Observation 2 / Hong Kong
’Tis the season
Once a twinkle in Hong Kong’s eye, its festive obsession has grown into an all-out spectacle.
On a warm afternoon in October a young man pushes a trolley piled high with Christmas lights through the streets of Kowloon. Hong Kong’s Yuletide skyscraper decorations, which are among the flashiest in the world, don’t usually go up until mid-November – but Christmas has come early for this particular worker as he starts on a festive display.
He’s watched by his boss, Terence Wong, who points up at the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, the headquarters of property firm Sino Group and ground zero for one of Hong Kong’s most iconic annual traditions where…
