SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1986
+TWO CITIES+ PROJECT TO MARK EXCHANGE OPENING
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A SERIES OF EVENTS HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROMOTIONS EVER UNDERTAKEN BY THE OFFICE. CALLED THE TWO CITIES+ PROJECT, IT IS THE RESULT OF A COLLABORATION WITH THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE FINANCIAL TIMES.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE A LUNCH-TIME RECEPTION FOR 100 OF UK'S TOP BUSINESSMEN, HOSTED BY THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DURING WHICH THERE WILL BE A LIVE TELEVISION LINK BY SATELLITE WITH THE COLISEUM IN HONG KONG, WHERE 3 000 GUESTS WILL BE ATTENDING A BANQUET TO CELEBRATE THAT MORNING'S OPENING OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG.
GUESTS AT THE RECEPTION IN LONDON WILL INCLUDE MR ROBIN LEIGH-PEMBERTON, GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, MR CHARLES SIN, FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, AND THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR COLVYN HAYE.
THE 60-MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAMME, WHICH IS BEING PRODUCED BY BRITISH TELECOM, WILL INCLUDE A RECORDING OF THE OPENING CEREMONY IN HONG KONG AND A +LIVE+ EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND LONDON.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES WILL MOUNT A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, ENTITLED +HONG KONG IN FOCUS+, IN THE VISITORS' GALLERY OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, WHICH RECEIVES 1 000 VISITORS A DAY.
A +TWIN+ EXHIBITION, ALSO ARRANGED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES WAS OPENED LAST WEEK IN THE ROTUNDA OF EXCHANGE SQUARE, HONG KONG.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN BOTH EXHIBITIONS ARE THE WORK OF FINANCIAL TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER ROGER TAYLOR, WHO VISITED HONG KONG TWICE IN RECENT MONTHS AND TOOK MANY THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, FROM WHICH THOSE IN THE EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
DURING THE MONTH-LONG PROJECT IN LONDON, A NEW VIDEO PRESENTATION, ENTITLED +HONG KONG THE GOLDEN CITY+, PRODUCED BY THE LONDON OFFICE, WILL BE GIVEN SIX DAILY PUBLIC PERFORMANCES IN THE CINEMA OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
THE VIDEO DESCRIBES THE GROWTH OF HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE AND THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMY. IT ALSO EXPLAINS THE FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT HAS BENEFITED THE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR EVERYONE IN HONG KONG.
THE EXHIBITION