Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO), Ms Emily Mo, joined the 36th Dragon Ball held on January 25 to celebrate the Year of Snake.
Hosted by Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation and supported by the HKETO, the annual event showcased Hong Kong-themed cuisines and performances to allow over 1,000 guests from the business, political and community sectors in Canada immersed within the rich atmosphere of the Chinese New Year culture with a unique favour of Hong Kong.
Speaking at the event, Ms Mo was pleased to share that Hong Kong has been hosting significant large-scale cultural and sports events in recent years, not only have they brought joy to local citizens, but also made a name for itself as an events capital, further consolidate Hong Kong's position as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchanges and build a diversified cultural environment.
Internationally renowned sand artist Hoi Chiu from Hong Kong was featured at Dragon Ball this year. Ms Mo said, “with graceful movements and incredible precision, the artist transforms a simple canvas of sand into vivid, ever-changing scenes, telling a Hong Kong story with unique beauty. The display of creativity and finesse through his sand painting performance is a vivid illustration of the dynamicity, diversity and creativity of the city.”
Besides the wonderful performance, guests were treated with a wide array of Hong Kong-themes snacks such as Hong Kong milk tea, wonton noodles, traditional Chinese sweet soups, and so on.
The Year of the Snake signifies wisdom and adaptability. Ms Mo took the opportunity to wish all participants a prosperous and happy Chinese New Year.
香港經貿處支持2025年龍宴 洋溢香港風味
香港駐多倫多經濟貿易辦事處(香港經貿處)處長巫菀菁於一月二十五日出席第三十六屆龍宴,共慶蛇年。
該年度盛會由頤康基金會舉辦、並獲香港經貿處支持。活動展示以香港為主題的美饌佳餚和表演,讓來自加拿大政商界及社區團體的1,000多位嘉賓沉浸在充滿香港風味的濃厚農曆新年文化氣氛之中。
巫菀菁在晚宴致辭時表示,近年各項大型文化及體育盛事不單為市民帶來歡樂,更打響香港為「盛事之都」的美譽,進一步鞏固香港作為「中外文化藝術交流中心」的地位,建立豐富多采的文化氛圍。
國際知名的香港沙畫藝術家海潮獲邀在今年龍宴表演。巫菀菁說:「憑藉優雅的動作和精湛的技藝,海潮將簡單的沙畫畫布轉化成生動而變化多端的畫面,以獨特的美感述說香港的故事。他的沙畫表演完美結合創意與藝術,展現香港是活力、多元和充滿創意之都。」
除了精彩表演項目,嘉賓亦品嚐到港式奶茶、雲吞麵、傳統中式糖水等不同的港式特色美食。
蛇年寓意智慧和靈巧,巫菀菁藉此機會向眾嘉賓拜年,祝賀蛇年百業興旺,萬事勝意。