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THE RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1) Mission
- To develop and promote a business environment in Hong Kong that enables the retail and distribution industries to flourish.
2) Membership
- The Committee is open to any corporate member of the Chamber in retail and distribution, catering and shopping complex operators who wish to join. For the purpose of this committee, the catering industry is included as belonging to the retail and distribution sectors.
- The number of committee members should not be more than forty.
- Individual associate members who wish to apply as observers to the Committee should belong to a company in the retail and distribution sector.
- Committee membership is subject to agreement by the committee chairman and the Chamber CEO.
- Members should observe the "Guidelines for HKGCC Committees".
3) Objectives
- To study and advise the General Committee and Directorate on issues, reports and legislation, including draft legislation, having a bearing on retail and distribution.
- To identify areas of interest, obstacles and problems relating to retail and distribution in Hong Kong.
- To promote the development of retail and distribution in Hong Kong.
- To provide a platform for practitioners to express their views through the Chamber or its representative in the Legislative Council.
- To encourage more involvement and participation of the sector in Chamber activities.
- To liaise as necessary with other Committees of the Chamber and with non-Chamber organisations, including the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, Hong Kong Government, both locally and internationally.
- To exchange views on the business operation of the retail sector
- To carry out any other related work at the request of the General Committee or Directorate.
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