8:15 am Registration

8:45 am Opening Remarks

	Representative from Government (The Hon Donald Tsang)
	Representative from Business Sector (Mr Stanley Ko)
	Representative from Academics (Prof Y C Cheng)

9:00 am Concurrent Sessions I

Session A: Competition Policy	Session B: Raising Competitiveness – “Quality of Life” Sectors
Moderator: Mr David Dodwell Panelists: Mr Mike Rowse, Director, Business and Services Promotion Unit, Financial Secretary’s Office Mr John Chan, Managing Director, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co (1933) Ltd Prof Leonard Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Themes: Privatisation/Commercialisation of Government Services Regulation vs. Market Mechanism Liberalization of Domestic Sectors	Moderator: Mr Vincent Chow Panelists: Dr E K Yeoh, Chief Executive, Hospital Authority Mr Martin Barrow, Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Festival Prof Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong Themes: Arts & Culture Leisure & Entertainment Basic Education as Service Sector Enhancing Healthcare Tourism – Challenges ahead

10:30 am Coffee Break

11:00 am Concurrent Sessions II

Session C: Hong Kong as an Innovation/ Technology Centre

Session D: Making the Non-Traded Sectors Tradable

Moderator: Mr Nicholas Brooke Panelists: Mr K C Kwong, Sec for Information Technology & Broadcasting Mr Tony Tai, General Manager, IBM China/HK Ltd Prof Ping Ko, Dean of Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Themes: Information Technology & Infrastructure Promoting Technology-based Service Business Promoting Innovation in Government & Private Services Research & Development in IT

Moderator: Mr Po Chung Panelists: The Hon Charles Lee Yeh-kwong, Council Chairman, Open University of Hong Kong Mr Brian Stevenson, Chairman, Ernst & Young (Far East) Prof Richard Ho, Dean, School of Business, City University Themes: Exporting Arts & Cultural Services Internationalisation of Education and Healthcare Services Export Barriers

6:15 pm Registration

6:30 pm Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm Opening Remarks by the Financial Secretary and Address by Keynote Speaker: Mr John Strickland

7:40 pm Moderators’ Reports (5-minute summaries from each moderator)

8:00 pm Dinner and Stand-up Session (free discussion)

9:30 pm Conclusion & Presentation of Souvenirs

9:40 pm End of Forum