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A Symphony of Lights

A Symphony of Lights (Chinese: 幻彩詠香江) is an orchestrated light and laser show featured on buildings are situated on both sides of the Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong. It spends around 44 million HK dollars in total, and has been attracted over 4 million visitors and locals.

The Chinese New Year of the Pig came with the celebration with the shows of A Symphony of Lights,which were enhanced with pyrotechnic fireworks displays in the Victoria Harbor on the 20th (Tuesday) and the 21st (Wednesday) of February 2007 consecutively.

Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. Displayed every night with good weather at 8pm Hong Kong Time, the show is an orchestration of music, decoration lights, laser light displays, and pyrotechnic fireworks. The multimedia light and sound show lasts for about 14 minutes.

The best vantage points include the "Avenue of Stars" on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, on the waterfront promenade outside the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai and on sightseeing ferries (i.e. Star Ferry) running across the Victoria Harbor. The Show's music and narration live at the "Avenue of Stars" and the promenade outside the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai every night. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays the narration is in English, while it is in Cantonese on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and Mandarin on Sundays.

Special pyrotechnic fireworks will be added on the Victoria Harbor on special holiday, example like Chinese New Year and Christmas.

When Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.3 or above or Red/Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at or after 3pm on the Show day, the Show will be suspended. No show will be staged even if the Signal is removed before 8pm on that day. The show may also be suspended in emergencies without prior notice.

Panoramic night view of Victoria Harbour with Symphony of Lights. Many buildings in this photo also have Chinese New Year decorations on their outer walls.

The show ranges from Wan Chai and spreads to the western district. The buildings included are listed below:

1. Sun Hung Kai Centre
2. Central Plaza, Hong Kong
3. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
4. Hopewell Centre
5. Harcourt House
6. MassMutual Tower
7. The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
8. CITIC Tower
9. Queensway Government Offices
10. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building
11. Bank of China Tower
12. AIG Tower
13. Cheung Kong Center
14. HSBC Main Building
15. Hong Kong City Hall
16. Jardine House
17. One Exchange Square
18. Two Exchange Square
19. Two International Finance Centre
20. One International Finance Centre
21. The Center

The buildings included are mainly from around the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, with a few in Hung Hom. They are listed as follow:

1. Star House
2. Hong Kong Cultural Centre
3. One Peking Road
4. Hong Kong Museum of Art
5. The Peninsula Hong Kong
6. Avenue of Stars
7. Hotel Panorama
8. New World Centre
9. Tsim Sha Tsui Centre
10. Empire Centre
11. InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
12. Hong Kong Coliseum

• Avenue of Stars
• Hong Kong

• Official Website
• DiscoverHongKong page
• Named the world's largest permanent light and sound show by the Guinness World Records