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Press Release

44th meeting of Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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

The 44th Meeting of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) to be held next Tuesday (September 29) will be open to the public. 

The Chairman of the HKCPEC, Professor Sung Yun-wing, will chair the meeting. Major items for discussion include the HKCPEC's participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Internship Programme; a HKCPEC seminar to be held in Hong Kong in early 2010; selection of youth delegates to attend the 19th General Meeting and Standing Committee Meeting of the PECC in Japan in 2010; report on the outcomes of the 18th General Meeting of the PECC and Standing Committee Meeting held in Washington, D.C., in May 2009; and report on the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting held in Singapore in July 2009.

The meeting will be held at 10am in Room 1814, 18/F, Trade and Industry Department Tower, 700 Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon.

Members of the public are welcome to attend. In view of limited seating capacity at the meeting venue, admission will be on a first-come-first-served basis.

Those interested in attending the meeting are requested to enrol with the HKCPEC secretariat by noon, September 25.

For 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 PECC. In line with the nature of the PECC, composition of the HKCPEC is tripartite, comprising members from the government, academia and the business sector.

The PECC is a non-governmental organisation set up in 1980 to develop closer co-operation in trade and economic issues among economies in the region.

Currently, the PECC has a total of 26 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; Mongolia; New Zealand; the Pacific Islands Forum; Peru; the Philippines; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States of America; and Vietnam. PECC also has one associate member, France (Pacific Territories), and two institutional members, the Pacific Trade and Development Conference and Pacific Basin Economic Council.

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