TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1991
IN CANADA WOULD INTEGRATE THE HONG KONG
"HOLDING HONG KONG FESTIVALS IN MAJOR CITIES
AND IMAGE ALSO HELP PROMOTE HONG KONG'S IMMIGRANTS INTO THE CANADIAN COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
CONFERENCE,
FOR TO
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS SHELLEY LAU, SAID AN EXPLORATORY VISIT CANADA WAS MADE LAST MONTH (MARCH) TO SOUND OUT THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THERE ON HOW BEST TO ORGANISE THE FESTIVAL IN CANADA.
HONG KONG
MRS LAU
SAID
SHE
COLLEAGUES TWO AND
FROM
THE
TRADE AND THOSE PROVINCES WHICH T DUSTRY BRANCH AND THE URBAN COUNCIL VISITED
HONG KONG FESTIVAL IN HAD ALREADY SHOWN INTEREST IN ORGANISING THE CANADA AND THEY INCLUDED BRITISH COLUMBIA, ONTARIO AND MANITOBA.
FROM THE "WE ARE MOST ENCOURAGED BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE
AS OFFICIALS
WELL AS CANADIAN, + AND CITY GOVERNMENT PROVINCIAL
ON OUR VISIT, INCLUDING CANADIAN CHINESE, COMMUNITY LEADERS WE SAW SHE SAID.
"DURING THE
EXPLORATORY
VISIT, THE
TIMING, PROGRAMME CONTENT, ORGANISATION SOURCES AND PUBLICITY WERE ADDRESSED.
QUESTIONS
OF
POSSIBLE MACHINERY, POSSIBLE FUNDING
OVER THE "WE EXPECT OTHER PROVINCES MAY ALSO EXPRESS INTEREST
DO OUR NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND WILL
BEST TO SUPPORT ANY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE HONG KONG FESTIVAL THAT THE VARIOUS PROVINCES MAY TO ORGANISE," SHE SAID.
WISH
WAS MRS LAU SAID ALTHOUGH NO FINAL DECISIONS HAD BEEN MADE, IT
THE HONG KONG FESTIVAL IN LIKELY THAT THE EVENTUAL PROGRAMMES FOR
PROMOTIONS, VARIOUS CITIES IN CANADA MIGHT INCLUDE TRADE AND BUSINESS
CANADIAN CHARITIES, FOOD FUNDS FOR LOCAL RAISE CULTURE GALAS TO
LOCAL FESTIVALS, FILM FESTIVALS, SPORTS AND RECREATION EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND EXHIBITIONS RELATED TO HONG KONG.
WE
BE FOUND "CONSIDERABLE FUNDING AND SPONSORSHIPS WOULD NEED TO
GOVERNMENT FUNDING, FOR ORGANISING THESE EVENTS, AND APART FROM HOPE TO ENLIST THE SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCILS, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, THE URBAN AND AND MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
SHE ADDED.
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