Firing Of Crackers

In Singapore, a partial ban on firecrackers was imposed in March 1970 after a fire killed six people and injured 68. This was extended to a total ban in August 1972, after an explosion that killed two people and an attack on two police officers attempting to stop a group from letting off firecrackers in February 1972. Our Chinese business men believed that the longer the chain of crackers that they fired is a sign of prosperity and good luck for the coming year. I captured this image at Hong Kong Street, in 1970. This was one of the images that I captured before the ban of firing crackers. (An image in my series of Down The Memory Lane………Singapore In The Seventies…….No.16)