InvestHK will join the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade & Economic Co-operation to organise a day-long online investment seminar on June 29.

The Greater Pearl River Delta (HK-Guangdong) Online Investment Seminar 2004 is the first such seminar ever organised by the Government and Guangdong.

It highlights the advantages of using Hong Kong as a service platform and Guangdong as a manufacturing base, aims to attract companies or individuals interested in investing in Hong Kong and Guangdong - particularly potential investors from North America, Europe, Japan and Southeast Asia.

The seminar will feature speeches by senior Government officials, such as Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang, Director-General of InvestHK Mike Rowse and Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade & Economic Co-operation Director-General Liang Yaowen. Prominent businessmen will also share their experience on investing in Hong Kong and Guangdong.

Experts from InvestHK, the Trade & Industry Department and the Trade Development Council will be available to answer questions on investment and CEPA. Guangdong officials will also address questions on investment in the province.

The seminar will be hosted on the Greater Pearl River Delta website, which has been created to promote the advantages of investing in the region. The website is an innovative and effective communications tool to reach potential investors from within and outside the region.

Information will be available anytime, from anywhere.

Companies or individuals can post their questions immediately after registering on the site.