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| CHAMBER IN ACTION September 2004 Issue More Events >> 
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A delegation from the National Committee on US-China Relations called on the Chamber on July 29. Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon welcomed the visitors and explained the role of the HKGCC and the business environment in Hong Kong. The group was especially interested in learning about changes affecting the business environment here since Hong Kong's sovereignty returned to China in 1997.
Jeff Cheung Kuang
Yen, the new Director of Far East Trade Service, Inc. (Hong Kong branch office),
paid a courtesy call to the Chamber on July 29, where he met Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon.
During the meeting, the two discussed opportunities for future cooperation, and exchanged
views on CEPA's impact on Hong Kong and Taiwanese businesses. Hong Ki Chol, the new Consul General of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid a courtesy call to the Chamber on August 4 and met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon.
Zhang
Chaowu, Vice Director of Heilongjiang Administration for Industry & Commerce,
led a delegation to the Chamber on July 22, to discuss preparatory work for their seminar
in Hong Kong on August 13.
 Mr Jin's Speech
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¡@ Zhang Jinsheng, Director of Shenzhen WTO Affairs Center, led a delegation to the Chamber on August 4 to discuss possible opportunities for mutual cooperation under the WTO and CEPA frameworks.
Dr Walter Koren, Head of Austrian Trade, the Austrian Foreign Trade Organisation in Austria, visited the Chamber on July 16 to discuss future cooperation with the Chamber. ¡@
A meeting with the PBEC International Secretariat was held on July 20 to discuss preparation work for next year's IGM. Letters have been sent to reputable companies inviting them to join the IGM Steering Committee, which is scheduled to hold its first meeting in September.
The
Chamber's Business Policy Division contributed to the compilation of HKGCC's wish list on
"CEPA II," which the Chamber submitted to government on July
26. Nancy Lin, from the Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research, met with the Chamber's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan and China Economist Ruby Zhu on August 10 to discuss matters relating to the WTO and CEPA.
The Constitutional Development Working Group held its third meeting on July 23. Prior to the meeting, the Chairman's Committee had an opportunity to discuss and comment on a draft discussion paper by the Working Group. The Chaircom's views were also considered at the Working Group meeting, after which the draft submission paper was revised and presented to the General Committee meeting on July 29. After a thorough discussion, the General Committee agreed to adopt the paper, with a few changes added. The final paper was submitted to the government on August 4.
The Business Policy Division arranged meetings between the Business Facilitation Unit of the Financial Secretary's Office and Chamber members in the retail, restaurant and entertainment sectors, to discuss simplification of government regulations and procedures affecting these sectors. After contacting more than 100 members, five meetings were arranged.
Tony
Miller, the new Permanent Representative of Hong Kong to the WTO, called on
Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon and Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan on July 21 for
a preparatory visit before taking up his position in Geneva. The
international CSI, with some drafting by the HKCSI, submitted a joint letter to the WTO
Director General on July 20 urging the WTO to give the same treatment to services
as that of agriculture and goods, in the re-launch of the stalled Doha Round of WTO
negotiations. The request was prompted by a draft text of the WTO General Council in
which services was relegated to "other topics" instead of being treated as a
subject in its own right like agriculture and goods. As a follow-up to the WTO General Council agreement, HKCSI submitted a joint letter to the APEC Business Advisory Council, which met in August, inviting them to endorse a paper by the CSI which calls for progress in the services negotiations under WTO. The CSI paper is to be submitted to the APEC summit in November.
Slides Bernard
Hui was elected Chairman of the Professional Services Committee at its meeting on
July 27 to succeed Ian Robinson. The issue of capacity building for professional
institutions in Hong Kong was later discussed at the meeting. The Travel/Tourism Committee met on August 3 to discuss issues facing the industry, including the development of new tourism attractions. |
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