3D hearts and birthday cakes to light up Hong Kong sky as part of HK$13 million National Day fireworks display
October’s National Day fireworks showcase 3D designs for the first time, costing HK$13million in total, and celebrating three occasions in one.
Heart shapes in unprecedented 3D designs and birthday cakes will light the sky over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour during a 23-minute fireworks display for China’s National Day holiday, it was announced on Wednesday.
The organiser said the HK$13 million display was designed to mark three occasions in one: the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1; the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on October 4.
On October 1, starting at 9pm and lasting 23 minutes and nine seconds, all 31,888 fireworks will be set off from four barges floating on the harbour. The show will be made up of eight different scenes, each featuring an individual theme.
“Cooperation with the production company makes the scenes very spectacular”, said Dr Lo Kam-yam, chairman of both the sponsor, Hong Kong Commerce and Industry Associations, and of the fireworks display organising committee. “The production company invented some scenes that have not been seen before.”
The sixth scene will show the first ever 3D heart shape, to symbolise love for the city.
“It is a 2D heart shape with spherical, glittering stars filling all the hearts, forming a 3D effect”, said Wilson Mao Wai-Shing, chief executive of Pyro Magic Multimedia Productions, which also designed last year’s show.