KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 30 December 2020 - Afull century has elapsed since Kaohsiung's renaming from Takao in 1920. Tocommemorate this watershed moment in time, the Kaohsiung City Government hasorganized a series of celebratory events across different settings and sectors.A highlight was the grand lighting-up for Kaohsiung 100 on December 24. Next, onNew Year's Eve, there will be live performances of different types--popularmusic, artistic presentations, and performing arts--on three stages: one in theKaohsiung Port warehouse area, one outside the Kaohsiung Music Center, andanother on an offshore platform in Love River Bay.

Kaohsiung Port awash with light beams to commemorate city name's centennial.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai said that the2020 New Year's Eve celebrations, with the Kaohsiung 100 visual identity at thecenter, feature rays of light going out in all directions, thereby matching theport city's space across sea, land, and air against its historical flow overthe course of a century. In other words, Kaohsiung is not only celebrating the100^th anniversary of its current name but also showing to the world thatits citizens have worked hand in hand to tide over an ongoing pandemic and havethe resolve to strive for a brighter future at an accelerated pace.

The development of Kaohsiung is closelyassociated with Japan. In 2020, a window on Kaohsiung over the past centurytakes form out of projections thrown on the walls of buildings along the LoveRiver. Visitors to the port city are offered a virtual time machine ride to getglimpses of key happenings in its past. The aforesaid offshore platform isturned into an unprecedented stage where the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra willdeliver a most magnificent performance. To top it off, there will be a splendidlight show put on by a fleet of drones in the sky over Love River Bay, thestarting point out of which Kaohsiung has evolved into the metropolis it istoday. Join us to light up Kaohsiung Port as we look back at the city's past100 years and ahead to its next 100.