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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1982

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HONG KONG SHOWS TO BE HELD IN BRITAIN

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THE EYES OF BRITONS WILL BE CAUGHT BY A FAST-MOVING HONG KONG AGAIN THIS YEAR WHEN A SERIES OF +ON-THE-ROAD+ HONG KONG GALA EVENINGS ARE LAUNCHED IN BRITIAN IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER.

AND IN CASE THEY MISS THESE LIVELY EVENINGS, THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FIRM GRASP OF WHAT-IS-HONG KONG+ AT A HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE IN LONDON.

THE EVENTS ARE ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WITH THE SUPPORT OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES IN HONG KONG.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE EVENTS ARE A CONTINUATION OF OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG IN THE TRUE TRADITION OF THE +HONG KONG IN LONDON FESTIVAL IN 1980 AND THE HONG KONG GALA EVENINGS+ AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S HONG KONG +ON-THE-ROAD PRESENTATIONS WILL START ON SEPTEMBER 30 AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN MANCHESTER, MOVE TO THE MUSIC HALL AND ASSEMBLY ROOM IN EDINBURGH ON OCTOBER 5, AND TO THE ALBANY HOTEL IN BIRMINGHAM ON OCTOBER 7.

EACH EVENT WILL CONSIST OF A RECEPTION FOR ABOUT 600 GUESTS, DURING WHICH THERE WILL BE A STAGE PRESENTATION COMPRISING A 25-MINUTE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW AND LIVE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE BY THE 16-MEMBER HONG KONG JING YING DANCE TROUPE.

THE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW WILL INTRODUCE A PANORAMA OF HONG KONG TO THE BRITISH GUESTS, WHO ARE TOP PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, THE PROFESSIONS, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS THE MEDIA. IT WILL EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE TO THE U.K. OF ITS TRADE WITH HONG KONG.

THE +LIVE+ ELEMENTS OF THE STAGE PRESENTATION WILL ALSO BE FEATURED AT THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE RENOVATED HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE IN LONDON ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 12.

LORD BELSTEAD, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, FOLLOWING WHICH THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION HOSTED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND SIR JACK CATER, HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON FOR THE PROMINENT GUESTS FROM BOTH HONG KONG AND BRITAIN.

THE EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE WILL FEATURE HONG KONG IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND MODELS. A SELECTION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS SUCH AS TEXTILES, TOYS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES, JEWELLERY AND ART WORKS WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY.

'THE SPOKESMAN