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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong is the representative office of the Republic of China in Hong Kong. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan.The General Manager of TECO is also the Director of the Bureau of Hong Kong Affairs in the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan. The founding director of the office was Susie Chiang Su-hui.The office is located at Lippo Centre building Tower 1 in Admiralty.HistoryThe Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong, initially known as Chung Hwa Travel Service, was first established in Hong Kong in 1966 during British rule. This operated under quasi-diplomatic arrangements unilaterally extended by the British authorities.Previously, while the National Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing had negotiated with the British regarding the appointment of a Consul-General in 1945, it decided against such an appointment, with its representative in the colony, T W Kwok (Kuo Teh-hua) instead being styled Special Commissioner for Hong Kong. This was in addition to his role as Special Commissioner for Guangdong and Guangxi.