A series of celebration activities will be held in Hong Kong on
Oct. 1 to mark the 58th Anniversary of the founding of the People's
Republic of China, announced the Hong Kong government on
Friday.
Major celebration activities include a flag raising ceremony and
a National Day reception, as well as a variety show and a fireworks
display in the evening.
A flag raising ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. at the Golden
Bauhinia Square outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
Center (HKCEC) in Wan Chai.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang will join some 2,500
people at the ceremony. They include invited guests, senior
government officials of Hong Kong, members of the uniformed groups
and local organizations.
The police band and a choir formed by local middle school
students will play and sing the national anthem at the ceremony,
followed by a sea parade and a fly-past by the disciplined
services.
People are welcome to watch the ceremony at a designated area
with a capacity of about 1,000 viewers, the government said on its
website.
Hosted by the Chief Executive, the National Day reception will
be held after the flag raising ceremony at the Grand Hall of HKCEC.
About 4,000 guests, including members of the Executive and
Legislative Councils, consular corps, senior government officials
and members of various community sectors, are invited to the
reception.
Apart from the police band and the mixed school choir, there
will also be dancing performances by the Hong Kong Dance Federation
at the reception.
In the evening, the Organizing Committee of Compatriots in Hong
Kong for the Celebration of the Founding of the People's Republic
of China will present a variety show at the Hong Kong Coliseum at 7
p.m.
A spectacular fireworks display, which will last for about 23
minutes, will start at 9:15 p.m. The theme of the display is to
celebrate the National Day, the 10th Anniversary of the
Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and to
welcome Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
(Xinhua News Agency September 29, 2007)