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Denise Tsang

Hong Kong’s annual signature Lunar New Year night parade returns on Wednesday with a bigger carnival to welcome the Year of the Snake and an estimated 100,000 spectators expected.
The Cathay International Chinese New Year Night Parade, organised by the Tourism Board, will take place between 8pm and 9.45pm in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Parade floats will feature the city’s six giant pandas, Hong Kong-style milk tea and snake motifs, among others.
The Post outlines what to expect from the event, themed “Unfold a Year of Good Fortune”.
1. Where are the best vantage points?
The parade begins at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre before heading north along Canton Road and then on to Haiphong Road and Nathan Road, ending outside the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers on Salisbury Road.
It features nine floats including one by title sponsor and Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways. The Asia Tourism Exchange Centre, Hong Kong Tourism Board and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort are among others represented.
Those who miss the floats will be able to see most of them at Lam Tsuen in Tai Po between Thursday and February 13.


2. Who will perform?
From 6pm, before the parade starts, 55 local, mainland Chinese and overseas groups will perform along the route. More teams are taking part this time, compared with 29 in 2024.
Performers include the winner of 2020’s America’s Got Talent: The Champions, V.Unbeatable Dance Group from India. Austrian acrobatic show group Zurcaroh, runner-up of 2018’s America’s Got Talent, and Bravery Dancers, the first Golden Buzzer winner of 2023’s Indonesia’s Got Talent contest, will also perform.
Mainland groups include the Shaanxi Performing Arts Troupe, who played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 14th National Games. Thai boy band LYKN and K-pop girl group Kep1er are other highlights.

Members of a Hong Kong skipping team who performed in Paris last year when the city was hosting the Olympics will showcase their skills. Twenty-two Hong Kong representatives will skip with 11 counterparts from the United States, France, Australia and Japan. The overseas athletes include seven who performed in France and world champions.
Dancers, jugglers, magicians and buskers will also entertain the crowds.
Some of the mainland and international groups will perform again at Lam Tsuen, and malls such as Citygate Outlets, Kai Tin Shopping Centre, PopCorn, Maritime Square and the Wai between Thursday, the second day of Lunar New Year, and Friday.
3. What are the special traffic arrangements?
Cross-border visitors will have to plan their trips to Hong Kong as the government will not operate beyond usual working hours during the Lunar New Year period.
The Lok Ma Chau and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge border crossings will operate round the clock as usual.
The MTR Corporation is adding 1,600 train trips between January 24 and February 4. There are no overnight services on the first two days of Lunar New Year.
4. What is the weather forecast for Wednesday?
Under the stubborn influence of a monsoon, temperatures in the morning and at night will remain relatively low in a range between 13 and 19 Celsius degrees (55.4 to 66.2 Fahrenheit). The weather will be sunny and dry.


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Parade takes place between 8pm and 9.45pm on Wednesday in Tsim Sha Tsui, but performances along route start at 6pm

1. Where are the best vantage points?