OUTLINE PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
16.30-18.00
Registration at the Grand Hyatt Hotel
18.00
Issue Identification
19.00
Reception and opening dinner hosted by the Government of Hong Kong
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER
morning
Hong Kong economic and financial outlook The business environment
Hong Kong's relations with China
afternoon
Hong Kong: the gateway to China
How can Hong Kong maintain its role as a financial and business centre in East Asia?
Hong Kong and the other three dragons in the 1990s evening
Closing dinner
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER (optional) morning
Visit to Shenzhen Special Economic Zone or to the New Territories
DISCUSSION ISSUES
Reinforcing the business community's confidence in Hong Kong's future
Entrepreneurial diversification towards knowledge-intensive, design-oriented, high-tech production
Rising labour costs and the future of manufacturing industries
New measures to contain problems of brain drain and labour shortages
Hong Kong's contribution to China's modernization plans
Foreign ownership guarantees and investor protection schemes after 1997
Assessing Hong Kong's competitive strength and its role in intra-Asian trade and economic cooperation
The outlook for finance and banking in Hong Kong: harmonization with other international markets
Financing large-scale infrastructure projects: the role of the private sector