Keung To's Misadventure Brings More Questions

Keung reveals red scratches on his arms

Mirror band member Keung To is currently in Paris -- which experienced a massive rainstorm yesterday -- allowing him to escape further scrutiny following his accidental fall into the sea in Western district.

Before he left for the City of Lights for fashion week, Keung explained he had taken painkillers for a headache and drunk "a small amount" of alcohol before jogging along the waterfront.

He claimed he did not rely on alcohol to relieve stress, but rather exercise.

Keung says he's fine on his Instagram

"But I don't think these are the biggest factors [to my fall]. That goes to my own carelessness," Keung said.

The singer said he only realised he had fallen after hitting the water, and apologised for taking up public resources for his rescue.

At this point witnesses need to come forward to recall what exactly happened.

Surely Keung knew he shouldn't mix medication with alcohol... or he didn't? What a bizarre situation.

Some are peculating the stress of fame is hitting him hard, or if it's become more challenging for Mirror to stay relevant in Hong Kong, with more overseas stars coming to the city to perform or fans going elsewhere to attend concerts, and the local boyband doesn't have anything particularly new or interesting to give fans.

On Instagram he took a few pictures of himself in the mirror -- with scratches on his forearms and elbows, saying "I'm OK", while fans asked him to take care...

Mirror's Keung To Rescued After Falling into Sea

To thanks people for their concern

Is one of the hottest performers from the group Mirror OK? 

There were reports yesterday that Mirror fan favourite Keung To had accidentally fallen into Victoria Harbour in Western district, where he was apparently jogging along the harbourfront.

Hong Kong Police received a call at 4.36pm that a man had fallen into the water near the Western Wholesale Food Market. He was rescued and taken to the Central Government Pier on Man Fai Road and then transported by ambulance to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment.

He apparently fell into the water in Western

He was then moved to a private hospital, ostensibly for privacy.

Keung's manager posted a statement at 8.20pm on her Instagram on the star's behalf, saying: "It was just a small accident due to my own carelessness. I am OK, please don't worry. [I] hope there won't be any further speculation. [I'm] truly sorry for making everyone worried."

Mirror's management company, MakerVille, said in a statement that Keung felt dizzy while jogging by the sea in Sai Wan and became unwell.

"He was rescued when he regained consciousness," it said.

Keung is one of the 12 members of the group Mirror that became famous in 2018 following a ViuTV reality talent show.

We're puzzled as to how he accidentally fell in...

His ardent fans celebrate his birthday by buying giant billboard space and renting a tram and decking it out. 

As someone who used to walk along the waterfront especially around Western district almost daily, it's kind of hard to "accidentally" fall into the water as the whole waterfront has barriers to prevent people from getting into the water. One would have to actively climb over the fence to get in, and if he was dizzy, that would be hard to do...

Blame Game Begins of Mirror Concert

The moment the large screen fell was witnessed by hundreds

The news of what happened Thursday night at the concert by Mirror at the Hong Kong Coliseum is shocking and tragic, after a giant screen came loose from the two metal cords it hung from, and fell a dancer. He is in a serious condition after two surgeries on his spine and he may be paralysed; another escaped with minor injuries.

There are reports of people in the audience screaming in terror, witnessing the horrific incident, and as they are Mirror fans, they were even more mortified -- some even fainted. 

Mirror member Chan also had a mishap

There were already concerns about the stage being safe after one member of Mirror, Frankie Chan Sui-fai, fell off the stage in an earlier show. He popped up immediately saying he was fine, but his fans soon after set up an online petition in a bid to get the organisers to pay more attention to the group's safety.

Apparently they did not heed their concerns fast enough.

Meanwhile the government is involved as the coliseum in Hung Hom is a government-owned venue. And naturally the authorities have blamed concert organisers for the mishap.

What is ironic is that hundreds of fans are allowed to gather in this venue, and yet bars and clubs in Hong Kong are yet to be allowed to have live music, and patrons must conduct a rapid antigen test the day and have a negative result in order to go in.

The parents of the injured dancer are flying in from Toronto, and they still have to go through seven days of hotel quarantine before being able to see their son. There are quibbles that the government helped them secure a quarantine hotel reservation when others have tried to see their loved ones when they were seriously ill or before their passed, and had to jump through numerous bureaucratic hoops.

The fate of Mirror is now in doubt with this terrible incident -- will the group continue to be just as popular? Or will people protest the owner ViuTV, which has been criticised in the past for exploiting the 12-member group and cutting corners to keep costs down.

The band is super popular in Hong Kong

And ViuTV is owned by? PCCW, which is owned by Pacific Century Group, which is owned by? Richard Li Tzar-kai, Li Ka-shing's son.

Not a good look, is it?

In the coming days there will be more questions for ViuTV, and by extension Richard Li that they need to answer for.

His company is so obsessed with profits that performers' safety was not a priority.

It reminds me of the rock band Van Halen. In the backstage set up for their concert, they stipulated in their contracts that they wanted a bowl of the candy M&Ms -- but all the brown ones taken out.

If the brown M&Ms were found in the bowl, the promoter would have to forfeit the entire show at full price.

The dancer is critically injured, possibly paralysed

Why did Van Halen do this?

To make sure the concert promoter read the entire contract carefully. They brought a lot of expensive equipment and lights with them on tour and wanted to make sure everything was set up carefully -- and safely.

If they saw brown M&Ms backstage, then they knew right away the promoter did not read the contract carefully and that meant checking that every thing was set up properly to ensure the safety of everyone, from the performers to the fans.

It is sad to think the members of Mirror had no say in how safe the stage was in the Hong Kong Coliseum, and that even fans' concerns went unheeded...