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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994

SQUARE LIVING

BY

WAY OF COMPARISON, MRS CHAN NOTED THAT ABOUT FOUR MILLION PEOPLE IN HONG KONG LIVED AND WORKED IN AN AREA OF JUST 28 MILES, WHILE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THERE WERE THREE MILLION AND WORKING IN AN AREA OF 228 SQUARE MILES.

MRS CHAN SAID, HOWEVER, THAT IN EMPHASISING THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE, SHE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HONG KONG DID NOT VALUE ITS HERITAGE. WHILE THERE WERE ONLY A RELATIVELY FEW OLDER BUILDINGS OF INTEREST REMAINING, MANY OF THE ONES THAT HAD DISAPPEARED IN THE PAST 20 OR 30 YEARS, WERE NOT PARTICULARLY WORTH KEEPING.

"THOSE

SO WE DO

THAT ARE, WE HAVE RETAINED, EITHER WHOLLY, OR BY INCORPORATING THE IMPORTANT PARTS INTO NEW DEVELOPMENTS. PRESERVE THE PAST AND BLEND WITH THE NEW," SHE SAID.

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THE ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION WILL RUN IN CHICAGO UNTIL DECEMBER IT FEATURES PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND LECTURES, AND EXHIBITS OF ESTABLISHED BUILDINGS AND STUNNING NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CITY AND URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG. MODELS OF BUILDINGS ON SHOW INCLUDE THE HONGKONGBANK, BANK OF CHINA, CENTRAL PLAZA, SHUN TAK CENTRE, CHEK KOK AIRPORT AND THE SOUTHEAST KOWLOON PROJECT.

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FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION, MRS CHAN WAS GUEST HONOUR AT A GALA DINNER IN CELEBRATION OF HONGKONG-USA

"94. HELD AT THE HISTORIC STOCK EXCHANGE TRADING ROOM OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, THE DINNER ATTRACTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHICAGO'S BUSINESS, FINANCIAL, LEAGL AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.

IN HER ADDRESS, MRS CHAN NOTED THE FRIENDSHIP AND LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHICAGO AND DESCRIBED THE TERRITORY AS AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS NETWORK. "WE ARE A LEADING REGIONAL FINANCIAL, TRADING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE WHICH INTERLOCKS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY."

IN MENTIONING THE CHANGES IN 1997, MRS CHAN SAID THE TRANSITION NEVER PROMISED ΤΟ BE EASY AND PROBLEMS WERE BOUND TO HAVE BEEN

ENCOUNTERED.

'BUT THERE ARE MANY IN HONG KONG WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TERRITORY NOW AND AFTER 1997, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. WE KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, SHE SAID.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, MRS CHAN VISITED THE CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE WHERE SHE TOURED THE TRADING FLOOR AND BRIEFED GUESTS AT A LUNCHEON IN HER HONOUR HOSTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXCHANGE, MR JACK SANDNER.

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