EHong Kong Rocks eNew York

Amakhulu ezigidi zabantu eNew York nakwihlabathi liphela bangene kuNyaka oMtsha neHong Kong nge-31 kaDisemba.^st, njengoko umbhiyozo we-New York Times Square countdown wakhanyisa indawo eqaqambileyo esixekweni.

Iqela lomdaniso langoku, iTS Crew; Intshatsheli yehlabathi umdlali weharmonica, uCY Leo; kunye ne-erhu virtuoso, u-Chan Pik-sum, wachulumancisa iqonga le-New York Times Square nge-“Kung Fu Contemporary Circus” ngo-Eva woNyaka oMtsha. Abaphulaphuli baqhwabe izandla ngomxhentso womjuxuzo kunye ne-kung fu ngokuchasene nemedley yamaTshayina amandulo aseNtshona, esandula ukulungiswa yintshatsheli yepiyano yejazz kunye nomqambi uTed Lo.

Ethetha kumsitho wokuvula, uMlawuli we-Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office e-New York (HKETONY), uNksz Candy Nip, uthe iHong Kong yayivuyiswe kakhulu ngokuba yinxalenye yalo mcimbi. “Yeyona ndlela intle kuthi yokubonisa umhlaba ukuba iHong Kong ibuyile kwinqanaba lamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye sikulungele ukwamkela iindwendwe zehlabathi,” utshilo.

Idoyenne yefashoni yaseHong Kong, uVivienne Tam, wayila isikhafu esilinganiselweyo, esibandakanya izinto zaseHong Kong kunye noNyaka oMtsha, ukulungiselela abaphulaphuli eTimes Square. “Ngesi sikhafu, iHong Kong ingathanda ukuthumela uthando nokufudumala kuye wonke umntu!” watsho uNksz Nip.

Amagcisa kunye nabayili baye bawongwa ngokuba yinxalenye yale projekthi inika umdla. UNksz Nip wayenebhongo ngokubona iqela leetalente zaseHong Kong "lishukumisa" abaphulaphuli bamazwe ngamazwe ngobuhle kunye nokuthakatha kweso sixeko. "Bangoonozakuzaku baseHong Kong, ababonisa ubuchule kunye nobugcisa babantu bethu ngelixa besakha ubuhlobo kwiinkcubeko zonke," wongezelela uNksz Nip. 

Ukuthelela uNks. Nip kumsitho wokuvula ibinguMongameli weTimes Square Alliance, uMnu. Tom Harris; UMongameli weSino-American Friendship Association, uMnumzana Peter Zhang; UMmeli Jikelele weRiphabliki yaBantu baseTshayina eNew York, unozakuzaku uHuang Ping; UMlawuli oPhetheyo woLungelelaniso loMsitho wesiXeko siphela kunye neOfisi yeMvume yoMsebenzi wesitrato phantsi kweOfisi kaSodolophu waseNew York, uNksz. Dawn Tolson; kunye noMlawuli weMicimbi yase-Asia ye-Ofisi yeRhuluneli yeSifunda saseNew York, uNksz Elaine Fan.

Ukongeza kubabukeli ababehlanganisene eTimes Square, abantu abaqikelelwa ngaphezu kwebhiliyoni enye kwihlabathi liphela - ngosasazo lukamabonakude olubukhoma kunye nosasazo lwewebhu - bayonwabele ukusebenza kweHong Kong phantsi komxholo othi: "Fusion, Motion, Inspirations - Hong Kong Rocks!"

Phambi komdlalo wokuvula, ngaphezulu kwe-100 yeendwendwe kunye nabahloniphekileyo abavela kurhulumente, idiplomatic, ishishini, kunye nezangqa zezemfundo, kunye noluntu lokuhamba eNew York, bajoyine umsitho wentengiso waseHong Kong.

UNksz Nip uhlaziye abathathi-nxaxheba malunga nophuhliso lwamva nje oluvela eHong Kong kwaye wabelane nabo "ngencasa" yaseHong Kong ngokukhonza izibiliboco zokupheka, kubandakanya i-dim sum, iti yobisi, kunye namaqebengwana kumsitho. Amagcisa aseHong Kong athethe nangenkqubo yokuyila yalo msebenzi umangalisayo.