A Hong Kong entrepreneur has told China.org.cn he has submitted a proposal to China's top political advisory body, hoping to gain government support to launch the first museum of Chinese cultural relics in Hong Kong.

Eddy Li Sau-hung, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Chairman of Campell Group (Holdings) Limited and President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, is in Beijing attending the annual session of CPPCC which runs until March 14.

"When I traveled to Beijing, Taipei and many other international metropolises such as London, New York, and Paris, I saw they have their own museums to house historic treasures. The foreign museums even have a Chinese room for the cultural heritage from ancient times."

However, Hong Kong, as one of the most famous financial centers of the world, doesn't have such a museum at present. "Hong Kong has come back to China for so many years now, and we are so close to the mainland, but we still don't have a museum, which disappoints me. I hope the central government can support Hong Kong to create such a museum, housing our cultural treasures."

He added that there are many cultural relics collectors in Hong Kong, who bought back many lost treasures from auction houses in many places, but all the treasures are now hidden inside their homes.

"I want this to be organized. Hong Kong entrepreneur collectors should also unite on this cause. I want the world to know that besides Hong Kong's contribution to our country's finance and legal development, we can also contribute to cultural relics protection."

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