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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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