The opening ceremony of the exhibition, “Postal Items Exhibition on Hong Kong’s Return to the Motherland and China’s Diplomacy”, will be held at 4:50pm, on Thursday (July 5) at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui,.
A press preview of the exhibition will be organized at 3.30pm. The Secretary – General, Philatelic Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Ma Xiaoling, will brief media representatives the contents of the exhibition.
The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR, Mr Lü Xinhua; The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation, Miss Karen Tang Shuk-tak; Chief Archivist, the Bureau of Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Guo Chongli; Chairman, Staff Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Sun Qishun; Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (LCSD), Mr Thomas Chow; and Postmaster General, Mr Tam Wing-pong will officiate at the opening ceremony.
Coverage is invited.
July 1, 1997 is a historic day marking Hong Kong’s return to China. It is a memorable day to Hong Kong and China. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the LCSD and the Better Hong Kong Foundation jointly present this exhibition to display various postal items on Hong Kong’s return to China and China’s diplomacy. The valuable exhibits include commemorative postal items on Hong Kong’s return to China, congratulatory letters and telegrams from various countries sent in 1997, special first day covers of diplomatic series of China, commemorative covers for the 600th anniversary of Zheng He’s Voyages to the West, as well as postal items for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
These invaluable postal items are not only witness to the historic moment of Hong Kong’s return to China, but also testimony to the friendly relations between China and countries all over the world.
The exhibition will run at the Heritage Discovery Centre from July 6 to August 5.
For enquiries and details, please call at: 2208-4400 or visit the website: http://www.amo.gov.hk.
The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department
The Better Hong Kong Foundation
Tuesday, July 3, 2007