2012012014201 444 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night ParaParadede Fact Sheet Organiser Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Title Sponsor Cathay Pacific Airways (for the 16th consecutive year) Theme New Year Party @ World City The Night Parade 1.1.1. Basic information Date The first day of the Year of the Horse, i.e. 31 January 2014 (Friday) Time 8:00pm to 9:45pm (The spectator stands at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza will be open to ticket holders from 7:00pm) Opening Ceremony The Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza, Tsim Sha Tsui Location Parade Route • Starts at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza, proceeds along Canton Road and Haiphong Road, turns right on Nathan Road, proceeds along Salisbury Road, and ends outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers • TTTwoTwowowo vantage points along the parade route: - Zone 1: The Canton Road pedestrian walkways outside Harbour City/The Sun Arcade - Zone 2: The Junction of Nathan Road and Peking Road/Middle Road pedestrian walkways, in front of Chungking Mansions 2.2.2. Highlights This year marks the 19 th staging of the International Chinese New Year Night Parade. Highlights include: o 34 floats and performing troupes The floats and performing troupes in the procession come from 15 countries/regions: Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Macau, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Trinidad, Barbados, St. Lucia and the USA. There are a total of: - 11131333 floatsfloats, one of which is joining the parade for the first time. - 101010 international performing groupsgroups, eight of which are first-timers, including the team from Barbados, St Lucia and Trinidad; and - 111111 local performing groupsgroups, three of which are first-timers. o Roving performers to perform prior to the night parade 1 Prior to the night parade, from 7:00pm, spectators can take part in a street party along the parade route, featuring enhanced sound and light effects and performances by six local groups, including a bike parade, a marching band, African drumming and different dances. 3.3.3. Spectator stands and ticketing aarrangementsrrangements o Approximately 2,700 seats are available in the spectator stands at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. o Tickets for the spectator stands at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza are available at HK$400, $350 and $300. Half-price concessionary tickets are available for Hong Kong senior residents aged 65 or above and children aged three to 11 (concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission). o Tickets will go on sale from 8:00am on Saturday, 25 January 2014 at the HKTB Tsim Sha Tsui Visitor Centre (Star Ferry Concourse). Each person can purchase a maximum of four tickets per transactiontransaction. Tickets are available on a firstfirst----come,come, firstfirst----servedserved basis. 4.4.4. Live bbroadcastroadcast o The event will be broadcast live on the Jade and HD Jade channels of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) between 8:00pm and 9:45pm. 555.5. Float dddisplaydisplay (free admission) o From 1 to 16 February, various floats from the night parade will be on display in Lam Tsuen Wishing Square, Tai Po. 666.6. Performances by international performing ggroupsroups (free admission) o On 1 and 2 February, a number of the international performing groups from the night parade will perform at Lam Tsuen Wishing Square and various hotspots, including ELEMENTS, Maritime Square, Metro City Plaza, PopCorn, Telford Plaza and Pak Shek Kok Waterfront Promenade. Other Major Chinese New Year Events Event Date West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre 2014 From 17 January to 9 February (except 21-24, 31 January and 1, 6 and 7 February) 2014 Lunar New Year Lantern Carnivals From 23 January to 2 March Hong Kong WellWell----WishingWishing Festival 2014 From 31 January to 14 February 2014 Lunar New Year Cup 31 January and 3 February Lunar New Year Fireworks Display 1 February (8:00pm) Chinese New Year Race Day 2 February For the latest information on the 2014 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade and other Chinese New Year events, pleasasee visit: www.DiscoverHongKong.com/ChineseNewYear/ Visitor Services during Chinese New Year 2 o On 31 January and 1 February, the operating hours of the HKTB visitor hotline will be extended from 9:00am-6:00pm to 9:00am-9:00pm (service during the extended operating hours will be available only in Cantonese, English and Putonghua). o During the Chinese New Year holiday, the following HKTB visitor centres will continue to operate: - Buffer Halls A and B, Arrivals Level, Terminal 1, Hong Kong International Airport – 8:00am to 9:00pm daily - Lo Wu Arrival Hall, 2/F, Lo Wu Terminal Building – 8:00am to 4:00pm daily - Star Ferry Concourse, Tsim Sha Tsui – 8:00am to 8:00pm daily - The Peak Piazza – 9:00am to 9:00pm daily Sponsors Title Sponsor o Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Float Sponsors o Cathay Pacific Airways Limited o Cheong Hing Store Limited o China National Tourism Administration o The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries Limited o Guangdong Chimelong Group Company Limited o Hang Seng Bank o Hong Kong Disneyland o The Hong Kong Jockey Club o Macau Government Tourist Office o MTR Corporation o Ocean Park Hong Kong o Quality Tourism Services Association Official Hotel Sponsor o pentahotel Hong Kong, Kowloon International Performing Group Sponsors o ELEMENTS o Maritime Square o Metro City Plaza o PopCorn o The Link Management Limited o Telford Plaza Supporting Sponsors o Calbee Four Seas Co. Ltd. o MTR Mall o Vitasoy International Holdings Limited Hong Kong Tourism Board 999 January 2012012014201 444 3 2014 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade 2014 (As at 9 January 2014/ 2014 1 9 ) Opening Ceremony Floats 13 International Performing Groups 10 Local Performing Groups 11 Finale ়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়়় Total 34 Parade elements from 15 countries/ regions: Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Macau, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Trinidad, Barbados, St. Lucia and the USA. 15 Floats (13) Organisation Name/ Theme of Float /// 1 Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Cathay Pacific flies high with ‘The Spirit of Hong Kong’ www.cathaypacific.com 2 Cheong Hing Store Limited Zwilling J.A. Henckels – (1917) the New Era of Cooking www.cheong-hing.com • 3 China National Tourism Administration Beautiful China www.cnta.com 4 The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Universal Celebration at Hong Industries Limited Kong Time উ www.hkwatch.org *5 Guangdong Chimelong Group Co., Ltd www.chimelong.com 6 Hang Seng Bank Leap to Fortune www.hangseng.com 7 Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland – Happiest Chinese New Year www.hongkongdisneyland.com Celebration 8 The Hong Kong Jockey Club New Year off to A Galloping Start www.hkjc.com 4 9 Hong Kong Tourism Board New Year Party @ World City www.DiscoverHongKong.com 10 Macau Government Tourist Office Touching Moments Experience Macau www.macautourism.gov.mo 11 MTR Corporation MTR 35th Anniversary - Journeys with you for 35 years www.mtr.com.hk 35 ─ 35 12 Ocean Park Hong Kong Ocean Park Underwater Fantasy www.oceanpark.com.hk 13 Quality Tourism Services Association Shining Quality Brands Carnival www.qtsa.com * First timer International Performing Groups (10) International Performing Groups Performance 1* Aussie Cheer and Dance Collective featuring Cheerleading performance Pride Dance Team, Australia www.facebook.com/pages/PRIDE-Dance-Team- Team-Australia-Pom-2013/132203376941066 2* The Toys, France Stilts performance www.internationalshowparade.com 3 LUXe, Ireland Special characters & giant props parade performance www.luxe.ie 4* Yamagata University Hanagasa Dancing Troop, Folk dance performance Japan 5* Korea Taekwondo Association Taekwondo performance www.koreataekwondo.co.kr 6* Bicycle Showband, the Netherlands Cycling band performance www.internationalshowparade.com 7* Starlight Alchemy, Singapore Fire performance group www.starlightalchemy.com 8* Batucada from Canary Islands, Spain Marching band performance www.internationalshowparade.com 5 9* Journey to the Caribbean, Trinidad, St. Lucia & Special characters & steel band Barbados performance www.kepstar.com /www.powerxfour.com 10 Washington Redskins Cheerleaders, USA Cheerleading performance http://www.redskins.com/cheerleaders/ * First timer Local Performing Groups (11) Local Performing Groups Performance 1 Avon Lee International Magic Magic performance www.avonmagic.com.hk 2* Beart Academy Korean pop dance http://beartacademy.com/ 3 Four Gig Heads Percussion Group + Ying Wa Percussion performance Primary School Drum Team + www.4gigheads.com 4 Hong Kong Cheung Keung Martial Arts Dragon and lion dance Association www.hkcheungkeung.com 5 Hong Kong Chinese Martial Arts Dragon and Dragon and lion dance Lion Dance Association www.hkcmaa.com.hk 6 Infinity Dance Studio Pop Dance www.infinitydance.com.hk 7 Jean M. Wong School of Ballet Ballet dance www.jmwballet.org 8 Neverland Dance House Hip Hop dance www.neverland.com.hk 9* Red Nose Production Clowns & acrobatics http://rednosecircus.com 10 SDM Jazz & Ballet Academie Jazz dance SDM www.sdm.hk 11* Tung Cheng Yuen Lam Tong Charitable Traditional Chinese cultural Foundation performance www.tungchengyuen.org * First timer 6 Street Party Performing Groups (6) Street Party Performing Groups Performance 1 Emma Tse Elite Dance Academy Jazz dance www.emmatsedance.org 2* Hong Kong X-FED Institute Extreme sports www.x-fed.com 3 Hong Kong Vigor Marching Band Marching band www.hkvmb.org 4* The Link Management Limited Bike Parade Team www.thelinkreit.com 5 OULAMII SOOJ African Drum & Dance African drum Academy OULAMII SOOJ www.africanculture.com.hk 6 Shelly Lo Jazz & Ballet School Jazz & Ballet dance http://shellylo.com * First timer 7 .