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Hong Kong saw a large police deployment on the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday, with several people detained around Causeway Bay. Officers were stationed across the shopping district near Victoria Park, which once hosted remembrance vigils attended by tens of thousands of people. An armoured vehicle was also spotted near SOGO mall, as part of an apparent operation to thwart commemorative activity. Officers were seen on Great George Street ordering passers-by to keep moving, as dozens of reporters and photographers arrived nearer dusk. Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Executive ...
Hong Kong Free Press
A patriotic carnival organised by pro-Beijing groups in Hong Kong continued to attract visitors to Victoria Park on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, with police guarding the venue that was once the site of the city’s annual vigils to mourn the incident. At 5 pm on Tuesday, police officers in groups were patrolling the park in Causeway Bay, as visitors lined up to enter the market that sold specialities from provinces such as Anhui, Guangxi, and Inner Mongolia in mainland China. The “Hometown Market,” which features over 200 booths by 28 clan organisations, opened to th...
Hong Kong Free Press
Pro-Beijing groups have set up a patriotic carnival in part of Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, where annual vigils were held for decades to mark the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The event period covers the crackdown’s 35th anniversary on Monday, with the festivities open to the public from Saturday until next Wednesday. In April, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department told HKFP that an organisation had applied to use the football pitches, central lawn and basketball courts for a “public event” between May 27 and June 8. The Federation of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organisations is among 28...
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While attention was focused on Singapore’s exclusive deal to host Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts and Lionel Messi’s absence from a Hong Kong exhibition march, the city’s jazz fans were excited at a planned visit by three times Grammy Award winner Diana Krall. I share the disappointment over Messi and Swift even though it had nothing to do with me. Krall is another story: I texted my friends about the concerts. Her live appearance in Hong Kong is a mega event, as important as an LVMH fashion show in Tsim Sha Tsui or a Mirror concert. Then I was taken aback to learn that the concert will take...
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The sold-out Hong Kong Sevens kicked off at the Hong Kong Stadium on Friday, marking the international rugby tournament’s return to pre-pandemic popularity. The Sevens returned to Hong Kong after a two-year hiatus in November 2022 amid partial Covid curbs and limits on attendee numbers. The tournament was held again last March, with the stadium in Causeway Bay allowed at full capacity, after anti-epidemic regulations were fully lifted in the city. “This is a very special year for the tournament as we mark three decades inside the Hong Kong Stadium, and we are overwhelmed at the response of the...
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