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Strengthening cooperation in the Pearl River Delta

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Hong Kong to be regional hub for spreading 'Disney magic'

Students experience importance of English in the workplace

Chamber WEC launched

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                                          October  2001 Issue

Banking on Human Capital

Improving the competitiveness of Hong Kong's workforce is critical to the territory's future as a centre of high value-added services

With the economy shedding more jobs, corporations shifting back-office functions to the Mainland and unemployment rolls at a 12-month high, Hong Kong workers have plenty to worry about. More >>


Lack of right skills hurting
HK firms

Doing business at the best of times is never easy and what makes the difference is good people. However, recently in Hong Kong it is the lack of the right people that is causing difficulties.  More >>






World services leaders met to drive the global economy

Five hundred delegates attended the Second World Services Congress on September 20-21, the biggest gathering in Hong Kong of service sector practitioners involved in multilateral trade policy to promote globalisation of service industries.  More >>




Hong Kong to be regional hub for spreading 'Disney magic'

The Walt Disney Company is committed to Hong Kong and excited about the future opportunities that its third overseas theme park will create, the company's Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner told the audience at a Chamber 140th Anniversary Distinguished Speakers luncheon on August 30.  More >>



Tom Lee Music

It's hard to imagine John Lee as a long-haired rocker playing in a rock'n'roll band in between his business studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Sporting a business-buzz cut and dressed in a conservative navy blue suit, the 50-year-old entrepreneur admits that while his appearance may look different, his passion for music remains unchanged.  More >>


Chamber WEC launched

The Chamber's Women Executive Club (WEC) held its first official meeting on Sept. 12 to announce the goals and future direction of the club. Chamber Vice Chairman Dr Lily Chiang said in her opening remarks that as half of Hong Kong's workforce is female, and that many of the Chamber's members are women, it seemed fitting that the Chamber should establish a club specifically for women. More >>