HKETO Newsroom

October 11, 2022

HKETO Director visits Vancouver for business promotion

Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO), Ms Emily Mo, paid a visit to Vancouver on October 5 to 7 to promote the business and career development opportunities in Hong Kong.

Upon arrival in the evening on October 5, Ms Mo attended the West Coast Gala organised by the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) to promote Hong Kong’s position as an ideal gateway for Canadian businesses to tap into the vast business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. “Hong Kong is poised to enter a new era of opportunities as it further integrates into the national development including China’s 14th Five-Year Plan and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development, leveraging on its unique strengths such as the rule of law, low-and-simple tax regime, free flow of information and capital, superb connectivity to all parts of the world,” Ms Mo said.

Ms Mo is delighted to share with participants that Year 2022 is a special year as it is the year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ACCE Awards, and it also marks an important milestone for Hong Kong as the city celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

Before closing, Ms Mo encouraged participants to visit Hong Kong to explore the exciting developments and opportunities in the city. “With Hong Kong lifting its mandatory hotel quarantine arrangement recently, I sincerely look forward to more cooperation between Hong Kong and Canada through the wide network of ACCE,” Ms Mo concluded. 

On October 6, Ms Mo attended the oral question period of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (BC) in the morning and held a meeting with the Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party Mr Kevin Falcon and Member of the Legislative Assembly Ms Teresa Wat to exchange views on issues of mutual interests. Ms Mo moved on to attend a lunch meeting with BC Minister of State for Trade, Mr George Chow and the community leaders in Victoria and updated them on the latest developments of Hong Kong.  After the lunch, Ms Mo visited the Chinese Canadian Museum and learned about the history of Chinese Canadians in Victoria. In the evening, Ms Mo met with Dr Elangovan, Associate Vice-President, Office of Global Engagement of the University of Victoria to understand their work and to promote career as well as study opportunities in Hong Kong.

In the morning of October 7, Ms Mo paid a courtesy call to the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Vancouver, Mr Yang Shu, to brief him on the work of HKETO and discuss issues of mutual interest. 

Ms Mo returned to Toronto in the afternoon of October 7.

October 11, 2022

香港經貿處處長到訪溫哥華進行商務推廣

香港駐多倫多經濟貿易辦事處(香港經貿處)處長巫菀菁於十月五日至七日到訪溫哥華,推廣香港的商貿及就業發展機會。

巫菀菁於十月五日傍晚抵步後,出席由創業協進會舉辦的加西晚宴,推廣香港是加拿大企業把握亞太地區龐大商機的理想門戶。巫菀菁表示:「隨着香港進一步融入國家發展包括國家《十四五規劃綱要》及粵港澳大灣區發展,加上憑藉其獨特優勢包括法治、簡單低稅制、信息和資金自由流通、與世界各地超級聯通等,香港已準備迎向一個充滿機遇的新時代。」

巫菀菁很高興與與會者分享二零二二年是特別的一年,除了是創業協進會「加拿大傑出華裔創業家獎」的二十五周年誌慶,亦是香港特別行政區成立二十五周年的重要里程碑。

最後,巫菀菁鼓勵與會者到香港探索這充滿發展及機遇的城市。巫菀菁總結說:「香港最近撤銷強制酒店檢疫安排,我熱切期待通過創業協進會的廣泛網絡,港加兩地將有更多合作機會。」

十月六日早上,巫菀菁出席卑詩省省議會的口頭提問環節,並與卑詩自由黨黨領馮宜幹及省議員屈潔冰會面,就共同關心的議題交換意見。巫菀菁隨後出席午餐會,與卑詩省貿易省務廳長周炯華及維多利亞市社區領袖共進午餐,向他們介紹香港的最新發展。午餐會後,巫菀菁參觀華裔博物館,了解加拿大華人在維多利亞市的歷史。傍晚,巫菀菁與維多利亞大學環球參與辦公室助理副總裁Elangovan博士會面,了解他們的工作,並推廣在香港的就業及升學機會。

十月七日早上,巫菀菁禮節性拜訪中國駐溫哥華總領事楊舒,向他簡介香港經貿處的工作,並就共同關心的議題交換意見。

巫菀菁於十月七日下午返回多倫多。