31.   A major festival promoting Hong Kong as a city of culture opens in London on Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.

32.   The shrine, dedicated to the Japanese war dead including hanged class-A war criminals, holds major festivals twice a year in spring and autumn.

33.   North Korea is to hold a major festival in Pyongyang from April to include one of its renowned mass rallies in a bid to lure foreign visitors.