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（Macao December 14,2012） In preparation for the upcoming 55th Asia Pacific Film Festival Award Ceremony to be held at 8:30pm on December 15th at The Venetian^® Macao-Resort-Hotel and broadcast by TVBi, the festival committee conducted a worship ceremony at an auspicious time Friday with incense and roast pigs, praying for the ceremony to go smoothly and successfully.The Asia-Pacific Film Festival organizing committee executive chairman Eric Tsang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sands China Ltd. Edward Tracy, award emcees Bowie Tsang and David Hu, Run Run Shaw’s eldest son ShawWeiming and Taiwanese director LinShiyong all attended the worship ceremony.

Mr.Tsang said he is happy that the film festival is being held in Macao and he hopes it can contribute to Macao's film industry. He believes there are two essential elements for a successful film festival. The first is the quality of the films, for good films can enrich the film festival. And in his view, all the films competing in this year’s film festival are like diverse flowers blooming together, for various films of different styles can compete for various awards. The second element is the jury of the film festival. It is an honor for the organizers to have invited the jury member of Festival de Cannes and Hong Kong Film Awards movie queen Carina Lau as one of the jurors of this film festival.

Award emcee Bowie Tsang said the best actor candidate list this year is the most competitive yet. She has seen all of the festival’s competing movies and thinks all are good enough to improve the quality of the 55th APFF.

The Asia-Pacific Film Festival didn’t have an event last year, so with this year’s reemergence in Macao, the festival’s theme is “The New Starting Line.”

Mr.Tsang expressed his gratitude for the support given from those of all walks of life to help the film festival go smoothly. He hopes the festival can attract more and more films from different countries and areas to participate in this event. And he also expects more events to be held in Macao to vigorously develop its entertainment industry.

The 55th Asia Pacific film festival organizing committee

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