Farewell event for HKTDC Executive Director Fred Lam
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| HKTDC Council Members propose a toast to Fred Lam during his farewell cocktail reception. From left: Michael Hui, Ayesha Lau, Andrew Leung, HKTDC Executive Director Fred Lam, HKTDC Chairman Jack So, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So, Jeffrey Lam and Shirley Chan | |
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HKTDC Chairman Jack So presents a commemorative photo album to outgoing Executive Director Fred Lam. Mr So said: “As an Executive Director, Fred has led the HKTDC to become one of the top trade promotion organisations in the world.” |
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Fred Lam leaves the HKTDC on 30 September after serving the Council in various capacities for 28 years |
23 September 2014 – More than 600 government officials and business leaders attended a cocktail reception yesterday (22 Sept) in honour of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) outgoing Executive Director Fred Lam, who will leave the Council at the end of this month. Representing the HKSAR Government, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So and Secretary for Development Paul Chan joined the reception which was held the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
HKTDC Chairman Jack So thanked Mr Lam for his contributions to the Council during his 28 years of service. “As an Executive Director, Fred has led the HKTDC to become one of the top trade promotion organisations in the world. He is dedicated to serving small and medium-sized enterprises by helping them to expand their business globally, especially the Chinese mainland market.”
Mr So noted that Mr Lam had spearheaded the Atrium Link extension of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre which was completed in 2009, enabling local fairs to expand. Currently, nine HKTDC fairs are the largest of their kind in Asia, and three are the world’s largest. “Fred has also transformed some of the traditional sourcing fairs into marketing platforms for new products. This evolution is crucial in enhancing Hong Kong’s position as the trade fair capital of Asia,” Mr So said.
Mr Lam joined the HKTDC in 1986, and has held several directorate posts. He was promoted to Deputy Executive Director in 1993 and appointed Executive Director in May 2004. Mr Lam resigned in June. He will take up the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Airport Authority Hong Kong on 1 October.
Media Enquiries
For media enquiries, please contact the HKTDC’s Corporate Communication Department:
Joe Kainz Tel: (852) 2584 4216 Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org
About the HKTDC
A statutory body established in 1966, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is the international marketing arm for Hong Kong-based traders, manufacturers and service providers. With more than 40 global offices, including 13 on the Chinese mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a platform for doing business with China and throughout Asia. The HKTDC also organises trade fairs and business missions to connect companies with opportunities in Hong Kong and on the mainland, while providing information via trade publications, research reports and online. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com.
Photo Download： http://filesharing.tdc.org.hk/hktdc/download.php?fid=_phpOVPR5l
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Fred Lam (centre) joins former HKTDC Executive Director Michael Sze and other Directorates to discuss the HKTDC’s 30th Anniversary celebrations 1996 |
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Fred Lam, who was appointed HKTDC Executive Director in 2004, hosts a management meeting |
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Fred Lam communicates to frontline staff his vision for the direction of the HKTDC during an annual staff meeting |
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Fred Lam joins directors of the HKTDC’s overseas offices on a visit to Beijing in 1995 |
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Cocktail Reception to celebrate the HKTDC’s 40th anniversary in 2006. Officiating guests include: Fred Lam (second left), former HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang (centre); former HKTDC Chairman Baroness Dunn (third right), Victor Fung (second right); former HKTDC Executive Director Jack So (right), Michael Sze (left) and the then HKTDC Chairman Peter Woo (third left) |
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Fred Lam (right) joins HKTDC Chairman Jack So (left) and then HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang (centre) at a ceremony marking the HKTDC 45th anniversary in 2011 |
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Fred Lam played a leading role in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion project which was completed in 2009. The expansion project added 42 per cent more exhibition space to the HKCEC and heralded a new era for conferences and exhibitions in Hong Kong, with several fairs expanding to become the largest events of their kind in the world |
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In 2003, the HKTDC rose to the economic challenge posed by the outbreak of SARS by organising supplementary fairs to minimise the economic impact from SARS on local exporters. (Top left) Fred Lam announces the arrangement for supplementary fairs; (top right) Precautionary health measures in place at HKTDC fairgrounds during the SARS outbreak; (bottom) Fred Lam encourages the private sector to provide additional financing measures for SMEs during the SARS outbreak
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Fred Lam meets the then Premier Wen Jiabao; Fred Lam meets Vice Premier Li Keqiang; Fred Lam meets the then US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke
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Fred Lam promotes Hong Kong’s external trade in products and services at events around the world |
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Fred Lam (fourth from left) attends the 25th edition of the Hong Kong Book Fair in July 2014 |
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Fred Lam (centre) attends the opening of the HKTDC’s third Design Gallery shop in Hong Kong at PMQ on 21 July 2014. Design Gallery specialises in “100% HK Designs” at its more than 20 outlets in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong |
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Fred Lam (centre) is presented with a personalised football shirt at the Hong Kong International Licensing Show |
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Fred Lam (centre) joins well-known local designers for the Design in Hong Kong book launch press conference |
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