Press Release - February 6, 2003

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada) (HKETO) today (February 6) reminds that entries to the Chinese Spring Lantern riddle quiz, one of the components of the forthcoming �Hong Kong and Calgary � Cities of Dynamism� promotion, which is jointly presented by HKETO and Fairchild Media Group, will close on February 10 (Monday). Residents of Calgary and Edmonton who are interested in the riddle quiz should send in their entry forms to the designated addresses before the deadline.

So far, more than 2,000 entries have been received. The results of the riddle quiz will be announced at the opening ceremony of the event to be staged at Calgary�s Chinook Centre on February 14 (Friday). Handsome prizes will be awarded to the winners. All participants will automatically enter into a Grand Prize Draw. The overall grand prize will be a Calgary-Hong Kong return air ticket.

The "Hong Kong and Calgary - Cities of Dynamism" is a large scale Hong Kong promotion which aims at promoting closer ties between Hong Kong and Calgary and updating the Calgary community on Hong Kong�s latest developments and business opportunities in Hong Kong.

The promotion will feature a �Building a Dynamic Hong Kong� photo exhibition and a Chinese Spring Lantern Festival. The former will showcase the city�s major infrastructure achievements in the past five years and its exciting plans for the next decade with a total investment of C$120 billion on some 1,600 projects. It will be on public display from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm at Chinook Centre from February 15 to 25.

The Chinese Spring Lantern Festival, which will feature beautifully decorated Chinese spring lanterns and many traditional Chinese cultural performances, will take place from 5:30pm to 7:00 pm on February 14. Apart from the riddle quiz, there will also be game stalls where prizes will be given out to winners.

Riddle quiz entry forms could be downloaded from the HKETO official website (www.hketo.ca), the Fairchild Radio FM94.7 (www.fm947.com) and Calgary Sun (www.calgarysun.com). Completed forms should be sent to Fairchild Television (#130, 2723, 37 Ave. N.E. T1Y 5R8) , Fairchild Radio Station FM 94.7 (#109, 2723, 3 Ave. S.E. T1Y 5R8), The Calgary Sun (2615 12 St. N.E., Calgary T2E 7W9) or drop off to: Treasure of China (Chinatown) 130, 3 Ave. S.E. or Treasure of China (Southside) Bay 45, 180, 94 Ave. S.E. by Monday, February 10, 2003. Please do not fax or email entry forms.

A Remote Broadcast presented by Fairchild Radio will be held the next day (February 15) from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm together with a game booth set up besides the Remote Broadcast booth. During the 4-hour show, the host DJs will play games with the public at Chinook Centre to test their knowledge about Hong Kong and its close ties with Calgary.

From February 17 to 25, a phone-in �Questions and Answers� Quiz will take place in Fairchild Radio�s Good Morning Everybody Program from 8:00 am to 9:00 am to test the knowledge of the audience about Hong Kong and the �Building a Dynamic Hong Kong� photo exhibition. The callers who can give the correct questions within the shortest period of time will be awarded prizes. Further details will be announced shortly.

The �Hong Kong and Calgary - Cities of Dynamism� promotion is sponsored by Treasure of China Seafood House and Tour East Holidays and supported by the Hong Kong Canada Business Association, Calgary. Media sponsors are Calgary Sun, Trend Weekly and Sing Tao Daily.



For more information, please call: John Tam, Chief Information Officer of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at: (416)924-5544 or email: [email protected] or Elison Chu, Senior Information Officer at
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