Crowds top 10,000 at Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau Bun Festival as parade draws visitors

Hong Kong’s annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival drew more than 10,000 visitors by noon on Sunday, including tourists who had travelled specially to witness the signature parade featuring “floating” children dressed as Middle Eastern oil moguls and judges. Visitors to the outlying island on Sunday splurged on frozen pineapples, watermelon juice and frozen mango mochi to beat the heat as the mercury hit 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). The event, also known as Da Jiu Festival, includes the Piu S...

By Lo Hoi-ying