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South China Morning Post
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
12 arrested for allegedly selling fake G-Dragon, G.E.M. concert tickets in Hong Kong
Hong Kong and Shenzhen police have broken up a cross-border syndicate and arrested 12 people for allegedly scamming victims out of more than HK$100,000 (US$12,740) with fake tickets to local shows featuring performers such as K-pop star G-Dragon and Cantopop singer G.E.M.. The force said on Sunday that joint operations with Shenzhen police had dismantled a syndicate that operated a workshop to produce fake tickets for concerts and sports events in the neighbouring Chinese city. Errand runners in Hong Kong were used to deliver tickets to victims. 'The tickets we intercepted are highly similar to real ones in terms of font, counter-counterfeiting features, and materials,' said Superintendent Wan King-hang of the Kowloon East regional headquarters' crime division. 'Residents might easily fall into such fake ticket traps.' The arrests were made between Tuesday and Saturday for events from June to August, including G-Dragon's three sell-out concerts at AsiaWorld-Arena and coming shows by singer Gloria Tang Tsz-kei, also known as G.E.M., at the Kai Tak Stadium starting this Friday, police said. Across the border, four people, including three Hongkongers and one mainlander, were arrested by Shenzhen police for fabricating value-bearing coupons, an offence punishable by imprisonment of up to seven years upon conviction in mainland China.
New Straits Times
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen weeps at Stefanie Sun's Beijing concert
TAIPEI: Taiwanese actress Michelle Chen wept during Singapore pop star Stefanie Sun's concert at Beijing's National Stadium recently. The 42-year-old was among the 50,000 guests who turned up for Sun's concert on June 13. "She is my favourite Chinese-language female singer and I have waited for this concert for a long time," said Chen on Chinese social media platform Weibo on June 14. "I had a chance to watch it more than 10 years ago, but missed it due to work," she said. "I didn't expect that it would be many years later before I got to watch her." Sun, 46, kicked off her first world tour in a decade, titled Aut Nihilo, in April with four concerts in Singapore. She also performed in Shanghai in April and Shenzhen in May. "I wanted to cry the moment you appeared on stage, as you were part of my youth for many years," Chen wrote. "Fortunately, I cried for only half of the show as there were fast songs." The actress, who is best known for the Taiwanese film You Are The Apple Of My Eye (2011), quoted part of the Chinese-language title of the movie in her post. "During those years I listened to your songs, the songs felt like they were carrying one part of innocence, two parts of stubbornness and three parts of freedom," she wrote. "I found myself in the songs and pursued my dreams." Sun's concert in Beijing was her first at the stadium since her debut in 2000. She became the fourth Chinese-language female singer to hold a concert there after Hong Kong's Karen Mok and G.E.M., as well as Taiwan's A-Mei.
South China Morning Post
31-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Luxury frenzy: Rich buyers keep scoring high-end Hong Kong homes at stunning discounts
Celebrities, tycoons and other wealthy investors have been snapping up luxury homes in Hong Kong on the cheap, as the prices of these exclusive abodes have plunged by as much as 45 per cent from their peaks amid high interest rates. Advertisement A surge in discount selling by cash-strapped owners has sparked something of a frenzy among well-heeled buyers, pushing demand for upscale homes up by as much as 50 per cent from last year, according to agents. For example, Cantopop singer Gloria Tang Tze-kei this month acquired two flats in Wan Chai at a 35 per cent discount off of the peak price three years ago. The celebrity, who goes by the stage name G.E.M., bought two 2,480 sq ft units in Leon Court at Wong Nai Chung Gap Road for a combined HK$85 million (US$10.9 million), according to Land Registry records. 'So far in 2025, despite an overall market downturn, the market witnessed active transactions in luxury properties,' said Lucia Leung, director of research and consultancy for Greater China at Knight Frank. 'This highlights a persistent appetite for high-end properties among affluent buyers, particularly as confidence in the market begins to stabilise.' A property at 6 Stanley Beach Road sold this month for HK$116 million, 45 per cent lower than the peak price of HK$212 million in 2011, according to Victoria Allan, founder and managing director of Habitat Property. Advertisement This month, a 2,201 sq ft unit in Cluny Park in the Mid-Levels neighbourhood above Central sold for HK$57 million, 32 per cent lower than when it was last transacted in June 2016 for HK$83.9 million, Leung said. In Tuen Mun, a 3,348 sq ft home in Seaside Castle went for HK$59 million, having lost 31 per cent of its value since it sold for HK$85 million in July 2022.
