Hong Kong: Thousands flock to Che Kung Temple for fortune stick ceremony despite coronavirus outbreak

W/S Worshippers gathering for Lunar New Year celebrations and traditional fortune stick drawing ceremony at Sha Tin Che Kung Temple, Hong Kong
W/S Worshippers entering the territory of the temple
SOT, Ivan, visitor: "After this past year I think we all want to have a better luck. The government obviously you can see is still doing nothing for the Wuhan pneumonia."
M/S Outside the temple
M/S Worshippers
M/S Person wearing costume
M/S Worshippers
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M/S Souvenirs
W/S Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk Kenneth Lau accompanied by officials entering the temple
M/S Kenneth Lau showing to press a fortune stick
M/S Temple visitors shaking cups with fortune sticks
M/S Kenneth Lau reading a fortune stick
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M/S Inside the temple
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Thousands of worshippers gathered at Che Kung Miu, also called Che Kung Temple, for Lunar New Year celebrations and the traditional fortune stick drawing ceremony in Hong Kong on Sunday, despite the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent travel restrictions in mainland China.
The chairman of the rural body Heung Yee Kuk, Kenneth Lau, alongside other officials attended the ceremony and drew a fortune stick which is believed to foretell the year ahead.
While addressing the press, Lau reportedly called on the Hong Kong government "to listen to the people" following months of anti-government unrest, as the interpretation of the omen written on Lau's fortune stick.