HONG KONG, Nov. 28--PRNewswire Asia/AsiaNet
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council today announced a partnership with PR Newswire to provide companies in Hong Kong with information on the world market from the Council's Internet business portal, tdctrade.com.
PR Newswire Asia, which is a joint venture between PR Newswire and the Australian Associated Press, distributes news releases from corporations and organizations worldwide regarding important information such as financial news and company activities. These news releases will be accessible on the council's new web site at http://tpwebapp.tdctrade.com/prnew/ ,helping to create and facilitate international trade opportunities Hong Kong companies, especially small and medium-sized entities.
"PR Newswire's news releases on tdctrade.com will provide useful information to keep Hong Kong's small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) abreast with world market and industry trends, policy changes and news from potential business partners. Hong Kong SMEs will be able to capitalize on possible business opportunities and further enhance their competitiveness," said Anna Lai, deputy executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
John M. Williams, PR Newswire's executive vice president of global markets and chairman of PR Newswire Asia, said he was extremely pleased to be partnering with the Council.
"Business news is at the heart of the global marketplace and particular, the Asian markets are setting the tone for much of what is produced and sold around the world. News of developments coming from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council is a key aspect of the information flow and it needs to be shared as quickly as possible,"
PR Newswire Asia, founded in 1998, is based in Hong Kong and has an additional bureau in Singapore.
About The Hong Kong Trade Development Council
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council, http://www.tdctrade.com, plays a leading role in strengthening the economic foundations of Hong Kong by promoting exports, imports and re-exports through trade enquiry services, market information, product magazines, business seminars and product promotions. The Council's worldwide programme is geared to expand Hong Kong's markets with diversified products and services. In the past few years, the council has pioneered new markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia. From its base in Hong Kong, the council has established a network of 51 offices in 34 countries and territories.
About The Australian Associated Press
The Australian Associated Press (AAP), http://www.aap.com.au, is Australia's independent news agency, gathering and providing news and information nationally and internationally for media, government, business and financial markets. Through a network of journalists in Australia, bureaus in Port Moresby, London and Jakarta, and associations with leading world news agencies, AAP covers general news, politics, finance, sport and current affairs. It also delivers real-time news and information to Internet and online markets in Australia, moves digital advertising artwork around the country, provides a full racing service, manages a real-time Asian news service and operates, with offshore partners, full-text commercial press release distribution businesses domestically, regionally and internationally.
About PR Newswire
PR Newswire, http://www.prnewswire.com, is a leading source of worldwide corporate news. On average it distributes 1,000 news daily on behalf of two-thirds of the Fortune 500, and thousands of small to medium enterprises around the world and foreign governments and international agencies. It has a membership of more than 40,000 worldwide companies, agencies and institutions and 41 bureaus worldwide through divisions in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Such information is useful to Hong Kong companies in keeping track of world market trends, technology and product releases, policy changes, and background and movements of existing and potential business partners.
SOURCE Hong Kong Trade Development Council and PR Newswire Asia
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