Hong Kong Winterfest

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) launched the third edition of its Hong Kong WinterFest in Statue Square Central. The mega event is on till January 2, 2005 is aimed at making Hong Kong, the focus of Christmas and New Year celebrations in Asia. Through this event, HKTB is targeting 2.49 million visitors and is featuring diverse attractions of world-class performances and activities to provide an international Christmas experience. A fairytale ‘Santa's Town’ has been created in Statue Square, which follows the concept of Lapland and projects the picturesque atmosphere of a European Christmas with its various themed settings. The tourism board has also introduced over 100 Hong Kong WinterFest special packages with exciting tour options, including two harbour night cruises; the ‘Festive Lights and Open-top Bus Night Tour’ around the neon-lit streets of Tsim Sha Tsui and Temple Street Night Market; and the city’s first-ever helicopter night tour.

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BPL Mobile - Roaming

BPL Mobile, which claims to have the largest number of roaming partners in the country, has now increased its partnership from 525 to 534. BPL Mobile will now offer roaming facility to its subscribers in over 198 countries across the world. The new additions to BPL Mobile's roaming partners are now Hutch in Punjab (national roaming) and international players like Cable & Wireless in Jamaica, ETC in Ethiopia, Digicell in ElSalvador, Celltell in Chad and MTN in Rwanda. Also for in-roamers, BPL Mobile has a whole gamut of services like city information services, hotel reservations, movie ticket bookings, reminder services, gifting flowers, chocolates etc. BPL Mobile has also launched value added services for in-roamers, that features a unique service ‘Send a Song’, among others. Roamers can call on 565 and can listen to and dedicate songs based on the occasion. The company has also introduced Voice Portal Service (VPS), wherein an in-roamer can dial 566 and can browse through the various categories available. Currently, the services available are news, tunes, cricket score etc. Users simply have to mention the name of the category to browse through the content.