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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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