Victoria Harbour Firework Show (video)-Jan 27
By Trista & Rynn
Hong Kong – Janurary 27 – IJS- GLOBAL- Under the pressure of financial turmoil, HK is still determined to perform a traditional firework show.
Today, the show was taken place in the Victoria Harbor; according to Xinhua News Agency, it has spent over HK$5 million (US$644,853) and has attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch.
But facing the large amount of tourists, the government’s effort of leading is obviously not enough. Some major streets have been blocked for safety before the show, which made people all got into narrow streets and couldn’t find their way out.
Because the lack of direction board, the situation once became a mass; some tourists even jumped into the forbidden zone to go.Under the leading of the police, the crowd finally became ordered and the pedestrian flow became smooth.