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The seminar was organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). Other co-organisers were the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO), the Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries and the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Key speakers at the conference included Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Mr Alexander Au; Managing Director of Cathay Pacific Airways, Mr Rod Eddington; Chairman and Chief Executive of Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Ltd, Mr Victor Lo; Managing Director of Leighton Asia Ltd, Mr John Faulkner; and the Secretary for Economic Services, Mr Stephen Ip.

In the afternoon, Mrs Anson Chan had a 40-minute meeting with the South Australian Minister for Manufacturing Industry, Small Business and Regional Department, Minister John Olsen and attended a reception hosted by Lord Mayor of Sydney, Councillor Frank Sartor.

Apart from meeting with political leaders and business executives, Mrs Chan has also spent time with children and young people in the community today.

In the morning, she visited the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children where she distributed some toys to the children and presented a donation of A$500,000 to the Chief Executive of the hospital, Dr John Yu, on behalf of Cathay Pacific.

In the afternoon, Mrs Chan attended a reception for Hong Kong students where she had a chance to chat with more than 100 students who were attending universities or other educational institutions in Sydney.

Mrs Chan's media activities today included an interview with 'Today' programme on Channel 9 TV and a press conference.

Her second day ended with a pop concert organised by the HKETO and produced by Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) at the Sydney Town Hall.

Attended by an audience of 1,600, the Canton pop concert featured some of the most popular singers in Hong Kong including Leon Lai, Alan Tam, Cass Pang, Vivien Chow, Hacken Lee and Ekin Cheng. Comperes for the show were Natalis Chan and Young Yuen-yee. The show was telecast on HKTVB and selected Australian networks.