspora.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong star Andy Lau at centre of war of words over song choice in Taiwan

Beijing slams some Taiwanese politicians who attacked Andy Lau for performing his song ‘Chinese people’.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

Louis Cheung in an interview with the Post in 2011. At one time , Hong Kong tabloids mocked the singer, songwriter and actor for being less successful than his pop-star wife, Kay Tse. Now he is flying high. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

What is HKT x WestK Popfest – and who’s performing?

Over 4 nights, the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong will host over 60 performances by local and international artists at this upcoming music festival.

Jorja Smith, who was awarded Best British Female Artist at the Brit Awards in 2019, will perform at the HKT x WestK Popfest. Photo: courtesy of Popfest
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong dancer paralysed in Mirror concert sues employer for compensation

Dancer Mo Li, 30, could be entitled to over HK$3.5 million in compensation if court finds his injury resulted in permanent total incapacity.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong Mirror accident: government not liable for stage safety, court hears

Coliseum employee who oversaw Cantopop boy band concert says organiser responsible for ensuring installations, including giant screens, are safe.

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Hong Kong

How the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra transformed for a new generation

Former general manager John Duffus, in his memoirs Backstage in Hong Kong, recalls the challenges of leading the orchestra into the 20th century

John Duffus with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 1983. Photo: Chan Kiu
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong Mirror accident: no proper standards for suspension wires, court told

Workers from principal contractor on trial for fraud, with six overhanging screens allegedly listed as weighing 3,600lbs when actual weight was 9,852.5lbs.

Hong Kong courts

Late Hong Kong star Anita Mui’s mother faces second bankruptcy

Tam Mei-kam, who turned 100 earlier this year, named as debtor in High Court bankruptcy petition listed on court’s cause book.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong girlfriend of injured Mirror dancer slams medical staff over blunder

So Tsz-ching, girlfriend of Mo Li, says dancer earlier fell from support sling due to loose safety buckle.

So Tsz-ching (left) has urged medical staff to take Mo Li’s (right) care more seriously after he fell from a support sling. Photo: Instagram/soching_nat
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

Jacky Cheung performs on stage in Hong Kong in January 2024 during his Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong father of injured Mirror dancer hopes for ‘justice’ for son in trial

Mo Li ‘lost his years of youth and mobility’, says father Derek Li, before start of trial this month over high-profile concert accident.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong cannot afford to lose its entrepreneurial spirit

We owe it to ourselves and our city to think big, take risks and hold ourselves to a higher standard – and take our hats off to those who do.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Why Cantopop stars from Faye Wong to Eason Chan love lyricist Albert Leung

Having created lyrics for stars from Anita Mui to Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, Leung is one of Cantopop’s most loved and prolific writers.

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Albert Leung thanks the crowd for their support during the annual Ultimate Song Chart awards organised by Commercial Radio, in January 1999. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong’s ‘good girl’ Vivian Chow became beloved Cantopop star

Vivian Chow Wai-man was one of the most popular Cantopop singers of the 1990s and also a noteworthy actress, famous for her good-girl persona – and her up-and-down relationship with husband Joe Nieh.

Vivian Chow backstage before a concert in Shanghai in 1993. Photo: SCMP
Accidents and personal safety

Singer of Hong Kong boy band Error denies he committed ‘hit and run’

Denis Kwok waited 27 hours to tell police he had knocked down pedestrian while driving his Ferrari.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

5 art shows and performances in Hong Kong this weekend, August 17-18

A Leslie Cheung musical featuring over 20 of the Cantopop star’s hits and a food-themed art exhibition starring young Asian artists are among our Hong Kong arts and culture event picks this weekend.

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