25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest to Start in September

The 25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest will take place at the sea area in front of Macau Tower on 14, 19, 21, 28 September and 1 October 2013.

The Macau International Fireworks Display Contest is organized by Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), and, in the past 24 years, has won ardent support from various prominent fireworks companies around the world.

The ten teams which will take part in the contest this year include fireworks companies from Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Korea, Portugal, Australia, Italy, Canada, France and Mainland China.

Among the teams, four of them have won first prize in past Macau International Fireworks Display Contests.

This is the first year an African fireworks company has joined the contest, while the Canadian, Swiss and Mainland China fireworks companies are also staging their first show in Macau.

This year the teams will complement their fireworks displays with not only music but also laser light effects, and for safety reasons, each interval between every two fireworks displays will be reduced this year.

The first display will start at 9 p.m. as usual, followed by the second display at 9:40 p.m. Every display will span 18 minutes.