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Off the Web, onto the dance floor

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Nick Willsher is no James Brown - but he may well be the hardest-working man in show business. For the past five years, Willsher has operated Hong Kong's popular clubbing and entertainment website hkclubbing.com. To celebrate the half decade, the site will host its first party, tomorrow night, headlined by top female DJ LadyStar.

'Even though we've supported hundreds of events, we've never done one of our own,' Willsher says. 'Basically, the idea is a big thank you to advertisers, promoters, DJs, writers - and anyone who's contributed in some way.

'We want to get everyone together. I have a day job and generally don't have the chance to meet people face to face. This is an opportunity to meet those I've been working with for years though never met. It's going to be a large networking function for everyone.

'It's also a chance for regular visitors to the site and forum users to meet in person, and allow me to thank them for getting involved and making it all work.'

And work it has. The site gets an average of 2,500 so-called visits worldwide every day, with people checking out the event listings and forum sections.

'We update the site daily,' says Willsher, 27. 'The nature of promoters here is very last minute. So it suits the internet much more than the printed press.

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