Fireworks show to highlight Labour Day

File photo of an earlier fireworks display

Those who are off work on Labour Day, May 1, a statutory holiday, can look forward to a glittering night when Hong Kong stages a fireworks display off Tsim Sha Tsui to kick off a series of pyrotechnic events to attract tourists.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said the Labour Day show will begin at 8pm off the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, with a barge moored 180 meters offshore spewing glitter for 10 minutes. Its theme colour will be gold and will feature the initials “HK” and a smiley face.

The fireworks will be combined with the daily "Symphony of Lights" show of pulsing laser beams dancing in the sky, and music piped into sound systems in selected vantage points, to offer the public a multi-media spectacle.

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HKTB said the best vantage point to watch the show will be along Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, close to Tsim Sha Tsui East.

Other vantage points include:

• Wan Chai harborfront area, including the Water Sports and Recreation Precinct and HarbourChill
• Wan Chai Temporary Promenade, near the Golden Bauhinia Square
• East Coast Park Precinct, North Point (also known to Filipinos as Little Dubai because of the MTR vent at its tip that is shaped like the Burj Khalifa).

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For those who want more action earlier in the day, Sai Kung and the nearby Leung Shuen Wan (or High Island) will be having separate Tin Hau festivals celebrating the birth pf the goddess of the sea.

The Tin Hau Festival in Sai Kung will be held on April 27 to May 1 at Joss House Bay, a declared monument also known as ‘the Big Temple’. Festivities include rituals like inviting deities, scattering flowers and feeding water ghosts, HKTB said.

The High Island (Leung Shuen Wan) Tin Hau Festival, which happens to be on a “big festival” year, will be held from April 28 to May 2. It was listed in the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage inventory in 2014.

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This festival will feature a Cantonese Opera for Appeasing the Gods. The rituals also consist of presenting memorials, opening the altar, offering meals to wandering ghosts, posting the name list of villagers, a sea parade and great offerings.

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