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special market surveys and detailed product reports which specify opportunities in overseas markets for Hong Kong exports.

In 1991, the council organised more than 240 major international projects. Notable examples included the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, the American International Toy Fair in New York, the International Housewares Exposition in Chicago and the New York International Gift Fair, all held in the United States. The council also participated in many fairs in Europe such as the International Toy Fair in Nuremburg, Frankfurt International Autumn Fair, Hanover Industry Fair, CeBIT in Hanover, MIDO in Milan and the Swiss Industries Fair in Basle.

A number of Hong Kong business groups visited the United States, Europe, China, the Middle East and Japan under the suspices of the council to establish and enhance trade contacts. As a reciprocal gesture, the council received more than 400 inward missions from all over the world in 1991.

In Hong Kong, the council staged Hong Kong Fashion Week, Hong Kong International Toys and Games Fair, Hong Kong International Electronics Fair, Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, Hong Kong International Watch and Clock Fair, Hong Kong International Gifts and Houseware Fair, Hong Kong Premium Show, Hong Kong Showcase, Hong Kong International Book Fair, Food Expo, Leisure and Sports Expo and International Audio and Visual Show, as well as some two dozen seminars. -The council, one of Hong Kong's biggest publishers of trade publications, started its 25th year in publishing. Its publications included Hong Kong Enterprise, a monthly general products magazine; the bi-annuals Hong Kong Toys, published each January to coincide with the Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair, the prize-winning Hong Kong Apparel which alternates with Hong Kong Garments and Accessories, Hong Kong Jewellery Biannual, Hong Kong Watches and Clocks, Hong Kong Household and Hong Kong Gifts and Premiums; the quarterlies, Hong Kong Electronics and Hong Kong Collection (in Japanese) as well as Hong Kong Trader, a monthly newspaper (sent airmail and distributed on planes). 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 and the Hong Kong - Japan Business Co-operation Committee. It also monitors the activities of overseas associations in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France and Australia.

A new Yuen Long Exhibition Services Centre was opened in March 1991, which provides facilities for local trade fairs organised by the HKTDC, as well as special designs and contracting services for other fairs. These facilities are provided in order to promote the exhibition service industry in Hong Kong and to provide support to the private exhibition organisers.

The HKTDC Design Gallery, located in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, also opened this year with the objective of promoting Hong Kong product design, developing Hong Kong brands and enhancing design awareness and knowledge. The Design Gallery includes a databank, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, and a design library. The council instituted TDC-link, an upgraded on-line trade information system, and more than a thousand subscribers had signed on by October 1991.