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Despite the fact that few businesses actually turned off their lights at the suggested time, Lights Out Hong Kong organiser Alastair Robins claimed that the campaign was a success, as the goal was to raise public and government concerns about air pollution. In particular, Chief Executive Donald Tsang refused to support the campaign with a delay of the nightly light show, Symphony of Lights, which started at 8 pm. In a reply to the request made to delay the light show, Donald Tsang said that the campaign could "give adverse publicity to Hong Kong as an international metropolis and a major tourist attraction."
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