Hong Kong Embraces Sold-Out Rugby Party as Relief From Slump
- About 11,000 hot dogs, 380,000 pints of beer to be consumed
- Highest sales month forecast for party district Lan Kwai Fong
Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth attends a Hong Kong Rugby Sevens 'kick off' event on April 7.
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Bankers parading in outlandish costumes, beer taps flowing and tens of thousands of revelers cheering beefy men in shorts -- it must be Hong Kong’s biggest annual social event, the Sevens.
Hong Kong eagerly embraces the infusion of visitors -- and cash -- during the three-day extravaganza starting Friday as an antidote to sluggish markets, a slump in Chinese tourism and a precarious property outlook.