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Hong Kong: Mirror Concert Accident to Be Investigated


Hong Kong authorities will investigate why a large, heavy video screen fell from the ceiling during a popular boy band concert at a government-run venue, leaving two dancers injured injured, officials said Friday.

The accident happened during a performance on Thursday night by Mirror, a 12-member band in the Chinese territory that has popularity has grown during the coronavirus pandemic. In video footage from the concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, the audience screams after the screen lands directly at a dancer, who appears to be hitting him in the neck.

The South China Morning Post newspaper later reported that one of the two male dancers had suffered a neck injury and was in intensive care. It says the other is in stable condition.

Hong Kong Government said in a brief statement Earlier Friday that the Department of Recreation and Cultural Services, which manages the site, was asked to investigate the cause of the accident in coordination with officials from the Labor Department and other agencies.

The statement also said that the government had contacted concert organizers on Wednesday – the day before the crash – about “theatrical problems over the past few days.” It’s not clear.

John LeeChief Executive Officer of Hong Kong, said in a separate statement that he had asked the recreation services division and the culture, sports and tourism secretariat to “reconsider the safety requirements of similar performances.”

Mr. Lee said: “I am very shocked by the incident. “I express my sympathies to those injured and hope that they recover soon.”

On Tuesday, a member of Mirror, Frankie Chan Sui-fai, fell off the stage at the Hong Kong Coliseum on the second day of the band’s 12-day concert series, The South China Morning Post reported. He fell about a meter and was not seriously injured, according to reports.

Makervilleconcert organizer, apologized for the accident in an Instagram post early Friday, adding that Mirror’s remaining concerts at the venue would be cancelled.

The arena opened in 1983, when Hong Kong was still a British territory and accommodated about 12,500 people, according to the Bureau of Recreation and Cultural Services.





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