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Creative minds from Hong Kong and around the world have brought their unique designs and art installations to the "2013 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong)" exhibition with a mission to envisage the ideal city.
The exhibition at the Kwun Tong waterfront involves about 70 architects, designers, city planners and artists and is open to the public free of charge.
Hong Kong and Shenzhen have worked together in the bi-city biennale event since 2007. The project aims to promote closer co-curatorship and co-operation between the two cities.
With the theme "Beyond the Urban Edge: The Ideal City?", the exhibition provides a platform for participants to hold cultural exchanges and explore new ideas in building an ideal city.
Organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects in association with the Hong Kong Institute of Planners and the Hong Kong Designers Association, the exhibition is being held at the Kwun Tong Ferry Pier and the nearby "Fly the Flyover01" at the Energizing Kowloon East Office until February 28, 2014.
There will also be a host of fringe activities including movie-sharing sessions, forums and guided tours to raise the public's interest in design, architecture, city planning and urban development.
In Shenzhen, an exhibition with the connected theme "Urban Border" is being staged in parallel with the exhibition in Hong Kong.
For more information, please visit www.uabbhk.org.¡@
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Twenty hip-hop dance teams are set to compete in the 2013 3-on-3 Breaking Battle on December 20. The event will take place at Piazza C at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui from 5pm to 9pm.
During the contest, rival groups of three hip-hop dancers will challenge each other and vie for four awards. Contestants will be judged on their musicality and rhythm in dance as well as skills in popping, locking, breaking and hip-hop dance.
The judges of the contest will be breakers Bboy Drunk, Bboy ET and Bboy X2 rock.
SoHuman, a dance duo who recently appeared in the movie "The Way We Dance", will give a guest performance.
Organised by the Yau Tsim Mong District Youth Programme Committee and the Yau Tsim Mong District Office, the contest encourages energetic youngsters to show off their dancing skills and promote hip-hop culture. Admission is free.
For details, please visit www.facebook.com/events/481980545249571 or call 2399 2131.
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The annual North District (2013) Flower, Bird, Insect & Fish Show will get under way on December 21 at Fanling Recreation Ground in the New Territories.
The nature show received a record 240,000 visitors in 2012, and this year it will feature more new exhibits including different species of orchids, colourful macaws, gigantic ground hornbills, Malaysian giant turtles and precious carp.
The event has evolved from a local flower show into a major attraction that also features birds, insects and fish to attract visitors with different interests. It also aims to promote environmental protection.
The show will run until December 27 and will be open to the public free of charge. For details, please visit the website (in Chinese only) at www.ndfbifshow.org.¡@
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The Fire Services Department has formed a volunteer group to support the Caring for the Community Programme launched by the organisers of the 48th Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo to promote social cohesion.
Answering a call from the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, off-duty firemen will serve as volunteers from December 20 to January 2, 2014, to give a helping hand to those in need at the Expo at Victoria Park.
The volunteers will accompany elderly people and persons with disabilities to shop around at the Expo. They will also mind children of single parents who are keen to do some Christmas and New Year shopping at the Expo.
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All these events and activities support the "Hong Kong: Our Home" public participation campaign, which aims to inject positive energy into society, foster social cohesion and promote care, mutual help and solidarity in the community.
A total of 249 Partner Organisations have so far pledged support for the Campaign.
Altogether, the Government and Partner Organisations are organising more than 1,100 events and activities under the four themes of the Campaign from the end of April to the end of December this year.
Full details of the Campaign can be found on the website www.hkourhome.gov.hk.
Ends/Sunday, December 15, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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