TNAG-2477-FCO40-3607-The-Hong-Kong-Association-1992 — Page 83

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THE HONG KONG AssocIATION

(A company limited by guarantes, registered in England, No. 703170)

SWIRE HOUSE

59 BUCKINgham GatE

LONDON SW1E 6AJ

AIMS & ACTIVITIES

The Association was formed in order to provide a genuinely representative body composed of companies and individuals in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom to help further the interests of Hong Kong in this country.

Four senior Hong Kong Businessmen representing the territory's banking and commercial interests are co-opted to the Committee, thus providing a close link with London.

The rapid growth of Hong Kong's industry and commerce frequently gives rise to problems, to the solution of which the Association can make an important contribution by virtue of its composition and constitution.

It is the present policy of the Association to confine its activities to the broader aspects of such problems, especially those involving contacts in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Parliament itself. An information sheet entitled "Dateline Hong Kong" is distributed to members monthly by special arrangement with the Hong Kong Government Office in London.

Periodically, the Association arranges informal dinners at the House of Commons with Conservative and Labour MPs who are members of the UK-Hong Kong Parliamentary Group. These occasions afford an opportunity for a frank exchange of views and the correction of possible misconceptions. In addition, two lunch time briefing sessions are held during the year for a wider audience.

Although the Association office handles numerous trade enquiries, it does not intervene in such day to day trade promotional activities as are already handled most capably by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in London, with which, together with the Hong Kong Government Office, we maintain close and continuous contact.

On the export side, the Association is strongly represented on the Hong Kong Trade Advisory Group of the British Overseas Trade Board.

The Hong Kong Association was incorporated on 13 September 1961 under the Companies Act 1948, as a Company limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital. By licence of the old Board of Trade, the word "Limited" is omitted from the Association's title.

Annual Subscription: £250

1 January 1992

BRIGADIER B.G. HICKEY Executive Director