On 24 September Moscow will
play host to the first in a series of business meetings and events organized as
part of the official visit of The Better Hong Kong Foundation’s delegation to
Russia. The Better Hong Kong Foundation, whose mission is to strengthen and develop
international economic cooperation between East and West, has formed a
delegation of businesspeople and investors from Hong Kong who are interested in
carrying out business projects with Russia, but do not have any experience in
dealing with the country.
The delegation is made up
of a number of prominent Hong Kong businesspeople, including: Ronnie Chan, Chairman
of Hang Lung Properties, which is one of the largest developers creating
world-class commercial complexes in the main cities of China; Pansy Ho,
Chairman of Shun Tak Holdings, a conglomerate with core business activities in
real estate, transportation, hospitality and investment in Greater China; Sebastian
Man, Chairman and CEO of electrical products manufacturer Chung Mei
International Holdings Limited; Winnie Ng, Executive Director of The Kowloon
Motor Bus Co., one of the largest bus companies in the world; David Chiu,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Fast East Consortium (FEC), a
leading regional conglomerate in the property development and hospitality
sectors in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom and Hungary; and Diana Chou, Founder and Chairman of Dragon General
Aviation Group Ltd.
Adviser to the President Anton Kobyakov, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, Mayor
of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin and Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko
will all hold meetings with the delegation, as will the heads of major Russian
companies that are developing strategies for cooperation with Hong Kong.
«The prospects for
developing economic cooperation between our countries are great. Numerous
sectors are open to cooperation, and the potential financial benefits from new
joint projects are huge. There are promising areas of joint activities that
have yet to be explored — for example, produce trade (which has great
potential) and industrial and high technologies. Retail, real estate and many
other areas that offer consumer goods and services are also looking for opportunities
for cooperation. You will all learn more about these opportunities during the
course of our working meetings with the heads of Russian ministries,
departments and leading businesses,» Adviser to the President of the Russian
Federation Anton Kobyakov explained in his welcome address to the members of
the delegation.
