Me ʻeiwa mau lana ʻoliʻoli a me 25 mau hui hoʻokani kūloko a me ka honua, me nā poʻokela honua a me nā mea paʻa moʻolelo honua, ua mālama ʻia ka 2018 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Parade ma ka hola 8 o kēia pō, ma ka lā mua o ka Makahiki o ka ʻīlio (16 Pepeluali) ma ʻO Tsim Sha Tsui. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), ua hōʻike ʻia ka Parade i nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa a me nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa e hōʻike i kahi hoʻolauleʻa makahiki hou o Kina no nā malihini a me nā kamaʻāina. Ua mālama pū ka HKTB i nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa ma ke ala e hoʻomaka ana mai ka hola 6pm, me kahi o 30 mau pūʻulu hoʻokani e launa pū me nā mea nānā ma mua o ka hōʻike.

ʻO kēia makahiki ka helu 23 o ka Parade, me Cathay Pacific Airways ke poʻo kākoʻo no ka 20th consecutive makahiki, a ʻo China Construction Bank (Asia) ke kākoʻo ala no ka ʻehā o ka makahiki ma ka lālani. Ua hele ʻia ka ʻaha hoʻolaha o ka Parade e Mr Edward Yau, Kakauolelo no ka Commerce and Economic Development o ke Aupuni HKSAR; ʻO Mr Paulo Pong, ka lālā o ka HKTB a me ka luna o ke komite huahana a me nā hanana; ʻO Mr Rupert Hogg, Luna Nui o Cathay Pacific Airways; a me Mr Anthony Lau, Luna Hooko o HKTB.

ʻO ka manaʻo ʻo 'Best Fortune. ʻO ka World Party.', ua hoʻonui ʻia ka Parade e hōʻike i nā mea hoʻokani honua ikaika loa, ʻo ia kekahi o nā poʻokela honua a me nā mea paʻa moʻolelo honua, ʻo ia hoʻi: ka XPOGO Stunt Team mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, nona ka 13 Guinness World Records; ʻO ka Diaboloism mai Taiwan, nā poʻokela honua ma Diabolo; ka mea lanakila a me ka mea paʻa mooolelo honua ʻo Zee Comedy Magic a me Zeejay Juggler mai Czech Republic; ʻO Unicycle Circus Theatre Witty Look mai Iapana, ka mea lanakila o nā makana busking honua; a ʻo Jugglers Vision mai Iapana, he ʻekolu manawa i lanakila i ka juggling aupuni ma Iapana.

No ka hoʻohauʻoli hou ʻana i ka poʻe malihini a me nā kamaʻāina, ua kono ka HKTB i nā kiʻi pop pop ʻōpio ʻo Jackson Wang e hui pū me HKTB ma kāna lana ma ke ʻano he 'Hong Kong Tourism Envoy', no ka manawa mua loa. Hiki i nā mea nānā ke launa pū me Jackson ma ke ala hele no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka Makahiki o ka ʻīlio ma kahi lewa hoihoi.

No ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka moʻolelo o Hong Kong ma waena o ka poʻe lehulehu o ka honua, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka Makahiki Hou Kina, ua hoʻolaha ka HKTB i ka Parade ma o ka satellite a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka fiber i nā ʻupena kīwī honua, nā nūhou nui a me nā laina holo moana honua no nā hoʻolaha ola.

He hōʻikeʻike makaʻala o nā poʻe lana ma Tai Po Lam Tsuen mai ka lā 2018 a hiki i ka 2 o ka Makahiki Hou Kina (17 Feberuari a 17 Malaki). Ma ka lā 4 a me 17 Feberuari, e hoʻohiwahiwa ana nā hui hoʻokani pila o ka honua iā Tai Po Lam Tsuen, ka pentahotel Hong Kong, Kowloon ma San Po Kong a me Temple Mall North ma Wong Tai Sin me kā lākou mau hōʻike leʻaleʻa.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Hot on the heels of the 2018 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade will be a public display of the floats in Tai Po Lam Tsuen from the 2nd to the 17th day of the Chinese New Year (17 February to 4 March).
Featuring nine festive floats and 25 local and international performing groups, including world champions and world record holders, the 2018 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Parade was staged at 8pm tonight, on the first day of the Year of the Dog (16 February) in Tsim Sha Tsui.
This year marked the 23rd edition of the Parade, with Cathay Pacific Airways as the title sponsor for the 20th consecutive year, and China Construction Bank (Asia) as the route sponsor for the fourth year in a row.