Avenue of stars

Walk of Fame at Kowloon

The Avenue of Stars, modeled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is an avenue located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honors celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry.

In 1982, the New World Group built a promenade along the waterfront around the New World Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon. In 2004, the Group announced it would spend HK$40 million to build the Avenue of Stars, a project supported by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Tourism Commission, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Film Awards Association.

At opening, the avenue honored an initial 73 inductees elected by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and the readers of City Entertainment.

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Date: April 2009
Photographer: Merche Mateo
Additional information: wikipedia