Also sure to be popular is the Very Street carnival (14 December) in the Wanchai district.

BBC: A very Hong Kong festival

New World got flak when it started building the complex in what was then the downmarket Wanchai district.

CNN: UST A FEW YEARS

Mr Yeung's lawyers have been granted extra time to prepare his defence, in what Wanchai district court heard was a "complex" case.

BBC: Carson Yeung, Birmingham City owner, has trial postponed

In November, Wu met his stockholders as usual in Hopewell Center, the 66-story tower in Wanchai district that until the late 1980s was Hong Kong's tallest building.

CNN: HANGING ON AT HOPEWELL

From the comfort of your bed, you can feel that you are on a ship as you spot landmarks on the opposite coast such as HK convention center in Wanchai.

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The Metropark Hotel in Wanchai was shut down when a guest -- having recently arrived from his native Mexico -- fell ill with the city's first reported case of H1N1.

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