Pacific Economic Cooperation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
Thursday, July 4, 2002

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation:

The 32nd meeting of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) to be held at 11:30 am on Tuesday (July 9) will be open to members of the public.

The Chairman of the HKCPEC and President of the Lingnan University, Prof. Edward Chen, 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 noon of Monday (July 8) 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 organisation 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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