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Seminar on "CEPA and Hong Kong's New Opportunities in the Pearl River Delta"
Monday, December 8, 2003

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation:

The Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) will organize a Seminar on "CEPA and Hong Kong's New Opportunities in the Pearl River Delta" at 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Friday (December 12) at Function Rooms 603 - 604, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Old Wing).

The Seminar will look at the implication of CEPA and how it affects the market access of Hong Kong businesses to the Mainland and how the businesses can tap the opportunities brought by CEPA to further enhance their presence in the Pearl River Delta and the Mainland at large. The Seminar will be conducted in Cantonese and Putonghua.

The Chairman of the HKCPEC and President of the Lingnan University, Prof. Edward Chen as well as nine business leaders and distinguished Mainland and local scholars will share their experience and views with the participants.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the Seminar.
Interested participants are requested to enrol with the HKCPEC Secretariat by noon of Wednesday (December 10). Seats are reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis. 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 Cooperation 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 organization set up in 1980 with the purpose of developing closer cooperation among economies in the region in trade and economic policy issues. Currently, PECC has a total of 25 member committees including Hong Kong, China.

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