TNAG-1152-FCO40-1432-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-Commonwealth-1982 — Page 200

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THE EYES OF BRITONS WILL BE CAUGHT BY A FAST-MOVING HONG KONG AGAIN THIS YEAR WHEN A SERIES OF +ON-THE-ROAD+ HONG KONG GALA EVENINGS ARE LAUNCHED IN BRITIAN IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER.

AND, IN CASE THEY MISS THESE LIVELY EVENINGS, THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FIRM GRASP OF +WHAT-IS-HONG KONG+ AT A HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE IN LONDON.

THE EVENTS ARE ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WITH THE SUPPORT OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES IN HONG KONG,

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE EVENTS ARE A CONTINUATION OF OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG IN THE TRUE TRADITION OF THE +HONG KONG IN LONDON FESTIVALT IN 1980 AND THE +HONG KONG BALA EVEN INGS+ AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S HONG KONG +ON-THE-ROAD+ PRESENTATIONS WILL START ON SEPTEMBER 30 AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN MANCHESTER, MOVE TO THE MUSIC HALL AND ASSEMBLY ROOM IN EDINBURGH ON OCTOBER 5, AND TO THE ALBANY HOTEL IN BIRMINGHAM ON OCTOBER 7.

EACH EVENT WILL CONSIST OF A RECEPTION FOR ABOUT 600 GUESTS, DURING WHICH THERE WILL BE A STAGE PRESENTATION COMPRISING A 25-MINUTE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW AND LIVE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE BY THE 16-MEMBER HONG KONG JING YING DANCE TROUPE.

THE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW WILL INTRODUCE A PANORAMA OF HONG KONG TO THE BRITISH GUESTS, WHO ARE TOP PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, THE PROFESSIONS, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS THE MEDIA. EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE TO THE U.K. OF ITS TRADE WITH HONG KONG.

IT WILL

THE +LIVE+ ELEMENTS OF THE STAGE PRESENTATION WILL ALSO BE FEATURED AT THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE RENOVATED HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE IN LONDON ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 12.

LORD BELSTEAD, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, FOLLOWING WHICH THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION HOSTED BY SIR S.Y: chung SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND SIR JACK CATER, Wu8 HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON FOR THE PROMINENT GUESTS FROM THE 16,8

BOTH HONG KONG AND BRITAIN.

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THE EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE WILL FEATURE HKGOW. WHONG KONG IN ITS VARIOUS ASPECTS, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND be informed MODELS. A SELECTION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS SUCH AS TEXTILES

TOYS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES, JEWELLERY AND ART WORKS WILL ALSO BE by LoB's ON DISPLAY.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THIS YEAR'S PROMOTIONAL EVENTS ARE BEING HELD IN BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER AND EDINBURGH BECAUSE THEY ARE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT REGIONAL CENTRES OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, BANKING AND FINANCE.

HE SAID THE MAIN OBJECT OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMMES, LIKE THOSE OF PREVIOUS YEARS, IS TO INFORM THE TOP PEOPLE IN PUBLIC LIFE IN THE U.K. ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF HONG KONG, THEREBY CORRECTING ANY LINGERING MISAPPREHENSIONS AND CREATING A RESERVOIR OF GOODWILL FOR HONG KONG AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SECTIONS OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY.