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Hong Kong tourism is facing many challenges this year as the new leadership in Beijing cuts back on public spending, while the currencies of newly developed countries start depreciating one after another.存倉 All this has a depressing effect on the number of visitors coming to the SAR. I asked Hong Kong Tourism Board executive director Anthony Lau Chun-hon about his take on the situation, and he admitted that a myriad external factors have created uncertainty. However, he expects tourism figures to reach their target for the first half of the year, and is hopeful that full-year growth will match projections. Lau has just returned from a trip to the United States and he is very happy to have secured two top conferences to hold their proceedings in Hong Kong. Getting such events to use the territory as a venue involves much painstaking preparation and last-minute moves are also crucial, he says. One memorable experience was getting the Annual World Dental Conference to come here last year with more than 10,000 d自存倉ntists attending. A strong rival when making the pitch to hold the event was South Korea, which has been steadily growing its dental equipment business in recent years. Seoul was willing to offer generous sponsorship that the tourism board was unable to match. However, board lobbyists learned that Africa is a new target market for dental services, and saw this as an edge for Hong Kong, as China has long been close to African countries. Playing the ``China card'' with the help of the Hong Kong Dental Association, the board managed to sway the organizer to hold the event here. Lau said the board is busy preparing for the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival in late autumn. The event will be held at the New Central Harbourfront instead of West Kowloon. With the change in venue, the board wants to further enhance the event's attractiveness by introducing many new programs. In other words, there seems to be no reprieve for Lau on the work front during the summer holidays. Siu Sai-wo is chief editor of Sing Tao Daily 迷你倉新蒲崗