Media Advisory - Breakfast Networking Seminar: "Hong Kong + Canada: Innovating Prosperity at the Gateway to China"

OTTAWA, April 30, 2015 /CNW/ - Hon. Michael Chong, MP, Chairman of the Canada-Hong Kong Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Miss Gloria Lo, Director of  Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto), will co-host the networking breakfast seminar with Mr. Stewart Beck, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, as the keynote speaker.

Date:	Thursday, May 7, 2015
Time:	7:15 am to 9:00 am
Place:	Parliamentary Restaurant
	6th Floor, Centre Block
	Parliament Hill
	(Please use the Parliamentary Affairs entrance underneath the Peace Tower)

At the breakfast seminar, Mr. Beck will share his view on Hong Kong's strategic significance for Canadian business, in particular its value as the gateway to Mainland China. He will address the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the technology space, and how Canada can connect to that space in Asia by fostering linkages with innovation ecosystems in Hong Kong.

You are invited to send a reporter/photographer to cover the event.  Please RSVP by Monday, May 4 to Ms Maggie Liu at 416-924-5544 ext 227 or [email protected]   

SOURCE Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office

For media enquiries, please contact: Victor Cheung, Head, Public Relations, (O) 416-924-5425, (M) 416-456-8623, [email protected]; Hilda Chow, Public Relations Officer, (O) 416-924-7374, (M) 416-456-8293, [email protected]