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Cover Story
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Going Paperless
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The Ugly Half of the Year
China Economic Update
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Foreign Investment
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A
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PBEC 2003
Coudert Brothers at 150
Chamber Programmes
Taking the Venture
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WEC Charity Ball Senses ...
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Richard Parsons on T.L.C.
Mission to Xiamen
Chamber Programmes
Chamber
Happy Hour
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Merging Innovation
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Chamber in Action
| CHAMBER IN ACTION
October
2003 Issue More Events >> 
 Fernado Garza Martinez, Mayor
of Guadalajara, Mexico, led a delegation to visit the Chamber on September 15, and was
received by Eva Chow, Director for International Business. Apart from city officials, the
delegation also included entrepreneurs from Guadalajara who met with Chamber members to
explore possible opportunities for future business co-operation.
Vijay Kumar Janjua, Director, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, led a delegation to visit the Chamber on August 21. Manohar Chugh, Vice Chairman of the Chamber's Asia Africa Committee, welcomed the visitors who sought the Chamber's assistance in promoting their conference, "Vibrant Gujarat -- Global Investors' Summit 2003." Gary Tilsley, Managing Director, BIS Shrapnel, Australia, met with Eva Chow, Director of the Chamber's International Business Division, on August 26, to learn about Hong Kong's economic outlook. Alaudeen A Alaskary, Consul-General of Saudi Arabia, met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon on September 11 to introduce the newly established Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Hong Kong and to seek ways to expand co-operation with the Chamber.
Wang Liaoping, Director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Department of the Ministry of Commerce, PRD, met with the Chamber CEPA team, which includes Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon, on August 19. Mr Wang briefed the team on the latest CEPA updates and clarified some questions raised by the team. Ma Weigang, Deputy Director of Qingdao Economic Development Zone Administration Committee, called on the Chamber on September 4 and was received by Eva Chow, Director, International Business. Mr Ma proposed establishing closer relations with Hong Kong through the Chamber so that both sides could take advantage of CEPA.
Piotr Gadzinowski, Chairman, Polish-Chinese Parliamentary Group, Poland, met with Eva Chow, Director, International Business, on September 3. The purpose of the meeting was for Mr Gadzinowski to learn more about trade development in Hong Kong and to study the potential for Poland-Hong Kong business co-operation.
 Kevin Edmunds,
Deputy Director, Business Environment Council, discussed at a Chamber roundtable luncheon
on September 8 the Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (BEAM), its
framework and benefits that building owners can gain from adopting it, as well as business
opportunities that it creates.
The Travel/Tourism Committee met on August 29 to discuss CEPA and the travel industry. Members suggested areas for future negotiations and felt that in view of the increase in numbers of individual visitors coming from the Mainland, monitoring of unlicensed tour guides should be stepped up. |
Xia Deren, Mayor of Dalian, called on the Chamber and met with the
Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon and members of the China Committee on September 4. Mr Xia was in
Hong Kong for the "CEPA Dalian-Hong Kong Business Co-operation and Development
Symposium" which the Chamber co-organised.
Song Zhenhua,
Deputy secretary-general of Hebei Province, called on the Chamber on August 18. Mr Song
told Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon that Hebei is very eager to seek new co-operation
opportunities with Hong Kong in light of the opportunities that CEPA has created. At the
meeting, Dr Woon said that the Chamber would organise a mission to Hebei this December to
further study the investment environment in the province. 
Shen Yi, Deputy Director
of Shenzhen Economic System Reform Office, led a delegation to the Chamber on August 19
and was received by Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon. The delegation wanted to learn more about
the operations of non-profit organisations in Hong Kong. 
Zha Peixin (left),
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the
United Kingdom and Guan Chengyuan (right), Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium, called on the Chamber
on September 10 and met with Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon. Dr Woon briefed the Ambassadors on
the current social and economic situation in Hong Kong.
Inigo Febrel (left), Trade
Commissioner of Spain in Hong Kong, and Pascal Furth (right), Trade
Commissioner of France in Hong Kong, spoke at the Chamber's roundtable luncheon on
September 4. The commissioners talked about the economic prospects of France and Spain in
view of expansion of the European Union. 
Mr Furth
Q & A
Mr Furth's Slides >> 
Rafael Aharoni, Chairman of the Israeli Chamber
of Commerce in Hong Kong, and an Israeli business delegation, called on the Chamber on
September 10. The delegation was received by Eva Chow, Director, International Business.
Chamber members also attended the meeting to explore possible business opportunities with
the delegation.
Stephen Po
(left) of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and Morgan
Laughlin (right)of Deutsche Bank AG, shared their views at the Chamber's August
25 roundtable luncheon on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), their operation and
implications for the real estate sector, investment houses and individual investors. 
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