Conducting Business Hong Kong

Resource security and commercial concerns are driving the Chinese mainland’s pursuit of new environmentally friendly technology, according to Dr Kenneth DeWoskin, Director of the Deloitte China Research and Insight Center. In this 6 December interview with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) webcast service, Dr DeWoskin also speaks about how Hong Kong will be a key centre for financial instruments based on China’s currency, the renminbi.

AFF 2011 Website: www.asianfinancialforum.com

Press Release:
http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/tdcnews/en/1X078RBG/

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The Chinese government has approved plans for a Disney theme park in Shanghai, the first of its kind in mainland China.

The approval by the National Development and Reform Commission will allow Shanghai, China’s biggest city, and Disney to work on final details for the amusement park, to be located in the city’s eastern Pudong district.

The news was met with general happiness by many local residents that own their land who are hoping to benefit from a generous buyout. Local residents are also hopeful that the development will bring new opportunities and business.

Others though, including business owners who rent and therefore stand to loose their businesses were not so welcoming.

The park will be a major showcase for Shanghai, the mainland’s main financial and commercial centre.

Disney’s theme park in Hong Kong has suffered disappointing attendance though, raising questions over the prospects for success in Shanghai.

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Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) — Neil Gregory, acting director of global indicators and analysis at the World Bank, talks with Bloomberg’s Lisa Murphy about global business regulation. (Source: Bloomberg)

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http://www.acrc.org.hk/ The FocusAsia Business Leaders Case Study and Video Series profiles leading Asian enterprises and their senior executives. From property development and manufacturing to biotechnology and offshoring, the Series features some of the most successful companies in Asia — from China to Singapore, Japan to India.
The case study shows how these firms are using their entrenched competitive position at home to expand into global market. The video features the CEO and other senior managers discussing their firm’s operations, culture and strategic outlook. The viewers will get a close look at the inner workings of the executive suite and the role it plays in formulating and executing the firm’s strategy. Educators will also have access to accompanying teaching notes, which highlight specific teaching and learning objectives guiding each case.

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Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — Paul Wuh, an analyst in Hong Kong with Samsung Securities Co., talks about the outlook for China’s Internet companies.
Wuh speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television’s “On the Move Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Communist Laos has come late to the Asian economic boom but it’s now open for business. Investment is pouring in and resources like timber and rubber are pouring out – transforming the country and turning virgin forest into fields and plantations. But Laos is one of the last biodiversity hotspots in south east Asia and commercial development is chipping away at the country’s natural capital. Originally from Laos, Sam Say is a successful Hong Kong businessman searching for investment opportunities that won’t destroy his country’s heritage. He’s teaming up with botanist Dr Sounthone Ketphanh — Director of Lao’s Forest Research Center. Together, they’re on a mission to find out if the price of economic development is the loss of unique and valuable species and ecosystems. In the UN’s year of Biodiversity tve’s new Earth Report programme, Gambling on Laos travels with them to see if there could be another way.

BBC World News broadcasts ‘Earth Report — Gambling on Laos at the following times:
Saturday 3 July 02:30 and 15:30; Sunday 4 July 09:30 and 21:30 (All times UK time zone)

with thanks to SDC, SIDA and GTZ

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Topic:
Main Topic: 5 Things Entrepreneurs need to Know about Negotiation to Ensure Success

Speaker: Mr. Peter Nixon , Founder & Managing Director, Potential Dialogue and Author of Negotiation Mastering Business in Asia (Wiley)

TEN members and the public are invited to join us at Club Vertigo at 6:30 on Thursday January 14 to network and hear our speaker Mr. Peter Nixon talk about 5 Things Entrepreneurs need to Know about Negotiation to Ensure Success!

About our speaker:

Peter Nixon, Founder & Managing Director, Potential Dialogue
Founder & Managing Director, Potential Dialogue Peter Nixon is an international trainer, speaker, consultant and coach to leading executives around the world. He is author of Negotiation Mastering Business in Asia (Wiley) which outlines negotiation best practices identified working with leading negotiators from the worlds most recognised companies, banks and professional firms. Peter has created several recognised and practical methodologies as well as thousands of case scenarios to support his work in strategic dialogue, business development and conflict resolution.

His workshops are fun, relevant, directly linked to the participants challenges and often rated as the best workshops participants have ever attended. His mantra The Solution is in the Dialogue © was arrived at after addressing client problems of all description around the world: relationships, key accounts, financial, legal, logistics, sales, procurement, change management, corporate governance, municipal affairs, education & health services, civil unrest, geo-politics, religion, NGOs, partnerships, government etc.

A frequent speaker and writer Peters aim is to help his clients get beyond yes to achieve economically optimally outcomes (as defined by Dr Nashs Nobel Prize winning economics). Not content only helping organisations Peter is increasingly being asked to address global challenges of an environmental, social and spiritual nature.

Peter qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Montreal in the 1980s and extended his audit career to Geneva and Hong Kong before launching his consulting practice in 1994. Since that time he has travelled extensively and worked with an extensive variety of organisations, cultures and executives. Peter has collected various academic recognitions from Bishops, McGill, U of A, Leicester, Harvard and INSEAD.

When not busy with clients Peter spends his time on family and community endeavours in Discovery Bay (Hong Kong) and The Laurentians (Canada).

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This spring, CEC held two “Doing Business in Asia” seminars. For our CEC Online videocast in May, we have put together the highlights of dining etiquette in Asia. Members have access to German-English-Chinese vocabulary cards (with MP3 links for pronunciation!), iPod Notes on the Dos and Dont´s of small talk in Asia, as well as an activity linked to our videocast for three different levels. Check out the full video at www.creative-english.at, Members Link.

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Business Solutions to Climate Change will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo. The theme and other highlights of the upcoming fair were introduced at a business luncheon hosted by Expo organisers the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.

The luncheons keynote speaker, Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment, HKSAR, introduced the latest developments in Hong Kong-Guangdong cooperation in the area of environmental protection, and the opportunities they presented to the business sector. Earlier this month in Beijing, Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua signed the Framework Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation. That agreement includes a number of important measures meant to implement a regional ecology and environmental protection regime, to create a high-quality living area in the Greater Pearl River Delta region.

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http://uk.asiancorrespondent.com/video/travel-chaos-from-iceland-s-volcano.htm

The chaos caused by Iceland’s volcanic eruption shows no signs of abating, with flights from all the globe effected.

Air passengers stranded in Hong Kong were warned of further delays as a result of the ash cloud from the volcano, although some European airports were open to limited traffic.

All flights to and from London, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan have been cancelled. Flights to Rome are flying but the service is subject to continuous review. Travellers with onward connections to Europe via Hong Kong will not be accepted for travel from their point of origin, according to an announcement on the airline’s website.

With so many passengers grounded in Hong Kong and all over Asia, the demand for accommodation is at a premium.

Bert Groot-Hulze, business passenger from the Netherlands:

“Since all the hotels in Hong Kong are full, our company had to book a pretty expensive hotel in Hong Kong, which costs around, I don’t know, 250 Euros each day. And we are here with five colleagues for four nights now, so do the math, it’s pretty expensive.”

Busi Daniel, French tourist:

“Yesterday we have a price of room at 250 Euro, at midday, it was 460 Euro, and in the evening, the price was 800 Euro a room, for a day – we can’t pay that.”

Australian airline Qantas said that it will continue to cancel its flights to Europe until further notice, effecting over 12,000 passengers, however, its services between Australia and Asia were still operating.

Southern Iceland’s Eyjafyoll volcano began erupting for a second time sending ash several miles into the air.

Winds have pushed the plume south and east across Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and into the heart of Europe. The ash has a potentially lethal effect on jet engines.

It’s estimated the shutdowns are costing the aviation industry, already reeling from a punishing economic period, at least 200 million US dollars a day, according to the International Air Transport Association.

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