HONG KONG: China's first man in space Yang Liwei continued to win fans in Hong Kong yesterday, despite criticism that his visit here is a stunt by Beijing to distract the former British colony from its troubles.
Hundreds queued for hours outside the Science Museum in the tourist district of Tsim Sha Tsui to see Yang, who orbited the Earth 14 times last month, open a space exhibition with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.
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