Festival Walk is an upmarket shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific in 1993–1998. It was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong at its launch in November 1998. Festival Walk was jointly owned by Swire and CITIC until 2006, when Swire Properties bought out the 50% stake held by its partner. In July 2011, Mapletree Investments acquired the property for HK$18.8 billion.
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“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the festival of unleavened bread, at the festival of weeks, and at the festival of booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed; all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:16,17.
“No place of grace for those who avoid the face
No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)