Saturday, July 5, 2008

Hong Kong Reunification Day

Hong Kong has been given the honour to co-host the Olympic equestrian events. Thus, the Olympic count-down clock is placed in the middle of Hong Kong Airport Terminal to greet this visitor from Singapore :-)

Since 1997, Hong Kong celebrates its yearly Reunification Day (with mainland China) on 1st July. Some people chose to spend their day off by taking their agendas to the streets. The turnout was so substantial that it hit South China Morning Post headlines.

My son and I were near the central district when we witnessed the march. Major road junctions were partially sealed and police deployed large numbers of officials (or marshals) to redirect traffic. The operation was so well organised that we had no idea that a protest was going on. It fact, the event reminded me of the now defunct New Nation Big Walk.
Among the protesters, we were surprised to see a small group waving the Taiwanese Kuomintang (KMT) flag.


We spent the following days visiting the Trade Fair organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council. During the trip, father and son had quality bonding time and, best of all, every meal was so delicious.