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Written by: Ni Qingjiang
2019-12-18 00:00
Last updated: 2019-12-18 00:00The thrilling 2019 is still two weeks away and we are welcoming 2020, but this year's New Year's Eve (31st) is "out of the blue". After more than half a year of anti-revision demonstrations, the conflict has not subsided. After review, the Tourism Development Bureau decided to cancel the New Year's Eve fireworks display this year to avoid a large crowd gathering and instead stage an upgraded version of "Symphony of Lights" at 00:00 on New Year's Day. Fireworks will also be distributed on the rooftops of some buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour.
However, the HKTB also hopes that the public can celebrate the arrival of 2020 and will launch a countdown mobile app and a lottery with more than 10,000 prizes. Details will be announced tomorrow (19th).
The Christmas tree placed by the HKTB in Central will light up this Friday evening. (Photo provided by HKTB)
Central Christmas tree lights up in yellow and blue on Friday
Next week is Christmas. Although the society is still in turmoil, as usual, the HKTB will erect a giant Christmas tree in the Statue Square in Central. This year's Christmas tree is 18 meters high. Unlike before, this Christmas tree is very "metal". The main body is an iron frame. The outside is made of mesh and iron plates. The special thing is that it has sensors that can be worn by people in front. The color of the clothes, the color of the light is changed, and it will display yellow, red, blue or purple, and it is usually yellow.
Fireworks issued on rooftops of some Victoria Harbour buildings
At the media luncheon yesterday, Chairman of the HKTB Peng Yaojia and Director-General Cheng Dingyi announced that this year's New Year's Eve countdown event will be different from the past. The HKTB has held countdown events on New Year's Eve in New Year's Eve in 2007. In the past few years, there have been performances on New Year's Eve. In the early morning of the New Year's Day, there are more than 10 minutes of midnight fireworks displays. Welcoming the new year, attracting dozens Tens of thousands of people watched on both sides of Victoria Harbour and will also broadcast to foreign countries. However, this year there will be a countdown TV show. Victoria Harbour will not have a fireworks display. Instead, it will be replaced by an upgraded version of "Symphony of Lights." The "Symphony of Lights" will be performed at 8 o'clock every night. Fireworks are distributed on the rooftops of some buildings, which are smaller in scale than fireworks, like early countdown events.
The Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board Peng Yaojia (left) and the Director-General Cheng Dingyi announced the arrangements for this year's New Year's Eve event, which will eliminate the fireworks display on the eve. (Photo by Ni Qingjiang)
Cheng Ding has always said that the current situation has not subsided. Once hundreds of thousands of people gather on both sides of the Victoria Harbour, after examining the flow of people and traffic control, they believe that the risks are too great, so they decide to eliminate the fireworks display on the evening. He also said that he did not want to create a calm situation in society.
↓↓ 2018 New Year's Eve Fireworks Display (welcoming 2019) ↓↓
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It is understood that the HKTB is still preparing for the New Year's Eve fireworks display last month, and fierce demonstration conflicts have subsequently occurred. The Bureau decided to cancel the fireworks display before the "dead line" after evaluating the demonstration situation on the 24th of the district council election last month. The ordered fireworks shells have not arrived in Hong Kong for Kaifeng, so there is no need to destroy fireworks shells in the waters of the outlying islands after the government has cancelled the National Day fireworks show three times in the past.
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However, the HKTB will still carry out activities so that the public can also welcome the arrival of 2020. Cheng Dingyi revealed that there will be an online countdown event. The public can also participate in the lottery. More than 10,000 prizes will be announced. Details will be announced tomorrow.
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