Dips night

The annual Diplomatic Cocktail, a popular event since the early 90s, enjoyed a strong turnout of Hong Kong-based diplomats, Board members and our stalwart rank and file members. The guest speaker was from over the border, the urbane Song Ruan, deputy commissioner on the Commissioners Office of Chinas Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong.

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