The March fair is Hong Kong’s other big jewelry extravaganzaVisitors to the March 5–9 Hong Kong International Jewellery Show at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center have several advantages over those attending other local shows: the weather (lovely in March); a more manageable floor plan (you don’t have to trek to a pavilion at the airport to see exhibitors showing loose gems, like you would during Hong Kong’s September jewelry fair); and good timing (post–Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year).Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the show anticipates more than 3,200 exhibitors this year. “In 2012, we had a record number of 3,118 exhibitors from 48 countries and regions,” says Toey Ma, HKTDC media relations executive of exhibitions. Last year, 38,000 buyers from 143 countries attended the fair, and more than half the exhibitors and shoppers haile