By Kimberly Johans
Published in The Macau Daily Times
September 17, 2007, page 4 (999 words)
There was a lot more at stake on Saturday night than the type usually seen at Macau’s casinos.
On the one hand, you had Kimbolton Fireworks Ltd, a company that had been invited to compete at the Macau International Fireworks Festival for the first time.
On the other hand was Hanwha Corporation from South Korea, who needed to prove that last year’s fiasco was not going to impact on this year’s performance.
For the former, there ware two firsts; the one previously spoken of, and the team to kick off the round of competition. It wasn’t the ideal beginning, said Display Director, Mr Darryl Fleming, to the Macau Daily Times.
“I always think it’s a disadvantage to go first.”
His reason for the statement is that, for a display of that magnitude, not many would be considered bad.
“They’re all powerful,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »
