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London ETO also lent support to the Hong Kong film season promotions in London, Manchester, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm and two arts exhibitions in Manchester. In addition, it organised four recitals by leading Hong Kong pianist Colleen Ka-Ling Lee in London, Glasgow, Newcastle and Helsinki.
The first of a series of Hong Kong Week promotions in Europe was held in Russia in September featuring Hong Kong's trade, tourism and culture. The London ETO also organised concerts by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Hong Kong made its third appearance in the City of London Lord Mayor's Show with a spectacular display that included a full-size dragon boat, a Brand Hong Kong Star Ferry carrying Chinese musicians, and a float with six 'floating children' from Hong Kong's Cheung Chau island a pair of whom was dressed as Olympic equestrians. A breathtaking acrobatic display was held outside the Lord Mayor's residence at Mansion House, watched by more than 500 000 people. The show was broadcast nationwide in Britain to about 2 million viewers and also to the BBC's 300 million viewers around the world.
The London ETO organised Chinese New Year receptions in London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Copenhagen, Oslo, Riga, Zurich, Bratislava, Moscow and St Petersburg. Several of these functions included business seminars.
North America
During the summer, the Washington ETO presented the 12th annual 'Made in Hong Kong Film Festival' co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art.
In October, to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Establishment of the HKSAR, the Washington ETO and The Centre for Strategic and International Studies co-organised a one-day conference titled, 'Hong Kong on the Move: American and Hong Kong Perspectives on the First Ten Years of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region'.
The conference was opened by the Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Mr Ronald Arculli, and Congressman, Mr Donald Manzullo. The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, delivered the keynote address. The Director- General of Trade and Industry, Mr Joseph Lai, Government Economist, Mr Kwok Kwok-chuen, and Deputy Director of Health, Dr Gloria Tam, spoke at the conference.
In October, the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, attended the 2007 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC.
He met Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, Mr Ben Bernanke, and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of National Economic Council, Mr Allan Hubbard. He also spoke at a Business Roundtable breakfast, and presided over a performance by Hong Kong's City Contemporary Dance Company.