Hong Kong – Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva celebrates 26th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva celebrates 26th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos)
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In celebration of the 26th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva hosted a reception on June 29 (Geneva time) in Geneva, Switzerland. The reception was well attended by over 200 representatives from diplomatic missions to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other organisations, international organisations, local government and businesses.
The Acting Permanent Representative of the HKSAR of China to the WTO, Ms Drew Lai, delivered a speech at the reception that after having lifted all COVID-related travel restrictions, Hong Kong is again buzzing with excitement and activities, and has received more than 10 million visitor arrivals in the past six months, including almost three million in the previous month alone.
“Various mega business and tourist events will continue to come on stream in the next few months, including the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival in October, Hong Kong Cyclothon in December, as well as later this year opening of the world’s first Frozen themed land in the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort,” Ms Lai said.
“And these are on top of the usual attractions of our city, such as great museums, fantastic food, sensational shopping, beautiful countryside and landscape,” she added, and invited guests to visit Hong Kong, to experience the vibrancy of the city first-hand and explore business opportunities.
Tomball ISD healthcare workforce development initiative and collaboration with community workforce partners earns statewide recognition TOMBALL, Texas – June 22, 2023 – PRLog — The Tomball Economic Development Corporation (Tomball EDC) was honored for exceptional contribution to community workforce programs by Texas Economic Development Council during its annual conference held in Allen, Texas. The Workforce Excellence Award recognized the Tomball Independent School District’s new Early College High School for Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) initiative focused on developing health professionals. P-TECH, a unique collaboration between HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (HCA Tomball), Tomball ISD, Lone Star College-Tomball (LSC-Tomball) Tomball EDC collaborated with HCA Tomball, LSC-Tomball and Tomball ISD, as part of Tomball EDC’s economic development priority to build a skilled workforce. “As Tomball EDC economic development efforts have attracted and retained business and industry, we established a priority to develop an available, skilled workforce in industries, such as healthcare, that bring good, high-paying careers to Tomball,” said Tiffani Wooten, Assistant Director of Tomball EDC. “Tomball ISD worked determinedly to create an attractive and comprehensive P-TECH program that will help our healthcare industry and community by educating an ample supply of qualified professional healthcare workers to deliver effective healthcare, and meet the demand for good jobs created in our community through healthcare,” The P-TECH program at Tomball ISD has proven to be popular with students. More than 100 students applied to the program. The inaugural class of twenty-five students, which starts in August, met earlier this year with Robert Marmerstein, HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball CEO, Dr. Lee Ann Nutt, Lone Star College-Tomball President and Dr. Kelly Marchiando, Tomball Star Academy Principal to hear more about the program. These leaders congratulated the students on joining an elite program and encouraged them to enjoy, learn and gain experience and knowledge that will build confidence and help them become skilled healthcare professionals. “Tomball ISD is proud to receive this honor as we are starting our program,” said Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora, Superintendent of Schools, Tomball ISD. “The P-TECH initiative is part of Tomball ISD’s ‘Destination Excellence’ culture. The Texas EDC award recognition establishes an early standard of excellence that Tomball ISD will continue to achieve through this collaboration of community partners. Our goal is to develop skilled professionals to meet demand for high-paying jobs that will improve the excellence of healthcare in our community.” Carlton Schwab, President/CEO of the Texas EDC offered the following about the workforce recognition by the Texas EDC awards program. “Our Texas Economic Development Council’s Workforce Excellence Award is one of the ways in which our organization honors the outstanding work done by our Texas communities and regions, their leaders, and their economic development professionals in the area of workforce development,” Shufti Pro, a highly reputable identity verification solution provider, announced that it has been awarded the “Best Financial Technology Provider UK 2022” award by World Economic Magazine. Shufti Pro was given this award for exhibiting exceptional development based on innovation, growth, and creating a positive impact with its state-of-the-art KYC & AML solutions. 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