Hong Kong Digital Vision

Red Couplets

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:16:00 +0800

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During Chinese New Year, Red Couplets are Chinese good luck sayings written on red paper, often with gold trimmings and usually made up of four Chinese characters which ask for luck in terms of long life, wealth etc.

Wish all good luck at Year of the Ox.

External Links:

Read Lunar New Year Fireworks Display for more information
View Chinese New Year Fireworks Display Photo Gallery

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A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown 2007

Frost Warning in Hong Kong

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:51:00 +0800

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Date: 14 Jan, 2009
Place: Yuen Long, New Territories

Hong Kong Observatory has issued a frost warning. The temperatures dropped to eight degrees Celsius in the urban areas and several degrees lower in the New Territories.

Ground frost occurred on high ground and in the northern parts of the New Territories.

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Lunar New Year Fireworks Display in Hong Kong

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:52:00 +0800

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Event: Lunar New Year Fireworks Display (賀歲煙花匯演)
Date: 02 Feb, 2008

Sponsored by the Mission Hills Group, Mission Hills Golf Club and Hsin Chong Construction Group, and co-ordinated by the Home Affairs Bureau, the Lunar New Year fireworks display will light up the sky over Victoria Harbour at 8pm on Friday (February 8).

A total of 40,000 firing shells will be discharged in the display from four barges in a 23-minute extravaganza consisting of 10 scenes. The sponsorship amount is about $7 million.

To celebrate the Chinese Year of Ox, the fireworks display will be held on January 27, 2009 (Tuesday). The show begins at 8:00 pm.

External Links:

Read Lunar New Year Fireworks Display for more information
View Chinese New Year Fireworks Display Photo Gallery

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A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown 2007

New Years Eve in Hong Kong

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:53:00 +0800

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Event: Hong Kong’s New Year Countdown Celebrations (除夕倒數煙火匯演)
Date: 01 Jan, 2009

Thousands of spectators gathering along both sides of Victoria Harbour for Hong Kong’s New Year Countdown Celebrations. As the clock strikes the midnight hour, a pyrotechnics show will be launched from Two ifc and nine other landmark buildings on Hong Kong island to illuminate the glamourous Victoria Harbour, signifying a bright and hopeful New Year for Hong Kong and the world.

The event sequence as follows:

1. Event Sequence of the Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebration on Dec 31, 2008:

10:57:00 : Countdown Ceremony officiated by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

10:59:00 : Countdown to 2009, 60-sec numerical countdown by LED lights with pyrotechnic display effects on the façade of Two ifc;

11:05:00 : Hong Kong Welcomes 2009 with Spectacular Display. Continue with a 5-minute brilliant pyrotechnical show on 10 landmark buildings on Hong Kong island, orchestrated by special theme song written and produced by award winning Hong Kong musician Mr Peter Kam.

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A Symphony of Lights New Year Countdown 2007

Round Table Pedal 2008 22nd 24-Hour Pedal Kart Race

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:26:00 +0800

Event: Hong Kong Grand Prix - Round Table Pedal 2008 22nd 24-Hour Pedal Kart Race (二零零八年香港格蘭披治大賽圓桌會第二十二屆二十四小時腳踏車賽)
Date : 22-23 November, 2008
Place: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Start Time: 15:00 (Saturday)
Equipment: Canon 40D, Canon EF 70-210mm f/2.8 L IS USM

The Hong Kong Grand Prix, formerly known as "Pedal", has been organized by Hong Kong Human Powered Vehicle Association (HKHPVA) since 1986. The event not only promoting the development of human powered vehicle sport in Hong Kong but also at raising fund for the needy in the society.

External Links:

Pedal Kart in Hong Kong : Photo gallery for 22nd 24-Hour Pedal Kart Race

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Venus, Jupiter and Moon create Smiley Face

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:06:00 +0800

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Hong Kong: 1 Dec, 2008 - Look up and smile tonight. Venus, Jupiter and the moon will smile back. :)

The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, close together this evening sky, forming a spectacular double.

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The two are closest together with Venus lying about 2 degrees to the South (left) of Jupiter. On the same night the Crescent Moon will appear just beneath them, forming a 'Smiley Face'.

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Good Morning Hong Kong

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:34:00 +0800

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Good Morning Hong Kong....

Cirrocumulus clouds was seen over Tai Mo Shan. The above photo was taken at 06:23 a.m. on 30 October 2008.

Tai Mo Shan (大帽山) literally meaning "Big Hat Mountain" has the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an altitude of 958 m. It is located approximately at the geographical centre of the New Territories.

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Cirrocumulus clouds (卷積雲) are high-altitude cloud, usually occurring at 16,000-40,000 feet. Like other cumulus clouds, cirrocumulus clouds signify convection. Unlike other cirrus clouds, cirrocumulus include liquid water droplets, although these are in a supercooled state. Ice crystals are also present, and typically, the ice crystals cause the supercooled water drops in the cloud to rapidly freeze, transforming the cirrocumulus into cirrostratus. This process can also produce precipitation in the form of a virga consisting of ice or snow. Thus cirrocumulus clouds are usually short-lived.

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Krispy Kreme Hong Kong in Liquidation

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:54:00 +0800

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HONG KONG - 27 Oct., 2008 - The franchisee of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is going into liquidation after starting business since 8 August, 2008 in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s first Krispy Kreme store opens in August in Lee Gardens, Causeway Bay, to be quickly followed by others in key locations of Tsim Sha Tsui and Soho.

5 of the 7 Hong Kong stores closed last night, with the two outlets at the airport to remain open when the last doughnut sold out.

Krispy Kreme Hong Kong Locatoin:

Hong Kong International Airport
Terminal 1 (5T028) and 2 (6P015), Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau Island
Tel: 3197-9498
Opening hours: 6:00am - Midnight (Terminal 1), 8:00am - 11:00pm (Terminal 2)
CTMA Centre (Mongkok)
Shop G1 & G2, G/F CTMA Centre,1N Sai Yeung Choi South Street, Mongkok
Tel: 2770-8138
Opening hours: 10:00am - Midnight (Mon-Thu,Sun), 10:00am - 1:00am (Fri, Sat & Public Holiday)
Times Square (Causeway Bay)
Shop B219-B220, Basement 2 Times Square
No1. Matheson Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2506-2003
Opening hours: 8:00am - 11:00pm
Soho (Central)
No. 51 Elgin Street, SoHo, Central
Tel: 2810-7010
Opening hours: 8:00am - 11:00pm
apm (Kwun Tong)
Shop No. L2-3, Level 3, apm, Millennium City 5
Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Tel: 3148-9006
Opening hours: 10:30am - Midnight (Mon-Thu, Sun), 10:30 - 2:00am (Fri, Sat & Public Holiday)
Yuen Long Plaza (Yuen Long)
Shop OS1, 1/F, Yuen Long Plaza
249-251 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long
Tel: 2470-1013
Opening hours: 10:00am - 11:00pm

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Hang Seng Index Down

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +0800

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HONG KONG - 17 Oct., 2008 - Hong Kong's stock market dropped amid the worsening global financial turmoil. It is the lowest point in almost three years.

The blue-chip Hang Seng Index has trimmed its losses to close down 4.8 percent. The Hang Seng Index shed 767 points to 15,230.

The Hang Seng Index (abbreviated: HSI, 恒生指數) is a freefloat-adjusted market capitalization-weighted stock market index in Hong Kong. It is used to record and monitor daily changes of the largest companies of the Hong Kong stock market and is the main indicator of the overall market performance in Hong Kong. These 45 companies represent about 67% of capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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Financial Turmoil

U-right International Liquidation

noreply@blogger.com (David Chow) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:51:00 +0800

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HONG KONG - 9 Oct., 2008 - Hong Kong Listed Company U-Right International (佑威服裝) could not meet written demands for repayment of HK$850 million in loans from banks and other financial institutions. It was applied for liquidation.

The company has 95 stores in Hong Kong and another 516 on the mainland. However, this might be the reason of its collapse. Deloitte pointed out that U-Right invested too much on the mainland, causing it to have run out of cash.

U-Right, which was listed on Hong Kong's main board in 2000, saw its share price plummet almost 70 percent over the past month and trading in its shares was suspended on 17 Sept., 2008 when the share price was recorded at 1.4 HK cents apiece.

U-Right is the third listed retailer in Hong Kong to collapse amid the global financial turmoil.

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