WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986
CANADIANS EAGER TO HEAR ABOUT HONG KONG
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CANADIANS HAVE BEEN SHOWING UNBRIDLED ENTHUSIASM FOR HONG KONG DURING A TRADE PROMOTION AND A VISIT BY SOME OF THE TERRITORY'S MOST HIGH-POWERED BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO MONTREAL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.
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YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) MORNING THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHÚNG, TOURED THE FOCAL POINT OF THE TRADE PROMOTION, AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS AND CULTURE AT THE EATONS DEPARTMENT STORE,
SIR DAVID AND SIR S.Y. WERE SHOWN AROUND THE STORE BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF EATONS, PIERRE WITMEUR.
PIERRE WITMEUR. THE EATONS MONTREAL STORE IS THE LARGEST IN CANADA AT 1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET, AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF HONG KONG DISPLAY ON EACH OF ITS SIX FLOORS.
THE PROMOTION, WHICH IS RUNNING FOR THE WHOLE OF FEBRUARY, FEATURES HONG KONG ARCHES AND BUNTING THROUGHOUT THE STORE, A LION DANCE AND TAI CHI DEMONSTRATIONS THREE TIMES DAILY, AND CHINESE COOK ING LESSONS. THERE ARE ALSO DEMONSTRATIONS BY HONG KONG MASTERS OF CALLIGRAPHY, ENGRAVING AND CHINESE PAINTING.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PROMOTIONS IS A MOCK-UP OF A CANADIAN-PACIFIC AIRCRAFT, IN WHICH VISITORS CAN EXPERIENCE A 20-MINUTE SIMULATED +FLIGHT TO HONG KONG, COMPLETE WITH HOSTESSES SERVING DIM SUM. THE SIMULATOR'S 102 SEATS HAVE BEEN BOOKED OUT THROUGHOUT THE PROMOTION.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIMULATOR, C-P AIR HAS SOLD 4 000 FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS FROM A BOOTH IT HAS SET UP IN EATONS.
AFTER VISITING EATONS, SIR DAVID ADDRESSED A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
HE DELIGHTED HIS AUIDENCE OF ALMOST 150 BY MAKING HIS OPENING REMARKS IN FRENCH, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND HIS WARM WELCOME TO CANADA,
IN THE AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID HOSTED A NEWS CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY 15 LEADING CANADIAN FINANCIAL JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING REPORTERS FROM CANADA'S MAIN DAILY NEWSPAPER, THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL, AND FOUR RADIO STATIONS.
THE DAY WOUND UP WITH A FORMAL BLACK-TIE FUNCTION AT THE EATONS STORE HOSTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MR JACK SO, AND A MEMBER OF THE RETAILING FAMILY, MR FREDRIK EATON,
THE FUNCTION INCLUDED A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION AND GALA SHOW OF HONG KONG FASHIONS, FOLLOWED BY A CHINESE BANQUET.
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