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Editorial | Year of the Dragon brings Hong Kong hope for luck, peace and prosperity

  • Facing a testing economic and geopolitical environment in the year ahead will require wisdom, courage and creativity, all much needed characteristics of the dragon

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Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year Fair is back, offering a plethora of food, merchandise and traditional flowers at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Photo: Dickson Lee
SCMP Editorial

Lunar New Year, with its fireworks, family gatherings, festive food and colourful traditions, is a time for new beginnings and hopes for the future. The most important Chinese festival, it is celebrated by two billion people around the world.

This year, Hong Kong’s celebrations will be back to their best having previously been curtailed by the pandemic.

Hundreds of thousands will head to the harbourside to enjoy the fireworks on Sunday, back after a four-year absence. They will be treated to a 23-minute display featuring lucky number eights and gold ingots.

Meanwhile, the Lunar New Year Fair has returned to its former scale, with food and merchandise available again, along with traditional flowers.

Lunar New Year fairs are open through Saturday, as food and dry goods return. Photo: Eugene Lee
Lunar New Year fairs are open through Saturday, as food and dry goods return. Photo: Eugene Lee

This is a happy time, when homes are decorated with red lanterns, peach blossoms and tangerine trees. Lion and dragon dances lift our spirits.

Hong Kong could do with a little optimism after a challenging Year of the Rabbit. The property and stock markets have taken a hit and the government is facing a big deficit.

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