Summit on Anticipating the Economic Development of China and Hong Kong on the “Golden Ten Years” successfully completed

The Founder and the Managing Partner of FONGS Lawyers, Dr. Edmond Fong attended the Summit on Anticipating the Economic Development of China and Hong Kong on the “Golden Ten Years” held by the China Elites Association (“the Association”) as a senior partner. The Summit was held at the ballroom of the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong and we were honoured to have professions from different fields, such as financial investment and high technology industry with us to discuss the future of China and Hong Kong. We hope to gather the professional opinions from both China and Hong Kong, with the aim to know more about the potential of our country.

Group picture taken at the end of the lunch forum.

In the back row: Mr. Patrick Cheung , the Vice President of the Association (third left); Mr. Chan Pak Lam (fifth left); Dr. Tong Man Leung (sixth left); Dr. Ray Sze, the President of the Association (seventh left); Mr. Tong Chun Kit, the Executive Director of Gale Well Group Limited (first right).

In the front row:  Ms. Amy Yao, the Secretary of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Think Tank (first left); Dr. Edmond Fong (second left); Ms. Man Wang Li, the Chairman of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific outstanding women (third left).

In this lunch forum, we were especially honoured to invite representatives from three important industries of Hong Kong as our guest speakers who were from the industries of precious metals, real estate and securities. The guest speakers were Dr. Haywood Cheung, the President of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society; Dr. Tong Man Leung, the CEO of Gale Well Group Limited and Mr. Chan Pak Lam, the CEO of the Success Finance Group. After Dr. Edmond Fong, the Founder of the Association delivered opening speech, the three guest speakers gave their speeches thereafter. They had mentioned the indispensable financial relationship between China and Hong Kong, the business opportunities between these two regions and they also had a thorough analysis on the development trends of China, Hong Kong and Macau. Their sharings were utterly inspiring and informative.

Group picture of the three guest speakers (from left: Mr. Chan Pak Lam, Dr. Haywood Cheung and Dr. Tong Man Leung)

We were extremely delighted to have many well-known members with us who were Mr. Hu Jianzhong, the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR; Mrs. Choi, the Chairperson of the National Resources Securities Limited and the Permanent Honorary President of the Institute of Securities Dealers; Ms. Daisy Yeung, the CEO of the Emperor Capital Group; Ms. Man Wang Li, the Chairman of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific outstanding women and the principal officers from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR. Their presence had made the Summit a great success.

There was a Q&A session after the lunch which allowed the audience to interact with the guest speakers. They discussed about the recent economic development of China and Hong Kong, and also about how to strive for commercial and investment opportunities. The professional opinions from the guest speakers would absoultely allow our audience to gain valuable knowledges.

Dr. Tong Man Leung shared his unique idea about the future development of China and Hong Kong in replying the questions raised by the audience.

Further, the Association prepared a lot of awards to the guest speakers in order to show gratitude to their contributions towards China and Hong Kong.

Mr. Hu Jianzhong, the Deputy Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR was presenting the Lifetime Honorary Award to Mrs. Choi.

Mrs. Choi is the Chairperson of the National Resources Securities Limited and the Permanent Honorary President of the Institute of Securities Dealers. She has been in the securities industry for over 40 years. With her strong business acumen and careful mindset, Mrs. Choi was able to manage all sorts of securities investments smoothly. In the financial market which was full of cheating and deceit, Mrs. Choi was always willing to sacrifice herself in order to help the others. That was the reason why she was so respectable among the peers. Further, Mrs. Choi was also a philanthropist. She donated money to her hometown Chao Zhou to set up Chenbaoxin School. It was because of her benevolent personality and the extraordinary business acumen, she was being regarded as a legend in the securities industry.

Dr. Edmond Fong was presenting the Excellence Achievement Award in the financial industry to Ms. Yeung.

 

Dr. Edmond Fong was presenting the Excellence Achievement Award in the precious metal industry to Dr. Cheung, and Mr. Kwong, the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Precious Metal Traders Association Limited was acting as the representative of Dr. Cheung to receive the prize.

 

Dr. Edmond Fong was presenting the Excellence Achievement Award in the real estate industry to Dr. Tong.

Further, part of the revenue generated from the event was donated to Little Life Warriors Society, with the aim to increase the benefits of those children suffering from cancer, and to improve the services of bone marrow transplant.