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China -- One year after WTO

What does the future hold for China?

Redefining HK's middleman role

China's long march toward WTO implementation

China -- the land of entrepreneurs

More Mainland enterprises expected to seek listing in HK

Special Feature  Restaurateurs trying new recipes for success

i-Perkin 
New Year tests for the Tung Administration

China Economic Update
New leadership steering China's booming economy

Chamber Programmes
Luncheon with China's Minister of Finance
Xiang Huaicheng

SAR firms should go for gold

Article 23

European Consuls General Cocktail

Best Practices in Customer Services

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                                         December 2002 Issue

China -- One year after WTO

At the Chamber's biennial China Business Conference 2002, China experts from Hong Kong, the Mainland and overseas discussed the changing business landscape in the country as it marches towards implementing its WTO commitments

China is the place to be, but it may not be the end of the rainbow that companies were prophesising before it became a full-fledged member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).   More >>

Luncheon with China's Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng

China's macro economic policies have helped the country maintain its impressive growth for the last decade and laid the foundations for future prosperity, says Minister Xiang

It was a very relaxed looking Xiang Huaicheng, China's Minister of Finance, who took the stage at a Chamber Distinguished Speakers' Series luncheon on November 18. Speaking off the cuff to over 500 business executives, the minister reflected on China's two decades of economic development, which have seen their share of ups and downs.   More >>

New Year tests for the Tung Administration

The opening three months of 2003 will be a testing time for the second Tung Administration, its new team of principal (and accountable) officials and the members of the revamped Executive Council. At stake could well be the whole standing of the administration through to 2007.   More >>

New leadership steering China's booming economy

The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded successfully on November 28 with the announcement of the widely anticipated new CPC leadership. Apart from Hu Jintao, who was elected new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC, all six former members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee stepped down.   More >>

Restaurateurs trying new recipes for success

Hong Kong's reputation as the undisputed culinary capital of Asia has been bolstered over the last few years, despite media reports that restaurants are closing faster than waiters can get dishes to the tables. Restaurateurs in the SAR defied gloomy economic conditions by increasing the number of outlets from 8,666 in June 1998 to 10,899 in June 2001. The rise has not increased overall restaurant receipts -- which have remained static over the period at around HK$5.6 billion annually -- but more chefs in the kitchen does mean more competition.  More >>

SAR firms should go for gold

BOCOG urges Hong Kong firms to bid for Olympic Games 2008 development contracts

"Preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games are still in their early stage. A lot more needs to be done," Zhang Mao, Beijing vice mayor and vice president of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), told members at the Chamber's October 29 cocktail reception.   More >>

Article 23

The government is keeping an open mind on proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law and is happy to review them, Secretary for Security Regina Ip tells the business community

Secretary for Security Regina Ip, speaking at a luncheon meeting organised by HKGCC and three other local chambers of commerce on October 31, told the audience that the government welcomes all input with regards to concerns about Article 23.   More >>

Best Practices in Customer Services

Some of Hong Kong's leading corporations participated in the half-day symposium on Best Practices in Customer Services held on November 11. Organised by CLP Power in conjunction with HKGCC to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of CLP Power Customer Consultative Group (CCG), the aim of the symposium was to promote customer service excellence within Hong Kong, enabling the territory to take its place among the world's leading cities.   More >>