Press Release - March 14, 2005

A video conference aiming at exploring career opportunities in Hong Kong will be held in Toronto and Vancouver Friday (March 18) for Hong Kong students studying at Canadian universities, connecting them to human resources and career development experts in Hong Kong.

Organized by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Canada, jointly with the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau (CITB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the annual career conference, which is in its third year, is expected to attract more than 300 Hong Kong students from universities in southern Ontario and British Columbia to take part.

�That�s the maximum capacity we can accommodate at our conference venues in the two major Canadian cities,� said Mr. Bassanio So, the HKETO Director. �The rest will have to watch the proceeding on the webcast.� Mr. So said the HKSAR Government wanted to encourage more foreign-trained talents to ride the wave of economic development in Hong Kong, Asia�s world city, and to play a role in the economic integration between Hong Kong and South China.

To be held simultaneously this Friday at 7:30 pm (Toronto time) at the HKETO in Toronto, at 4:30 pm (Vancouver time) at Asia Pacific Hall of the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and at 8:30 am, Saturday (Hong Kong time) at the CITB in Hong Kong, this cross-Pacific video conference will provide latest career information and useful advices on the career opportunities available in various sectors in Hong Kong.

Four guest speakers from Hong Kong�s business sectors will be participating as panelists. They are: Eric Chin, CEO, Futurekids O/B Futurecyber Technology Solution Ltd; Nancy Chan, General Manager, Human Resources Services, Jardine Matheson Limited; and Catherine Yen, Partner of Ernest & Young; as well as recent Canadian university graduate Alice Suen, who is under an executive training program with the HSBC Bank in Hong Kong.

The video conference will be jointly hosted by Mr So in Canada, Mr Philip Yung, Deputy Secretary of the CITB and Mr Eric Chin in Hong Kong.

The participants, mostly representing Hong Kong student associations, are coming from the following universities: the University of Toronto, York University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario, McMaster University, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and University of Victoria.

The video conference will be �live� webcast by Radio Television Hong Kong at http://www.rthk.org.hk/special/careervideoconference2005 on Saturday at 8:30 am (Hong Kong time).


For more information, please contact:
Stephen Siu, Assistant Director (Public Relations) of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at: (416)924-5544 or email: [email protected]
Elison Chu, Senior Information Officer, [email protected]
Catherine Yuen, Principal Consultant (Western Canada), at (604)331-1300 or email: [email protected]

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