I went to the first wedding under the pandemic. The bride and groom are Rachel Li Pan-lung and Jeff Tam, both former reporters at Sing Tao Daily.
The two worked different beats - Rachel in education and Jeff in politics -- and they had both diligently dug up many stories on their own initiative.
Jeff now handles community relations at Kowloon Motor Bus, a job that also requires him to keep his ear to the ground like when he was a political reporter.
Rachel had covered education news for TVB before taking up communications work at an insurance company to broaden her professional experience.
Among the young generation of reporters, Rachel has left a deep impression in my mind, and one remembers her big eyes when her name is mentioned.
At the wedding, she looked content standing next to Jeff, who was apparently elated at marrying his dream girl. As the couple looked deeply into each other's eyes with a sweet smile on their faces, they seemed to be in a cozy romantic parallel universe of their own.
I received their invitation to the wedding and banquet around the end of October. The epidemic situation has since deteriorated and health measures tightened.
On the day of the event, the hotel was strictly limiting the number of visitors, and guests had to line up to wait for their turn to be admitted.
Circumstances were challenging, but I believe that would only make memories of the wedding all the more warm and everlasting.
As they exchanged vows on stage in front of their families and closest relatives, other guests were able to share the joyful moment via simultaneous closed circuit TV outside.
Since the bride had done a lot of live news reporting in her journalist days, I reckon she must feel quite at home doing a live broadcast of her wedding.
Siu Sai-wo is publisher of Sing Tao Daily
