Activites

Activities 2009

May 2009
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.

February 2009
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.

Activities 2008

October 2008
"New York Celebrates Hong Kong 2008" Festival October 1st marks the launch of New York Celebrates Hong Kong 2008, a month-long celebration throughout New York City of Hong Kong’s creativity and entrepreneurship. The festival, which includes events featuring local and international artists, showcases Hong Kong’s cultural and economic vitality. Through art exhibits, opera and dance performances and educational symposiums, the festival offers an opportunity to learn about the evolving “modern heritage” of a continuously vibrant and transformative city. The festival is hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York and supported by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. For more information, please click here.

September 2008
September 13, 2008 13th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Atlanta The 13th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Atlanta will be held September 13 at Lake Lanier Olympic Venue. More than 50 teams and more than 1,000 participants will be competing at this year’s festival. Admission to the festival is free. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York is the festival benefactor for the event. For more information, please see the Web site: [www.dragonboatatlanta.com].

August 2008
August 2 -3, 2008 18th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York About 150 teams and 1,500 participants took part in this year’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, held at Meadows Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, N.Y. At this year’s festival, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York promoted the Olympic Equestrian Events with an eight-panel exhibition and promotional video.

June 2008
June 9, 2008 Hong Kong, Zhaoqing host joint promotion in Chicago More than 220 U.S. business executives eager to learn how best to set up their business operations in Hong Kong and China heard first-hand how to do it at a seminar in Chicago on June 9. The seminar, “Hong Kong and Zhaoqing: Your Winning Formula in China,” was organized by Hong Kong’s investment promotion agency, Invest Hong Kong, and the Zhaoqing Municipal Government.

June 8, 2008 29th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival of Boston This year’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival was held on June 8 on the Charles River. It attracted 32 teams that competed in four categories: open, mixed, corporate and women’s. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York is a sponsor of the festival.

May 2008
May 31, 2008 5th annual Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival The 5th annual Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival was held May 31 at Brickell Key in Miami. Approximately 25,000 spectators attended the Miami festival.

May 31, 2008 – June 7, 2008 Retrospective film series “Shaw Scope: A History of the Shaw Bros. Studios” at Harvard Film Archives The Harvard Film Archives hosted a retrospective film series “Shaw Scope: A History of the Shaw Bros. Studios,” showcasing classics from Shaw Bros. Studios on the big screen for fans and film aficionados from May 31-June 7. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York was a sponsor of this film series. Director of HKETONY Monica Chen and the Chief Information Officer of HKETONY Kelly So attended the film screening of “The New One-Armed Swordsman” on June 6.

April 2008
April 24-27, 2008 New York ETO promotes 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events in Kentucky Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, Miss Margaret Fong, spoke at a reception for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in Lexington, Kentucky, where she noted that Hong Kong, with its long history of equine excellence, is ready to host the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events this summer. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the only four-star, three-day event in the Americas, was held April 24-27 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. It also was a selection competition of the United States Equestrian Federation for the 2008 Olympic Eventing Team.

February 2008
February 29, 2008 Chinese New Year reception in Atlanta Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA Margaret Fong hosted a Chinese New Year reception February 29 at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art for approximately 170 visitors from the city’s business, legal, government and academic sectors.

February 21, 2008 Spring reception in Boston On February 21, more than 80 guests joined the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York Monica Chen at the Chinese New Year reception held at the Downtown Harvard Club in Boston. Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tung Chee Hwa was among the distinguished guests attending the event.

February 11, 2008 Reception to celebrate Year of the Rat Approximately 350 guests attended the February 11 Spring Reception hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York at the Waldorf = Astoria Hotel in New York. Celebrating the Year of the Rat, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA Margaret Fong noted Hong Kong recently had been ranked the world’s freest economy for the 14th consecutive year by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.

2009

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Last revision date: June 16, 2009