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Millennium Extravaganza
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By
Audrey Goh
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How
does a legendary Dragon Millennium Celebration sound? Visit Hong Kong
and participate in The Millennium Extravaganza, a grand celebration
to be held on New Year's Eve of 1999 and early New Year's Day of 2000
at the Happy Valley Racecourse. It promises to be a spectacular countdown
with a culmination of light, sound and visual grandiose.
The
usual seven horse races will go on from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.. This will be
followed by a concert featuring some of the world's prominent international
and local artists. The concert is scheduled to begin at 10.30 p.m. Many
fun and exciting events are lined up and ready for the coming celebrations.
To add to the carnival atmosphere, there will be food bazaars, lantern
displays and dragon dances. To usher in the New Year, a mass countdown
will be initiated by senior officials accompanied by a spectacular pyrotechnic
display. Following that at 12.45 a.m., a Millennium Cup Horse Race (a
charity race) will be held together with a millennium sweepstake lucky
draw. The activities in store are bound to create much fun and excitement
for everyone.
The
once-in-a-thousand years event will be broadcast live on several local
and foreign TV stations. It is indeed a great opportunity to be able to
usher in the New Year. So great is this opportunity that major video walls
around Hong Kong are joining in to broadcast the event. Amongst them are
the Times Square in Causeway Bay, the Urban Council Centenary Garden and
Salisbury Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung
Wan, and The Centre in Central.
Admission
tickets are for sale but with a certain limit over it. Each member of
the public can register for only two ticket packages. Each ticket package
will include soft-drinks coupons, a lucky draw ticket, and an admission
ticket. The local district offices are readily accessible for further
information. Click here
for further details on the millennium plans in Hong Kong.
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