Tickets to Cheung’s concert sell out within five hours

TICKETS to the Kuala Lumpur concert of Hong Kong’s “God of Songs” Jacky Cheung were sold out within five hours after it opened for online sales.

A spokesman for concert organiser Star Planet said three shows comprising 36,000 tickets for Cheung’s upcoming A Classic Tour shows in Kuala Lumpur were snapped up by 4pm after opening at 11am on Monday.

One of Cheung’s fans said he was lucky to have bought two tickets online after waiting 40 minutes and refreshing the site several times.

Following his three soldout shows in January, the 57yearold singer will be returning to serenade fans in Malaysia on Oct 5, 6 and 7 at the Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil.

> Former international doubles star Tan Boon Heong plans to visit badminton icon Datuk Lee Chong Wei, who is currently in Taiwan undergoing treatment for a respira toryrelated illness, Sin Chew Daily reported.

Tan, 30, is expected to partner Koo Kien Keat in an invitation tournament over the weekend there.

Independent shuttler Chong Wei Feng will also take part in the tournament.

“We plan to visit him during our free time. We will contact him via WeChat.

“I am not sure whether he is staying at a hospital. I hope he can meet us,” said Tan, who is a sparring partner of the national team.

Lee fell sick in July and had to miss the World Championships in Nanjing and the Asian Games in Indonesia.

Prior to that, he had been on fire when he defeated Japan’s Kento Momota en route to his 12th Malaysian Open title. A week later, he reached the semifinals of the Indonesian Open before losing to Momota.