Cyberport Weekend Market Celebrates Traditional Chinese Lantern Festival
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To: Editor of Feature Division
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Cyberport Weekend Market Celebrates
Traditional Chinese Lantern Festival
Making Lanterns with Recycled Lai-see Packets
Enjoying Tangyuan and Riddle Game on Cyberport’s Green Lawns
(Hong Kong: 7 February 2013) Cyberport Weekend Market will be celebrating the Lunar New
Year festivities with everyone on 23 and 24 February. As the Market coincides with the
traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, which also falls on 24 February, special elements will be
teemed to spice up this joyful and romantic season.
The Chinese Lantern Festival, also known as the “Chinese Valentine’s Day”, falls on the
fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the first full-moon day of New Year where lanterns
of various shapes and sizes are hung, while folks gather around to play lantern riddle games
and enjoy glutinous rice dumplings that signify family reunion and love.
At the Cyberport Weekend Market, all these interesting traditional customs are there for you to
experience. To let visitors of different cultures enjoy great festive ambience, we have prepared
both Chinese and English lantern riddles to test your minds. Winners of the riddle games will be
awarded a warm bowl of glutinous rice dumplings for FREE. Other programmes of live music
performances, open-air movie screenings on the lush green lawn and the marvellous views of
the Cyberport will add more leisure delights to visitors.
The Creative Upcycling Workshop in February will teach participants how to recycle used lai-
see packets into gorgeous lanterns with style. Show up in colourful Chinese outfit or
accessories at the Market and you will be treated to a special gift.
The popular Parent-child Farming Workshop will also continue, where families can try
growing their own crops with our tutors’ guidance and harvest them in three months. After last
December, 30 families have taken home their ripe herbs and fruits from the vegetable patch and
the crops boxes can now be reused. By joining this session, the young ones in your family will
be introduced the value of ‘going green’ with organic farming, while learning all the basic skills of
growing food and nurturing crops.
“This is the second year of the Cyberport Weekend Market, and for the past few months we
have been presenting ideas of urban farming and organic living to share with our visitors a new
attitude in health and green lifestyle,” says Winnie Wong, Head of Marketing of Cyberport. “With over 50 families already participated in our urban farming workshops from last September onwards, we are happy to know that they enjoyed so much the process from planting to harvesting. In fact we see a demand in this type of green edutainment and parent-child activities from the encouraging responses of the workshop. In February, we ride on the Chinese Lantern Festival to make a fusion of traditional programmes for a different taste of the Market.” Amongst the numerous bazaar booths at the Market, visitors can find a good array of handmade goodies and healthy foods, including fresh organic vegetables and fruits from Project GROW. Project founder Chang Wen said, “We are grateful to partner with Cyberport in the Weekend Market. Organic farming is very well-received by children and families alike because of fun and fast growing cycle. They also love to take home small pots such as cherry tomatoes to grow at home. With a greater emphasis on health-consciousness in Hong Kong, organic products are very popular, such as jam made of organically grown turnips and roselle.” From handicrafts to accessories, homemade skin care to bathing products, farm produce, wines and toys, there is always something for everyone. Go healthy, go green and have total fun at Cyberport Weekend Market! Hotline: 3166 3111 Website: www.cyberport.hk Facebook: www.facebook.com/arcade.cyberport
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Parent-Child Farming session- families can grow their own
organic vegetables or fruits in little crop boxes at the outdoor with expert advice.
Creative Upcycling Workshop – upcycle
Outdoor Movie Screening: Watch all-time
unwanted “waste” materials into special
favorite kids and family films on HK’s largest
art pieces with fun and creative DIY!
outdoor TV screen for free.
Over 40 unique bazaar booths will be featured at the market offering an Open Stage for Youth – the free platform for extensive range of goods, including young artistic talents. organic vegetables and green products. About The Arcade, Cyberport The Arcade, situated in the core zone of Cyberport, is a 27,000 m2 retail and entertainment complex with an international mix of a state-of-the-art cinema, restaurants featuring fine cuisines, a variety of lifestyle shops and a supermarket. It is a one-of-a-kind, high-end shopping arcade in the Southern District of Hong Kong. The Arcade's innovative design and unique architecture integrate nature and technology with retail, entertainment and education/exhibition activities. It offers unparalleled experience for visitors, and provides the community with a place to meet, relax, refresh and do business. In addition, The Arcade is equipped with avant-garde multimedia facilities and Open Wi-Fi, through which visitors can access information at any time and stay connected. About Project Grow Located on the rooftop of a Tokwawan industrial building, Project Grow is a community-based urban farm initiative launched by the Film Culture Centre (HK) and re:ply design workshop. The project promotes organic agricultural practices and hosts regular talks and workshops related to healthy, eco-friendly living. Project Grow is open to the public on the first Saturday of every month from 1pm to 6pm. Press enquiries: Say It LOUD Venus Wong Tel: 9225 7116 E-Mail: venus@sayitloud.com.hk Crystal Chan Tel: 9468 6388 E-Mail: crystal@sayitloud.com.hk
Appendix 1: Schedule for Cyberport Weekend Market
Date Time Venue
23-24 February, 2013
11:00am – 7:00pm The Podium, 4/F Cyberport 2
16-17 March, 2013
Appendix 2: Event Programmes for 23-24 February, 2013 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time Programme
11am – 7pm Outdoor Bazaar
Over 40 booths of organic and handmade products, handicrafts, arts
and family items. (See Appendix 3 for Booth List)
2pm – 4pm Open Stage for Youth (Free)
Enjoy the music by local indie bands and musicians organized by
Wholala, and the stage is open for everyone who loves music.
Admission: On-site registration is required. Please bring your own
musical instruments.
3pm – 5pm Parent-Child Farming
Grow your own fruit and vegetables at Cyberport with our help! You
can come back any time to take care of your crop box during the
growing period and harvest them after 3 months.
Admission: Upon spending $300 or more at Cyberport or donating
$300 to Save the Children to redeem a crop box with planting
materials. 10 boxes per day on a first-come-first-served basis. Prior
registration is required.
Creative Upcycling Workshop (Free)
‘Upcycle’ your unwanted ‘waste’ materials like plastic bottles, leaves or
stones by making them into special art pieces with fun and creative
DIY! Plastic bottles can turn into pots for plants; glass bottles can be
transformed into lanterns; paint and draw on leaves and stones, and
make natural wood toys!
23/2 and 24/2 -- Lantern making workshop – turn used lai-see packets
into gorgeous paper lanterns!
Admission: Prior on-site registration is required. 2 workshops per day.
30 seats per workshop on a first-come-first served basis.
5pm – 7pm Outdoor Movie Screening
Watch all-time favorite kids and family films on the Podium’s big TV
outdoor screen comfortably in bean bag sofas on the green lawn.
One selected movie per day. Schedule for February :
23/2: Nim's Island
(Language: English; Subtitle: Chinese)
24/2: Helen the Baby Fox
(Language: Japanese; Subtitle: Chinese)
Free admission. Weather permitting.
Special Programmes for February
Lantern riddle game
A warm bowl of glutinous rice dumplings will be awarded for free to those who
solve 10 of the lantern riddles.
Gift Redemption
Get a free gift for wearing colourful Chinese outfit or accessories.
Creative Upcycling Workshop
Learn how to turn recycled red packets into gorgeous lantern to spice up the
festivities.
Appendix 3: Bazaar Booths for 23- 24 February
Booth Name Products
Asian Baptist Women’s
1 Charity
Fellowship HK
2 Biofa French organic cosmetics
3 Brainchild Limited Toys
Caritas Community Centre -
4 Aberdeen : Ethnic Minorities' Henna pattern drawing, embroidered scarf
Henna & Handicrafts
Cashmerephilia Company
5 Cashmere Knitwear
Ltd.
6 Catangi French wine
7 Chris Coelho Photography Photograph
8 DYY Handmade soaps
9 Eskimo's Frozen Yogurt Frozen yogurt desserts, vegetarian pizza
10 Fifth Avenue Collection Jewelry
Film Culture Centre (Hong Local vegetable, second-hand DVD & books,
11
Kong) / Project GROW hand-made craft
Natural cleaning products, books, second-
12 The GAIA School
hand products, leaflet for school promotion
13 Health Luck Maple syrup product/ white & red ice wine
14 HK Liquor Store Red Wine
H.K. Sheng Kung Hui
15 Kowloon City Family Support Hand-made craft
Networking Service (KCFSNT)
16 Mega Yield Enterprise Ltd Cashmere
17 Moanalane Hand-made accessory
Hand painted pottery and custom designed
18 My Happy Sunflower
jewelry
19 Noella Concepts Beach bags
20 P-farmland (only 24/2) Permaculture promotion and related products
21 Quick & Fresh Food and beverage
22 re:ply workshop Up-cycling products
23 SAHK Local vegetable, hand-made crafts
24 Save the Children Charity
Sedan Chair Charities Fund
25 Charity
(only 24/2)
26 Shanghai Ave. Ltd. Hair accessories & clothing
27 Smartypants Celebrations Greeting cards
28 Soohap Company Limited Soohap products + mini/ Bluetooth speakers
29 Studio C. Keyrings, mobile strap, earrings, memo stand
Tenbristlesart(Ten Bristles Photographic artworks depicting nature
30
Art) subjects
Tongedo Taste Enterprise
31 Italian food, soft drink and wine
Limited
32 We Are No Expert Hand-made skin care products & crafts
YMCA of Hong Kong
33 Hand-made crafts
Community Shop
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