Amakhulu ezigidi zabantu eNew York nasemhlabeni jikelele bahlanganyele uNyaka Omusha neHong Kong ngoDisemba 31.st, njengoba umgubho wokubala we-New York Times Square ukhanye kakhulu edolobheni.
Iqembu lomdanso lesimanje, i-TS Crew; ingqwele yomhlaba umdlali we-harmonica, u-CY Leo; kanye no-erhu virtuoso, u-Chan Pik-sum, wajabulisa isiteji se-New York Times Square “nge-Kung Fu Contemporary Circus” ngobusuku obandulela uNcibijane. Izithameli zishaye ihlombe elikhulu ngenhlanganisela yomdanso ne-kung fu ngokumelene ne-medley yakudala yase-Chinese neyaseNtshonalanga, esanda kuhlelwa umshayi wopiyano we-jazz wodumo nomqambi u-Ted Lo.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokuvula, uMqondisi weHhovisi le-Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office eNew York (HKETONY), uNksz Candy Nip, uthe iHong Kong ijabule kakhulu ngokuba yingxenye yalo mcimbi oyingqophamlando. “Kuyindlela enhle kakhulu ngathi ukukhombisa umhlaba ukuthi iHong Kong isibuyile ezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe, futhi sesikulungele ukwamukela izivakashi zomhlaba wonke,” kusho yena.
I-doyenne yemfashini yase-Hong Kong, u-Vivienne Tam, udizayine isikhafu se-edishini elinganiselwe, ehlanganisa izici zase-Hong Kong kanye Nonyaka Omusha, ezethameli e-Times Square. “Ngalesi sikhafu, i-Hong Kong ingathanda ukuthumela uthando nemfudumalo kuwo wonke umuntu!” kusho uNksz Nip.
Amaciko nabaqambi bahlonishwe ngokuba yingxenye yalo msebenzi othokozisayo. UNksz Nip ubeziqhenya ngokubona ithimba lethalente lase-Hong Kong “linyakazisa” izethameli zamazwe ngamazwe ngobuhle kanye nemilingo yedolobha. "Bangamanxusa e-Hong Kong, abonisa ubuciko nobuciko babantu bakithi ngenkathi yakhe ubungane kuwo wonke amasiko," kwengeza uNksz Nip.
Abahlanganyele noNkz. Nip emcimbini wokuvula kwakunguMongameli we-Times Square Alliance, uMnu. Tom Harris; UMongameli weSino-American Friendship Association, uMnu. Peter Zhang; Inxusa-Jikelele le-People's Republic of China eNew York, iNxusa u-Huang Ping; Umqondisi Omkhulu Wokudidiyelwa Nokuphathwa Kwemicimbi Yedolobha Lonke kanye Nehhovisi Lemvume Yomsebenzi Wasemgwaqweni ngaphansi kweHhovisi LeMeya yaseNew York, uNksz. Dawn Tolson; kanye noMqondisi Wezindaba Zase-Asia weHhovisi Lombusi Wesifunda SaseNew York, uNksz. Elaine Fan.
Ngaphezu kwabathandi bobumnandi ababebuthene e-Times Square, izethameli ezilinganiselwa ngaphezu kwebhiliyoni eyodwa emhlabeni wonke - ngokusakazwa bukhoma kwethelevishini nokusakaza ngewebhu - zijabulele ukusebenza kwe-Hong Kong kokubala wehle ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi: "Fusion, Motion, Inspirations - Hong Kong Rocks!"
Ngaphambi komdlalo wokuvula, izihambeli nezicukuthwane ezingaphezu kwe-100 ezivela kuhulumeni, izikhulu zezombangazwe, ezebhizinisi, nezemfundo, kanye nemiphakathi yezokuvakasha yaseNew York, zijoyine umcimbi wokuphromotha wase-Hong Kong.
UNksz Nip ubuyekeze abahlanganyeli mayelana nentuthuko yakamuva evela e-Hong Kong futhi wabelane nabo “ngokunambitha” kwase-Hong Kong ngokuphakela izibiliboco zokupheka, okuhlanganisa i-dim sum, itiye lobisi, namakhukhi emcimbini. Amaciko aseHong Kong nawo akhulume ngenqubo yokudala yalokhu kudlala okumangalisayo.
