Congratulation to local sailor Stephanie Norton who in finishing third at Mussanah Open Championships in Oman made HK Sailing history by qualifying in the Laser Radial class for the Tokyo Olympics!
Norton is the first female dinghy sailor from Hong Kong to reach the Olympics via a competitive route since stricter qualification rules were implemented after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Photo RHKYC/Guy Nowell
Twitter has introduced a new emoji for the #MilkTeaAlliance hashtag to mark the first anniversary of a movement that has united people in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar and beyond in their quest to be heard.
To celebrate the first anniversary of the #MilkTeaAlliance, we designed an emoji featuring 3 different types of milk tea colours from regions where the Alliance first formed online. It automatically appears when you Tweet any of the hashtags below👇 pic.twitter.com/QiIBBbKfQc
— Twitter Public Policy (@Policy) April 8, 2021
Announcing the new emoji, an illustration featuring 3 different types of milk tea colours from the regions where the Alliance first formed online. Twitter said it will automatically appear when the #MilkTeaAlliance hashtag is tweeted in English, Chinese, Thai and Burmese.
BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccination resumed today 5 April, longer lines – which at the time bc’s reporter was there were sadly disproportionately (about 80%) non-ethnic Chinese – meant the queue and injection took around 80 minutes.
https://bcmagazine.smugmug.com/Bcene-photos/2021/20210405-11pro-Second-Covid-Vaccination-BionTech-Sai-Yin-Pun/i-XS6wd54
Unfortunately at Sai Yin Pun Vaccination Centre the nurse absolutely refused to allow our reporter to take a photo of themselves getting vaccinated.
We’re not big ‘selfie’ takers, but this seemed a missed opportunity to raise communal awareness of vaccination and maybe counter some of the negative rubbish being spread by the ignorant both in Hong Kong and abroad.
https://bcmagazine.smugmug.com/Bcene-photos/2021/20210405-11pro-Second-Covid-Vaccination-BionTech-Sai-Yin-Pun/i-w86Rq7j
While the vaccine is not yet a cure, it can and will save lives! Not only of those who get infected but also of those whose jobs, livelihoods and mental health have been destroyed over the last year!
PLEASE GET VACCINATED!!! Make a booking here www.coronavirus.gov.hk
Live music returned as RubberBand rocked the HK Coliseum for four nights treating a packed crowd to 27 song set!
Supporting RubberBand in a night of greatest hits and fan favourites were the Patrick Lui Jazz Orchestra and acapella group AMuiXis.
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1. Dedicated To…
2. 醒未？
3. 每道微小
4. 一早地下鐵
5. 小涼伴
6. 阿波羅
7. 你和我
8. 天台飛人
9. 百毒不侵
10. 漫長
11. 田鼠論壇
12. 健兒
13. 堅彌地城
14. 睜開眼
15. 挾持
16. 山河故人
17. 倒行詩
18. 練習說再見
19. 心照一生
20. Hello?
21. G.I.（阿偉Solo）
22. 夥伴
23. Ciao（新歌）
24. 逆流之歌
25. 發現號
26. 未來見
27. 夏令時間 (Encore)
https://bcmagazine.smugmug.com/Bcene-photos/2021/RubberBand-Ciao-2021-HK-Coliseum-3-6-April-2021/i-pFNfnk2
RubberBand Ciao 2021
Date: 3-6 April, 2021
Venue: HK Coliseum
Tickets: $780, $580, $380 from Urbtix
Over the Easter weekend local singer Denise Ho, known as HOCC, live-streamed a free online concert to as she put it “Get together with everyone and cheer you with music.”
The two hour show was streamed live on youtube and facebook and has been uploaded to Ho’s Youtube channel.
Here’s the set list:
1.艷光四射 (2:49) 2.癡情司 (11:23) 3.天使藍 (19:26) 4.鋼鐵是這樣煉成的 (27:45) 5.詩與胡說 (36:24) 6.未來 (42:12) 7.張氏情歌 (49:14) 8.木紋 (59:37) 9.如果我們只剩一首歌的時間 (1:04:49) 10.忘 (1:15:13) 11.天然沖晒（1:21:41) 12.眼淚教我的事 (1:27:01) 13.螞蟻 (1:31:55) 14.如無意外 (1:35:42) 15.似是故人來 (1:43:42) 16.海裡睡人 (1:47:58) 17.圓滿 (1:55:47) 18.是有種人 (2:03:07)
If you enjoyed the concert you can find more about HOCC on her official website and here:
http://www.facebook.com/hocchocc http://www.instagram.com/hoccgoomusic/
http://t.me/hocchocc (Telegram)
The Hong Kong government today (6 April, 2020) extended, until further notice, the entry restrictions on non-Hong Kong residents arriving by plane.
All transit at Hong Kong International Airport will continue to be suspended until further notice.
The entry restrictions, which came into effect on the 25 March 2020, were announced by the Government on 23 March with the aim of reducing imported cases of the Wuhan virus know as COVID-19:
• All non-Hong Kong residents coming from overseas countries and regions by plane will be denied entry to Hong Kong;
• Non-Hong Kong residents coming from the Mainland, Macao and Taiwan will be denied entry to Hong Kong if they have been to any overseas countries and regions in the past 14 days;
• All transit services at Hong Kong International Airport will be suspended;
• All travellers coming from Macao and Taiwan, including Hong Kong and non-Hong Kong residents, will be subject to a 14-day compulsory quarantine, which is the same as the arrangements for people entering Hong Kong from the Mainland.
The entry restriction and suspension of transit services at the airport were at the time to be implemented tentatively for 14 days, ending on 7 April, 2020.
Exemptions to the above restrictions include:
• Crew members of aircraft who need to commute to and from foreign places in performance of necessary duties or crew members of goods vessels;
• Government officials carrying out government duties including personnel of consular posts;
• Personnel engaged in anti-epidemic work endorsed by the HKSAR Government;
• Spouses and minor children of Hong Kong residents.
All entrants to Hong Kong must complete 14-days compulsory quarantine on arrival.
Read the government press release https://t.co/WW8NKVLBqB?amp=1
More information can be found on the government’s dedicated website www.coronavirus.gov.hk
Due to the coronavirus India by the Bay sixth edition (14-19 February, 2020) has been postponed until April.
The Festival offers HongKongers an insight into Indian culture and history through a diverse and eclectic programme including music, dance, film, food, theatre, yoga, literature and art.
India by the Bay 2020
Date: April, 2020
Venue: Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Tickets: tbc
Electro-pop titans Kraftwerk – Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, Falk Grieffenhagen – returned to Hong Kong bringing their unique 3D Show to Kitec’s Star Hall on 29 April.
The 19 song, two-hour performance fused music with art, including a unique visual for every city Kraftwerk visit on the tour. In last night’s performance, the group merged visuals of the Hong Kong skyline with futuristic animations including a UFO flying over the city – all presented in 3-D.
Click here or any photo for more images of the concert.
https://bcmagazine.smugmug.com/Bcene-photos/2019/Kraftwerk-3-D-Show-Kitec-29-April-2019/i-CpMZFMZ
https://bcmagazine.smugmug.com/Bcene-photos/2019/Kraftwerk-3-D-Show-Kitec-29-April-2019/i-v3cRrpm
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Photos: Live Nation HK / Kennevia Photography
