Clockwise from above: President Jiang Zemin welcomes Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa during his visit to Beijing in October; President Jiang thanks school- children for their welcome on his trip to Hong Kong in mid-year, when he opened the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok; France's President Jacques Chirac admires a gift
of paintings commemorating
the reunification of Hong Kong with China which Mr Tung gave him during the Chief
Executive's visit to Paris in March; the Hong Kong Asian Games team poses for photographs during celebrations marking their return; smiling medal-winners and officials reflect Hong Kong's greatest achievement at the Asian Games.