Press Release

Pacific Economic Co-operation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
Thursday, August 24, 2006

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

The 39th Meeting of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation (HKCPEC) to be held at 3pm next Thursday (August 31) will be open to the public.

The Chairman of the HKCPEC and President of the Lingnan University, Prof Edward Chen, will chair the meeting which 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, but with limited seating capacity at the meeting venue, admission 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 Tuesday (August 29).

For reservation and enquiries, please contact the HKCPEC Secretariat at 2398 5449 or 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 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 Vietnam; 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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