Macau detour for Shaq's HK visit

American superstar Shaquille O'Neal will arrive in Hong Kong via Macau tomorrow as his chartered flight is not allowed to land at Kai Tak Airport.

O'Neal, whose seven-year contract with Los Angeles Lakers made him the most expensive player in the world, is expected to arrive in the territory tomorrow evening in a jetfoil reserved solely for him and his group.

He is the second National Basketball Association star to visit Hong Kong this summer. Detroit Pistons forward Grant Hill was here earlier this month.

The 25-year-old, who is achieving additional fame as his rap music and acting careers take off, will hold a concert at Planet Hollywood on Monday evening to perform tracks from his latest album You Can't Stop the Reign as part of his Reebok Rap& Jam Tour.

O'Neal, who is soon to start his pre-season basketball preparations, will meet the public at Times Square on Monday afternoon.

Hong Kong is one of the 10 stops of the former NBA Rookie of the Year's Asian Pacific tour, which includes Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and South America.