From A. Suzanna Watkinson of the American Chamber of Commerce, on the Chamber's Annual Ball in the Convention Hall (8-9 March):

"I am sure that I speak on behalf of all the members of the Ball Committee when I say how much we enjoyed working with your staff. At all times they were extremely helpful and obliging -- when planning a large and important event like the Ball it makes everything so much easier when there is such a spirit of co-operation between AmCham's management and your own."

From Helen Yeung, Senior Sales Manager of Standard Chartered Bank, on the bank's Annual Dinner held in the Grand Hall on 13 March:

"I would like to say a big "thank you" to your F&B Catering Manager for his great support. His enthusiastic attitude made our event a tremendous success. The food was great and everybody enjoyed the dinner enormously."

From Kelvin Wong of Hong Kong Baptist University, organiser of the CIFEr 2003 and IDEAL 2003 international conferences, which ran at the HKCEC from 20 to 23 March:

"I am writing to express my appreciation of your services, which made our conferences such a success in a period of war and SARS. Your services were very professional and client-oriented, and I hope we will have another opportunity to collaborate in the future."

From Mabel & Keith, who held their wedding reception in the Bauhinia Room on 10 May:

"Thank you very much to all of you for arranging our Wedding Banquet. Keith and I were very satisfied with your services, especially the captain, and will be highly recommending your service and venue to our friends. Thank you again for making our wedding day so wonderful."

From a spokesperson for the SARS Clinical Management Workshop, organised by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (13-14 June):

"I would like to extend my sincerest appreciation for the professional assistance that the HKCEC personnel provided for our event. I know we have been very demanding, with a number of last-minute changes and several occasions when we needed prompt assistance. Throughout, the management and staff proved extremely patient and responsive to our requests: once again, many thanks!"