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Economics: The Steve Forbes way

Special Feature  Asia's Catwalk

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Hong Kong on the rebound from the global slowdown?

Budget 2002-03 
No nasty surprises from the Financial Secretary

Face to Face
With Deborah Annells

Business
Mainland/Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement

Service level agreements -- The IT service providers' success platform

Chamber Programmes
Annual Spring Dinner

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                                         April  2002 Issue

Economics:
The Steve Forbes way

Forbes President and CEO, Steve Forbes, spoke at a Chamber Distinguished Speakers' Series luncheon on March 19 about the advantages of a low tax regime and the economic outlook for the year. Following is the transcript of his speech, which has been edited for length and clarity   More >>

Asia's Catwalk

Hong Kong possesses all the elements necessary to become the fashion design centre of Asia, but a lack of confidence may cause it to trip off the catwalk

Hong Kong's fashion industry may not have the romance of Paris, the marketing prowess of New York, or the style of Milan -- where industrialists have made the business an art -- but the territory nonetheless is the second largest exporter of garments in the world.   More >>

Mainland/Hong Kong CEPA

A 75-page Chamber paper was submitted to Financial Secretary Antony Leung on March 12, giving him the Chamber's views on the Mainland/Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). These views were gathered from our members and from extensive interviews and research of documents. Mr Leung met Vice Minister An Min of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) on March 27.   More >>

Face to Face with
Asia-Africa Committee Chairman Deborah Annells

The era of the Asian Tigers is over, at least for the short term, as the region's economies limp along and foreign direct investment continues to be funnelled into Mainland China. Analysts predict China's surging economic growth will add some strain to Asia's struggling economies but this is expected to favor the region in the long term. Bulletin Editor Malcolm Ainsworth spoke with the Chamber's Asia-Africa Committee Chairman, Deborah Annells, about the region's prospects. Following are excerpts from that interview.   More >>

No nasty surprises from the Financial Secretary

Overall a good Budget for business, the community and the economy, but there must be questions over whether it is fiscally risky given the severe imbalances there are already in the government Budget

The first Annual Budget of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's new Financial Secretary, Antony Leung, covering the 2002-03 fiscal year was a model of restraint.  More >>

Service level agreements
The IT service providers' success platform

The wider adoption of e-commerce, corresponding sophistication of IT infrastructure and the present global economic downturn have sharpened customers' expectations and intensified competition for IT service providers. Although service level agreements (SLAs) are simply a type of contract between service providers and their customers to identify the agreed services to be provided and their respective responsibilities, properly prepared SLAs can be a service providers' platform to success.   More >>

Annual Spring Dinner

Over 400 Chamber members and their guests attended the 9th Annual Chamber Chinese New Year Spring Dinner held at the Metropol Restaurant on March 2 to enjoy an evening of fine food and entertainment.  More >>

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