Community celebration

Very Hong Kong is the city's first independent, annual program with a mix of community-founded arts, culture, food, lifestyle, sports and design events held in various public spaces in the city. It will be a celebration of culture, heritage, cosmopolitan lifestyle and urban environments through the use of public and donated spaces for a variety of innovative events open to all. The idea is to raise the bar on the transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, taking innovative expression and public participation to a whole new level.

Various times. Dec 7-15. Kowloon East hub, Central Waterfront hub and Wan Chai hub. 852-2528-8666. www.veryhk.com.

Santas are coming to town

Get into the spirit of the Christmas season by putting on your best Santa costume and joining other jolly revelers in the Santacon pub crawl. Rendezvous in Central before making your way through Tsim Sha Tsui, Wan Chai and Soho before ending in Lan Kwai Fong. Elves, reindeer and Mrs Clauses of all shapes and sizes welcome.

1 pm, Dec 14. Red Bar, 4/F, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central. 852-8129-8882.

- Timo Chui

Guangzhou

Meet and greet

Make friends and seek business opportunities at the annual Inter-Chamber Christmas Dinner in Guangzhou on Dec 10. A traditional Christmas choir, Christmas buffet, lucky draw and hot mulled wine will give the party an authentic festival flavor. Tickets for members of the British, French and German chambers - the event's three hosts - cost 250 yuan per person, while the non-member ticket price is 350 yuan. Payments must be made by cash at the door, but you need to go to www.britchamgd.com to complete the registration in advance.

6:30 pm, Dec 10. Westin, 6 Linhe Middle Road, Tianhe district, Guangzhou. 020-8331-5013.

Beijing

Making LinkedIn work

The FC Club (Beijing) invites professionals seeking career development to gather on Dec 12 for a seminar on "How to optimize your LinkedIn profile without spending hours doing it" with a networking mixer before and after the progam. Guest speaker Bridget Rooth, founder and director of the online English editing firm English Trackers, went from writing search-friendly content for websites to writing optimized profiles on LinkedIn. She has trained hundreds of professionals from diplomats to entrepreneurs, from job-seeking young professionals to hardy China hands on how to get the most out of their LinkedIn profiles and networks.

7:30-10:30 pm, Dec 12. Champagne Bar, Fairmont Hotel. 010-8511-7777.

Bethel celebrates 10 years

Bethel China, a residential facility for disabled orphans in suburban Beijing, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an open house for friends and supporters, featuring a concert, photo and art exhibition, games, crafts and more. Free admission, but RSVP requested at [email protected].

7-9 pm, Dec 14. Regent Beijing Hotel, 99 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng district. 010-8522-1888.

- Mike Peters

If you would like to suggest events for Out and About, please e-mail [email protected].

(China Daily 12/08/2013 page5)