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Usher in 2024 with New Year countdown celebrations at Hong Kong

December 27, 2023624 Views

The Victoria Harbour has always been the belle of the ball for Hong Kong’s spectacular countdown on New Year’s Eve. This year, get ready to be dazzled by a 12-minute firework musical extravaganza themed ‘New Year New Legend’. The show will span 1,300 metres, from Central to Causeway Bay, surpassing all previous editions in Hong Kong in both scale and duration. This phenomenal display will depict the changing seasons and the beauty of nature through colourful fireworks, as well as lighting effects and pyrotechnics set off from the rooftops of iconic buildings on Hong Kong Island. There will also be pre-show wishmaking sessions every 15 minutes from 11 pm onwards. Pyrotechnics will shoot from the rooftops of 2 three prominent harbourfront high-rises on Hong Kong Island, illuminating the ...

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Hong Kong International Dragon boat races makes a return

UPENDRA SWAMI

June 13, 2023650 Views

The 2023 Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races is making a return after a four-year hiatus. Expect an action-packed two-day event that will fill the Victoria Harbour with adrenaline-pumping races, vibrant colours, sounds of drummers and cheering fans. The paddlers will be giving it their all as they race to the beat of the drum to the finish line off Tsim Sha Tsui East Promenade. And with Hong Kong being the birthplace of modern dragon boat racing, you know it will be an event to remember. Despite many speculations around the origin of the festival, one of the more well-known ones is that the day is to honour Qu Yuan, a Chinese patriotic poet and a beloved state servant who gave his life for his country. He was, however, exiled by Emperor Huai because of false accusations an...

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Two giant rubber ducks debut in Hong Kong in bid to drive “double happiness”

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

June 9, 20231143 Views

A pair of Rubber Ducks made a splash in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Friday, part of an art installation dubbed "Double Ducks" by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who says he hopes the ducks will bring happiness to the city. The inflatable yellow ducks, 18 metres (59 feet) high, will sail on the harbour for two weeks and come a decade after Hofman's "Rubber Duck" sculpture drew crowds in the Asian financial hub in 2013. An art installation dubbed "Double Ducks" by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is seen at Victoria Harbour, in Hong Kong, China June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu Hofman said his pair of ducks represent "twice the fun, double the happiness" and bring new excitement to Hong Kong. "I hope it will bring as much pleasure as it did in the past and in a world where we ...