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HKEx GEM Conference In Chengdu

Date 26/06/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will hold a GEM Conference in Chengdu on 5 July 2001 (Thursday). The conference will aim at providing potential Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) listing candidates in Mainland China with a greater understanding of the requirements for listing on GEM in Hong Kong. The news media are cordially invited to cover the event.

The morning session will include speeches by Ke Zunping, Deputy Governor of Sichuan Provincial Government, Zhang Jingan, Director -- General of Torch High Technology Industry Development Centre, HKEx Chairman Charles Lee Yeh-kwong, HKEx Chief Executive Kwong Ki-chi, HKEx's Head of China & International Development Richard Peng and a representative from the Mainland venture capital sector. In the afternoon, the conference will comprise presentations by sponsors, legal and accounting firms from Hong Kong, and open forums for questions and answers, on their services to potential issuers of GEM.