| Tripartite Forum |
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| The Policy Agenda on Promotion of Services |
| (8 January 1998) |
The tripartite forum "Hong Kong - The Servicing Economy: The Policy Agenda on
Promotion of Services" was organised jointly by the Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries, the Business and Services Promotion Unit of the
Financial Secretary's Office and the School of Business of the Hong Kong University. Held
on 8 January 1998, the forum was aimed at engaging key officials, businessmen and
academics in discussion, debate and brainstorming of ideas on the policy agenda for
promotion of the services sector.
Symposium Programme and Panelists
Opening remarks:
Session A : Liberalisation
Moderator :
- Dr Eden Woon, Director, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Panelists :
- Miss Denise Yue, Secretary for Trade and Industry
- Dr Victor Fung, Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Dr Ho Lok Sang, Lingnan College
Themes:
- Trade and investment policy
- Growing market opportunities
- Competition policy
- Regulation vs self-regulation
Session B : The Information Revolution
Moderator :
- Mr Norman Yuen, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Telecom
Panelists:
- Mr Alex Arena, Special Advisor, Economic Services Bureau
- Mr Peter Wong, Technical Director, Hutchison Telecommunication (HK) Ltd
- Prof Charles Kao, Former-Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Themes:
- The information technology era
- National information infrastructure (NII)
- Convergence of telecom and IT
- Preparing for the information age
Session C : Impact of Economic
Restructuring on Human Resources
Moderator:
- Mr Anthony Griffiths, Managing Director, GML Consultants Ltd
Panelists:
- Mr Matthew Cheung, Deputy Sec for Education & Manpower
- Mr Eddie Ng, Chairman, HK Institute of Human Resources Management
- Dr William Chan, University of Hong Kong
Themes:
- Retraining and reskilling
- Service culture and orientation
- The human resources challenge
Session D : Quality and Productivity
Moderator :
- Prof Michael Enright, School of Business, The University of Hong Kong
Panelists:
- Mr Francis Ho, Director General of Industry
- Mr Kenneth Fang, Chairman, HK Productivity Council
- Prof David Tse, City University of HK
Themes:
- Quality and competitiveness
- Quality for high value industries
- Productivity of domestic low value industries
- Quality and regulation of standards
Dinner Forum Panelists
Chairman:
- The Hon Donald Tsang, Financial Secretary
Panelists
- Mr Alex Arena, Special Advisor, Economic Services Bureau
- Mr Victor Fung, Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Mr Lo Yuk Sui, Chairman, Hong Kong Tourist Association
- Mr Stanley Ko, Chairman, Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries
- Mr Kenneth Fang, Chairman, Hong Kong Productivity Council
- Dr Richard Wong, Director, School of Business, University of Hong Kong