Hong Kong opera legend Law Kar Ying, 76, is excited about his upcoming performance in Seven Filial Kin, a Cantonese opera written nearly 300 years ago, but fears that the skills it demands from actors will die out after his generation. “The performance is 100 per cent improvised. The so-called ‘preparation’ dates back to our youth, when we were watching.
The defendant was found to have rushed a group of police officers as part of a bid by protesters to free a detained woman during widespread unrest that day.
Meanwhile, the minister in charge of the city’s inoculation drive says the goal of 90 per cent of people having received their first jab will be achieved by Saturday.