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South China Morning Post
04-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
7 economic narratives from the Sevens to make us glad we live in Hong Kong
The first Hong Kong Sevens in the new Kai Tak Stadium was a success except for the rule that forbade outside food and drink to protect the concessionaires – who then ran out of, er, food and drink Advertisement Despite these privations, three days in a small seat surrounded by thousands of people allows for deep introspection with neighbours. In between loud cheers for Hong Kong's victories in both the men's and women's Melrose Claymores , the dominant narrative was geopolitics. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink recently wrote to shareholders that 'nearly every client' and 'nearly every leader' is 'more anxious about the economy than any time in recent memory'. Good investment forecasts are not made from a single narrative, such as inflation or interest rates. Investment expectations are driven by a coincidence of the timing and strength of different sub-narratives which cause events to occur, as with the alignment of the holes in slices of Swiss cheese. Each slice is a narrative that together makes investment forecasts multidimensional. Imagine the multiple factors involved in the chain of events that led to the mid-air collision of two aircraft at Reagan Washington National Airport in January. Advertisement
South China Morning Post
30-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong coaches lay out year's plans after teams clinch Melrose Claymores double
Hong Kong coaches have identified what their teams need to do in the months to come before the city hosts the National Games in November. Advertisement The city's men's team retained the Melrose Claymores trophy with an emphatic 38-5 win over China, while their women's counterparts blew Kazakhstan away in a 45-5 win, playing most of the final with a numerical advantage. Hong Kong Sevens debutant Sabay Lynam was again the star with another two tries, making her the team's top scorer with five from three matches. 'I'm just soaking in the atmosphere, taking in all the cheers,' the 21-year-said. 'That's crazy. I didn't realise I was the top scorer. 'Honestly, it's the efforts from all the girls – it's what made us come together as a team, and I think that's what got us the points on the board.' Sabay Lynam was the top try scorer for Hong Kong with five tries in all. Photo: Sam Tsang Women's head coach Andy Vilk said his team would be playing the Super Sevens Series in the United Kingdom from May to July, and he would try to arrange some training camps before the Asian Series and the National Games later this year.
South China Morning Post
30-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Sevens: Argentina win first title, Kiwi women bag historic treble
This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP's journalism by subscribing . New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Sevens comes to a conclusion on Sunday, and there is sure to be as much interest in what happens off the pitch as on it. Saturday was not a good one for Kai Tak Sports Park, and the dismissive manner with which they handled people's complaints over a lack of food and drink is not likely to be forgotten in a hurry. It was a bad day for New Zealand's men too, who had their hopes of a historic third consecutive win in the city ended in the quarter-finals by France. HSBC SVNS Series and Olympic champions, the European side have never won in Hong Kong, and they are still waiting after losing to Argentina in the final on Sunday. Before that, the Black Ferns Sevens completed a historic treble with their win over Australia, and the city's teams have won their Melrose Claymores titles. It's day 3 at Kai Tak Stadium, follow us for live coverage of all the action as it happens. More from our reporting: Reporting by Lars Hamer, Mike Chan, Paul McNamara, Oscar Liu, Lo Hoi-ying, Connor Mycroft, Josh Ball, Tom Bell, Andrew Cesare Richardson and Shah Sahari.
South China Morning Post
29-03-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Stadium bosses brush off complaints as failures take shine off Hong Kong Sevens
Advertisement For the second time in 24 hours, concession stands ran out of food and drinks, customers waited 45 minutes or more to be served, and there were stories of chaos and confusion among staff members. There were issues outside Kai Tak Stadium, too, with gates remaining shut in the face of large numbers of people trying to enter the ground, once more raising questions about the effectiveness of the docile test events officials ran earlier in the year. And there were long waits for taxis, made worse by the chilly temperatures that hit Hong Kong over the weekend, with the last of those leaving for the evening advised to find other means of getting home. One official, who did not wish to be named, said it was obvious the park had 'significantly underestimated' what was required to stage the Sevens, while 'significantly overestimating' its capacity to do so. Spectators in the stadium face long queues at food outlets. Photo: Eugene Lee At least there were two strong performances from the city's teams in their respective Melrose Claymores competitions to warm fans.
South China Morning Post
29-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Sevens: hosts told to ‘finish the job' following more thrills at Kai Tak
Hong Kong captain James Christie warned his team that their landslide 43-21 victory over Japan on Saturday would mean nothing if they do not finish the job in Sunday's Melrose Claymores final. Advertisement For the second straight day, the city's men overcame a sticky start to thrill a raucous Kai Tak Stadium. There was a sense of deja vu, too, in the way the Hong Kong women got the ball rolling, walloping Thailand 47-0 about 24 hours after they inflicted similar pain on Kazakhstan. For the men, there is a sense of trying to atone for this month's Challenger Series disappointment, when poor performances in successive legs blew their chance of promotion to the HSBC SVNS Series. It is the teams in that elite-level series who contest the main prize in their hometown tournament, while Hong Kong play in the lesser Melrose Claymores section. Christie, who replaced former long-standing skipper Max Woodward last year, said trying to help his team out of the hole they found themselves in after Cape Town had been among the toughest challenges of his career. Two-try Harry Sayers evades a Japan challenge during Hong Kong's convincing victory. Photo: Elson Li 'It was a big surprise for me to be named captain,' Christie said. 'It was a good start in the Asia Rugby Sevens Series, when we won 15 out of 15, [but] then the Challenger was the lowest of the low.
