 Hong
Kong's strategic location, together with its vibrant
cosmopolitan lifestyle, newly added and more sophisticated
infrastructure, world class hospitality and superb professional
services, have made the city an ideal location for meetings,
incentives, conventions, and events (MICE).
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board's (HKTB) Executive
Director Mr Anthony Lau, more than 1,300 MICE events, including
some of the world's largest, are held in Hong Kong every year,
bringing in 1.7 million visitors and HK$11 billion in tourism
revenue.
New tourism proposals announced by the Government are set to
fill Hong Kong's already busy calendar with even more arts,
cultural and sports events. The recently announced allocation of
HK$100 million will motivate overseas MICE organizers to stage
international or regional events.
 On
a visit to Vancouver in May, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary
John Tsang called for more Hong Kong-Canada collaboration in six
major areas. "We welcome more Canadian companies – large and
small – to come to Hong Kong and test the water in our neck of
woods," he added.
The Hong Kong Canada Business Association brought together over
400 business people interested in expanding their reach to the
China market and elsewhere in Asia through the Hong Kong
platform to its annual national business forum in Vancouver. In
his keynote speech to the group, entitled "Challenges and
Strategies: Economic Opportunities and the Hong Kong-Canada
Partnership", Mr Tsang outlined the many advantages that awaited
Canadian entrepreneurs.
 Hong
Kong's increased emphasis on the environment is building great
potential for Canadian-made "green" technologies to find fertile
ground in Hong Kong.
Mr Edward Yau, Hong Kong's Secretary for the Environment,
travelled to Toronto and Ottawa recently to exchange views and
share experiences on environmental protection with Canadian
government officials and business leaders. He also discussed
about the "Green Opportunities" available in Hong Kong and the
mainland of China.
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