InvestHK and Detroit Chinese Business Association will co-host a business seminar during the breakfast hours on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Mr. Mike Rowse, the head of Invest Hong Kong will give a speech. The speech would be focused on "Investing in Hong Kong, and the Impact China is having on the rest of the World".

InvestHK is the award-winning Hong Kong Government department that promotes the many advantages of Hong Kong as a base to locate a business; and assists overseas enterprises to establish and develop their presence in the city.

InvestHK offers free investment promotion, facilitation and aftercare services to ensure that companies have all the support required to establish or expand operations in the dynamic Hong Kong economy. In essence, InvestHK provides an efficient and effective means of completing then implementing your business plan.

Whether it is information provision, site visits, business matching, or interface with government departments, InvestHK provides tailored and comprehensive inward investment support services to prospective and existing foreign investors. For more information, please visit Invest Hong Kong website: www.investhk.gov.hk

Agenda:

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Breakfast & Seminar

Venue:

Isle Royale conference room Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel 21111 Haggerty Road, Novi, MI 48375 (248) 349-4000

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Bio of Mike Rowse

Mike Rowse came to Hong Kong in 1972, and has lived here ever since. After spells as an English tutor and a journalist, he joined the Independent Commission Against Corruption on its establishment in 1974. After serving in both the Operations and Corruption Prevention Departments, he switched to the Government proper in 1980 as an Administrative Officer.

His recent postings include being the first Commissioner for Tourism (from May 1999 to September 2000), and in July 2000 he was appointed as the first Director-General of Investment Promotion. In that capacity he established the government's investment promotion agency – Invest Hong Kong. He also serves as the Chairman of AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong's biggest exhibition and event venue.

He is married to Fanny Wong, former political editor of the South China Morning Post. They have one daughter and one son. Mike also has two sons by a previous marriage.

In August 2001, he became the first expatriate civil servant in Hong Kong's history to Naturalize as a Chinese National.