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 Faculty. 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, initially developed in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Professor Lawrence Klein of the University of Pennsylvania, 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 attend the press conference, the details are:
Date: October 3, 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Pacific Place Conference Centre, 5/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Professor Richard Wong, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Chair of Economics, School of Economics and Finance, HKU
- Dr Alan Siu, Director, APEC Study Centre, HKU
For media enquiries, please contact HKU External Relations Office Ms Cherry Cheung, Senior Manager (Media) (Tel: 2859 2606 / E-mail: cherry.cheung@hku.hk ) or Ms Denise Wong, Manager (Media) ( Tel: 2859 2600 / E-mail: denise.wong@hku.hk ).
