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green conservation in New Zealand and was taken on a tour of Wellington's historical Old Government Building one of the world's biggest timber-made offices, the Supreme Court, the National Museum of New Zealand, better known as Te Papa Tongarewa in Maori, and various waterfront facilities.
The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms Eva Cheng, visited Melbourne in November to consult business associations and tribunals on practices related to property sales in Victoria. She was also shown how the Victoria Police carried out roadside random drug tests.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Sydney (Sydney ETO) celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2010. To mark the occasion, a 12-page full colour special report on Hong Kong was published in the national newspaper, The Australian. An open-house reception was held in Hong Kong House, Sydney in conjunction with Invest Hong Kong, the HKTDC and the HKTB.
To strengthen ties with Australian politicians, the Sydney ETO relaunched the Parliamentary Hong Kong Friendship Group in Canberra in November.
On the cultural front, the Sydney ETO co-organised Hong Kong Week in Sydney, a series of events showcasing different aspects of Hong Kong, in September in conjunction with the Hong Kong-Australia Business Association (New South Wales Chapter), the Way In Network, TVB (Australia) and the HKTDC. A series of events including a film night, a food and wine banquet, a business forum and a charity ball were held. The office joined hands with the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Melbourne Cinematheque to screen two films, Bond, Jane Bond series of Hong Kong Action Women of the 1960s and the Retrospective: Maggie Cheung Season. It also participated in the Melbourne International Film Festival, the OzAsia Festival, the Adelaide Film Festival and, for the first time, the New Zealand International Film Festival held in Wellington to present a selection of Hong Kong films.
Mainland of China
In 2010, the Beijing Office and the three ETOs in Guangdong, Shanghai and Chengdu continued to maintain close contact with the Central People's Government and other Mainland authorities as well as promote official exchanges between the HKSAR Government and the Mainland authorities. They provided logistical support to HKSAR Government delegations visiting the Mainland and arranged visits by Mainland officials to Hong Kong. The Chief Executive, Mr Donald Tsang, made three visits each to Beijing and Shanghai in 2010. He also visited Jiangsu, Sichuan and Guangzhou; and attended the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan in April. He also attended the 'Fifth Expo Central China' in Jiangxi and the Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation Joint Conference in Guangdong in September.
The Mainland Offices also provide logistical support for the HKSAR Government's participation in a number of major regional co-operational meetings and activities in the Mainland, including the Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Co-operation and Development Forum held in Fuzhou, Fujian in August 2010 and
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