Hong Kong protests, MTR train collision and scandal involving Canto-pop star Sammi Cheng’s husband among our most read news stories in 2019
- Most read stories during a turbulent year in city include chaos at the airport, a landslide win in the district council elections, an attack on a pro-democracy march organiser and city leader Carrie Lam announcing the withdrawal of the extradition bill
The Hong Kong protests unsurprisingly feature heavily in our top 10 most read stories about the city in 2019, with only an early-morning collision between two MTR trains during a signalling test run and a celebrity scandal attracting similar numbers.
An attack on march organiser Jimmy Sham in Mong Kok in October, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announcing she would withdraw the contentious extradition bill that first sparked the movement, and the pro-democracy camp sweeping to victory in the district council elections make up the top three, while two stories report on the chaos and disruption that strangled Hong Kong’s airport in August.
While it may seem like a lifetime ago, we were also hooked on an indiscretion by the husband of Canto-pop superstar Sammi Cheng, when he was caught on camera in the back of a car with another woman. Revisit our 10 most read stories from the Hong Kong news desk in 2019 below.
1. Leader of Hong Kong democracy group attacked on Mong Kok street
Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front, was set upon by at least four non-ethnic Chinese assailants on Arran Street in Mong Kok on October 16. It was the second time Sham was attacked in the space of two months.