Taipei Taiwan New Year Eve Party Details (II)

2006 New Years Eve Party will be one of the most extravagant ever party ever.

To help you join the party, city government is giving away free brochures with maps of the Xinyi District and a list of activities. 2006 party will continue until 5am, January 1.

Street lights, lamp posts, Christmas trees, and department store windows will be decorated with pretty light.

The city government has organized roadside events: the final rounds of the MRT Cup pop music contest, street dance performances, the Hakka Mobile Tea House, WhiteNight Crazy Music, three-on-three street basketball, HO-Yi-Yam indigenous cuisine, and the New Year’s Dance Party.

Shopping centers and department stores will extend their hours, including New York New York, Taipei 101, Warner Village, Neo 19, and the Novel Hall for Performing Arts. The new Eslite Bookstore will be open 24 hours.

In addition to maps, the DOI pamphlet comes with coupons. Some 20,000 pamphlets will be available throughout the city, beginning December 14. Get a copy at: Taipei’’s district offices, Taipei Public Library (Main Branch), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Cultural Center, Taipei Children’s Recreation Center, Taipei Zoo, and the Neihu Technology Park Service Center.

Other locations to get a pamphlet: the city’’s six tourism centers, MRT stations (after December 22), Discovery Center of Taipei, United Service Center, stores in the Xinyi District, and the information desk at Taipei City Hall.

The MRT stations carrying the pamphlets are as follows: Danshui Station, Guandu Station, Jiantan Station, Taipei Main Station, NTU Hospital Station, CKS Memorial Hall Station, Gongguan Station, Dingxi Station, Taipei City Hall Station, Zhongxiao Fuxing Station, Ximen Station, Longshan Temple Station, Xinpu Station, Nanjing E. Road Station, and Taipei Zoo Station.

Below is a list of activities in the Xinyi Business District:

1. Taipei New Year’s Eve Party 2006 (2005/12/31, 19:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 01:00): Civil Plaza. Major pop artists such as A-mei, MAY DAY, FIR, and Stephanie Sun; Taipei 101 countdown fireworks show. Do not miss this once-a-year event!

2. MRT Cup Pop Music Contest Finals (2006/1/1, 01:00 ~ 05:00): Taipei City Hall’s southeastern “street-dancing” corner. In addition to the finals, the band “Soda Green” will perform.

3. Performances by street artists (2005/12/31, 23:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 05:00):Xinyi Business District. Sketch artists, visual artists, and musicians.

4. Hakka Mobile Tea House (2006/1/1, 00:00 ~ 05:00): Songshou Park. Decorations in the area will be based on a Hakka bamboo-furniture theme. Waiters in traditional Hakka clothing will serve visitors Hakka Peng-feng tea and other Hakka dessert assortments. There will also be Hakka songs performances at set time. Visitors can drop by for a taste of Hakka-style leisure.

5. WhiteNight Crazy Music (2006/1/1, 01:30 ~ 04:40): Xinyi Business District Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Plaza. DJ Lin Chiang heats up the night; bands such as XL and Wang Fu will appear. Paper Dolls, a band of five high-school students from Yilan’s Datong Township, will demonstrate the energy of indigenous youths.

6. HO-Yi-Yam indigenous cuisine (2005/12/31, 22:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 05:00):Xinyi Business District A10 parking lot (next to Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A8). Boutiques selling handicrafts and food—this is the place to discover the beauty of Taiwan’s indigenous cultures.

7. Three-on-three basketball (2005/12/31, 15:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 04:30): Xinyi Business District A13 parking lot (next to Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A11). Divisions for men, women, high-school boys, high-school girls, middle-school boys, middle-school girls, elementary-school boys, and elementary-school girls (the elementary school divisions are limited to fifth and sixth graders). The middle-school and elementary-school divisions will have the finals at 18:30 pm. The finals for high school and adults will take place at the very beginning of 2006.

8. Healthy and Energetic Carnival (2005/12/31, 13:30 ~ 2006/1/1 03:30): Shing Kong Mitsukoshi Plaza and Walkway (between Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A9 and A11). One of the sponsors, Airwaves, will be hosting small competitions at the walkway starting 13:30 on 2005/12/31. Competitions include small obstacle races and shouting-volume matches. There will also be health examinations provided at the site.

9. New Year’s Dance Party (2005/12/31, 23:00 – 2006/01/01 03:00) Center court of Warner Village: DJs will be playing hot dance tracks for those who want to show off their skills.

10. New Years Day Morning Jog: 2006/1/1, 05:00 at the Civil Plaza. The flag hoisting ceremony will take place at 05:30; the whistle will sound at 05:45. The jogging trail starts at Civil Plaza, goes all the way through Renai Road, and ends at the Youth Recreation Center. First 2,000 participants will receive a small flag and T-shirt.

Xinyi Business District Store Hour Extensions:

Eslite Flagship Store 24 hours
Café Cape of Good Hope 2005/12/31, 14:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 05:00
Taipei 101 Shopping Center 2005/12/31: regular floors: until 22:30,
Snack court: until 02:00
Starbucks (Songshou Store) 2005/12/31, 07:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 02:00
Novel Hall bookstore 2005/12/31: until 24:00
Novel Hall center court café 2006/1/1: until 05:00
New York New York 2005/12/31: 2F ~ 7F until 24:00
1F and food court 2006/1/1: until 01:00
McDonalds 2006/1/1: until 03:00
Warner Brothers Village (movies) 2006/1/1: until 05:00
Food court 2006/1/1: until 03:30
NEO19 food court 2006/1/1: until 05:00

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