1.
MV STREET SCENES
0.04

2.
MV FRENCH SAILORS (2 SHOTS)
0.15

3.
MV WOMAN WINDOW SHOPPING
0.19

4.
MV EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY IN VARIOUS STORES (4 SHOTS)
0.37

5.
CU MAN LOOKING AT FRENCH WINE
0.42

6.
MCU MYLENE AT PRESS CONFERENCE
0.45

7.
CU REPORTER ASKS QUESTION
0.46

8.
CU MYLENE ANSWERING
0.51

9.
LV FASHION SHOW (7 SHOTS)
1.58



Initials RE/S/JF/PC



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Background: FRANCE IS OUT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS WITH SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND ONE WAY IT PLANS TO GO ABOUT THIS IS TO HOLD TRADE EXHIBITIONS - SUCH AS THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL FORTNIGHT - WHICH OPENED IN HONGKONG ON FEBRUARY 21.

FRANCE WOULD FOLLOW UP ITS CURRENT TRADE FAIRS IN MANILA AND HONGKONG WITH SIMILAR DISPLAYS IN SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK NEXT YEAR. IT ALSO PLANNED TO STAGE A SPECIALISED EXHIBITION IN PEKING CAPITAL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, IN SEPTEMBER.

DURING THE "COMMERCIAL FORTNIGHT", WHICH ENDS ON MARCH 8, FRENCH BUSINESS CONCERNS WILL BE STAGING DISPLAYS OF CONSUMER GOODS IN DEPARTMENT STORES, AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN THE CITY HALL AND FASHION PARADES AS WELL AS CULTURAL SHOWS.

TWO LEADING FRENCH BUSINESSMEN SAID FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF CHINA COULD BENEFIT HONGKONG FROM THE POINT OF TRADE. THEY BELIEVED TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND CHINA WOULD GRADUALLY BE INCREASING AND HONGKONG COULD ACT AS AN ENTREPOT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

MEANWHILE, MISS MYLENE DEMONGEOT, THE FRENCH FILM ACTRESS, FLEW IN FROM MANILA TO MAKE STAGE APPEARANCES IN CONNECTION WITH HER FILM, "A CAUSE, A CAUSE D'UNE FEMME".