Hong Kong welcomes mainland Chinese visitors with Labour Day fireworks, but ‘budget-style’ show fizzles out for some
- Visitors head to Victoria Harbour to see fireworks on start of Labour Day ‘golden week’ holiday, but some say ‘budget-style’ display not as impressive as past shows
- HK$1 million display is first instalment of monthly series being held until at least the end of this year
Hong Kong welcomed holidaying mainland Chinese visitors with a fireworks show in Victoria Harbour on Wednesday in the first instalment of a monthly series of pyrotechnics displays, but not all attendees were impressed with the “budget-style” effort.
The show kicked off at 8pm in Victoria Harbour despite earlier concerns about the weather, marking the start of the Labour Day “golden week” holiday that runs from Wednesday to Sunday on the mainland.
Henry Zhuang, a 35-year-old Hong Kong resident who watched the show from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade with his family, said it was “good” but on a “smaller scale” than the National Day fireworks they saw last October.
“[The National Day] fireworks were massive,” the IT worker said. “This was more budget-style. There were no big ones.”
But Zhuang said he felt the crowd control and traffic arrangements overall were better than at previous displays, making it easier for him to navigate the area with his two small children.