President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to start her three-day working visit, where she will be showcasing the Philippines as a valued investors’ destination in the Asia-Pacific region.

A press release from Malacañang said Arroyo will speak in the annual Asian Investment Conference of Switzerland’s Credit Suisse and will speak with Hong Kong business leaders.

“Our trip to Hong Kong is dedicated to meeting with our strong OFW contingent in Hong Kong and to meet with business leaders to encourage them to continue to make strong investments in the Philippines,” Arroyo said before she left Manila.

“Our trip to Hong Kong is another action we are taking to continue to bolster our economy through more investments and to confer with vital business and government leaders,” the President added.

Among the business leaders President Arroyo will be meeting here is Sir Gordon Wu of Hopewell Holdings, “one of the premier group(s) of companies in Hong Kong with diverse business interests spread across property investment and development, highway infrastructure, hotel and hospitality, and construction businesses.”

The meeting with the Hopewell Group will also be attended by other Philippine officials led by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Favila, Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye and Bases Conversion and Development Authority head Narciso Abaya, among others.*

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