Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO), Ms Emily Mo, joined the inaugural “Hong Kong-Mississauga Innovation Exchange” event co-organised by the HKETO, Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) (Canada) and IDEA Mississauga in partnership with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council on April 11 to promote business opportunities in Hong Kong.
The event, drawing nearly 100 participants, aimed to facilitate innovative idea exchanges, foster business partnerships, and cultivate meaningful connections between the City of Mississauga and Hong Kong.
In delivering opening remarks, Ms Mo noted the close ties developed between Hong Kong and the City of Mississauga over the past decades, in which the Hong Kong immigrant community embraced Mississauga as home and contributed significantly to its growth through investments, entrepreneurship, and cultural enrichment. Concurrently, Ms Mo said, Hong Kong also opened its doors wide to Canadian enterprises keen on exploring the vast opportunities in the East.
Ms Mo outlined some of Hong Kong’s unparalleled advantages under the “one country, two systems”, including simple tax system and low tax rate, the city’s role as a premier fundraising platform, huge support from the Canadian community in Hong Kong, and its strategic location. She added that Hong Kong’s strategic location offers seamless access to the Indo-Pacific region, including the mainland China, particularly the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and other key Asian markets.
“Being the most open and international city in GBA, Hong Kong is a core city of the development. With numerous facilitation measures and policies introduced and being planned to create synergy between the relevant cities, companies in Hong Kong (including foreign companies registered in Hong Kong) will be able to tap into this huge and rising market like no others,” she said.
Following Ms Mo’s remarks was a panel discussion by industry experts from McMillan, MNP and Roynat Capital Scotiabank on practical business resources for small-and-media-size enterprises and start-ups. Participants also joined informative sessions on government funding and support for innovative startups by IDEA Mississauga, YSpace York University and InvestHK (Canada), where Head of InvestHK, Mr Christopher Chen, shared about the funding and market opportunities in Hong Kong.
香港經貿處處長參與香港-密西沙加創新交流活動向加拿大推廣香港商機
香港駐多倫多經濟貿易辦事處（香港經貿處）處長巫菀菁於四月十一日參與由香港經貿處、香港投資推廣署加拿大辦事處、IDEA密西沙加及香港貿易發展局多倫多辦事處合辦的首屆「香港—密西沙加創新交流」活動，推廣香港商機。
活動旨在促進創意交流，加強商務合作，並讓密西沙加市與香港建立富意義的聯繫，吸引近百位參加者。
巫菀菁為活動致開幕辭時指出，香港與密市過去數十年關係深切，香港移民社群紮根密市，並在此投資、發展商貿和豐富其多元文化，貢獻良多。香港亦同樣向有意在東方把握龐大機遇的加拿大商家打開門戶。
巫菀菁續闡述香港在「一國兩制」下無可比擬的優勢，包括簡單低稅制、香港作為頂尖融資平台的角色、在港加拿大社群的強大支援及香港的策略位置。她補充指，香港的地理位置極富策略性，緊密連接印太地區，包括中國內地、粵港澳大灣區（大灣區）及亞洲其他主要市場。
她說：「香港是大灣區內最開放的國際城市，在整個發展中擁有核心地位。政府已推出多個措施，並積極研發新政策，以便區內城市創造協同效益，務求讓在港企業（包括在港註冊的外國企業）順利進軍如此龐大而獨特的新市場。」
隨後，來自McMillan、MNP及Roynat Capital Scotiabank的業界翹楚舉行小組討論，探討為中小及初創企業提供的實用商業資源。參加者亦參與了資訊環節，了解有關政府資助，以及由IDEA密西沙加、約克大學YSpace及投資推廣署為初創企業提供的支援。投資推廣署總監陳立智亦在環節中分享香港的融資機會及市場商機。
