March 31, eNorth from Hong Kong: Today, decorated with several quaint performing platforms, Hong Kong Time Square is full of happy atmosphere. The colourful flags with the words "2001 Tianjin Week in Hong Kong" printed on were waving in the wind. Tianjin! Tianjin! The word "Tianjin" appears in Hong Kong in high frequency and attracts the attentions of Hong Kong people. "Tianjin" frequently appears in the newpaper and advertisements along the streets, on TV and the Internet in Hong Kong. Even the real-colour big screen hung above Time Square would not like to miss "Tianjin". It earnestly shows large pictures of Tianjin.

Out of Hong Kong Time Square, the sign-boards of Guifaxiang Fried Dough Twists, Wei's Kites, Zhang's Painted Clay Figurines, Yangliuqing New Year Pictures... with which Tianjin people are pretty familiar while Hong Kong people are still a bit unfamiliar can be seen everywhere. The meticulous and wonderful site-making makes Hong Kong people very surprised; delicate fried dough twists in small packages as presents enable Hong Kong people to intend to have a taste right away but at the same time the presents are so lovely that they grudge to eat. People queue up for seeing the unique skill from Tianjin and getting the presents. At another corner, the posts of Tianjin TV and Radio Tower and Haihe River, etc. are beautifully showing themselves off. Tianjin's landscapes are beautifully performed to Hong Kong people through the photographers' cameras. The Hong Kong friends who have not been to Tianjin find that Tianjin is very beautiful, too and they are willing to "visit Tianjin" one day.

To Hong Kong friends, even they have never been to Tianjin, now they are becoming familiar and cordial with Tianjin and Tianjin people. In the hall of Time Square, the "Tianjin Fashion Show" performs activeness and beautifulness, tradition and modernism, culture and connotation, which make the audiences so enchanted as to forget to leave. The show performs not only the beautifulness of Tianjin fashion but also the charisma of Tianjin and its people. Bally Shop, which is usually full of customers, is surprisingly empty today. Its salesclerks are watching the acrobatics show from Tianjin through the shopwindows. In the actor's hands, the thick and heavy porcelian jar seems as light as a swallow; the smooth actions of the actor's soft body and limbs look like in a dream. The sounds of surprised crying, applause, cheer and sigh mingle together and can be heard everywhere.

Hello! Hong Kong! This is the greeting to you from Tianjin; this is the sincere greeting from one city to another; this is one region's telling another one the historical origion between them two. Hong Kong people stop their busy paces for Tianjin, they smile for Tianjin and they applaud for Tianjin. Hong Kong is actively reflecting Tianjin's friendship. Sea wind blows, bringing best wishes from Hong Kong.

(Journalists: Zhang Huijun, Wang Wei)