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Clifford Lo

SCREAMING fans broke through police barriers yesterday as the hearse carrying Wong Ka-kui, lead vocalist of rock band Beyond, left the Hongkong Funeral Home in Quarry Bay.

  More than 3,000 distraught fans packed the pavements, tram stops and a footbridge outside the funeral parlour in King's Road, yelling ''Ka-kui'' and singing the band's songs.

  ''Although Ka-kui isn't here, we hope he can hear our voices and see how we miss him. So we kept yelling his name and singing some of their songs to express our love and support,'' a 14-year-old girl said.

  Another said: ''We love Ka-kui forever and his spirit will always remain in our hearts.''   Wong, 31, died of a cerebral haemorrhage last Wednesday, six days after he fell from a stage set during a television programme rehearsal in Japan.

  There were about 70 police officers, including 40 from the police tactical unit, to control the crowds and traffic yesterday.

  But as the hearse left, some fans broke through barriers and chased the vehicle along King's Road between the junctions of Java Road and Healthy Street East.

   Fans began to gather at the funeral parlour on Sunday and, by yesterday morning, there were about 1,500 outside. The number had risen to 3,000 by noon.

  Inside the parlour, walls were covered by scrolls, flowers and wreaths - many carrying the words: ''A great loss of talent.''   Music and radio industry figures, including pop star Aaron Kwok Fu-sing, attended the funeral along with the other members of the band - among them Wong Ka-keung, the late singer's brother.

  After a Buddhist ceremony, the coffin was taken to the Chinese permanent cemetery in Junk Bay.

  RTHK will screen a half-hour tribute to Wong tomorrow on TVB Jade.

   In Japan, there will be a memorial ceremony at a Tokyo temple at the weekend.

  It was announced on Sunday that a fund would be set up in commemoration of Wong's contribution to the development of rock music in Hongkong.

  A full house attending a memorial concert at the Ko Shan Theatre was told the fund would help pay for budding rock musicians to produce albums.

  Money would be raised through the sale of commemorative T-shirts, albums and pictures, and a re-screening of the award-winning film Cagemen, in which Wong had a role.



Emotional fans chase singer's hearse