on behalf of the hong kong special admin**trative region (hksar) **, may i, first of all, extend my warmest welcome to our guests and friends of the media for attending today’s ceremony. together we will witness the special occasion.the shanghai expo ticket sales in hong kong was officially launched three months ago. the "world expo 2010 shanghai china – hong kong special admin**trative region, china ticket sales launch ceremony" jointly organ**ed by the bureau of shanghai world expo co-ordination (shanghai expo bureau), the china tr**el service (hong kong) limited (cts(hk)) and the hksar ** on april 2 received support from all sectors of the community and was widely covered by the news media. with only 306 days to go before the opening of the shanghai expo, ticket sales in hong kong will enter a new stage. starting from today, individual tickets of the shanghai expo are **ailable for sale to the general public. i would like to take th** opportunity to call on all hong kong people to give active and enthusiastic support to the event and v**it the expo in shanghai next year.next year's shanghai expo ** a mega event to be hosted by china and will draw worldwide attention. the hksar ** ** greatly honoured to h**e the opportunity to take part in the event and attaches great importance to it. we believe that participation in the world expo will bring great benefits to our country, to shanghai and to hong kong in various aspects. 20210311