Hong Kong 12/12/12 weddings fail to beat 11/11/11

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HONG KONG: The number of Hong Kong couples planning to marry on 12/12/12 — seen as a fairly fortunate date by feng shui masters — has shrunk compared to the more auspicious 11/11/11 last year, reports said yesterday.

Dates like 10/10/10 or 11/11/11 have traditionally seen couples flock to tie the knot. But some Chinese feng shui masters said December 12 this year, which is seen as signifying ‘love’, was not ideal for nuptials.

Hong Kong’s marriage registry has received only 696 notifications from couples planning to get married on Wednesday, a spokesman from the immigration department — which oversees the registry — told AFP.

This was a sharp fall from 1,002 weddings on November 11 last year, which signified ‘eternal love’, and 859 weddings on October 10, 2010 which represented ‘perfection’.

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese belief that seeks to channel good and bad psychic energy through the arrangement of furniture and ornaments. It also determines auspicious dates. — AFP