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August

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August

Letters
To the Chamber

Cover Story
City of Life Bounces Back

Visitor Arrivals Rebound

Tourism Commission Action Program

Special Feature
Real Estate: The Shape of Things to Come

Business
CSI Mission to Beijing

Competing Ways Towards a More Competitive Marketplace

WTO Watch
China's WTO Journey Nears its End

iPerkin
Economic Growth Positive for Social Development

Q&A
Pacific Century Group Deputy Chairman Francis Yuen

Programmes
Open-minded Approach Needed, says Anson Chan 

e-Chamber
Doing Away with Paper

Building Trust in the Global B2B Marketplace

Member Profile
Hong Kong's Flying Dutchman

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August 2000 Issue

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City of Life Bounces Back

Real Estate: The Shape of Things to Come

Much of the attention in the residential sector lately tends to focus on the gloomier side of the equation. We are bombarded with data on the scale of the correction in prices and, as a result, how many families now find themselves in negative equity. But it is worth spending a moment or two highlighting some of the positive aspects of the culture shock that the market and the players have experienced over the last two and a half years. Full Story >>

Competing Ways Towards a More Competitive Marketplace

If some of the foreign press is to be believed, Hong Kong is run by a few cartels of big businesses which thrive on cosy relationships and collusive arrangements. According to these reports, the image is that of markets controlled by a few privileged firms, whether in aviation, container terminals or trains, even driving schools. The same goes for the sectors that count the most, namely, property and banks; they are controlled by a few tycoons in the former case while a cartel runs the industry in the latter. In short, the SAR is no free market bastion.
But is it? Full Story >>

Q&A with Pacific Century Group Deputy Chairman Francis Yuen

Francis Yuen is considered one of the architects of Hong Kong's vibrant equity market. He is former chief executive of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, founding director of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited, and a former member of the International Markets Advisory Board of Nasdaq in the United States. In 1996 he joined Pacific Century Group as deputy chairman. Editor Malcolm Ainsworth asked Mr Yuen to share his thoughts on the government's plan to strengthen Hong Kong's position as a financial centre and the impact electronic trading will have on the world? money markets. Full Story >>



Open-minded Approach Needed,
says Anson Chan

The neutral integrity and impartiality of civil servants must be preserved for the civil service system of Hong Kong tofunction effectively, the Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan, told the business community at an intercham luncheon. Full Story >>

Hong Kong's Flying Dutchman



Onstage, jazz pianist Joop Litmaath leads his band in a high-energy performance of trad-jazz, weaving a tight blend of crowd-pleasing jams and the solo work that he loves. When he isn't playing, the classically trained musician brings the same focus and talent to juggling his hectic businesses and personal life. Full Story >>

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