SJ continues to participate in APEC Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting in Incheon, Korea (with pictures)
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The Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, continued to participate in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting in Incheon, Korea, today (October 23).
In the early morning, Mr Lam met the Deputy Minister of Trade of Indonesia, Ms Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri, before the ministerial conference and gone over matters of shared interest, consisting of capability structure on online disagreement resolution.
Mr Lam then went to the 3rd and 4th conversation sessions of the ministerial conference. On the subject of how structural reform can promote success for all, Mr Lam mentioned that Hong Kong, China has actually constantly been dedicated to sharing the fruits of success with members of the general public. The Chief Executive’s Policy Address this year, with the style “Deepening Reforms for Our People and Leveraging Our Strengths for a Brighter Future”completely shows this policy goal. Throughout the conversation session, Mr Lam presented Hong Kong, China’s steps in real estate, labour, health care, and assistance for the advancement of micro, little and medium-sized business. He likewise elaborated on Hong Kong, China’s vision of additional enhancing individuals’s incomes and developing a reasonable and simply society through legislation, upgrading laws, and establishing the economy through reforms.
Mr Lam checked out the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the afternoon and met the Head of the Centre, Ms Athita Komindr. He thanked the Commission for its assistance to the Department of Justice (DoJ), stressing the close and rewarding cooperation in between the 2 sides throughout the years. The 6th UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit, a biennial flagship occasion collectively arranged by UNCITRAL and the DoJ, will be kept in Hong Kong throughout the Hong Kong Legal Week this December. To line up with the style “Linking Laws, Bridging Worlds” of the Legal Week this year, the top will check out subjects associated with the application of digital economy, virtual properties, expert system, and other pertinent topics in the judicial field. Legal and disagreement resolution specialists and academics from all over the world will go to the top.
At night, Mr Lam paid a courtesy contact the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of individuals’s Republic of China to the Republic of Korea, Mr Dai Bing, to inform him on the co-operation in between the DoJ and the Ministry of Justice of Korea, and the future deal with reinforcing the promo of the benefits of Hong Kong’s legal services overseas.
Mr Lam will continue his check out to Korea tomorrow (October 24).