Summary: Mid-Fall Festival people of Hong Kong copolymerization enjoys ethics

Zhongxin News Agency Hong Kong, October 3 – (by Wen Qing) annual Mid-Fall Festival approaches, the people of Hong Kong are borrowing this holiday and family member copolymerization ethics, and prepares the rich cooked food and festival foods, Hong Kong various areas also conducted enjoyed looking at the moon and watched the colored lantern program. But just happens to meet inland National Day gold week long vacation, the mainland tourist wells up the port in abundance, not only has stimulated Hong Kong expense market, for Mid-Fall Festival holiday addition many lively atmosphere.

Hong Kong many housewives on third early morning have done grocery shopping to the downtown. Some populace said that because Hong Kong and is close to the area to receive the typhoon to assail in the near future, the vegetable price compares is usually expensive, but was still reasonable. Some vegetable vendors said that because supplies to come under the influence, many vegetables compare expensively usually 10-20%.

The Hong Kong Observatory said that this year Mid-Fall Festival weather is good, but within has the cloud, the month upper culmination time is 11:38 pm, the resident in Hong Kong various areas, may appreciate the attractive moonlight.

During Mid-Fall Festival, the Hong Kong many areas have the colored lantern meeting, Kang Wenshu separately in the Tianshuiwei park and Yinzuo square, the Victoria Park, the Sha Tin Park and Sha Tin Town Hall square, holds three large-scale Mid-Fall Festival colored lantern meeting, with over 4000 colored lanterns, spells makes many to have the Chinese culture characteristic modeling. And, displays to take Chinese traditional philosophy “Book of Changes” in Victoria Park creates new student as creativity idea large-scale color lamp bank, and to celebrate the People’s Republic of China 60th anniversary specially design National Day color lamp bank.

And in Victoria Park in the colored lantern meeting, several hundred people shifts to an earlier time the appearance, some residents said that was worried the stream of people are too many, therefore arrives to line up earlier.

In addition, the big hole first company three late is held the dance procession of lanterns activity by from second to fourth, this year’s procession of lanterns span 220 feet, was waved by more than 300 young people in turn.

In order to facilitate the resident goes out to enjoy looking at the moon, many kinds of transportation vehicles can lengthen the service, the port iron aspect, besides the airport express and Disney line with some Light Rail Transits, other routes will go all night. The Peak Tram and cable car also lengthen service to 3:00 am.

Leisure and Cultural Services Department appeal to resident, when celebrating joyfully the Mid-Fall Festival, must maintain the place clean and takes good care of public property and is sure not the candle which will carry on the hot pot wax either will ignite to insert directly in location’s ground, lawn or the sand beach, and must abandon trash properly in the trashcan.

The Hong Kong immigration office estimated that National Day gold week has 8.8 million passenger entering/leaving country, compared increased 10% last year, trust is because the upstater came the port to be getting more and more convenient.

The travel industry calculated that inland visits the Hong Kong touring party in the gold week vacation, brings 300 million to 400 million HK dollars expenses. (End)

(This article originates: China News)