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From the Chairman
Inside Legco
From the CEO
Cover Story
Building on CEPA
to Enhance Our Service Hub Status
Moving Hong Kong Forward
Verging on a New Era of Growth
Liberalisation of the RMB
CEPA: Hong Kong Reloaded Or the Final
Frontier?
We Have Turned the Corner
Q&A Session with the General Committee Panel
O'Rear's View
Up, down
or Sideways?
China Economic Update
Understanding China's Monetary Policies
Business
Webcasting: A Case Study
AL
Goodwell
Chamber Programmes
Good
Citizen Award
Forty Citizens Commended
Chamber Programmes
The Americas Cocktail Reception
Christmas Dinner 128
Chamber in Action
Forty Citizens Commended
| CHAMBER IN ACTION January 2004 Issue More Events >> 
Fumiya Kokubu,
President of the Hong Kong Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HKJCCI) hosted a
joint luncheon with the Chamber on November 17, at which Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon spoke on
the recent developments of CEPA. At the luncheon, Anthony Nightingale, Chairman, HKGCC,
and Chamber members mingled with senior members of HKJCCI. Shalini Luchman
Cheeneebash, Assistant Manager, Mauritius Industrial Development Authority and Marie-Francoise
Petitjean, Food Surveys France, called on the Chamber on November 25 and were
received by Eva Chow, Director, International Business. Ms Cheeneebash was interested in
exploring possible opportunities for trade cooperation between Hong Kong and Mauritius. Bruce Goldsworthy,
Manager, Advocacy Services, Manufacturers & Trade Group Services Division, met with
Eva Chow, Director of the Chamber's International Business Dvision, on December 3 to
obtain an update on the latest developments in Hong Kong. Suresh Deora, Honorary General Secretary of India-China Chamber of Commerce & Industry, called on the Chamber on December 3 and met with Dr Eden Woon, Chamber CEO. Mr Deora was in Hong Kong for the Natural Products Expo Asia 2003.
Yin
Xiaojing, Secretary General of the China Overseas Friendship Association led a
delegation to visit the Chamber on November 20 and met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon.
Members of the delegation came from Overseas Friendship Associations all over China, and
were interested in fostering closer co-operation with the Chamber. The
Second Shanghai-Hong Kong Metropolitan Conference was held in Shanghai on
November 25. David Lie, Chamber China Committee Chairman, led a 40-member delegation to
attend the conference, which was co-organized by the Chamber, the Hong Kong-Shanghai
Economic Development Association, Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association, TDC,
and the Shanghai Hong Kong-Shanghai Economic Development Association. Henry Tang,
Financial Secretary of the HKSAR, and Jiang Sixian, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, gave keynote
speeches at the conference, and Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon delivered a speech on
"Development, Cooperation and Opportunities for Shanghai after CEPA." Liu
Ajin, Vice Chairman of CCPIT Shaanxi Sub-Council, visited the Chamber on December
1. Mr Liu met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon and exchanged ideas on possible ways that the
two chambers could expand cooperation in the future.
Zhu
Xinmin, Chief Secretary of Yunnan Administration Bureau of Industry and Commerce,
led a 19-member delegation to attend a business-matching meeting with Chamber members on
December 5. During the meeting Eva Chow, Director, International Business, gave a brief
introduction of the Chamber to visitors.
Cong Guozhang, Vice Mayor of Harbin, met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon on December 11 to explore opportunities for cooperating with the Chamber to promote Harbin, northeast China's old industrial base, to Hong Kong companies.
 Mr Fletcher's Speech  Q & A  Ms Yuen's Slides >> Mr Fletcher's Slides >>  Webcasting
Chamber
Senior Director Dr WK Chan spoke on CEPA at Marymount College on November 24, and
at the "Greater China Freight Forwarding & Logistics Conference" organised
by HK Air Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association on November 25. The CEPA SME Expo took place on December 2-3. The Chamber was a supporting organization of the event and set up a counter to answer members' enquiries on CEPA at the Expo.
The
Chinese World Event Seminar, organized by the French Chamber of Commerce in
association with the Chamber and other business associations, took place on November 21.
Over 300 people participated in the event, including the Honorable Donald Tsang, Chief
Secretary for Administration of HKSAR, Francois Loos, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade
of France, and Long Yongtu, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia. Chamber CEO Dr Eden
Woon moderated a session at the seminar on China's manufacturing sector. Alexei
Kalashnik, International Programs Director, OPORA Russian SME Association, led a
delegation to the Chamber on November 25, where they were received by Peter Gordon,
Chairman of the Russian Interest Group. A number of members of the Chamber also attended
the meeting to explore business opportunities with the delegates.
Peter Gordon, Chairman of the Russian Interest Group, spoke on "Getting Started in the Russian Market" at a Chamber roundtable luncheon on December 11. Mr Gordon shared with members his valuable experiences in doing business in Russia, which included both on the problems and opportunities of doing business in the country.
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology John Tsang hosted a luncheon on the "No Fakes" campaign on November 17. Chamber Senior Director Dr WK Chan attended the luncheon. Through the official Hong Kong-Guangdong cooperation coordination group, this Hong Kong campaign has now been extended to Guangdong.
Betty Fung, Deputy Secretary for
Commerce, Industry and Technology, met with members of the Information Services Committee
on November 19 to discuss the "Digital 21" consultation paper. The Chamber
formulated a response and submitted it to the government on December 10. Charlotte Chow, Senior Manager for Business Policy at the Chamber, met with representatives of the Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association on November 27. During the meeting, the government proposals to revise the Undesirable Medical Advertisements Ordinance to regulate health claims was discussed. The Chamber Retail Distribution Committee is being consulted on these proposals. . |
Carol Yuen
(left), Assistant Director-General of Trade and Industry, and Stephen Fletcher
(right), Partner, Financial Markets Group, Linklaters Hong Kong, spoke at the Chamber's
November 24 roundtable workshop on definition of "Hong Kong companies' under CEPA.
The Chamber presented a seminar on Privatisation
of the Hong Kong International Airport on November 20, with IATA as the
co-orgnaiser. Experts from both home and abroad shared their views on how privatisation of
the airport should progress, which stimulated lively debate among the audience.
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