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Press
Releases
Pacific Economic
Cooperation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
The following is
issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation:
The 31st meeting
of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC)
to be held at 3 pm on Monday (March 25) will be open to members of the
public.
The Chairman of
the HKCPEC and Group Managing Director of Li & Fung Limited, Mr.
William Fung, will chair the meeting. It will be held at Room 1814,
18/F, Trade and Industry Department Tower, 700 Nathan Road, Mongkok,
Kowloon.
Members of the public
are welcome to attend the meeting. However, in view of limited seating
capacity at the meeting venue, admission to the meeting is on a first-come-first-served
basis.
Those interested
in attending the meeting are requested to enrol with the HKCPEC Secretariat
by Friday (March 22) at the latest.
For reservation
and enquiries, please contact the HKCPEC Secretariat at 2398 5669.
The HKCPEC was established
in March 1990 to co-ordinate Hong Kong¡¦s participation
in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
The Committee, in
line with the nature of the PECC, is tripartite, comprising members
from the Government, academic and business sectors.
PECC is a non-governmental
organization set up in 1980 with the purpose of developing closer cooperation
among economies in the region in trade and economic policy issues.
Currently, PECC
has a total of 25 member committees, of which 23 are full members representing
the economies of Australia, Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China;
Colombia; Ecuador; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia;
Mexico; New Zealand; the Pacific Islands Forum; Peru; the Philippines;
Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States; and
Viet Nam; and two are associate members representing France (Pacific
Territories) and Mongolia.
The PECC also has
two institutional members which are the Pacific Trade and Development
Conference (PAFTAD) and Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC).
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