Timothy Fok's Olympic moment synchronised with diving
We see that Hong Kong's grand old man of sport, Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, the eldest son of Henry Fok, had his big Olympic moment on Wednesday. His connection with the Olympics is that in addition to being a legislative councillor representing the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication functional constituency, he is a member of the International Olympic Committee and president of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, and vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia. His reward for all this was that he got to hand out the bronze medals for the men's three-metre springboard synchronised diving competition.
Collateral damage
Staying with the Foks, we see that East Week is running a story about Timothy Fok's son Kenneth and his impending marriage to Guo Jingjing, a retired Chinese female diver who won two gold medals at the Sydney Olympics, and two at the Beijing Games.
In 2004 she made something of a scene after pictures of her and the younger Fok together led to speculation of a 'a special relationship'. She even took the unusual step of using official state media to quash the rumour. However, the romance appears to have blossomed in subsequent years. The magazine reports that the Fok family was planing to spend more than HK$15 million on the wedding. However, this amount has apparently been halved, according to the magazine, on account of the escalating family feud over the late Henry Fok Ying-tung's estate. That must be a bit of a blow for the couple but let's hope it doesn't deter the course of true love.
G4S to the rescue
We hear G4S is supplying armed guards to protect the massive container ships operated by Tung-family-controlled shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line from pirate attack as they sail through high-risk areas near Somalia.