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D-G of Trade to lead delegation to APEC meeting in Sapporo
The Director-General of Trade, Mr Tony Miller, will lead a Hong Kong delegation to the second Senior Officials Meeting for the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) to be held in Sapporo, Japan, from July 6 to 8.
The meeting is to follow up on the first Senior Officials Meeting held in Fukuoka, Japan, in February this year.
Senior Officials of APEC Economies will continue to work on drawing up an "action agenda" for realising the goal of free and open trade and investment in the region by the year 2020.
The free trade goal was promulgated by the 18 Economic Leaders of APEC at their meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, in November last year.
The meeting will be preceded by the Committee on Trade and Investment Meeting to be held from July 2 to 3, and a series of sub-committee and experts meetings. Hong Kong will chair the Experts Meeting on Government Procurement.
Members of the Hong Kong delegation comprise officials from the Trade and Industry Branch, Financial Services Branch, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo, Industry Department, Customs and Excise Department, Department of Health, Information Technology Services Department, Government Supplies Department and the Trade Department.
Member economies of APEC are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the United States.
End/Saturday, July 1, 1995