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32nd International General Meeting May 14-19, 1999 Hong Kong, China

Main Page Policy Statements Speakers Speeches Photos This page will list the text of speeches delivered at the 32nd International General Meeting in Hong Kong, China. Please check back often as this page is updated frequently. Monday, May 17, 1999 Call to Order Robert G. Lees PBEC Secretary General PBEC in a Changing World Helmut Sohmen PBEC Chairman Opening Keynote Address The Honorable Tung Chee Hwa Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Governments and Economic Development in a Globalized World Michel Camdessus Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Markets and Good Government: Toward Development with a Human Face President Joseph Ejercito Estrada Republic of the Philippines Information and Imagination Lachlan Murdoch Senior Executive Vice President, News Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Limited, Australia Seizing Opportunities, Meeting Challenges and Jointly Creating a Better Future for the New Century Madame Wu Yi State Councillor, People's Republic of China Roundtable Discussion: Can protectionism be eliminated in the 21st century? Hisamitsu Arai Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry W. Noel Levi Secretary General, South Pacific Forum Secretariat Roundtable Discussion: A managed economy vs. a free market Sokan Chang Vice Chairman, Korea Federation of Textile Industries Roundtable Discussion: Telecommunications — How can development accelerate? Tadashi Nishimoto President, KDD Corporation Han Songlin Deputy Director, China Telecom Tuesday, May 18, 1999 Economic Reform and International Cooperation The Honorable Kyu-Sung Lee Minister of Finance and Economy, Republic of Korea Preserving the Environment and Raising Living Standards Through an Open Food System Ernest S. Micek Chairman & CEO, Cargill Incorporated Reforms to International Financial Architecture: The Lessons of the Last Two Years The Honorable Peter Costello Treasurer, Australia Plenary Panel Discussion: Technology vs. Labor Kosaku Inaba Chairman & CEO, Ishikawa-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. Morton Bahr President, Communications Workers of American and Vice President, AFL-CIO Roundtable Discussion: The use of regenerable resources Hiroyuki Shimojima Senior Managing Director, Honda Motor Co.,Ltd. Plenary Panel Discussion: Technology vs. Labor Kiyoshi Kanitani President, Nachi Robotics Advanced Technology America, Inc. Special Panel on China Li Dachang Vice Governor, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China Wednesday, May 19, 1999 From Miracle to Debacle: The Asian Economic Crisis in Perspective Professor Jagdish Bhagwati Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics, Columbia University Luncheon Keynote Address The Honorable Benjamin J. Cayetano Governor, State of Hawaii, United States of America To Have and Have Not: Wealth Creation and Global Capitalism in the 21st Century John R.H. Bond Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc The Role of Business and Civil Society in Combating Corruption Dr. Peter Eigen Chairman, Transparency International Emerging Markets and the Globalization of the Economy: An Approach to the Ecuadorian Case Ing. Juan Jose Pons Arizaga President of the National Congress of Ecuador