PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL
MAIN PAGE | EVENTS & PROGRAMS | 1999 | CEO SUMMIT | PHOTOS | 11 SEPTEMBER 1999 | FORMAL SESSIONS

		The Opening Session, addressing "Global Companies and Nation States — Tensions or Common Interests" — was held in The Tearoom atop The Heritage Hotel.
		The Right Honourable Jenny Shipley, Prime Minster of New Zealand, arrives at The Heritage Hotel to deliver her morning address.
		Prime Minister Shipley delivers the Address by Chair of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
		Helmut Sohmen, Chairman of PBEC, and Ralph Norris, Chairman of the APEC CEO Summit Host Committee and the New Zealand Business Roundtable, await the arrival of The Honourable Kaoru Yosano, Japan Minister for International Trade and Industry.
		The Honourable Kaoru Yosano, Japan Minister for International Trade and Industry, is greeted on the red carpet at The Heritage Hotel by APEC CEO Summit Host Committee Chairman Ralph Norris and PBEC Chairman Dr. Helmut Sohmen.
		His Excellency Kim Dae-jung, President of the Republic of Korea, arrives at The Heritage Hotel.
		Helmut Sohmen, PBEC Chairman, greets Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
		Korean President Kim Dae-jung enters The Tearoom at The Heritage Hotel to address CEO Summit delegates. The focus of his remarks was, "Toward a New Asia-Pacific: An Agenda for the Global Era."