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100,000,000th ‘golden’ man

– A golden milestone has been reached by a Cleckheaton businessman who was recently crowned as the 100 millionth visitor to the renowned Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (“HKCEC”) since its opening in 1988.

Nicholas J McVeigh who is a Director at Cleckheaton-based Status International (UK) Ltd was attending the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) when he was was surprised by a team from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (“HML”) and its Managing Director Ms Monica Lee-Müller, who presented him another big surprise – a HKCEC model made of genuine gold to mark this special occasion.

Nicholas was visiting Hong Kong on behalf of his company Status which he runs alongside his father Peter McVeigh, who between them have over 80 years combined experience in the lighting industry and celebrated their 25th anniversary earlier this year. The company boasts a customer base across the UK and Europe including major national retailers, wholesalers, independent retailers and electrical wholesalers.

Ms Monica Lee-Müller welcomed Nicholas McVeigh and remarked, “Over the past 28 years, HML has built a strong and diversified event portfolio for Hong Kong and the HKCEC. Since the opening, the HKCEC has hosted over 45,000 events, from world-class exhibitions, international conferences, multi-national corporate meetings, to entertainment and sports events, and smaller meetings and banquets. We were very excited when Nicholas became the 100 millionth visitor of the HKCEC. Thank you once again for being our loyal visitors in the past 15 years.”

Nicholas McVeigh, Director Status added: “This was a total surprise but I am delighted to be the 100,000,000th visitor to the HKCEC. This is truly a once in a lifetime experience and the presentation of the HKCEC model was an added bonus. I have been visiting the centre for many years and to be involved in such a milestone is a great honour.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Caroline Marsden .