at 10pm. During her second day in Hong Kong, Hamasaki spent most of the day resting at her hotel. At approximately 5pm she headed to the Hong Kong Coliseum to assess the venue. She stopped and interacted with fans on her way. Hamasaki persisted on signing autographs despite her staff urging her to leave; thus she kept signing autographs as she walked. Before the Hong Kong performance, a flyer was passed out to clarify Ayumi's 9th anniversary which had passed only 3 days prior. The flyer urged the audience to sing the first 3 lines of Hamasaki's first song, Poker Face, before the encore. Stop in Shanghai Upon her arrival in Shanghai, Hamasaki launched a press conference with Avex China promoting the tour along with A Best 2, her newest album set. She wore a qipao to the event. During her encore in the Shanghai concert, she told fans that she went to the Jade Buddha Temple (Yufosi) early after her arrival in the city to pray for a successful concert and for Asian unity. Singapore and Beijing Hamasaki's label was unable to schedule tour dates for Singapore and Beijing. According to the Singaporean news, no label there can afford Hamasaki to perform. Avex's CEO has also said on his blog that since Beijing is reconstructing their stadium for 2008 Olympic games, no venue is available for a stop. Ticket sales As with many of Hamasaki's tours, most of the tickets were sold out within minutes. The tickets also sold surprisingly well in Asia. 10,000 tickets were sold out to the Taiwan concert in less than two hours. Similarly, all 6,000 tickets were sold out in less than three hours in Hong Kong and all 7,000 tickets were sold out within six hours in Shanghai. This left numerous fans begging organizers for an additional performance dates. According to a press conference in Taiwan, Hamasaki apologized for only having one concert in there. She stated that she hopes to have a week's worth of concerts in Taiwan next time. Tour dates Ayumi Hamasaki x Hello Kitty A merging of Hello Kitty and the most famous female singer in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, has been made, and was first seen when the Tour of Secret goods became available on mu-mo on March 9, 2007. It is said they together "will make a new character". Ayumi is assumed to be depicted by her popular