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會協商工英中港香
THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION
(A company limited by guarantes, registered in England, No. 703170)
Registered Office
REGIS HOUSE,
43-46 KING WILLIAM STREET,
LONDON E.C.4R 9BE.
AIMS & ACTIVITIES
The Association was formed in order to provide a genuinely
representative body composed of companies and individuals in both Hong Kong and
the United Kingdom to help further the interests of Hong Kong in this country.
Four senior Hong Kong Businessmen representing the territory's banking
and commercial interests are co-opted to the Committee, thus providing a close
link with London.
The rapid growth of Hong Kong's industry and commerce frequently gives
rise to problems, to the solution of which the Association can make an important
contribution by virtue of its composition and constitution.
It is the present policy of the Association to confine its activities to
the broader aspects of such problems, especially those involving contacts in the
Department of Trade and Industry, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and
Parliament itself. An information sheet entitled "Dateline Hong Kong" is
distributed to members monthly by special arrangement with the Hong Kong
Government Office in London.
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Periodically the Association arranges informal dinners at the House of
Commons with Conservative, Labour and SDP/Liberal Alliance MPs who are members
of the UK-Hong Kong Parliamentary Group. These occasions afford an opportunity
for a frank exchange of views and the correction of possible misconceptions.
addition, two lunch time briefing sessions are held during the year for a wider
audience.
Although the Association office handles numerous trade enquiries it does
not intervene in such day to day trade promotional activities as are already
handled most capably by the HKTDC in London, with which, together with the Hong
Kong Government Office, we maintain close and continuous contact.
On the export side, the Association is strongly represented on the Hong
Kong Trade Advisory Group of the British Overseas Trade Board.
The Hong Kong Association was incorporated on 13 September 1961 under
the Companies Act 1948, as a Company limited by Guarantee and not having a Share
Capital. By licence of the old Board of Trade, the word "Limited" is ommitted
from the Association's title.
Annual Subscription: £200
1 January 1987
BRIGADIER B.G. HICKEY
Executive Director