The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government will organize a series of events spanning several months to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR in 2007.
According to the Director of the Celebrations Coordination Office (CCO) under the Home Affairs Bureau, Mr. Raymond Young, the Government would organize celebration events in the territory, and through its overseas Economic and Trade Offices and offices in Mainland China.
The Government attaches great importance to the preparatory work for the 10th anniversary celebrations. In July, 2006, an interdepartmental Steering Committee led by the Chief Secretary for Administration was formed. In January 2007, the Celebrations Coordination Office was set up to plan, coordinate and organize ceremonial events and core celebrations activities.
The themes of the celebrations will be "The successful implementation of One Country, Two Systems" and "The Hong Kong Spirit". "We hope the celebration activities will show to people around the world Hong Kong's vigor and vitality and how we have successfully maintained the territory as Asia's world city and a leading trading and financial center," said Mr. Young. "We have achieved this through our own efforts and our close ties with the Mainland."
Various departments have started planning work on the different types of events. These include ceremonial events and celebratory activities, exhibitions and international conferences, infrastructure-related events, as well as various cultural, sports and district events in which people of all ages are most welcome to participate.
Mr. Young said that throughout the celebrations, the Government aimed to review the achievements in the past decade, to look to the future and showcase to the world the successful implementation of "One Country, Two Systems" in the territory.
To promote the celebration events, the Government has designed an official logo and launched a website at www.gov.hk/10. The website will provide the latest information on the celebration program to the public.
