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Barcelona, CeBIT in Hanover and MIDO in Milan, as well as the Swiss Industries Fair in Basle and The London Pret.

This year saw the opening of TDC offices in Seoul and Bangkok.

A variety of Hong Kong business groups under the auspices of the council visited the United States, Europe, China, the Middle East and Japan to enhance old trade contacts or establish new ones. The council also received more than 400 inward missions from all over the world.

In Hong Kong, the council staged Hong Kong Fashion Week, Hong Kong International Toys and Games Fair, Hong Kong International Electronics Fair, the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, Hong Kong International Watch and Clock Fair, Hong Kong International Gifts and Houseware Fair and Hong Kong Showcase '90. In addition, the council added the Hong Kong Book Fair, the Hong Kong International Food Fair, Leisure and Hobby Expo '90 and the Hong Kong International Audio & Visual Show '91 to its ever-expanding schedule of TDC-organised events, and staged some two dozen seminars. It also participated in the Leather International Fair, World Print Pack Expo '90, Hong Kong Industrial Trade Fair and Hong Kong International Industrial Materials Fair.

In the store and mall promotions programme, the TDC joined forces with Galaries Lafayette in Paris, the Woodfield Mall in Chicago and the Century City Mall in Los _Angeles, House of Fraser in London, Hyundai in Seoul, Metro in Singapore, Number 1 in Shanghai, Zeiyu in Tokyo and Osaka, Iwataya Isetan in Kumamoto and Iwataya in Fukuoka.

The council, one of Hong Kong's biggest publishers of trade publications, started a new biannual publication this year, Hong Kong Garments and Accessories, its tenth magazine. The TDC publishes Hong Kong Enterprise, a monthly general products magazine; the annuals Hong Kong Toys, published each January to coincide with the Hong Kong International Toys and Games Fair, Hong Kong Jewellery Annual, Hong Kong Watches and Clocks, Hong Kong Household and Hong Kong Gifts and Premiums; the biannuals, Hong Kong Electronics; the prize-winning Hong Kong Apparel which alternates with the newest magazine, Hong Kong Garments and Accessories, and Hong Kong Trader, a monthly newspaper (sent airmail) giving news and views of the territory. A Japanese-language magazine, Hong Kong Collection featuring general products, is also published each quarter. A guidebook, Hong Kong For The Business Visitor, is published in eight languages (English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese).

The council's Overseas Associations Section administers the Hong Kong-United States Economic Co-operation Committee. The 13th plenary session of the Hong Kong- Japan/Japan-Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committee was held in Hong Kong in November. This section also monitors the activities of overseas associations - the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France and Australia.

Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation

The Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC), the statutory corporation providing insurance protection to exporters against the risk of non-payment by overseas buyers, continued to enjoy higher revenues despite a slowdown in Hong Kong's export performance in 1990.