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French Institute of International Relations. He attended and gave a keynote speech at the Hong Kong-Guangdong Business Conference together with Mr Huang Huahua, Governor of Guangdong province.
Brussels ETO, with the support of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, arranged the annual European tour of the Hong Kong Film Panorama. The festival, showcasing Hong Kong's most recent productions, was held in Munich, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Vienna and Barcelona. It also made a stop in Venice. A Hong Kong photo exhibition was held in Berlin's Town Hall to coincide with the Chinese New Year celebrations, and in Helsinki in March and April.
The London ETO made its second appearance in the City of London Lord Mayor's Show with a spectacular, 52-foot high Bun Tower, complete with bun-pickers and 5 600 buns. The seven-tonne Bun Tower was modelled closely on the Cheung Chau original and was erected between the Bank of England and the Lord Mayor's official residence, Mansion House. About 500 000 people attended the show, which was broadcast nationally in Britain to about 2 million viewers and also to the BBC's 300 million global audience.
London ETO organised Chinese New Year receptions in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Warsaw, Zurich, Budapest, Prague, Oslo, Moscow and St Petersburg (the last three including business seminars).
North America
In the summer of 2006, the Washington ETO presented its 11th annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art.
In September, the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, visited Washington, DC. Mr Wong met Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, Mr Antonym Scalier; the Attorney General of the US, Mr Alberto Gonzales; and Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, US Department of State, Ms Paula Dobriansky. He spoke at two forums organised by the Brookings Institution and the Georgetown University Law Center.
During the year, the Toronto ETO organised a series of high-profile events to promote Hong Kong. The highlights included a two-day national business forum on 'Your Smart Link to China: Hong Kong' in Winnipeg, and the launching of the 'China Initiative' together with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, linking the chamber's 57 000-member companies with Hong Kong trade organisations. The Hong Kong spirit and its evolution as a key global economic and cultural player were celebrated in a 'Tribute to Hong Kong' gala, tied in with four full-house performances of 'Love in a Fallen City' by the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in Toronto. Special film events were held in Toronto and Vancouver to feature Hong Kong film directors such as Ann Hui and Patrick Tam.
The Secretary for Justice also visited New York in September and spoke at a luncheon co-hosted by New York ETO, Hong Kong Association of New York, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Foreign Law
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