Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour lights up with largest and most expensive fireworks display in 20 years

Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour was on Saturday lit up by the largest and most expensive fireworks display since 1997 – when the former British colony was returned to Chinese sovereignty – to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover and the inauguration of the city’s fourth chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. A total of 39,888 pyrotechnic shells were blasted into the sky from five barges during the 23-minute extravaganza, costing HK$12 million (US$1.5 million...