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Registration for LCSD's ICH Highlight Tours starts on May 16 (with photos)
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     The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June with the theme of ICH Around Town, presenting a series of rich and diversified activities. The highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours, recommends six handpicked districts, bringing the public to explore Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)-related traditional craftsmanship or other items and to feel the richness and diversity of ICH. Registration for the field trips will start on Friday (May 16). Admission is free.
      
     There will be a total of 15 field trips for the ICH Highlight Tours, which will visit Yau Tsim Mong, Tsuen Wan, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Eastern District, and Islands District respectively. With 20 participants per tour, the tour, conducted in Cantonese, will run for approximately two hours. Members of the public can register through the ICHO website (www.icho.hk/en/web/icho/hk_ich_month_2025_tours.html), from 10.30am on May 16 to 6.30pm on May 17. Each applicant can only register for a maximum of two persons in the same tour. In case of excess applications, all quotas will be allocated by ballot. Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email by May 23.
      
     The dates and relevant ICH items of the field trips include:
      
Islands District - Tai O (May 31, two tours in total)
Salted Fish Making Technique, Shrimp Paste Blocks and Shrimp Paste Making Technique and Fishing Net Plaiting Technique, etc, and enjoying Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade.
      
Tai Po District (June 1 and 7, three tours in total)
Soybean Product Making Technique, Cha Kwo (Steamed Sticky Rice Dumpling) Making Technique and Noodles Making Technique, etc.
      
Yau Tsim Mong District (June 7 and 8, three tours in total)
Steamer Making Technique, Wood Carving Technique and Mahjong Tile Making Technique, etc.
      
Tsuen Wan District (June 15, two tours in total)
Unicorn Dance, Traditional Architectuer Presrvation Technique and Melon Seed Making Technique, etc.
      
Sha Tin District (June 21, two tours in total)
Lion Dance, Patterned Band Weaving Technique and Paper Crafting Technique, etc.
      
Eastern District (June 28 and 29, three tours in total)
Wooden Boat Building Technique, Noodles Making Technique and Hung Gar Kuen Style, etc.
      
     Moreover, the ICHO collaborates with the Hong Kong Tourism Board in organising ICH Highlight Tours at Yau Tsim Mong District for tourists. Details will be announced later.
      
     Hong Kong ICH Month 2025 is presented by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and organised by the ICHO of the LCSD, with ICH June as a strategic partner. Highlight activates also include carnivals or fun days in various districts across Hong Kong on several weekends and Sundays in June, an exhibition, a seminar, talks and workshops, which welcome members of the public and tourists to join. For details of the programmes, please visit the website www.icho.hk/en/web/icho/hk_ich_month_2025.html.
 
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The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade in Islands District. Participants can enjoy the parade and experience this festive event during the tour.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows the Cha Kwo (steamed sticky rice dumpling) Making Technique.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows the Steamer Making Technique.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre (located at Sam Tung Uk Museum) in Tsuen Wan District. Participants can learn about the Traditional Architecture Preservation Technique.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows the lantern hanging in the Choi Ancestral Hall, Siu Lek Yuen Village, Sha Tin District. Participants can learn about the Paper Crafting Technique.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch the first Hong Kong ICH Month in June. Registration for the highlight programme, ICH Highlight Tours in six handpicked districts, will start on May 16. Photo shows the Noodles Making Technique.