Press Releases 2002

Date	Title
December 2002
14.12.2002 (Saturday)	CE accepts SMEC's recommendations on means to further enhance the effectiveness of the four SME funding schemes
14.12.2002 (Saturday)	SME Committee welcomes CE's decision to accept its recommendations on means to further enhance the effectiveness of the SME funding schemes
13.12.2002 (Friday)	Appointments to the Small and Medium Enterprises Committee
November 2002
17.11.2002 (Sunday)	TID launches a newsletter to help SMEs feel the pulse of the business environment
October 2002
01.10.2002 (Tuesday)	Seminar on "Factoring"
September 2002
13.09.2002 (Friday)	Sixth Meeting of  the Trade Working Group under the Mainland and Hong Kong Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade concluded successfully
08.09.2002 (Sunday)	SME Development Fund invites applications
02.09.2002 (Monday)	Seminar on "Equity Financing"
August 2002
25.08.2002 (Sunday)	Director-General of Trade & Industry reaffirms Government's commitment to facilitate sustainable growth of SMEs at the APEC SME Ministerial Meeting
20.08.2002 (Tuesday)	DGTI to attend the Third APEC Senior Officials' Meeting and the Ninth APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting
16.08.2002 (Friday)	Full Liberalisation of Rice Trade in 2003
July 2002
30.07.2002 (Tuesday)	Running Quality Restaurants Seminar
15.07.2002 (Monday)	Government invites views on Non-agricultural Market Access Negotiations in the WTO
04.07.2002 (Thursday)	Pacific Economic Cooperation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
June 2002
17.06.2002 (Monday)	Developing Business through Franchising" Seminar
May 2002
22.05.2002 (Wednesday)	Government Invites Industry Input in WTO Services Negotiations
20.05.2002 (Monday)	DGTI to attend Second APEC Senior Officials' Meeting in 2002
03.05.2002 (Friday)	Mentorship Programme helps businesses take off
April 2002
23.04.2002 (Tuesday)	Seminar for SMEs on brand building
March 2002
29.03.2002 (Friday)	Appointments to the HKCPEC for a new term
20.03.2002 (Wednesday)	Pacific Economic Cooperation Hong Kong Committee Meeting
08.03.2002 (Friday)	SMEs are welcome to attend the seminar on "SMEs and Credit Scoring
February 2002
25.02.2002 (Monday)	DGTI to attend the First APEC Senior Officials' Meeting in 2002
January 2002
24.01.2002 (Thursday)	TID's Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs Officially Opened
15.01.2002 (Tuesday)	A Seminar to help SMEs become suppliers of goods and services to the Government
14.01.2002 (Monday)	SME Training Fund will be launched on January 16