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May 2004 Issue More Events >> 
 Q & A
Q & A Hiroshi Nakada, Mayor of Yokohama, Yokohama City Government, Japan, met with Dr Eden Woon, Chamber CEO on March 30. Yokohama is keen to forge relations with Hong Kong.
Several Mainland provinces and municipalities held, or will hold, trade fairs
in Hong Kong this spring and visited the Chamber to seek assistance in promoting their
events. These included:
Dr Jin Bei, Deputy Director, Institute of Industrial
Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Science, led a delegation to the Chamber on March 25
to share the findings of their recent survey on Enterprises Competitive Index, which
focuses on beverage industries in China. Company representatives from several major
beverage companies in China, including Tsingtao Brewery and Hainan Yedao, joined the
delegation. Peng Qinghua and Li Guikang, Deputy Directors of the Liaison
Office of the Central Government of PRC in HKSAR, attended a breakfast meeting at the
invitation of Chamber Chairman Anthony Nightingale on April 15. During the meeting,
Chamber General Committee members and Committee Chairmen discussed with the guests
topics related to the implementation of CEPA and the future economic development of Hong
Kong.
Q & A  Slides  Webcasting
March Allard, Director of France, Hong Kong
Development Trade Council, led a business delegation to the Chamber on March 16, to meet
with members interested in furthering business interests with their French counterparts. Goran Kinnander, Managing Director, Jonkoping
Chamber of Commerce, led a business delegation to the Chamber on March 18. Located
in southern Sweden, Jonkoping is particularly strong in mechanical and wood
manufacturing industries. Chamber members met with the delegation to discuss
possible business opportunities. Marcela Velis, International Director,
Primec-Sefes (Business Confederation of Small and Medium Companies in Catalonia, Spain),
visited the Chamber on March 22 with a business delegation to meet Chamber members
interested in developing business ties in the country. Tyrone Mong, Chief Director, Italian Trade Commission, visited the Chamber on March 30 with a delegation for a business matching meeting with members. The delegates were interested in seeking business partners in China and expanding their Chinese markets with Hong Kong companies.
The
Retail and Distribution Committee met on April 14 to hear senior officials from
the police force talk about crimes related to retail and tourism. The HKCSI Executive Committee met on April 14 to discuss a range of issues, including progress of the services negotiations in the WTO, and services promotion programme, among others.
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George
McCarthy (right), Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush (left), Leader
of Cayman Islands Government Business, and Daniel Scott, Managing Partner, Ernst &
Young, spoke at a Chamber roundtable luncheon on March 24 on 
Mr Bush's Speech >>
A delegation from the U.S. China
Economic and Security Review Commission called on Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon on
March 19. The commission was established in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and
report to Congress on national security implications of bilateral trade and economic
relations between the U.S. and China. The commission is composed of 12 members, all
of whom are appointed by members of Congress. 
Amy Law,
Director & CPA of K L Lee & Partners CPA Ltd, spoke on
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