Transcript SUPERTRADER Hong Kong ． 40 Years of Trade

Supertrader:
Hong Kong．40 Years of Trade
Trade
Hong Kong’s Lifeblood
In the last 40 years, trade and industry has expanded dramatically in
Hong Kong, with annual trade valued at more than HK$4,500 billion
in 2005.
Hong Kong is the world's 11th largest trading economy. Trade and
industry employ a workforce of more than 1.3 million.
Founded October 1, 1966, the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council (TDC) is a statutory organisation responsible for promoting
Hong Kong’s exports of goods and services.
The TDC now has more than 40 offices around the world.
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East Africa was an important export market for
Hong Kong products in the 1960s.
As there were no regularly scheduled trade
fairs, the TDC converted a container truck into
a mobile exhibition unit, promoting Hong Kong
products to local consumers across Africa.
The Kingdom of
Plastic Flowers
In the 1960s, assembling plastic flowers at home for local
factories was a means of supplementing income for many
families.
Later, Hong Kong manufacturers turned to plastic dolls.
Their production activities laid the foundation for the
development of Hong Kong’s toy industry in the 1970s.
Today, Hong Kong is the world's largest and secondlargest exporter of artificial flowers and toys respectively.
Something as small as a flower contributes to
Hong Kong’s economy.
What’s your
contribution?
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Launched by the TDC in 1977, the Young
Designers’ Show helps develop new
fashion design talent in Hong Kong.
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The lack of exhibition venues in the 1970s and 1980s meant that
Hong Kong SMEs could participate only in overseas trade fairs.
Local exhibitions took place mostly in hotels or the World Trade
Centre in Causeway Bay.
Phase 1 of the CEC was officially opened in 1988, providing more
than 25,000 square metres of exhibition space.
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In 1979, Hong Kong overtook
Switzerland and Japan as the
world’s largest watch exporter
in terms of quantity.
Hong Kong became the world’s
largest clothing exporter in terms
of value in 1983.
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NOW
Hong Kong’s economy was at a critical stage of
transformation in the 1980s and 1990s.
With services making up 90 per cent of its GDP (the
world’s highest), Hong Kong is now a service-based
economy. Trade, finance and logistics became its new
economic pillars.
Hong Kong also helps mainland enterprises “go out” and
companies around the world expand in Asia.
Are you proud of the effort made by
Hong Kong people?
Today,
we accompany Hong Kong manufacturers to promotions around the
world, taking with us Hong Kong’s stylish products, designs, brands and
services.
From container trucks to commercial airlines, from East Africa to the
world, the TDC continues to blaze new trails with Hong Kong companies.
The economy is changing fast.
Can you catch
up?
Technology,
Design and Innovation
for Tomorrow
Let’s Create
Our Own Future
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Do you see
the future of Hong Kong?
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YOU
lead the future!
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