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HKU to release 2010 Fourth Quarter Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast

04 Oct 2010

 

A press conference is scheduled on October 6 (Wednesday) to announce the "Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast", supplying headline macroeconomic indicators for Hong Kong's economy in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Sponsored by the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the forecasting project is managed and prepared by the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Study Centre of the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy.  It provides the community with reliable, transparent and useful forward-looking economic information to gauge the movements and effects of Hong Kong's activities on a quarterly basis.

The forecasting system has proved to be very useful in tracking the short-term fluctuations of the economy, particularly in predicting turning points of the business cycles.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the press conference, the details are:

Date: October 6, 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: McKinley Room, Pacific Place Conference Centre, Level 5, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Professor Y. C. Richard Wong, Professor of Economics, HKU
- Dr Alan Siu, Executive Director, Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, HKU

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.