MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1993
TWO PACIFIC TRADE AND ECONOMIC EXPERTS VISIT HK
CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE PACIFIC ECONOMIC (PECC) SECRETARIAT AND THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC SECRETARIAT WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG NEXT WEEK.
COUNCIL COOPERATION
COOPERATION (APEC)
SECRETARIAT,
WILLIAM ARRIVE THE
MR DAVID PARSONS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PECC WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) FOR A THREE-DAY STAY WHILE MR BODDE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE APEC SECRETARIAT, WILL FOLLOWING DAY.
TO EXCHANGE
THEY WILL BE MEETING SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN PRCC AND APEC. MR BODDE HAS AGREED TO HOLD A
BODIES GOVERNMENT SEMINAR TO ACQUAINT OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN APEC ON THURSDAY (APRIL 8).
HONG KONG BECAME A FULL MEMBER OF THE PECC IN MAY 1991.
PECC IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION COMPRISING DRAWN FROM ACADEMIC, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, SEEKING CLOSER CO-OPERATION ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
THE
FOR AS
APEC, HONG KONG ECONOMIC FORUM IN NOVEMBER 1991.
JOINED THIS
WITH
MEMBERSHIP
ΤΟ DEVELOP WITHIN THE
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL
OBJECTIVES MAIN
OF THE
ΤΟ THE
ARE APEC
STRENGTHEN MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, TO ASSESS PROSPECTS FOR AND OBSTACLES
PACIFIC INCREASED TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS WITHIN THE ASIA AND TO IDENTIFY A RANGE OF PRACTICAL COMMON ECONOMIC INTERESTS.
THE
ΤΟ
REGION
THE
CHINA, SOUTH-EAST
APART FROM HONG KONG, CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE APEC INCLUDE
SOUTH U.S.,
AUSTRALIA,
KOREA, CANADA,
NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, CHINESE TAIPEI AND THE SIX COUNTRIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIA NATIONS (ASEAN).
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
IN
SECRETARIAT, MR DAVID PARSONS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PECC WILL HOLD A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 7) AT 2 PM THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF TRADE DEPARTMENT, 18TH FLOOR, TRADE TOWER, 700 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
DEPARTMENT
WILL VENUE.
MR WILLIAM BODDE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE APEC ALSO MEET LOCAL MEDIA ON THURSDAY (APRIL 8) AT 3 PM IN THE
SECRETARIAT,
SAME
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