PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC COUNCIL
MAIN PAGE | EVENTS & PROGRAMS | 1999 | IGM | PHOTOS | 17 MAY 1999 | OPENING PLENARY SESSION

		People began assembling before 7 a.m. to register for the 32nd International General Meeting, held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
		Many of the IGM's key speakers were on hand to open the meeting.
		Delegates and international journalists packed the theater.
		PBEC Chairman Helmut Sohmen welcomes everyone to Hong Kong, China.
		Tung Chee Hwa, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, delivers the keynote address.