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Added on the 15/09/2016 07:20:00 - Copyright : AFP EN
Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
A construction site for a Hong Kong high-rise is engulfed in flames, with firefighters on the scene battling the blaze. Officials say the fire broke out at 11:11pm local time (0311 GMT) in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's world-famous harbourfront. IMAGES
People in Hong Kong gather to light incense sticks at a temple to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. IMAGES
Images from outside a Hong Kong skyscraper - the World Trade Centre - where firefighters are working to rescue some 300 people sheltering on the roof of the building after a fire broke out inside the building located in a bustling shopping district. 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.