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Photos from the PBEC/World Bank Roundtable

PBEC Secretary General Robert G. Lees welcomes delegates during the opening dinner of the PBEC/World Bank environmental roundtable.

The Honorable Bowen Leung, Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Hong Kong SAR, gives the dinner opening address.

Mr. Ian Johnson, Vice President-Environment and Social Development of The World Bank, gives the closing remarks and thanks at the opening evening's events.

Left to Right: Mr. Richard Ackermann, Sector Manager of The World Bank, Mr. Ian Johnson, Vice President-Environment and Social Development of The World Bank, Mr. Sergio Margulis, Senior Environmental Specialist of the Economic Development Institute, and Dr. Stuart L. Smith, Chairman of the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, chat during the opening reception.

Delegates enjoy the opening dinner in the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hotel.

Mr. John Strickland, Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Chairman of the PBEC Hong Kong, China member committee, welcomes delegates to the first day of sessions.

Dr. Stuart L. Smith, Chairman of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, delivers the opening address.

Professor Gordon Hughes, Senior Advisor of the World Bank, gives introductory remarks during the session entitled "Encouraging Public-Private Sector Dialogue."

Dr. Bradford S. Gentry, Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, provides an introduction to the session on trade and the environment.

PBEC Secretary General Robert G. Lees adds to the discussion during the first day of roundtable meetings.

Mr. Gary Nash, Secretary General of the International Council on Metals and the Environment, moderates the session entitled "Avoiding Environmental Disasters in Joint Ventures."

Mr. Osamu Itoh, General Manager-Environmental Affairs Department of Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd. and member of the PBEC Working Committee on the Environment, was among the private sector participants.

Mr. Holden Lee, Principal of Aqua International Partners, moderates the session entitled "High Cost Environmental Issues: Power, Water and Waste Infrastructure."

Delegates engage in a lively debate during the opening day of sessions.

Private sector delegates meet over breakfast to discuss the progress of the roundtable discussions, as well as to informally discuss the current Asian financial crisis.

Mr. Andrew Steer, Country Director-East Asia and Pacific Region of The World Bank, Mr. Ian Johnson, Vice President-Environmental and Social Development of The World Bank, and Mr. Robert G. Lees, Secretary General of the Pacific Basin Economic Council address questions during the press conference.

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