SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1987
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HONG KONG'TAVILION A BIT AT SAN FRANCISCO'S PACIFIC RIM FAIR
HONG KONG AND SIX PACIFIC POINT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR HELD FROM AUGUST 27 TO 30.
AND
RIM SISTER CITIES ARE THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
FOCAL
BEING
AS MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT THE CIVIC WITH 1TS CENTER IN THE HEART OF THE CITY TO ATTEND THE FOUR-DAY FAIR
SOME THEME.
170 PACIFIC RIM GROUPS 'GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC'
AND SERVICE ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED, INCLUDING CONSUMER GOODS WELL AS NATIONAL PAVILIONS.
ARE
AS
ECONOMIC AIRWAYS THE
THE HONG KONG PAVILION, CO-SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG AFFAIRS OFFICE, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, CATHAY PACIFIC
OF IS PROVING TO BE ONE AND HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,
AN GOERS WITH
IMMEDIATE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS AND PRESENTS FAIR
DYNAMIC CITY FOR AND VITAL IMPRESSION OF THE TERRITORY AS A MODERN, BUSINESS, TRADE AND TOURISM.
HIGHLIGHTING THE TWO-WAY LINKS
BETWEEN THE
TWO CITIES,
AGRICULTURAL STATES OF
PRODUCTS GARMENTS,
PAVILION INCLUDES DISPLAYS OF CALIFORNIA'S MAJOR IMPORTS TO HONG
FOR EXAMPLE, ORANGES, WINE, AND OTHER WELL AS HONG KONG'S EXPORTS TO THE UNITED AND ELECTRONIC ITEMS,
THE
KONG
AS
TOYS
THE TERRITORY'S COMMUNICATIONS ARE ON SHOW WITH A DISPLAY BY AND TRADE LINKS CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, WHILE FINANCE, ARCHITECTURE
TOURISM IS WELL REPRESENTED WITH SOME ARE ALSO PINPOINTED.
TYPICAL
OF THE HONG KONG SCENES
TERRITORY AND OVERHEAD STREET SIGNS. A HARBOUR NIGHT SCENE PROVIDES A HUGE PICTORIAL BACKDROP.
THE PAST SIX PRANCISCO AND ITS
OVER THIS ANNUAL FAIR HAS DEVELOPED REPRESENT THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF SAN
YEARS TO OVERSEAS
LINKS, GIVING IT AN INCREASINGLY INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR. SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH SAN FRANCISCO, THE OTHER CITIES PART ARE MANILA, OSAKA, SEOUL, SHANGHAI, SYDNEY AND TAIPEI,
SHARING TAKING
EU
OPENING THE FAIR, CALIFORNIA SEURETARY OF STATE, MARCH FONG
FOR PRAISED HONG KONG AND THE SISTER CITIES
THEIR HELP IN PUTTING SUCCESSFUL AND TOGETHER SUCH AN INTERNATIONAL DISPLAY, AND NOTED THE
SAN GROWING BLEND BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES IN THE CITY OF FRANCISCO.
"IN VIEW OF HONG KONG'S UNIQUE POSITION IN THE PACIFIC RIM IN
AND TOURISM, IT TRADE, FINANCE, INVESTMENT
THAT NATURAL
HONG THE FAIR, KONG'S PARTICIPATION, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
INTEREST AMONG HAS ATTRACTED SO MUCH
THE NUMEROUS VISITORS, SAID DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG ECONOMIC AFFAIRS IN SAN FRANCISCO, BILLY LAM.
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