A Bad Week for ... , February 17, 2013
Lau Wong-fat put Hongkongers on edge when he picked out one of the most unlucky sticks possible in a Taoist ceremony to predict the city's fortunes for the year.
The chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk put Hongkongers on edge when he picked out one of the most unlucky sticks possible in a Taoist ceremony to predict the city's fortunes for the year. Stick 95 represented a warning to watch out for "wicked people" and is the same stick pulled out in 2003 - the year of the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak.
The Chinese sportswoman achieved glory at the London Olympics with a silver medal at the age of 24. She could have been expected to star at a couple more games, but her sport - wrestling - has, for now, been voted out of the Olympics from 2020.
The rising star of the US Republican party was all set to make a big splash on the national stage when he delivered his party's official response to President Barack Obama's state of the union speech. But his appearance proved to be a damp squib - with most of the reaction focusing on his awkward reach off screen to grab a bottle of water.
