Gathering

2006/10/12
Leaders Chat Box: Overviewing the Hong Kong Economy, Evaluating your Business Strategy

 

Topics discussed:

• Is implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) the only way of broadening the tax base as to ensure Hong Kong future prosperity?


• Duties levied to increase government revenue


• Economic goals versus political objectives


• Prices paid by importers versus prices absorbed by consumers


• Possible relief in profits tax and other business-related taxations

Speaker:
Mr Martin Glass

• Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury), HKSAR Government

Mr David Stevens

• Technical Adviser