The Legislative Council's chamber has seen a spectrum of political drama, from unruliness and impassioned debate, to snoozing officials.
But for the Bangladesh Association of Hong Kong, the highlight will always be the time they visited as guests of Tsang Yok-sing, the Legco president.
Association president Dewan Saiful Alam Masud says the invite came about because of the links the Bangladeshi community built with government departments and district council committees.
'Tsang Yok-sing visited the weekend school where Bangladeshi is taught after we requested the district council give us a bigger place before we rented a classroom,' Masud says. 'The Legco president wanted to see our activities and invited the community to visit the Legco chamber last September.'
The association is now able to use larger facilities at a government-run recreation building in Jordan to hold Bangla language lessons, classes in traditional dance and other educational activities, including Cantonese lessons, but leaders are still lobbying for dedicated facilities to be provided.
Masud says integration of Bangladeshis and their families into Hong Kong is a priority, but it is also important that children are made aware of their culture. He says the association wants to buy its own facilities or have access to the type of centres the Indian and Pakistan associations have.
The Legco visit last September saw association leaders and youngsters being given a tour of the chamber by Tsang, whose job, among other duties, is to keep order during debates and legislative proceedings.
