世 博 今 煙 花 開 幕 照 亮 夜 上 海 宋祖英, 歌唱家, 北京, 上海, 王子

peter236

http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/chi/0430eo01.html

(星島日報報道)上海世界博覽會今晚八時將舉行盛大開幕式，除了比北京奧運更大規模的煙花匯演外，還有結合高科技的文藝表演，演出者包括歌唱家宋祖英、港星成龍、鋼琴王子郎朗等，歷時一個半小時。國家主席胡錦濤及各國政要將親臨現場。世博園明早將舉行開園儀式，象徵為期半年世博正式展開。

　　上海世博會今晚八時將在世博文化中心舉行開幕式，由國家主席胡錦濤宣布世博會開幕，並迎來所有參展國旗入場。多位現任及退休國家領導人，以及法國總統薩爾科齊、南韓總統李明博等數十名外國政要出席儀式。胡錦濤昨晨已提前抵達上海巡視園區，參觀了中國館、美國館等多個展館。

　　世博開幕式分兩部分：一是在形似飛碟的世博文化中
心進行開幕儀式和文藝表演，二是在黃浦江兩岸進行室外燈光噴泉煙花表演。文藝表演包括《相約上海》、《江河情緣》、《世界共襄》和《致世博》四個章節，參演人員三千五百人；煙花表演由三個篇章組成：《中國歡迎你》、《歡聚在世博》和《世界共歡慶》，技術人員一千五百人。

　　據《南方日報》報道，開幕式充滿夢幻色彩，舞台以巨大的LED幕牆為背景，根據節目的進行，切換出立體、絢麗的四維4D場景，牆面燈光時而七彩轉換，時而展開綠葉畫卷，色彩斑斕令整個舞台熠熠生輝。

　　文藝表演主持人由楊瀾、吳大維等四位名嘴擔任。宋祖英和成龍將為開幕式拉開序幕，曾放歌北京奧運開幕式的軍旅歌唱家譚晶則將聯合孫楠、廖昌永和上海歌唱家黃英作壓軸演出。毛阿敏、劉媛媛、周華健也將演唱《相約上海》，鋼琴王子郎朗現場與交響樂團演奏中國經典樂曲。日本歌手谷村新司、意大利盲人演唱家安德烈‧波伽利（Andrea Bocelli）、美國音樂教父昆西‧瓊斯（Quincy Jones）等多位世界級歌星也將登台獻藝。到晚會最後，五大片LED幕牆將合成一個蔚藍翠綠的地球，將現場氣氛推至高潮。

　　 文藝表演後是半小時的煙花盛宴，象徵覑熱情和愛的「心形」煙花，像雨般灑向黃浦江兩岸。同時，幾百艘亮覑花燈、掛覑參展國國旗的帆船在黃浦江上航行，中心廣場的音樂噴泉伴隨覑煙花起舞，打造「火樹銀花夜上海，飈紫嫣紅黃浦江」的美景。明日上午八點半，世博園還將舉行簡約的開園儀式。國家領導人將在主席台按動一把金色鑰匙「擧動按鈕」裝置，象徵上海正式進入「世博時間」。
2010-04-30

peter236

4200億? probably $3000億 is in the 領導s' pocket.
tofu 發表於 2010-4-29 19:49

hahaha, be careful wor, if you do not have evidence, they can sue you for defamation and slander.

Like I said, the rise of China is drawing a lot of jealousy and sour grapes, from both foreigners and self-hating people.

From what I know, the money was probably spent on infrastructure in Shanghai which can further promote economic development, like new subway lines, new airport expansion at Honqiao, the development of the Bund area, relocation of residents to new housing from old housing at the Expo site etc, and of course the actual preparation of the Shanghai Expo itself. The other countries pay for the building of their own pavilions.

peter236

無錯，唔少錢當然係放咗響好多對城市有建設嘅地方同項目之上，但千其唔好忘記，其實上海亦係一個極有歷史嘅 ...
Lik 發表於 2010-4-29 21:43

hahaha, you moron, do you know a lot of these older buildings were about to collapse, like some of those in Hong Kong?
These conservationists don't realize that there are still people living in these old buildings, where there are no elevators or toilets. Of course these conservationists do not live in it themselves and don't pay for the maintenance.

Some old buildings are certainly worth preserving, but not those without too much character.

peter236

Shanghai to restore historic Bund buildings before World Expo

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/10/content_11855844.htm

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Restoration of historic "Bund Origin" buildings, including the recently saved Shanghai Rowing Club, has started and is expected to be finished before the 2010 World Expo starts in May, the Shanghai Daily reported Monday.

    Construction authorities were quoted by the English newspaper as saying the "Bund Origin" area, regarded as the origin of the Bund and the city, is 170,000 square meters centered on the confluence of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek.

    The area contains many historic buildings and 14 of them are on the city's protected buildings list, which means they cannot be torn down.

    Scaffolding has been erected outside the buildings to repair damaged parts, and architecture experts have been invited to make restoration plans and help find tiles and wood flooring similar to the original materials.

    The buildings will be also developed to improve their function, Pan Yihua, from the Shanghai New Huangpu Real Estate Co Ltd, the developer of the "Bund Origin", was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

    The former British Consulate, built in 1873, will be turned into a public place that can hold major events and art exhibitions. A total of 18,000 square meters of insignificant buildings around the former consulate will be demolished to make a public park on the Bund.

    The restored Union Church, built in 1866, is expected to house a local civil affairs department office for issuing marriage certificates.

    The church was almost demolished after a big fire in the abandoned building in 2007 but was saved by public protest.

    The Shanghai Rowing Club did not originally make the city's protected buildings list and was earmarked for demolition last month but it was found to have high historical value during the development of the "Bund Origin" project and has been saved.

peter236

The Shanghai Rowing Club was actually selected to be preserved and restored. I don't know why the Time magazine article lied about it. Just another lie from the American media.

peter236

"""relocation of residents to new housing from old housing at the Expo site etc,"""

do those reside ...
tofu 發表於 2010-4-30 16:19

I don't know much they receive. But at least new housing provided is much better than old housing where there was no elevators, proper toilets or heating.
How much do you think a decades old apartment without elevators, proper toilets or heating is worth?
You would think that new apartments with elevators, toilets and heating are worth a lot more.