Star studded lineups for New Year's Eve countdown parties
2015/12/15 22:10:18
Taipei's New Year's Eve countdown parties will be hosted by Jacky Wu (center), Na Tou (left) and LuLu (right).
Taipei, Dec. 15 (CNA) Singer A-mei will be among the celebrities ushering in 2016 with revelers in Taiwan at the various New Year's Eve countdown parties around the country.
The biggest party is expected to take place at the Taipei Civic Square, where A-mei will heat up the night with a one-hour show.
Singers Elva Hsiao, William Wei and Wilber Pan, and electropop diva Jeannie Hsieh, will also rock the stage in Taipei, according to the Taipei City Department of Information and Tourism.
A fireworks display lasting 238 seconds will also be held at the Taipei 101 skyscraper, which will involve setting off 30,000 rounds of fireworks from midnight Dec. 31.
The Taipei event will be hosted by variety show hosts Jacky Wu, Na Tou and LuLu.
In southern Taiwan, two main countdown parties will be hosted in Kaohsiung -- one at Dream Mall and the other at E-Da World.
Pop-rock band Magic Power and Latin rap rock band Boxing will be among the celebrities to perform at Dream Mall, while the E-Da World party will feature a symphony concert and an 888-second firework show.
The Kaohsiung city government, meanwhile, said that it will not fund a countdown party this year and will use the money saved to print 300,000 calendars for its citizens.
Elsewhere in southern Taiwan, celebrations will take place at the square in front of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Tainan Station. Hip hop band Da Mouth and girl group Popu Lady are scheduled to perform there.
In central Taiwan, a countdown party will be hosted at the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport in Taichung, featuring singers Wu Bai, Lala Hsu, and various others.
(By Huang Li-yun and Christie Chen)
