Hong Kong’s leader has vowed to do “everything” possible to expand cooperation with the Asean bloc of Southeast Asian countries and increase support for trade multilateralism, while revealing that a new economic office in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur would open “soon”.
Sources told the Post on Friday the new Economic and Trade Office (ETO) could be launched before the end of the year.
Speaking at the Hong Kong-Asean Summit organised by the South China Morning Post, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu stressed the city was eager to invest in the bloc’s 10 member countries, which formed a “burgeoning region of growth”.
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