Lunar New Year fireworks display returns after 4-year hiatus

The Lunar New Year fireworks display will return to Hong Kong on February 11 next year after a four-year hiatus, the government announced on Tuesday.

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department is now inviting organizations that wish to sponsor the fireworks display to submit applications on or before December 7.

The last time fireworks dazzled across the skies of Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year was in 2019, with the fireworks displays for the next three years canceled due to social unrest and the Covid pandemic.

Authorities also canceled the 2018 display due to a fatal bus crash in Tai Po, which resulted in 19 passengers dead and 60 others injured.