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Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Dr Law Chi-kwong, to share social welfare experiences. The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau Tang-wah, witnessed the signing of agreements in the Netherlands on a new 'garden tourism' project in Hong Kong, while the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Joshua Law Chi-kong, learned about human resources in the French civil service.
The Brussels office supported Mr Wong Chi-yung, the first Hong Kong artist to take part in the Impact Festival. His lighting art installation at Théâtre de Liège in Belgium proved so successful that the exhibition was extended by two months.
In 2018, the London ETO organised six visits by HKSAR Government principal officials to countries under its purview, including a trip to the UK by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung.
The office organises and supports various cultural and business events. These include gala dinners, receptions, business seminars, film festivals, music concerts, theatre and dance performances and art exhibitions, as well as a Dragon Boat Festival in London. It also takes part in the London Chinatown Chinese New Year celebration, the biggest outside Asia, and creates a float for the annual City of London Lord Mayor's Show. In 2018, for the seventh time it held a competition to encourage UK students to study in Hong Kong.
The Berlin ETO organised the Chief Executive's visit to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and lined up a series of bilateral meetings and events to promote Hong Kong to political and business leaders from around the world.
Other priorities of the office centred on promoting opportunities under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development, with seminars in Poland and Hungary, and on publicising Hong Kong's innovation and technology (I&T) sector. The office also organised and supported film festivals and trade shows, and participated in major events such as the Asia Pacific Week Berlin, China Time Hamburg and Frankfurt Book Fair to feature some of Hong Kong's most prestigious business and arts sectors. It took part in education fairs to attract young talent to study and work in Hong Kong, and helped young people from Hong Kong connect to their counterparts across Central and Eastern Europe.
North America
In 2018, the ETO in Washington, DC, organised the visits of the Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, and the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.
The Washington office presented the 23rd annual Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, co- organised by the Smithsonian Institution. The event featured appearances by director Alan Lo and actress Venus Wong.
The New York ETO continued to promote Hong Kong's strengths and opportunities through various activities and social media, particularly in the fields of law, finance and I&T. The office forged ties with business and government leaders, major think tanks and key media, arts and
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