Tobias Zuser

HK launches public consultation on legalising basketball betting The Hong Kong government has invited members of the public to submit views on its proposal to legalise basketball betting in the city.

The Hong Kong government has invited members of the public to submit views on its proposal to legalise basketball betting in the city. In full: buff.ly/SiHMMok

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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The Four Trails Film The Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge is an event like no other. Be captivated by the human spirit as our runners embark on a challenge of epic proportions, a 298 km journey across all four of Hon...

For the next few days I’ll be periodically updating everyone on the Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge #HK4TUC. For 2025 there will be 15 participants. It’ll start when organizer Andre Blumberg says so, with 6 hours’ warning. There will be live tracking, but for now a primer:

www.fourtrails.hk

YouTube video by Faye Wong Official Channel 世界赠予我的

Pop diva Faye Wong returns after 7 years with a new song which she will also perform at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala next week
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Fans of Guangzhou FC (formerly Evergrande) showed their dissatisfaction at the recent Guangdong-HK Cup at Hong Kong Stadium, following the recent decision by the CFA to deny their club license. The same banners appeared 1 week earlier at Yuexiu Stadium in Guangzhou.

China jails ex-Premier League football star Li Tie 20 years China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery.

China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery.

In full: https://buff.ly/3ZR98MI

Meanwhile, funding of niche programs is called out for not having a big enough market. And based on all the policy announcements, it appears that “mega events” have just been invented in 2024.

Hong Kong to unveil 71 measures to level up creative, cultural sectors on Tuesday Blueprint is part of city’s efforts to create new economic drivers while offering more opportunities in professions popular among young people.

When you are surrounded by yes-sayers. This is actually incredibly depressing. Your economy is in crisis mode and some senior official in a brainstorming session suggests: “how about we promote Chinese culture?”. amp.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

🎙️⚽️New Podcast: The Frank Soo Foundation

We're joined by Alan Lau of the Frank Soo Foundation to tell us about the work they do within grassroots football through the story of Frank Soo, the first player of Chinese heritage to play for England.

Listen here ⬇️
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HK’s micromanagement of public space has for long been a major hurdle for sustainable bottom up culture to flourish. It’s kind of ironic how govt is lamenting the need to attract tourists, if they actively suppress the “edge” that is wanted nowadays. Hawkers, cyclists, surfers, artists, buskers…

A 19-year-old in HK was charged with one count of "insulting the national anthem". He will appear in the Eastern Magistrates' Courts next Tuesday. The incident happened during the "World Cup Asian Qualifiers" match between Hong Kong and Iran in June.

The more you dive deeper into the Tatler failure, the more hilarious it gets. Apparently they even attributed quotes to wrong players. Chan Shinichi, who is quoted here of having missed out the Messi game in 2014 due to leg injury, was born in 2002.

Essentially this also rendered the game meaningless from a sporting perspective: Inter Miami couldn’t practice against a cohesive team, no collective learning experience for a local side; probably another reason why the game wasn’t taken too seriously when compared to Vissel Kobe

I am not saying they shouldn’t have fielded a League XI. My issue is with how they were pushing for it to look like it is the HK Team (even down to the name and logo). Can’t imagine that @andersen_jrn was particularly happy about that as well

Among the 25 people in the squad, less than half held a HKSAR passport and would be eligible to play for Hong Kong. Just 6 of them were in the recent HKFA senior squad (Gerbig, Philip Chan, Yapp, Tse Ka-wing, Everton, Li Ngai-hoi)

In their ads, Tatler pushed the idea it would be indeed the representative team playing, when it was neither the A team nor the B team (which would take part in Guangdong-HK Cu). It should have been framed as what it is: A HKPL League XI, similar to other games in the past

There was long little enthusiasm from HKFA and the league about that game, knowing it would fall into a packed schedule. Clubs wouldn’t want their players get injured in an essentially meaningless exhibition game, and the HK team just finished an exhausting Asian Cup campaign.

One thing that still bothers me the most is how Tatler was misleading the public with false advertising that Inter Miami would actually be playing against the Hong Kong Representative Team.

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After eliminating Iran, Hong Kong is up against Japan in the football semi finals at the #AsianGames ! If you are in HK you can watch the game via HOYTV ch 77. The game will also be broadcast in shopping malls all across town. You can find a list here: www.facebook.com/100067120005...