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Luxembourg two days later. The mission's task was essentially to encourage a more liberal attitude towards trading with Hong Kong and the members had talks with Government officials, merchants and industrialists to this end. At the same time, they took every opportunity to promote Hong Kong products and to suggest that Common Market industrialists should participate in Hong Kong's industrial expansion.
Particular attention was paid during the year to the German market, in an endeavour to broaden the range of goods exported to that country, which had previously consisted almost entirely of clothing. Hong Kong participated in the Frankfurt Autumn Fair from 25th-29th August with an exhibit which aroused much in- terest among visitors to the fair. It consisted of a prestige display organized by Government, a stand arranged by the Hong Kong Tourist Association and a commercial exhibit comprising stalls rented out to local firms for independent displays. Two of the leading banks in the Colony were also represented. A delegation of nine led by the Honourable R. C. Lee, CBE, a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, recorded a total of 747 trade inquiries covering a wide variety of Hong Kong products.
Government also accepted an invitation to take part in the German Industries Exhibition in Berlin from 12th - 27th October as one of the Far Eastern countries invited by the Berlin authorities to exhibit under the theme Partners for Progress. The motif of the Hong Kong stand, built to a uniform design by the exhibition architects in an area of about 120 square metres, was industrial development, illustrated by a scale model of the Kwun Tong industrial estate. Photographs and samples of Hong Kong products completed the display. The delegation of nine was led by Mr Daniel H. Lam, a member of the Trade and Industry Advisory Board. The Hong Kong stand attracted considerable attention both from the public and also from the press, radio and television. The opening of the exhibition was attended by the Commissioner of Labour and three prominent Hong Kong residents, the Honourable Fung Ping-fan, OBE, Mr Mou Lee and Dr S. Y. Chung, who were present as guests of honour of the Berlin Senate.
Earlier in the year the Colony had made a re-appearance in exhibitions in Britain. An offer from the organizers of the Ideal