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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1988
FORUM TO PROMOTE US/HK TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
A GROUP OF ASIAN AMERICAN
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS AND
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
PROFESSIONALS FROM THE "SILICON VALLEY" IN CALIFORNIA WILL FLY IN NEXT MONTH TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON FAST WITH THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED, AS GUESTS OR SPEAKERS, ΤΟ THE US HONG KONG TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CONFERENCE, AN EVENT ORGANISED BY THE ASIAN AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (AAMA) AND THE INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT.
THE AAMA IS A NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATION FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM COMPANIES ENGAGED MAINLY IN HI-TECH ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE SILICON VALLEY.
1987.
IT HAD HOSTED SIMILAR EVENTS IN PEKING IN 1986 AND TAIPEI IN
AN INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE US HONG KONG TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 19 - 20, IS TO ENHANCE AAMA MEMBERS' AWARENESS OF RECENT INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.
ANOTHER AIM IS FOR AAMA то ACT AS A BRIDGE ΤΟ PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL. BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE PACIFIC.
"AT THE SAME TIME, HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE CONFERENCE SEMINAR ON PRODUCT TRENDS, TECHNOLOGY UPDATE AND MARKET POTENTIALS, HE SAID.
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THE MAIN EVENTS OF THE CONFERENCE CONSIST OF A TWO-DAY SEMINAR AT THE SHANAGRILA HOTEL AND A ONE-DAY FACTORY VISIT.
PRESENTATIONS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEMINAR WILL BE MADE BY AMERICAN EXPERTS ON KEY SUBJECTS ON MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKET UPDATES FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.
ON THE SECOND DAY, LOCAL EXPERTS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, WILL PRESENT THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH HONG KONG AND
CHINA.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD INVITED TO GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS WHILE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS WILL DELIVERED BY MR DONALD ANDERSON, THE US CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG.
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IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONFERENCE THERE WILL BE A PRODUCT LITERATURE DISPLAY BY SOME 30 US COMPANIES HELD AT THE SAME VENUE OF
THE CONFERENCE.
/THE ORGANISERS