Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO), Ms Emily Mo, attended the 2022 Markham, Richmond Hill & Vaughan Chinese Business Association (MRVCBA) Outstanding Women Awards Gala on October 22 and presented the Canada/Greater Bay Area Communion Award.
Speaking at the opening of the Awards Gala, Ms Mo congratulated MRVCBA in their efforts to recognise the remarkable achievements of women entrepreneurs and their efforts to promote the economic and social development of the community. She shared with participants that Hong Kong has a female labour force participation rate and percentage of the public-funded university students are about and over 50% respectively. “Over 35% of the managers, administrators and professionals are women,” she continued.
Ms Mo moved on to highlight the development of China’s national strategy, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to participants. “Together with other strategies like the National 14th Five-Year Plan, the Central government supports Hong Kong to reinforce its status as an international financial, transportation and trade centre, and to enhance its status as an international aviation and IT hubs, a regional intellectual property trading centre, and to develop into a hub for arts and cultural exchanges between China and the rest of the world,” Ms Mo said.
Ms Mo remarked that Hong Kong continues to be a place offering abundant business opportunities to women and men from all parts of the world, and she welcomed Canadian entrepreneurs to use the Hong Kong platform to expand and grow their businesses in Asia.
Before closing, Ms Mo introduced to participants that year 2022 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. “The theme of ‘A New Era – Stability • Prosperity • Opportunity’ represents Hong Kong’s achievements over the past 25 years, and underscores our anticipation for and confidence in a brighter future,” Ms Mo said. She invited the guests to take photos in front of the beautiful Hong Kong skyline and the 25th anniversary tagline at the photo corner of the event venue.
HKETO sponsored the Canada/Greater Bay Area Communion Award at the gala and this award
was presented to Vice-President of C4P Inc, Ms Jenny Lo. The company is a product development, sourcing and manufacturing company which has made contributions to connect Canada to the business development in the Greater Bay area.
香港經貿處處長於萬錦市烈治文山市旺市華商會「雲裳楓采」2022晚宴頒發大灣區共融獎
香港駐多倫多經濟貿易辦事處（香港經貿處）處長巫菀菁於十月二十二日出席萬錦市烈治文山市旺市華商會舉辦的「雲裳楓采」2022傑出女性頒獎晚宴，並頒發加拿大／大灣區共融獎。
巫菀菁在晚宴上致開幕辭時，首先恭賀商會一直致力表揚傑出女性企業家的貢獻，並在社區推動經濟及社會發展。巫菀菁與與會者分享，香港的女性勞動人口參與率和公帑資助大學學生比例約為50%以上，她續說：「香港逾35%的經理、行政人員及專業人士均是女性。」
巫菀菁同時向與會嘉賓介紹國家的發展策略——粵港澳大灣區發展。她表示：「中央政府在國家《十四五規劃綱要》等發展策略亦支持香港提升成為國際金融、運輸及貿易中心的地位，加強香港的國際航空及科創樞紐、區域知識產權交易中心的地位，並發展成為中外國際文化藝術交流樞紐。」
巫菀菁強調，香港會繼續為世界各地、不論性別的商人提供龐大商機，她歡迎加拿大企業家善用香港平台在亞洲拓展業務。
最後，巫菀菁向與會者介紹2022年是慶祝香港特別行政區成立二十五周年。她說：「『砥礪奮進廿五載，攜手再上新征程』這主題不僅帶出香港二十五年來的成就，亦寄託着大家對更美好未來的熱切期盼和信心。」巫菀菁誠邀嘉賓在晚宴照相站的香港維港美景及二十五周年慶祝回歸的主題標語前留影。
香港經貿處贊助晚宴的加拿大／大灣區共融獎，獎項的得獎者是C4P Inc副總裁羅秀貞。該公司是一間產品開發、採購及生產公司，為連接加拿大與大灣區之間的業務發展作出了貢獻。
