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Economic recovery around the corner

Government, business toiling to ensure HKSAR's future

Competition to speed up reform of Mainland's SOEs

SAR is a global player, not merely a China middleman

WTO heaven, or WTO hell?

SAR to suffer short, sharp recession, but will recover in mid-2002

Q&A with the Business Summit Panel

WTO challenges to boost Hong Kong SAR's edge

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SMEs uptake of IT slows

i-Perkin 
HKSAR's economy feels the effects of world events

Face to Face
With David Ting

Business
China-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement

Dutch celebrate China trade excellence

WTO Corner

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China's WTO membership no threat to Hong Kong

Study Mission returns from Guangxi and Yunnan

I found my roots

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                                         January  2002 Issue

Economic recovery around the corner There are already signs that the economic slump has hit bottom, so Hong Kong businesses should not be too pessimistic about their prospects and start planning for the future, says Chamber chairman

The unfolding of world events in 2001 has created much uncertainty among economists and the business community about the immediate prospects for the Hong Kong SAR, HKGCC Chairman Christopher Cheng told the audience at the Chamber's 8th Annual Hong Kong Business Summit, held at HKCEC on December 13, 2001.  More >>


Government, business toiling to ensure HKSAR's future

Financial Secretary Antony Leung told the business summit audience that he believes the opening up of the Mainland¡¦s service sectors, such as trading and logistics, retail, distribution, telecommunications, finance, professional services, and travel and tourism, will provide ample business opportunities for Hong Kong.   More >>

Competition to speed up reform of Mainland's SOEs

China's economic reforms over the last 15 years have created a more open economy than is generally acknowledged, China Merchants Holdings Co Ltd President Dr Fu Yuning said.   More >>

SAR is a global player, not merely a China middleman

Hong Kong business should not become preoccupied with trying to keep one step ahead of China. It needs to figure out how it can stay two or three steps ahead of rapid advancements in the Mainland, Hong Kong Beijing Air Catering Ltd Managing Director Annie Wu said in her speech at the business summit.   More >>

WTO heaven, or WTO hell?

Foreign businesses traversing the road to the "big-win" in China will first have to negotiate a number of minefields. Those that strategize and plot their course carefully, instead of just looking at arriving there, will be the ones that succeed, Dr Denis Simon, president, Monitor Group (China), told the business summit audience.   More >>

SAR to suffer short, sharp recession, but will recover in mid-2002

HKGCC expects the local economy to grow by about 2 per cent in 2002 after experiencing zero or slightly negative growth in the current year.    More >>

WTO challenges to boost Hong Kong SAR's edge

To understand what will happen to Hong Kong with China in the WTO, we need to look back in history, Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd Group Managing Director Dr William Fung told the audience in his keynote luncheon address at the business summit.   More >>

SMEs uptake of IT slows

The majority of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have yet to commit themselves to embracing technology as a business tool, despite the oft-touted benefits of information technology (IT).   More >>

China-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement

China is finally an official member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Now that the Hong Kong SAR Government has proposed to the Central Government the idea of a Hong Kong-Macau-China Free Trade Agreement, and given the positive reaction from the Central Government, we should concentrate on what this agreement could look like.   More >>

Face to Face with
David Ting

On January 1, 2002, exactly three years after the launch of Europe's single currency, euro notes and coins finally came into circulation. Twelve of the 15 European Union (EU) members have joined the single currency, and internal borders have been abolished in nine countries to further streamline the flow of goods and services. Bulletin Editor Malcolm Ainsworth spoke with David Ting, head of the EU's office in Hong Kong, about the implications of the single currency on Hong Kong businesses. Following are extracts from that interview.   More >>

Deacons

Few companies can claim to have such a long and prestigious history as Hong Kong law firm Deacons. The firm's founder, William Bridges, arrived in Hong Kong in 1851, just nine years after Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Nanking.   More >>