A win for Hong Kong? Hotel offers rooms celebrating city's football team
The city's football bosses have teamed up with the Park Lane Hong Kong hotel to create three themed guestrooms, and a photography exhibit capturing important moments from the team's history.
Fans can go to sleep under the watchful gaze of their heroes, with their heads on Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) pillows and with branded slippers to keep their feet warm.
The question, of course, is which one would you pick? The Dragon in Red Premium Room, which takes its inspiration from Hong Kong's first game at Kai Tak Stadium, when 42,000 watched the win over India?
The 'Dragon in Red Premium Room' at the Park Lane. Photo: HKFA
Or, for the serious supporter, there is the We Are the Hong Kong Boys Family Room, a chance to get into the spirit of things ahead of next week's East Asian Football Championship in South Korea.
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