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People in Hong Kong gather to light incense sticks at a temple to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 20 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong prepared Monday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the second-most important holiday after Chinese New Year, which will fall on Sep. 21 this year. The festival is held annually on the 15th day of the eighth Chinese calendar month and people usually light lantern, make and share moon cake as well as hold a family gathering during the festival. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOS OF AN INFLATABLE MOON CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ON A BARGE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong was gearing up Monday to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival by hanging lanterns in the courtyards of temples. During the full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar, Hong Kong celebrates the Mid Autumn Festival which falls on 21 Sept. this year. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: LANTERNS HANG IN THE COURTYARD OF WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, 25 Oct (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Jerome Favre) The faithful in Hong Kong visit Chai Wan Cemetery during the Chung Yeung Festival, also known as the Ninth Double Festival, since it falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. On this festival, devotees visit the tombs of their ancestors to pay their respects, clean them and repaint inscriptions.FOOTAGE OF THE CHAI WAN CEMETERY DURING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL IN HONG KONG
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The US says it is "alarmed" after Hong Kong legislators fast-tracked a new national security law that introduces penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years in jail for the theft of state secrets. "We believe that these kinds of actions have the potential to accelerate the closing of Hong Kong’s once open society," US Department of State deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
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