Hong Kong Book Fair: early birds slam chaotic queues to meet girl band Collar

Hong Kong’s biggest annual book fair opened on Wednesday to complaints of poor crowd management from hundreds of fans of Cantopop girl group Collar who had queued overnight for an autograph only to miss their chance as lines intersected. “The arrangement is an absolute mess … This was my first time at the book fair, and it has been deeply disappointing,” said 15-year-old Lucas Wong, who arrived at the Hong Kong Book Fair at around 2am to buy the group’s photobook to secure an autograph...