To celebrate the Labor Day holidays (Golden Week) and welcome holiday tourists from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong started as of Sunday the eight-day building-top fireworks and laser light shows along the Victoria harbor on the side of the Hong Kong Island.

From May 1 to May 8, fireworks will be launched from 8:00 p.m. every evening and the show will last 13 minutes.

Eva Cheng, Hong Kong commissioner for tourism, said at a press conference Sunday evening that the laser shows are of a new version. More than 2,000 laser installations and 45 laser lights are equipped on 20 buildings along a five-km road from Wanchai to the Central District.

The laser light shows tell the story of how Hong Kong turned from a fishery village to an international city.

According to Hong Kong Immigration Department, 460,000 Chinese mainland tourists are expected to visit Hong Kong during the seven-day Golden Week.

Since the laser light shows was launched in January 2004, more than 3 million citizens and tourists have watched the shows, according to statistics from Hong Kong tourism departments.