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From the Chairman
Inside Legco
From the CEO
Cover Story
Sun, Sand, Surf and ... Stethoscopes?
Special Features
Country Focus: France
Disease Management
O'Rear's View
Polishing the
Crystal Ball
China Economic Update
Urbanisation Driving China's Growth
Business
Trends
Taxation
of Representative Offices in the PRC
Mekim Corners Health Care Market
Chamber Programmes
Mission to
Beijing
Mission to
Jakarta
The 2003 Hong Kong Eco-Bus
iness Awards
The Service Economy
HKGCC Spring Dinner 2004
Chamber Programmes
Chamber in Action
March 2004 Issue
Sun, Sand, Surf and ... Stethoscopes?
People have been travelling to faraway places in the quest for better health for millenniums
Asia's cultural diversity, picture-postcard perfect beaches and fabulous cuisine mixed with a pinch of Oriental mystic have long drawn tourists from around the world like a magnet. Recently, many of the region's top tourist destinations have added a new ingredient into the mix -- health tourism. More >>
Country
Focus: France
I
n 2001, French exports to Hong Kong reached an historical peak, mainly due to the sale of Airbus aeroplanes. The annual figures were hiding the slowdown registered throughout the course of the last part of the year, which was confirmed in 2002 and 2003. More >>
Disease
Management
Diabetes is fast becoming a global epidemic -- a silent killer afflicting increasingly younger people and eating away at the governments' coffers
In Hong Kong, approximately 10,000 people die every year. Most of these are from natural causes or accidents, but 10 of every 30 deaths that occur here daily are due to stroke, heart disease or kidney disease -- up to 50 percent of which are related to diabetes. More >>
Polishing
the Crystal Ball
Past financial secretaries have overshot their last five budgets by an average of 23.7 percent.
When you find that every single day your car won't start, you do something about it. It wouldn't make sense to assume that just because it didn't start today, it will work just fine tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. Instead -- if you can afford the repair bill -- you get it fixed. If not, you take the bus.
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Urbanisation
Driving China's Growth
Industrialisation and urbanisation generally advance hand in hand, but if one grows too far ahead of the other, then the results can be undesirable. Slums may start to appear in cities where economies grow too slowly to accommodate the influx of migrant workers, while on the other extreme, industrial growth might be stunted by a shortage of talent to drive the economy forward. This is already starting to appear in some sectors of the Mainland's service economies.
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Taxation
of Representative Offices in the PRC
Foreign investors wishing to establish a presence in the PRC in a relatively short time with minimal investment can consider setting up a representative office (RO). Such investors are not required to make any commitment to bring in capital either in cash or in kind. Furthermore, the fact that an RO’s approval certificate can be valid for a one-year period provides an exit option for foreign investors to test the waters.
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Mission
to Beijing
Mainland China will continue to provide strong support to Hong Kong and its development, senior government officials told a 30-member HKGCC delegation on a two-day mission to the capital last month.
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Mission
to Jakarta
A 17-member delegation of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, led by Anthony Nightingale, Chamber Chairman and Director, Jardine Matheson Ltd, returned to Hong Kong on February 6 from a three-day business mission to Jakarta, Indonesia.
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The 2003 Hong Kong Eco-Bus
iness Awards
Nine companies walked away with a Gold Award and one with the Grand Award at the 2003 Hong Kong Eco-Business Awards on February 16 for their efforts to develop a green office culture and business practices, while 35 firms were awarded a Certificate of Merit for their environmental efforts.
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The Service Economy
Leaders from government, business and universities, together with politicians and journalists, got together for the February 9 Penta Forum to brainstorm ideas on improving Hong Kong's service economy.
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Mekim
Corners Health Care Market
When William Tsui launched his own business in Hunghom in 1981, his goal was to tap into an under-served market by distributing health products from Europe to a rapidly emerging pharmaceutical and health industry in Hong Kong and Asia.
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