A window seat at the Yau Ma Tei sports bar on Pak Hoi Street goes for HK$168 Saturday morning: coffee, toast, two hours of group stage. The stools are claimed by 08:15.

World Cup group-stage fixtures run through the weekend on iQIYI and Now TV. Saturday carries four matches, Sunday three. The late window Sunday runs to 06:00 Hong Kong time and is the one worth the alarm.

Observatory is calling Saturday at 33 degrees with afternoon thunderstorms possible after 15:00. Sunday drier. No signal as of filing. The usual caveat applies.

The DEVB is holding public briefings on the Five-Year Blueprint at Wan Chai Convention Centre on Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00. Free to attend. The plan, released Tuesday, anchors on Northern Metropolis housing supply; SCMP noted Wednesday that Beijing's incoming price-floor controls may slow the property rebound developers priced in last quarter. Worth an hour if you hold property near Hung Shui Kiu or San Tin.

Tuesday's 150-person triad sweep concentrated in Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po. Presence runs through the weekend. The Portland Street and Fa Yuen Street corridor will have checkpoints running late.

Cross-harbour tunnel eastbound is still recovering from Tuesday night's fatal collision near Lion Rock. MTR is cleaner for Kowloon-to-Island Saturday afternoon. The 6X to Stanley is HK$12.40.

The Science Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui runs a robotics workshop Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 and 14:30. Ground-floor registration. Free with admission. The Children's Hospital drop-in clinic in Kai Tak queues lightest before 09:00 Saturday if the week ended with a cough.

The HK$168 seat at Pak Hoi Street will still be there Sunday night. The Blueprint response lands Monday. The Town Planning Board's read on Northern Metropolis rezoning sets the consultation window closing in September.