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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York celebrates 20th anniversary
This year’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York hit a milestone as it celebrated its 20th anniversary.
A record number of teams from across the United States, Canada and Italy, took part in this year’s 20th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY), held August 7-8 at Meadows Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY), Ms. Anita Chan, was a guest of honor at this year’s festival. |
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HKETO Director Rings NYSE Closing Bell
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY), Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY), Miss Anita Chan (front row, fifth from left), along with members of the organizing committee of the HKDBF-NY, rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, July 30, 2010 (New York time). |
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Hong Kong represented at New York Asian Film Festival
Hong Kong films featured prominently at this year's 9th New York Asian Film Festival. This year's festival, which began June 25 and runs until July 8 at the Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center and the IFC Center, features a total of 45 films from across the Asia Pacific Region, including 11 from Hong Kong. In partnership with the organizers of the festival, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY) is showcasing leading Hong Kong films to the New York audience, with a special Hong Kong sidebar program titled "Return to the Old School: Hong Kong's New Martial Arts Cinema."
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'Year of the Tiger' concerts celebrate new year
To celebrate the Chinese New Year and showcase Hong Kong's artistic talents, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY) hosted two concerts in Chicago and Atlanta on February 25 and March 1, respectively. The multimedia concert in Chicago featured the U.S. debut of the Windpipe Chinese Ensemble of Hong Kong. The “Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point Celebrates the Year of the Tiger” concert was held at the Thorne Auditorium of Northwestern University in Chicago, following the HKETONY’s annual spring reception. Partnered with the Fulcrum Point New Music Project in Chicago and played to a full-house audience, the concert was a fusion of Chinese and Western music with two World Premieres commissioned specifically for the occasion. One composition, “Tiger Sketch”, was accompanied by a video presentation of award-winning Chinese Manga comic artist Lee Chi-ching creating a unique tiger-themed painting with montage of Hong Kong scenery.
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HKETONY hosts spring receptions to welcome Year of the Tiger
Hong Kong is off to an auspicious start in the Year of the Tiger with its ranking as the world's freest economy for the 16th consecutive year by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, said Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, Donald Tong, as he welcomed more than 400 guests to the annual spring reception in New York City hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York (HKETONY) on February 23.
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Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009 Festival to launch in May
In May, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York will launch the month-long Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009 Festival, in conjunction with Chicago’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
The festival celebrates Hong Kong’s creativity, entrepreneurship, and cultural and economic vitality through art, films, exhibitions, concerts and educational symposiums.
The festival will encompass a variety of events, including:
· A film series entitled “Hong Kong Cinema: The Next Generation” featuring movies from Hong Kong’s new generation of film-makers.
· “This is Hong Kong” exhibition that will provide a photographic introduction of present day Hong Kong.
· “Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point” concert, featuring Chinese Music Virtuosi, the six-member Chinese music ensemble from Hong Kong, along with Chicago’s Fulcrum Point New Music Project. The groups will perform new Chinese music by contemporary Hong Kong and U.S. composers. Two new pieces composed specially for the occasion will premiere at the concert.
· A special dim sum and wine pairing event to showcase Hong Kong as a wine-distribution and gourmet center.
· Gallery talks in conjunction with “The Big World: Recent Art from China” exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009 is supported in part by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The month-long celebrations are also in partnership with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Asian Affairs, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the Gene Siskel Film Center and Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.
For more information about the festival, please click here. |
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Spring receptions held in New York, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta
The Hong Kong Commissioner to the USA, Mr. Donald Tong, addressed a gathering of more than 350 guests at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York annual Spring Reception held in New York City on February 4.
Welcoming the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal ranking of Hong Kong as the world’s freest economy for the 15th consecutive year, Mr. Tong noted that Hong Kong has begun the year with an auspicious start.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York also hosted spring receptions in Boston (February 12), Chicago (February 18) and Atlanta (February 26) for key movers and shakers in the academic, business, and media sectors. |
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