Sinking economy, stock market setbacks, transport woes and infectious disease outbreaks: Hong Kong feng shui masters make their predictions for Year of the Pig
- Beleaguered MTR Corp, already up to its eyeballs in construction scandals, could have more trouble, fortune-tellers say
- City’s leader Carrie Lam could be in for a rocky time and ‘needs to keep calm and work harder’
As the Pig wanders out of its pen into view and oinks goodbye to the Dog, Hong Kong fortune-tellers say it is too early to think the city will be in for easy times in the coming year.
These are the opinions of feng shui masters in Hong Kong, who make their predictions using complex calculations of how the five elements of the universe – metal, wood, water, fire and earth – interact, which influences future events, according to their philosophy.
There are 12 Chinese zodiac animals, which represent each lunar year. The last day of the Year of the Earth Dog ended on Monday, with the Year of the Earth Pig ushered in on February 5.
Fortune-teller Raymond Lo Hang-lap, popularly known as “Feng Shui Lo”, said: “The Year of the Pig sees the earth sit on the water. Without a solid foundation, there can be a danger of sunken ground. The powerful water can also cause flooding.”
