Press Release

Pacific Economic Co-operation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
Friday, May 12, 2006

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation:

The 38th meeting of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation (HKCPEC) to be held at 3pm next Wednesday (May 17) will be open to 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.

People 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 next Monday (May 15).

For reservation and enquiries, please contact the HKCPEC Secretariat at 2398 5449/2398 5594.

The HKCPEC was established in March 1990 to co-ordinate Hong Kong's participation in the Pacific Economic Co-operation 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 co-operation among economies in the region in trade and economic policy issues.

Currently, PECC has 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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