Andrew Weir, former chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, was made an MBE for services to British commercial interests overseas “Andrew has made an outstanding contribution to trade and investment links between Hong Kong and the UK, and Kenneth’s support to the ex-servicemen’s community of Hong Kong has made a measurable impact on the lives of hundreds of veterans and their dependants” British Consul-General Andrew Heyn said. Weir said: “I am honoured to receive this award and recognise the…
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Dinner in Hong Kong with PBEC’s Kansai Chairman and PBEC Board Member, Satoko Yahata (seated middle between) Chairman, Andrew Weir and Chief Executive, Deborah Biber. Standing (from left to right) is visiting Kansai Chapter Member Shigeyuki Takami, Member Prof KB Chan and Vice Chairman Dr Moses Cheng. The forthcoming PBEC Kansai-Hong Kong Business Network activity will be held over one evening and two days and will comprise meetings with established and rising businesses in the highly successful Osaka-Kyoto corridor, as…
Date: 11 September 2017 (Monday) Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Organiser: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Trade Development Council The Belt and Road Summit brings together senior government officials, representatives of international institutions, business leaders and industry experts from countries along and beyond the Belt and Road to exchange views on multilateral co-operation and explore new business opportunities arising from the Belt and Road Initiative. The inaugural edition in 2016 attracted 40…
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist Asia Pacific for Natixis, presenting to PBEC Members and Friends at a breakfast session in Hong Kong, 29 March 2017
Germán Muñoz says as China revives Silk Road links, the 16th-century ‘Silver Way’ offers a template for enhanced multilateral cooperation, development and integration President Xi Jinping’s “one belt, one road” initiative – a hugely ambitious attempt to link all of Eurasia via trade and transport infrastructure and procedures – has consolidated, among others things, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. References to the Silk Road are not coincidental: they evoke a time that predates…
PBEC Chairman Dr. Wilfred Wong advocated the importance of full regional integration and the business support for the FTAAP initiative. Click below to play interview.
