Hongkongers staying home for Christmas holiday beat the chill with Victoria Harbour pyrotechnics, snake soup and bargain hunting
- Hong Kong logs net outflow of more than 662,000 trips in festive period between Friday and Sunday, as those staying in city enjoy reduced hustle and bustle
- Victoria Harbour hosts pyrotechnics show, with shoppers during the day visiting products expo for bargains or trying warm bowls of snake soup in Sham Shui Po
Hongkongers beat the chill on Christmas Eve by watching a pyrotechnics show at Victoria Harbour, queuing for warm bowls of snake soup and hunting for bargains at a products expo, even as others opted to travel across the border and overseas for the festive break.
Thousands of revellers packed both sides of the harbour to watch the 10-minute pyrotechnics show at 8pm, which featured the letters “HK” displayed in the sky. The festive show will be held every night until December 26.
Immigration figures, meanwhile, showed Hong Kong had processed 2.7 million inbound and outbound trips between Friday and Sunday as of 9pm, resulting in a net outflow of more than 662,000 trips.
The city had handled more than 905,000 inbound and outbound trips on Sunday alone as of 9pm, with a net outflow of 248,724 trips.
Among the hundreds of people on Sunday night enjoying the fireworks and embracing the festivities near Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai was Lam Chi-ching, who said he was thrilled to bring along his three-year-old twin boys.
“They have never seen fireworks before,” the 42-year-old business owner said. “I’m excited to see their faces when they see something shining bright in the sky and how they react to people next to them chanting.”
