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| CHAMBER IN ACTION November 2004 Issue More Events >> 
The
Americas Committee met on September 20 and welcomed Stewart Ballard,
Chief Commercial Consul, Consulate General of the USA in Hong Kong, to the committee.
Mr Ballard shared with members his goal to strengthen trade and economic relations
between the U.S. and Hong Kong.
Dr
Minxin Pei, Senior Associate and Co-Director, China Program, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, USA, called on the Chamber on October 13 to discuss recent
economic and political developments in Hong Kong.
Ashfaqur
Rahman, Ambassador of the Republic of Bangladesh in China, and AKM Atiqur Rahman,
Consul General, Consulate General of Bangladesh in Hong Kong, paid a courtesy call to the
Chamber on September 23. Ivan
Deveson, Chairman and President, Committee for Economic Development for Australia
(CEDA), called on the Chamber on October 6 to learn about recent developments in Hong
Kong. Madhav Prasad Ghimire, Consul General of Nepal in Hong Kong, visited to Chamber on October 8 to say farewell after his one-year service in Hong Kong had come to an end. At the meeting, he also witnessed the signing of an MOU for closer cooperation between FNCCI & HKGCC.
A HKSAR
delegation travelled to Beijing on September 30 for the 55th Anniversary
Celebrations of the Foundation of the People's Republic of China. The delegation
met with Mainland leaders, and attended a banquet and cultural performance in the evening.
Dr Lily Chiang, Vice Chairman of HKGCC, participated in the delegation. In Hong
Kong on October 1, Anthony Wu and K K Yeung, Vice Chairmen of HKGCC, attended the PRC
National Day 55th Anniversary Fireworks Display cocktail. Han
Liming, Vice Party Secretary of Wujin District of Changzhou City, visited the
Chamber on October 12 to discuss promotions for their trade show on November 10. Hu
Yongchang, Director of Harbin Economic Cooperation Bureau, led a delegation to
the Chamber on October 12 to discuss preparation work for Harbin Day, which takes place in
Hong Kong on November 11.
A delegation from the Czech Republic visited the Chamber on October 14 for a business-matching meeting with members. On September 27, at the invitation of the government, Chamber Chairman Anthony Nightingale, CEO Dr Eden Woon, Vice Chairman of the Chamber's Working Group on Constitutional Development Andrew Brandler, and Business Policy Division Senior Director Dr WK Chan, called on Chief Secretary Donald Tsang and Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung to discuss the Chamber's submission on constitutional development.
Prof
Xu Yangsheng, of Hong Kong Chinese University, spoke to members of the Chamber's
Industry and Technology Committee on September 21 about automation. Jonathan McKinley of the Sustainable Development Unit, met with members of the Chamber's Environment Committee on September 16. Mr McKinley gave a brief introduction on the "Invitation and Response Document" of the Sustainable Development Council, which covered renewable energy, waste, and urban living space. Dr Edgar Cheng, Vice Chairman of the Council for Sustainable Development, spoke at a Business Coalition on the Environment luncheon on October 5 about "Sustainability, Governance and Participation."
 Mr Robinson's Speech Mr Rawlings' Speech  Q
& A  Mr Robinson's Slides >> Mr Rawlings' Slides >>
Speech Q
& A
The
Competition Policy Expert Group met on September 24 to discuss possible
alternatives to a competition law. On October 8, members of the group held an informal
meeting to exchange views with Ron Cameron, former Head of Trade Practices of the Consumer
Council.
Two "exploratory meetings" on healthcare services and creative industries were held on October 13 and October 15 respectively. At both meetings, participants agreed to form a working group to prepare for the formation of a committee in the respective areas under the HKCSI. The convenor of the working group on healthcare services is David Dodwell, while Charles Mok chairs the working group on creative industries. |
Cruz Bustamante, Lieutenant
Governor of California, led a business delegation to the Chamber on October 10. Chamber
CEO Dr Eden Woon and Janie Fong, Chair Person of the Americas Committee, received the
delegation and exchanged views with them on how to enhance bilateral trade between
California and Hong Kong.
Wang Limin,
Vice Governor, Heilongjiang, visited the Chamber on October 13 to promote Heilongjiang
Hong Kong Week, which takes place from November 9-13.
James Robinson (right), Executive Director -- Project
Department of HongKong Land, and Peter Rawlings (left), Environmental
& Sustainability Manager of Gammon Construction, shared their corporations'
experiences at the Chamber's September 24 roundtable luncheon on the virtues of
implementing sustainable construction.
Raymond Young, newly appointed Director General of Trade
and Industry, discussed with members "CEPA II" -- the further trade
liberalisation between Hong Kong and the Mainland under CEPA -- at the Chamber's September
23 roundtable luncheon. Mr Young also talked briefly on Hong Kong's preparation for the
Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference.
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