A cocktail reception in celebration of HKHS 70th Anniversary was held on 17 April 2018, at which Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was the Guest-of-Honour. Other officiating guests included HKHS Chairman, Mr Marco Wu, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, Prof Tan Tie-niu; Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung; Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Frank Chan; Secretary for Development, Mr Michael Wong; HKHS Vice-Chairman, Mr Lincoln Leong; Past Chairmen of HKHS, namely Sir David Akers-Jones, Terence Tai, Ronald Poon, Dr Chung Shui-ming, David C Lee and Yeung Ka-sing, together with Past Executive Director, Victor So, Past Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Wong Lai-chun, and current Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Wong Kit-loong.