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CHAMBER IN ACTION September 2003 Issue
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Chamber Signs MOU with Chilean Chambers |
Octavio
Errazuriz (left), Chairman, Asia Pacific Chamber of Commerce, and Felipe Lira Ibanez
(right), Vice Chairman, National Chamber of Commerce Services and Tourism of Chile, called
on the Chamber on July 24 and were received by Chamber CEO Dr Eden Woon. The visitors were
interested in strengthening business ties between South America and Asia, and to that end,
the Chamber signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the two Chilean chambers. |
Hal Falls,
Director, Asian-Pacific Trade Office of the State of Arizona, called on the Chamber on
August 7 and met with Dr WK Chan, Senior Director of the Chamber. Mr Falls exchanged ideas
with Dr Chan on how Arizona could increase its presence in China through Hong Kong.
Amelia Yeo, Director,
Northern Ireland Trade Development Centre, met with Eva Chow, Director of the Chamber's
International Business Division, on July 22, to prepare for the centre's annual trade
mission to Hong Kong in November.
Michalis Rokas, First Secretary, Trade and Economic
Affairs of the European Union, Office of the European Commission in Hong Kong, met with Dr
WK Chan, Senior Director of the Chamber, on August 6 to explain the EU's position on trade
facilitation at the WTO meeting to be held in Cancun, Mexico, this September.
Leong Teng-chau,
Centre Director (South China & Hong Kong) of International Enterprise Singapore,
called on the Chamber on July 28 and met with Eva Chow, Director of the Chamber's
International Business Division. Mr Leong introduced to the Chamber his successor, Wong
Peng Yeong, who would be stationed in Guangzhou. Mr Leong was moving back to Singapore.
Satoshi Torigoe,
Director and Representative of Kogoshima Prefectural Government, Japan, met with Eva Chow,
Director of the Chamber's International Business Division, on July 28 to discuss their
proposed business mission to Kogoshima in April 2004.
Badeji A Abikoye,
Trade Commissioner and Chief Representative of Nigeria Trade Office in Shanghai, called on
the Chamber on July 28 and met with Eva Chow, Director of the Chamber's International
Business Division. Mr Abikoye was in Hong Kong to promote Nigeria's trade office in
Shanghai.
Li Quanshan,
Director of Tianjin Commercial Committee, and Li Yong, Director of Tianjin Economic and
Technology Development Zone, spoke at the Chamber's July 23 roundtable luncheon on
emerging opportunities for Hong Kong's service providers in Tianjin under the CEPA
agreement.
Li Quanshan's Speech Li Yong's Speech
Q & A
Li Quanshan's Slides Li Yong's Slides
Wang Zhaoyou, Mayor of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, met with Chamber CEO Dr
Eden Woon on July 30. Dr Woon said that Jiangxi Province enjoyed a good relationship with
HKGCC and that the Chamber was looking forward to visiting Jiangxi next year.
Yin Hanning, Director, Hubei
Foreign Trade and Economic Bureau, and Chairman of Hubei CCPIT, led a delegation to visit
the Chamber on August 6, where they were welcomed by the Chamber's Senior Director for
Business Policy Dr WK Chan. During the meeting, both parties discussed how they could
improve co-operation between Hubei and Hong Kong by capitalising on CEPA.
Jiang Zhengyan, the Deputy
General Secretary of Dalian, called on the Chamber on August 6, and was welcomed by the
Chamber's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan. Dr Chan told the delegation
about the Chamber's active support for CEPA over the past few years, and that Dalian and
Hong Kong should seek closer economic co-operation under CEPA.
Nie Yuchun, Vice Mayor of
Wuhan, led a delegation to visit the Chamber on August 6 to seek the Chamber's support for
a trade promotion fair to be held in Wuhan in September. The delegation was received by
the Chamber's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan.
Zhu Mingyang, Director of
Wuxi City Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, called on the Chamber on
August 7 and was welcomed by HKGCC's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan. Mr
Zhu discussed possible co-operation opportunities between Hong Kong and Wuxi under CEPA.
Cui Jingbo, Executive
Director General, Qingdao Municipal Overseas Investment Promotion Bureau, led a delegation
to visit the Chamber on August 7 to discuss co-operation between the Chamber and the city.
The visitors were welcomed by the Chamber's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK
Chan, who accepted Mr Cui's invitation for the Chamber to co-organise the Qingdao
Investment Fair, which will be held in Hong Kong in September.
Zheng Xinghua, Vice
Secretary General, Yichang City, Sichuan Province, led a delegation to visit the Chamber
on August 13. HKGCC's Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan welcomed the visitors
and told Ms Zheng that the Chamber would organise a mission to Hubei next year to visit
the Three Gorges Dam Project.
Chamber Senior
Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan, and Assistant Economist Ruby Zhu, called
on Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Industry Raymond Young on August 5 to discuss issues
arising from the CEPA agreement.
Representatives from
Quality Brands Protection Committee of the China Association of Enterprises with
Foreign Investment met with Chamber Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan on
August 8 to discuss possible co-operation on brand protection in the Mainland.
Fong Ngai of
the Home Affairs Bureau met with Chamber Senior Director for Business Policy Dr WK Chan on
August 11 to discuss possible involvement of the Chamber in promotion of Hong Kong's
creative industries.
The WTO Cancun
Ministerial Meeting will be held this September. The HKCSI, the only accredited
NGO from Hong Kong to attend the conference, will be represented by HKCSI Secretary
General Dr WK Chan and Chamber Assistant Economist Ruby Zhu.
HKCSI Executive
Committee members Tony Au and Jane Lee attended a brainstorming meeting convened
by the Trade Development Council on August 8 to discuss the potential for exports of Hong
Kong's education services.
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