Hong Kong still a haven for private enterprises

From: New Straits Times | Date: May 28, 2002| Author: Zuraimi Abdullah | Copyright information


New Straits Times

05-28-2002

Hong Kong still a haven for private enterprises
Byline: Zuraimi Abdullah
Edition: 2*

THE Hong Kong Trade Development Council can give information and direction for Malaysian companies to find partners in the former British colony, but not to secure deals.

"We just provide the dance floor, you choose your own partners," HKTDC chairman Peter Woo Kwong Ching said.
He said Malaysia had been one of Hong Kong's...

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