Seminar on Small and Medium Enterprises Financing
Tuesday, January 2, 2001

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operators and entrepreneurs are invited to attend a seminar which helps them have a deeper understanding of the types of information required by financial institutions in assessing their loan applications.

Organised by the Trade and Industry Department (TID), the seminar, entitled "SMEs loan applications - How to prepare supporting documents", will be held in the Exhibition Hall, 4/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, at 3:30 pm on January 18.

Speakers include Mrs Bethy Tam, General Manager, Business Financial Services, Standard Chartered Bank; and Mr Alan Yeung, General Manager, Product Development and Industrial and Commercial Finance, Pacific Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd.

The seminar will be conducted in Cantonese and admission is free of charge. Admission tickets are now available from the following organizations on a first-come-first-served basis:

- Trade and Industry Department;

- The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce;

- The Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong;

- Federation of Hong Kong Industries;

- The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce;

- Century Small and Medium Business Association;

- The Hong Kong Association of International Co-operation of Small and Medium Enterprises;

- The Hong Kong Chamber of Small and Medium Business;

- The Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association;

- Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises General Association;

- Hong Kong Productivity Council;

- Hong Kong Trade Development Council; and

- Vocational Training Council.

For enquiries, please call TID's Small and Medium Enterprises Office at 2398 5596.