In Partnership with the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Despite the global financial and economic turmoil, Mainland China recorded a 7.9 per cent growth in GDP in the second quarter of 2009. Hong Kong also continues playing its key role as a two-way springboard for both international and Mainland companies looking for opportunities. Hong Kong’s special strategic position makes it particularly important for Canadian businesses/services interested in the China market. In 2008, Canada’s direct investment in Hong Kong amounted to $6 billion. There are close to a hundred Canadian companies with regional headquarters/offices in Hong Kong.
Please join us on Thursday, October 8th when Mr. WONG Yan Lung, SC, Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government of China, will speak at our podium to give an update on Hong Kong’s international links, legal system, intellectual property protection regime, its regional dispute resolution services, arbitration involving Mainland China parties, and more.
Mr. WONG Yan Lung, SC, has been serving as Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice since October 2005. Prior to the appointment, Mr. Wong was a barrister in private practice. He sat as Deputy High Court Judge of the Court of First Instance in July and August 2003, and was a Council Member of the Hong Kong Bar Association on multiple terms between 1989 and 2005. Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Cambridge and was conferred Bachelor of Arts (Law) and Master of Arts (Law) Degrees. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2002 and elected as a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple in the United Kingdom in 2007.
