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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992

EYES OPEN TO HK FASHIONS AND ARTS

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A SPECTACULAR AND COLOURFUL

GALA

PRESENTATION OF

HONG

KONG

DEPARTMENT

FASHIONS BEGAN AFTER THE EYES OF A "LION" WERE OPENED AT A STORE IN VANCOUVER YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) NIGHT.

HUNDREDS OF GUESTS

PRESENTING A WIDE GENERATION OF DESIGN MANUFACTURERS.

WERE ABLE TO SEE TOP CANADIAN MODELS VARIETY OF STYLES CREATED BY HONG

NEW TALENT AND PRODUCED BY HONG KONG'S GARMENT

KONG'S

FESTIVAL

HONG

BUSINESS

THE FASHION SHOW WAS ONE OF THE MAIN EVENTS OF KONG '92 IN CANADA WHICH AIMED AT STRENGTHENING CULTURAL AND LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CANADA.

SPEAKING BEFORE OFFICIATING AT THE EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY, BETWEEN ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THE TRADE

IN AND CONSUMERS HONG KONG AND CANADA WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW, PLACES WOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF THIS CLOSE PARTNERSHIP.

EITHER, RE

BOTH

HONG

FIVE

ITS

AS

"THIS IS NO SHORT-TERM AFFAIR

"WHEN SAID. KONG BECOMES A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ZONE OF CHINA IN LESS THAN YEARS' TIME, IT WILL REMAIN A FREE MARKET

WITH ECONOMY, GUARANTEED FOR CAPITALIST SYSTEM AND LIFE STYLE

AND 50 YEARS, FRIENDS AROUND THE ANXIOUS AS EVER TO DO BUSINESS WITH ITS

PACIFIC

RIM.

TO

MARK THE

WAS

AN WORKS

EARLIER, MR WIGGHAM VISITED VANCOUVER ART GALLERY WHERE HE

DRAGON OF A INVITED TO DOT THE EYES

OF OPENING EXHIBITION OF INK PAINTINGS FEATURING 49 PIECES OF CONTEMPORARY FROM THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART.

LAM, LIEUTENANT

OF

CULTURE, REGIONAL

PRESENT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR DAVID GOVERNOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, MRS BECKIE HARCOURT, WIFE OF PREMIER BRITISH COLUMBIA, MR JAMES SO, SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND DR RONALD LEUNG, URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AND CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN.

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