6D5N HK-Macau: The Avenue of Stars(星光大道), Clock Tower(尖沙咀鐘樓) & Symphony of Lights(幻彩詠香江)

13-19 Aug 2009

Part1:The Golden Bauhinia Square
Part2:Causeway Bay & Tsim Sha Tsui

The Avenue of Stars features commemorative plaques, handprints of movie celebrities, descriptive milestones, kiosks with movie memorabilia, a towering Hong Kong Film Awards statuette, and a life-size statue of the legendary kung-fu action star, Bruce Lee.

The Avenue of Stars is the eastern node of several tourist attractions along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. In addition to the promenade and New World Centre, a number of attractions exist including the Museum of Art, Space Museum, Cultural Centre and the Clock Tower.

A crowd on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront on the Avenue of Stars

It is located on the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade offering incredible panoramic view across Victoria Harbour. At night it is a popular viewing place for the Symphony of Lights display. It is a good place to go to see the glamourous stars of Hong Kong.

Panoramic view across Victoria Harbour

The Clock Tower(尖沙咀鐘樓)

This 44 metre tall clock tower used to be part of the former Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminus. The construction of the Tsim Sha Tsui terminus started in 1912, and the clock tower was added in 1915.

The original building was subsequently unable to handle the large volume of passengers and the government decided to relocate the terminus to a larger building in Hunghom. When the terminus was demolished in 1978, the tower was retained and it has since become a Hong Kong landmark.

A Symphony of Lights(幻彩詠香江) is a synchronised building exterior decorative light and laser multimedia display, featuring 44 buildings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong accompanied by symphonic music. The technology was developed by Australian firm Laservision and cost approximately 44 million HK dollars. It has attracted over 4 million visitors and locals so far.

Decorative light and laser from buildings