HKETO Jakarta showcases Hong Kong’s maritime strengths in Malaysia (with pictures)
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The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta (HKETO Jakarta), in collaboration with Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) and the Shipping Association Malaysia (SAM), and with the assistance of the Singapore Regional Desk of the Hong Kong Shipping Registry (HKSR), arranged a company workshop entitled “Gateway to Asia: Maximising Maritime and Trade Potential between Hong Kong and Malaysia” today (August 18) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The occasion united over 150 market leaders, regulators, stakeholders and professionals to check out chances for Hong Kong and Malaysia to advance maritime trade, financial investment and sustainable advancement through strengthened local co-operation.
Individuals consisted of agents from the Ministry of Transport of Malaysia, the Chairman and members of SAM, and senior agents from Hong Kong and Malaysia’s maritime market, highlighting the strong dedication to bilateral maritime partnership.
In her opening remarks, the Director-General of the HKETO Jakarta, Miss Libera Cheng, highlighted the robust maritime connections and complementary strengths shared in between Hong Kong and Malaysia. She likewise stressed Hong Kong’s leading function as a global shipping and trade centre, mentioning the recently developed Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board along with the city’s competitive benefits in maritime arbitration, financial investment and ship registration.
Miss Cheng stated, “With over 2 200 vessels and more than 128 million gross tons, the Hong Kong Shipping Registry is one of the largest in the world. In addition, Hong Kong is a highly sophisticated financial centre which offers a wide range of investment and financing opportunities in ship leasing, marine insurance, port services, and maritime logistics, supported by favourable government policies such as tax incentives and free flow of capital.”
Member of the Promotion and External Relations Committee of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Development Board Mr Edward Liu provided a keynote speech on “Driving Connectivity: Hong Kong as a Strategic Maritime Gateway for Malaysia”laying out the one-upmanships of Hong Kong ports in regards to connection, facilities and usage of innovation. He likewise presented the most recent advancements and chances in Hong Kong’s maritime sector.
Other keynote speakers consisted of the Regional Head (Singapore), HKSR, Marine Department, Captain Norman Ni; the Head of Transport, Logistics and Industrials of InvestHK, Mr Benjamin Wong; and the Chairman of the Promotion Sub-Committee of Hong Kong Maritime Arbitration Group, Captain Lee Fook-choon. They informed the audience on a broad spectrum of subjects covering Hong Kong’s function as a global maritime centre, delivering financial investment and chances, and maritime arbitration.
The workshop likewise included a question-and-answer session, helping with exchanges and allowing market gamers to get much deeper insights into significant patterns in the worldwide shipping market, and check out the capacity for more cooperations in between the 2 locations.