Operators and government refuse to answer questions on how they plan to fill the new 50,000-seat stadium, as local options fail to draw crowds and world’s best athletes and entertainers head to regional rivals.
As another Olympic year dawns, taxpayers are once again forking out hundreds of millions of dollars on the city’s athletes, but is sporting glory for Hong Kong worth the money spent on it?
Olympic medallist Haughey’s ex-coach warns of lack of facilities and international exposure for coaches, with sporting bodies in dark over new venues and Olympic committee telling government to ‘speed up’.
Review of Asian Games will not be released, with government-funded sports institute saying it’s too technical for the public and officials declining to discuss performance criteria largely unchanged since 2005.
