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A MULTI-IMAGE SLIDE TECHNIQUE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW WITH SIX PROJECTORS OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME WILL ALSO FORM PART OF THE EXHIBITION.
GUESTS AT THE OPENING, WHO WILL INCLUDE MP'S., PEERS, CIVIC DIGNITARIES, LEADING BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE U.K., WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR COLVYN HAYE.
THEY WILL BE ENTERTAINED TO PERFORMANCES OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCES BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS' CHINESE DANCE TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENING RECEPTION WHICH WILL BE HELD TO MARK THE OPENING. THE IR PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE PICKING HERBS+ +WATER FAIRIES+, +SPRING+ AND +SWORD DANCE+.
THE EXHIBITION WILL ILLUSTRATE HONG KONG'S ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE MAIN THRUST OF THE EXHIBITION, INCLUDING THE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW, IS TO HIGHLIGHT ITS LIFE-STYLE, THE VIBRANCY OF THE TERRITORY AND ITS ECONOMIC SUCCESSES.
THE NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION REPLACES THE LAST ONE WHICH HAD BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1992. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 500 000
PEOPLE VISIT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE EVERY YEAR.
TRADE DECLARATION FORMS BEING REVISED *****
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT IS TO INTRODUCE NEW IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION FORMS NEXT YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1, 1987, THE EXISTING IMPORT DECLARATION FORM 1 (CED 50) EXPORT/RE-EXPORT DECLARATION FORM 2 (CED 51) AND EXPORT DECLARATION FORM 3 (CED 52) WILL BE REVISED.
THE EXPORT DECLARATION FORM 3 FOR THE EXPORT OF HONG KONG-MADE CLOTHING (INCLUDING FOOTWEAR ITEMS) IS TO BE REPLACED BY THE EXPORT DECLARATION FORM 2A. FOR THE EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT OF ITEMS OTHER THAN HONG KONG-MADE CLOTHING, THE REVISED EXPORT/RE-EXPORT DECLARATION FORM 2 WILL HAVE TO BE USED.
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THE IMPORT DECLARATION FORM 1. CURRENTLY USED FOR THE IMPORT OF ALL ITEMS, WILL BE REVISED AND ITS USE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE IMPORT OF ALL GOODS OTHER THAN FOOD ITEMS AS FROM JANUARY 1, 1987 WHEN A NEW IMPORT DECLARATION FORM FORM 1A - WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE IMPORT OF FOOD ITEMS.
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