All of us at bc magazine would like to wish all our readers, advertisers and suppliers a Merry Christmas and hope you have a happy and healthy festive season.
Please also spare a moment of your day to remember all those Hongkongers who are separated from their families.
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In loving memory of Elaine Chow our friend and colleague who in the early hours of the 27 October 2005 committed suicide by stepping off a building. Gone, but never forgotten!
Elaine was a wonderful, vibrant young woman, who brought joy to everyone she met. Our memories of her remain so strong and clear, that beaming smiling face still brings a big smile to my face and a warm glow to my heart even in the darkest of days.
The pain of her death never seems to fade.
RIP Elaine you are deeply missed.
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If you know someone who’s talking (even jokingly) about suicide talk to them.
If you’re thinking of committing suicide, you are not alone – talk to someone first. Suicide scars and destroys those you leave behind.
Samaritans Hong Kong: 2896-0000 www.samaritans.org.hk
After the excitement of opening day in Eden Park, has a full stadium been so quiet when Australia were 17-0 up… The action on day two of the Women’s Rugby World Cup moved to Whangarei where the remaining six teams took the field for the first time.
The Northlands Stadium is a unique stadium with a large hill opposite the main stand from which you can enjoy the game picnic style.
Large groups of Welsh and American fans have made the long journey to support their team, although the fans of the day award goes to these three Japanese fans who flew from Japan for their match against Canada and will fly back after the game – Chapeau!
More photos from day two can be found here
The bitterly cold wind has faded as the weekend approaches leaving the City of Sails bathed in spring sunshine for the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 – played in 2022.
Covid forced a twelve-month delay and destroyed the qualification hopes of several countries including Hong Kong. But for those who made it, the extra year has allowed them time to improve…
The opening day’s matches at the iconic Eden Park are a 45,000 sell out and the merchandise booth in the city centre is doing brisk business as young and old get ready for the tournament to begin.
New Zealand is a rugby-mad country, but Auckland in its first major event post covid is not really ‘feeling’ the RWC2021 yet… And it’s the visiting Fijians who are making the noise as Fijiana make their debut at a Women’s World Cup.
All the matches can be enjoyed on World Rugby’s free live stream and Auckland is 5 hours ahead of Hong Kong.
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As the police watched on videoing fans to ensure patriotic complaiance over 12,000 were on hand at the Hong Kong Stadium for Hong Kong‘s first home game in front of HongKongers since 2019.
Poor finishing denied the home team and its supporters a chance to really celebrate as coach Jorn Andersen’s new look team spurned chance after chance.
“I want to be positive, we played a really good game,” Andersen said. “The first half was excellent. We attacked a lot, we created a lot, we defended high, we won the ball high and were creating chances. But today we were not so lucky and that’s why I’m not so happy today. We couldn’t make the goal that the Hong Kong fans wanted to see today.”
“We got very big support from the spectators. They pushed us to the front and we tried our best, but at the end we couldn’t make that first goal to make everyone happy. I’m sorry for that,” Andersen added.
In reality, while a win would have been nice the score was irrelevant; that fans could finally watch their team in person meant everyone was a winner.
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Queen Elizabeth II first visited Hong Kong in 1975.
As part of her visit, the Queen toured Oi Man Estate 愛民邨.
A re-mastered version of the film by the HK Amateur Cine Club about the celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II has died RIP
Thank you for your selfless service for over 70 years!
