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Seminar on E-commerce for Small and Medium Enterprises
Sunday, March 4, 2001

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) owners, managers and entrepreneurs are invited to attend a seminar on E-commerce in late March.

Organised by the Small and Medium Enterprises Information Centre of the Trade and Industry Department (TID), the seminar, entitled "How can SMEs adopt E-commerce", will be held in the Exhibition Hall, 4/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, from 3 pm to 4.30 pm on March 23.

The seminar aims at enhancing SMEs' understanding of E-commerce and encouraging them to adopt E-commerce in their daily operations with a view to enabling them to access new markets at affordable costs, to reduce operation costs and to shorten their response time.

Speaking at the seminar will be Mr Charles Mok, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, dots21 group limited; and Mr Peter Yan, Chief Executive Officer, Global e-Business Services Limited.

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;

- 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;

- 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;

- 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.

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