MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1992
MAJOR EVENT TO PROMOTE HK IN LONDON
HONG KONG IS TO STAGE A MAJOR PROMOTIONAL EVENT IN LONDON LATER THIS MONTH TO DRIVE HOME TO AN INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
AS TERRITORY
ITS A BUSINESS CENTRE, AS WELL AS CULTURAL LIFE.
THE
MULTI-FACETED
CONFERENCE
ON
JANUARY
PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A BUSINESS TWO-DAY JANUARY 22, AND TWO CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS IN THE EVENINGS OF 22 AND 23.
TRADE
THE
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
WITH CONJUNCTION CONFERENCE, ORGANISED IN
QUEEN ELIZABETH COUNCIL, WILL BE HELD AT THE
THEME "HONG AND WILL HAVE AS ITS OVERALL
CONFERENCE CENTRE, BRITAIN'S BRIDGE TO ASIA".
THE II KONG:
MR ALLEN CABLE
CHAIRED BY EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER LEE, THE CONFERENCE WILL HAVE LORD YOUNG, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF AND WIRELESS, AS ITS KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
PROFESSOR EDWARD
MR
KONG
GROUP,
OTHER SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR STEPHEN CHEONG; DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S CENTRE OF ASIAN STUDIES AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR,
CHEN; MANAGING DIRECTOR,
CORPORATE
SMITH NEW COURT (FAR EAST)
RICHARD LIMITED,
MARGOLIS;
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LAM SOON HONG RAYMOND CH'IEN; MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PENINSULAR KNITTERS LIMITED
MR HENRY TANG; AND CHAIRMAN OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DR VICTOR FUNG.
FINANCE, GROUP
DR AND THE TRADE
ECONOMIC
TOPICS TO BE COVERED WILL INCLUDE POST-1997 POLITICS, PROSPECTS, HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND THE SUPPLY CENTRE, BUSINESS LINKS WITH CHINA, AND HONG KONG'S ROLE IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL GIVE THE CONCLUDING SPEECH AND HOST A LUNCH FOR THE 350 CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS.
THE
CENTRE,
CULTURAL
AND
CULTURAL EVENINGS, TO BE STAGED AT THE BARBICAN WILL COMPRISE AN AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW AND A LIVE FASHION,
THE DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA TO BE PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY FOR
ARTS AND
OF THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN PERFORMING
THE HONG KONG
POLYTECHNIC.
BE
THE GUEST OF HONOUR FOR THE PERFORMANCE ON JANUARY 23 WILL HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES, WHILE GUESTS AT EACH EVENING
SOME 800 PROMINENT SOCIAL, WILL INCLUDE
FINANCIAL,
PERSONALITIES FROM BOTH THE UK AND HONG KONG,
AND
POLITICAL
GRANTED A PRESENTATIONS,
THE HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HAS DONATION OF $400,000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE CULTURAL WHILE CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS WILL BE FLYING THE PERFORMERS TO AND FROM LONDON AT HALF PRICE.
THE LAST TIME HONG KONG STAGED A MAJOR PROMOTIONAL LONDON WAS IN 1981.
EVENT IN
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