Hong Kong Commissioner visits 3 northeastern states
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| Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA Margaret Fong (left) met Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray during an April visit to Boston. |
In April, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA Margaret Fong visited the northeastern states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey.
In Boston, Miss Fong met with Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Dan O’Connell and Christa Bleyleben, executive director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment. She updated them on the developments in Hong Kong and discussed closer ties with the state, particularly in education exchanges, life sciences, alternative energy and financial services. She also invited Mr. Murray to visit Hong Kong.
While in Boston, Miss Fong attended the induction ceremony of Lee Kum Kee Group Chairman Lee Man-tat into the Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs of Babson College, which offers one of the top entrepreneurship courses worldwide. Mr. Lee is the first Chinese inductee into the academy. The Lee Kum Kee Group is a Hong Kong based company and a leading provider of authentic Chinese culinary sauces.
Miss Fong met with Mr. Lee as well as Thomas Stallkamp, chairman of the Board of Babson College, and Leonard Schlesinger, the president-elect of the college.
In separate visits to Hartford, Conn., and Trenton, N.J., Miss Fong met with Connecticut Commissioner Joan McDonald of the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Chief of the Office of Economic Growth of New Jersey Gary Rose, respectively. During her meetings, Miss Fong gave an update on the developments in Hong Kong and discussed closer ties with the two states. Topics of discussion included the successful implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle in Hong Kong, the territory’s economic performance, the advantages for U.S. businesses to tap the China and Asia Pacific markets via Hong Kong. Also discussed were financial services, education, the research endowment fund for Hong Kong’s tertiary institutes and life sciences research in Hong Kong.
In Hartford, Miss Fong also met with the President and CEO R. Nelson Griebel of the Metro Hartford Alliance, a prominent chamber in the city. She also spoke to Hong Kong and international students at Princeton and Yale universities on U.S.-Hong Kong partnership, job opportunities and Hong Kong’s migrant admissions policy.
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