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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 1992

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FESTIVAL TO STRESS FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN IK AND CANADA

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OF

THE THEME

DYNAMISM AND CULTURAL, SPORTS,

FESTIVAL HONG KONG '92, WHICH CENTRED ON FRIENDSHIP AND CO-OPERATION, WOULD SHOWCASE HONG KONG'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY TO CANADA THROUGH SOME 150 EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS EVENTS.

RECREATION

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, IN HIS ADDRESS TO A LUNCHEON MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHEAST,

'92

THE

BIGGEST AND MOST

HE SAID FESTIVAL HONG KONG

WAS THE AMBITIOUS OVERSEAS PROMOTION HONG KONG HAD EVER STAGED.

THE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 26 AND IN FIVE CITIES IN CANADA TORONTO, MONTREAL, CALGARY, VANCOUVER.

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OCTOBER 21 OTTAWA AND

GAINED THROUGH RELATIONSHIP

IT WILL STRESS THE MUTUAL BENEFITS THAT CAN BE STRONGER EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, FAMILY AND BUSINESS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA.

ECONOMIES. THE CANADA'S KEY ΤΟ

"HONG KONG IS. ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING FESTIVAL WILL UNDERLINE THE VALUE OF HONG ASIA, THE FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIC REGION IN THE WORLD.

KONG AS

"HONG KONG ALSO PRESENTS ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY

MR SO SAID.

TO CHINA,

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AS THE

GATEWAY

WOULD

APART FROM FUN AND ENJOYMENT, THE FESTIVAL IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN TO GET TO CANADIAN COUNTERPARTS AS WELL AS TO EXCHANGE DEVELOP LASTING FRIENDSHIP WITH THEM.

ALSO OFFER KNOW THEIR AND ΤΟ

EXPERIENCES

THEIR FINANCIAL

MR SO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE FESTIVAL EVENTS.

HE SAID THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER

HONG KONG, THE COMMERCE WERE

OF ORGANISING DELEGATIONS TO CANADA OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT.

TO EXPLORE

PETER

SUTCH, WOULD BE

MR LI, KONG BUSINESSMEN

HE ADDED THAT BARONESS DUNN, SIR Q W MR CHOW MAN-YIU AND MANY PROMINENT HONG SPEAKING AT BUSINESS SEMINARS IN CANADA.

"THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, WILL BE OTTAWA AND VANCOUVER IN MID-NOVEMBER. WHILE IN PRESENT A 40-FOOT HANDCRAFTED DRAGON BOAT TO THE PEOPLE OF

OTTAWA, MARK THE OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE FESTIVAL," MR SO SAID.

OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WILL ATTEND THE EVENTS ARE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN: THE SECRETARY SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN; AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE MR T H CHAU.

VISITING HE WILL CANADA ΤΟ

FESTIVAL

SECRETARY FOR FOR ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY,

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