About 20,000 people are expected to swarm to Southern District beaches as the skies over Hong Kong are painted red, white and blue in a spectacular aerobatic display on Wednesday.
As part of the 'Year of France in China', world-famous aerobatic team the Patrouille de France will perform off the southern side of Hong Kong Island.
'The coming aerobatic display will be the first large-scale display of its kind in Hong Kong,' a government spokesman said yesterday.
The team comes to Hong Kong after poor visibility forced the cancellation of its display over Beijing last week.
But Civil Aviation Department senior officer Philip Lee, who was in Beijing for the cancelled event, said conditions in Hong Kong were expected to be favourable. He said the aerial stunts would 'certainly be a very entertaining performance' for locals and tourists.
The eight Alpha jets will perform loops, high-speed flyovers, close formations and low-level flyovers in diamond, T-shaped and heart-shaped formations.