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HK'S BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OUTLINED AT MONTREAL SEMINAR

FESTIVAL

MONTREAL

HONG KONG '92 IN

TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY WITH AN INTENSIVE ONE-DAY SEMINAR AND LUNCHEON FEATURING PROMINENT HONG KONG AND CANADIAN SPEAKERS.

DURING THE SEMINAR HELD AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, THEY SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE IN THE WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS IN HONG KONG.

WELCOMING THE HONG KONG DELEGATION BEFORE AN AUDIENCE of SOME 300 MEMBERS OF THE MONTREAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF QUEBEC, MONSIEUR PAUL-EMILE BLOUIN,

LINKS BETWEEN HONG

EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC KONG AND CANADA.

OPENING THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE HONG KONG DELEGATES, SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, NOTED THAT HONG KONG AND CANADA HAD BEEN FRIENDS AND PARTNERS FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

"THIS SEMINAR IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TELL YOU HOW HONG KONG HAS FARED, WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO OFFER OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AS

WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR NEVER-ENDING EFFORT TO BUILD FOR OURSELVES A BETTER TOMORROW, MR CHAN SAID.

...

ANOTHER SPEAKER DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, DONALD TSANG, TALKED ABOUT THE TERRITORY'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH SOUTHERN CHINA.

THE CHAIRMEN OF INCHCAPE PACIFIC AND HONG KONG GENERAL OF COMMERCE, MR PAUL CHENG, SPOKE ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC WITH CANADA.

THE SEMINAR WAS CO-ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG-CANADA ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

OF

CHAMBER RELATIONS

BUSINESS

PUNCT-RAYMOND;

SPEAKERS FROM CANADA WERE SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT QUEBEC REGION CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, MR ROBERT VICE-PRESIDENT SEAGRAM ASIA PACIIFC, MR JOEL BARAD; VICE-PRESIDENT MARKETING FOR CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE, MR ED GRANVOGL; AND MR KIM KEENAN OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC FOUNDATION.

PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG-CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MR PAUL MAYER, GAVE THE CLOSING REMARKS.

AFTER THE SEMINAR, MR JOHN CHAN, MR DONALD TSANG AND MR PAUL CHENG WENT ON TO A TAPING OF A FOUR-PART SERIES ON HONG KONG.

THEY WERE JOINED BY MR ALLEN LEE AND EX-CANADIAN

IN HONG KONG, MR MAURICE COPITHORNE.

COMMISSIONER

THE FOUR PROGRAMMES WILL BE BROADCAST AS PART OF "THE WORLD IN REVIEW" SERIES VIA SATELLITE ON THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP (CBC) NETWORK IN CANADA AND THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS) NETWORK IN THE U.S. DURING THE FESTIVAL HK '92 PERIOD.

AND

TOPICS COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF HONG KONG ISSUES, INCLUDING THE ECONOMY, LINKS WITH SOUTH CHINA, THE POLITICAL SCENE, EMIGRATION HONG KONG'S FUTURE AFTER 1997.

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