The parade will start from Tamar site in Admiralty and continue along Lung Wui Road, Fenwick Pier Street, Convention Avenue, Fleming Road, Harbour Road and back to Tamar.

Tickets for Tamar site spectator stands cost $200; free viewing along the parade route. For more information, call the Hong Kong Tourism Board on 2508 1234.

HISTORIC MATCH

Fifa 2002 World Cup champions Brazil will make a historic debut appearance in Hong Kong at the 2005 Carlsberg Cup. They will play a friendly match with the Hong Kong team to mark Chinese New Year.

Brazil is the only nation to have won five Fifa World Cups. The stellar lineup includes Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, who were Fifa World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2002 respectively, as well as Real Madrid's Roberto Carlos.

The match will take place on Wednesday at 5pm at Hong Kong Stadium. Tickets cost $1,500, $1,200, $800, $500 and $150 (students). For more information, call the Hong Kong Football Association on 2712 9122.

Monday, February 7

On this day

1984: Using a powered backpack U.S. astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered walk form the space shuttle Challenger

1878: Pope Pius IX died; his reign of 31 years, 236 days remains the longest pontificate in history

1964: The Beatles 'invasion' of the United States began as thousands of screaming fans welcomed the fab four at New York's Kennedy airport

1992: European Community leaders signed the Maastricht Treaty, committing the 12 member states to closer social and economic cooperation within a new European Union