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HONG KONG: As the clock struck midnight on Friday, a video featuring fireworks and lighting effects over Hong Kong’s iconic Victoria Harbor was released online to mark the beginning of the year 2021.
This is the first ever “Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebration” online, organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB).
On New Year’s Eve, people from Hong Kong and different parts of the world joined in the countdown and celebrated the arrival of the New Year with the spectacular online video.
In the two-minute video, Chinese characters and English words such as “Hong Kong”, “good luck”, “love”, “happiness”, “health” and “prosperity” were displayed in the night sky over Victoria Harbor. and on the facades of the emblematic places of Hong Kong.
In addition to the spectacular HKTB video, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), a Hong Kong-based television broadcasting company, broadcast a four-hour variety show to celebrate the New Year that it co-produced for the first time with some video websites. from mainland China.
The show featured 1,000 UAVs that created a series of colorful festive patterns, including Hong Kong’s iconic Tsing Ma Bridge, the Golden Bauhinia, and the Big Buddha over Victoria Harbor.
There were also other performances like dancing and singing on the variety show. Over the past year, “fight Covid-19” has become a keyword across the country. Several musicians paid tribute to frontline medical workers, volunteers and primary level workers.
Affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, HKTB has adjusted a number of Christmas celebrations, including canceling the 2021 fireworks countdown originally scheduled for December 31 and the parade of floats during the Spring Festival.
Every year, Hong Kong organizes a series of large-scale events to celebrate the New Year. On the night of December 31 of previous years, the HKTB launched fireworks on both sides of Victoria Harbor to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
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