Lunar New Year Fireworks Display in Hong Kong

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Event: Lunar New Year Fireworks Display (賀歲煙花匯演)
Date: 02 Feb, 2008

Sponsored by the Mission Hills Group, Mission Hills Golf Club and Hsin Chong Construction Group, and co-ordinated by the Home Affairs Bureau, the Lunar New Year fireworks display will light up the sky over Victoria Harbour at 8pm on Friday (February 8).

A total of 40,000 firing shells will be discharged in the display from four barges in a 23-minute extravaganza consisting of 10 scenes. The sponsorship amount is about $7 million.

To celebrate the Chinese Year of Ox, the fireworks display will be held on January 27, 2009 (Tuesday). The show begins at 8:00 pm.

External Links:

• Read Lunar New Year Fireworks Display for more information
  
• View Chinese New Year Fireworks Display Photo Gallery
  

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• A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown 2007
  

New Years Eve in Hong Kong

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Event: Hong Kong’s New Year Countdown Celebrations (除夕倒數煙火匯演)
Date: 01 Jan, 2009

Thousands of spectators gathering along both sides of Victoria Harbour for Hong Kong’s New Year Countdown Celebrations. As the clock strikes the midnight hour, a pyrotechnics show will be launched from Two ifc and nine other landmark buildings on Hong Kong island to illuminate the glamourous Victoria Harbour, signifying a bright and hopeful New Year for Hong Kong and the world.

The event sequence as follows:

1. Event Sequence of the Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebration on Dec 31, 2008:

10:57:00 : Countdown Ceremony officiated by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

10:59:00 : Countdown to 2009, 60-sec numerical countdown by LED lights with pyrotechnic display effects on the façade of Two ifc;

11:05:00 : Hong Kong Welcomes 2009 with Spectacular Display. Continue with a 5-minute brilliant pyrotechnical show on 10 landmark buildings on Hong Kong island, orchestrated by special theme song written and produced by award winning Hong Kong musician Mr Peter Kam.

External Links:

• Hong Kong’s New Year Countdown Celebrations info and Photo Gallery.
• A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown info and Photo Gallery.
  

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• A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown 2007
  

Victoria Harbour Reflection

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Hong Kong Victoria Harbour Reflection near Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Sunset over Victoria Harbour

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Victoria Harbour (維多利亞港), viewed from Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Victoria Harbour is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China.

Equipment: Canon 40D, Sigma 12 - 24 mm F4.5 - F5.6 EX DG, B+W Slim CPL
Date: 4 July, 2008 08:07:04

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• Victoria Harbour

Airbus A380 Fly Over Hong Kong

Airbus A380 Fly Over Hong Kong (空中巴士A380在維多利亞港低飛)
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Equipment: Canon 850IS
Date: 3 Sept, 2007
Place: Causway Bay, Hong Kong.

Airbus's new super jumbo double-decker A380 fly over Hong Kong pass over the city's Victoria Harbour at around 1,000 feet (300 metres), marking the beginning of the four-day Asia's largest airshow - Asian Aerospace 2007 (亞洲國際航空展覽會).


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The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by EADS (Airbus S.A.S.). As the largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France, and is scheduled to begin commercial flights late in 2007.The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development phase, but the nickname Superjumbo has since become associated with it. - from Wiki

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Hong Kong Red Tide

A red tide (紅潮) off the coast of Victoria Harbour

Place: Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Date: 10 June, 2007
Equipment: Canon 850IS

The red tide reported on May 31 in Ma Wan has spread over Hong Kong waters, an inter-departmental red tide working group reported today (8 June, 2007).

The occurrence at Ma Wan reported by Agriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department staff on May 31 still persists, and spreads to some beaches and fish culture zones. Several red tide reports were received, from June 4 to June 7, by AFCD, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Environmental Protection Department, Water Services Department and Marine Police. Beaches including Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay, Middle Bay, South Bay, Chung Hom Kok, Hung Sing Yeh Beach, St. Stephen’s Bay, Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach and beaches around Tuen Mun are affected. Fish culture zones including Ma Wan, Lo Tik Wan, Sok Kwu Wan and Tung Lung Chau are affected. Others include Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island, East Lamma Channel, Quarry Bay Water Front, West Kowloon Water Front, North of Lautau Island, Victoria Harbour and Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter.

Red tide is also reported today at Lung Kwu Tan by Marine Police.

"The red tide was formed by Cochlodinium sp. (旋溝藻), which is rare in Hong Kong waters and non-toxic", a spokesman for the working group said.

Related link:

• Hong Kong Red Tide Information Network
  

Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival

Lantern Wonderland (綵燈大觀園)


Lantern Wonderland (綵燈大觀園)


Dragon Lantern

Event: Mid-Autumn lantern carnival at Victoria Park (維園中秋綵燈會)
Dates: 30 September - 8 October, 2006
Location: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 17-40 4L USM

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• Lantern Wonderland
• Dragon Lantern
• Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival
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Harbour View

Place: Hong Kong Museum of Art (香港藝術館), Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Equipment: Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM, B+W CPL

Victoria Harbour view from Hong Kong Museum of Art

2006 National Day Fireworks Display

Place: Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF17-40 4L USM

In celebration of the 57 th anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China , a 23-minute 2006 National Day Fireworks Display (二零零六年國慶煙花匯演) held on 1 October 2006 , Sunday, at 9:15 pm at the Victoria Harbour The fireworks display is sponsored by the Mission Hills Golf Club and coordinated by the Home Affairs Bureau.