Visiting Hong Kong: Winter Festivals

[YK1001]

The Hong Kong Tourism Board has been updated to include festive events during December, 2017.

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/events-festivals/highlight-events/winter-fest.jsp

Hong Kong #LocalGuides, if you know any special events, please help post as a reply here.

@JosephZhan @TonyChu

[JosephZhan]

Thanks for the info Sampson, has directed the info to my wife and will post some relate info if any.

Should be Winter Festival 

[YK1001]

Provided by @TonyChu:

第15屆香港冬日美食節  15th Hong Kong Food Festival’s

Date :	24-28 December 2017 (Sunday to Thursday)
Opening Hours :	24-27 December – 10:00am to 09:00pm; 28 December – 10:00am to 07:00pm
Venue :	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hall 3
Admission Fee :	HK$20 per person  Morning Admission Ticket (Valid on December 24 only): HK$10 per person (Tickets sales: 10:00am – 12:00pm)  (Free for children aged 3 or below and seniors aged 65 or above)
*Admission stops 15 minutes prior to daily closing time * Can also visit concurrent 15th Hong Kong Mega Showcase

[YK1001]

Provided by @TonyChu:

POI: https://goo.gl/maps/fD4jHrBPPY62

POI Opening Hours: 07:00 to 24:00 daily.

香港最新旅遊景點 —「海運觀點」觀景台正式對外開放

Hong Kong’s Newest Tourist Attraction — “Ocean Terminal Deck” is Open to the Public

Special Attraction:

A huge Google Map Pin for photo.

15m high Google Maps Pin

Special Event:

We upload photos to FB or IG, Ocean Terminal will donote HK$10 to 奧比斯香港| Orbis for each verified uploads with matching hashtags.

Donation Period: Dec 1 - 26

News report in Chinese 

Another report include below:

海港城「打卡即捐」 為奧比斯籌善款

15米高巨型「Google Map Pin」坐落在海港城頂層觀景台，由即日起至本月26日舉辦「打卡即捐」活動，只需在個人Fb或IG帳號上載於「海運觀點」的照片及加上標籤，海港城即會捐出港幣10元予奧比斯。

@TraciC will the Business need to pay licensee fee to use the Google Maps Pin in promotional events?

[YK1001]

Thank you very much to @JosephZhan to bring this news to us.

News in Chinese:

http://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1079558/

Credit: http://hd.stheadline.com

The HK Observatory Wheel near Central Pier is schedule to be re-opened on Dec 20, 2017, just ahead of the Xmas holiday season.

It has been closed since Sep 1, 2017 due to change of operators.

Entrance fees are greatly reduced.

[FaridTDF]

@YK1001, con ese tamaño del pin de Google, estoy seguro que se podrá ver desde los mapas satelitales de Google, luego comparte más fotos de la marina parece muy lindo el lugar.

Saludos Farid

[YK1001]

Only if the aerial pictures are being captured during this period of time.

Do you know how often the satellite pictures will got updated, @FaridTDF?

We should be have a meetup to see that Maps Pin next week.

[FaridTDF]

No @YK1001, lamentablemente no sé cuál es la frecuencia, creo que es diferente en cada país, en función del que le provee las imágenes a Google 

[TraciC]

Hi @YK1001. Many map pins are similar so I don't know that this is the Google Maps pin and not just any map pin. This would be a question for Google Maps. 🙂

[YK1001]

YouTube video showing how the Map Pin is setting up.