「香港明天更好基金」(「基金」)于2007年6月17日至24日到美国进行了一年一度的美国访问。访问团此行在华盛顿及纽约会晤了当地的政府官员、国会议员、商界领袖、学术界、智库及传媒,并向他们讲解了香港最新的社会及经济发展。
今年访问团团长为「基金」行政总裁邓淑德女士,成员包括:香港特区行政会议召集人兼DTZ亚太区主席梁振英先生、行政会议成员、香港立法会议员兼亚洲金融集团总裁陈智思先生、城市大学商学院经济及金融系金融讲座教授张仁良教授、九巴执行董事兼「基金」理事伍颖梅女士及资深国际时事评论员Al. Reyes先生。南华早报编辑杨建兴先生则为访问团的观察员。
今年为香港回归祖国十周年,故此「基金」特别将访问团主题定为「香港回归10年及未来前瞻」。回顾了自回归以来香港如何在一国两制、港人治港、高度自治下与国家融合,又同时保持着国际大都会及面向世界的独特地位;亦讲述了在「一国两制」原则下面对的挑战和机遇。
访美期间,梁振英议员、陈智思议员及张仁良教授出席了由「卡内基国际和平基金会」(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)、「布鲁金协会」(Brookings Institutions)、「美国研究基金」(the Fund for American Studies)、「香港经济贸易署驻纽约办事处」(HKETO New York),及「亚洲协会」(Asia Society),主办的演讲会及午餐会,并围绕今年访问团的主题发表了演说。
此外,访问团亦会见了美国政府官员,包括中美「战略经济对话」(Strategic Economic Dialogue — SED)美方人员唐兴(Dr. Dan Wright),及国务院主管东亚及太平洋事务的外交事务助理国务卿Mr. Thomas Christensen。 「基金」一直与美国著名智库保持良好和密切的联系,而「基金」今次亦安排了跟「凯托研究所」(CATO Institute)、「卡内基国际和平基金会」(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)、「传统基金」(Heritage Foundation)等智库会面,交换了对香港回归十年的发展的看法和意见。同时访问团亦分别获中国驻美公使、驻纽约总领事及中国驻联合国大使宴请接 待。
详细日程如下(只备英文):
June 18, 2007 (Monday) Washington D.C.
Breakfast Meeting with Briefing: U.S.-China Relations: A U.S. Legislative Perspective
chaired by Mr. Norman Lau Kee, Chairman Emeritus, US-Asia Institute
moderated by Robert F. Jordan, Senior Advisor, US-Asia Institute
Congressional Staff: Jaime R. Harrison, Director of Floor Operations and Counsel, Office of the Majority Whip, US House of Representatives
Michael Martin, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Services
Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Services
Jefferey Wrase, Senate Republican Chief Economist, Joint Economic Committee US Congress
Meeting with HKETO Washington
Ms. Margaret Fong, Commissioner for Economic & Trade Affairs, USA
Mr. Eddie Mak, Dir-Gen, HK Economic & Trade Affairs, Washington
Ms Susanne Wong, Assistant Dir-Gen, HKETO
Meeting and Luncheon with DCM & Minister ZHENG Zeguang, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America, and Mr MA Zhanwu, Counsellor, Political Office, Embassy of the PRC in USA
Meeting with Cato Institute
Mr. William A. Niskanen, Chairman
Mr. James Dorn, VP for Academic Affairs
Public speaking engagement on “Hong Kong’s Economic Developments and Economic Relations with Mainland China” **
with The Hon. Bernard Chan and Prof. Stephen Cheung
hosted by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
moderated by Mark MEDISH, VP for Studies (Rusia, China, and Eurasia) at Carnegie
Meeting with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ms Jessica Matthews, President
Mr Albert Keidel, Senior Associate
Dinner hosted by HKETO Washington for The Hon. C.Y. Leung & The Hon. Bernard Chan
Participants:
The Honorable Donald A. Manzullo, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
Dr. David H. McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, National Security Council, The White House
Dr. Ira Kasoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dr. William A. Niskanen, Chairman,Cato Institute
Dr. Eric D.K. Melby, Principal Member, The Scowcroft Group
Dr. Pieter Bottelier, Senior Adjunct Professor, China Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Nien Su, Minority Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs , Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
Dinner hosted by HKETO Washington for other delegates
June 19, 2007 (Tuesday) Washington D.C.
Meeting with The Hon. Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Mr. John J Norris, Jr. Director, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, Mr David L. Citron, Mongolia Desk Officer, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs,
Ms Pamela F Peng, Political Officer, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs
Luncheon discussion **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung
hosted by Brookings Institution
Participants:
Richard Bush, Brookings, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Li Cheng, Brookings, China Center
Rikkie Yeung, Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Chu Shulong, Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
D.L. McNeal, Brookings, China Cente
Wing Thye Woo, Brookings, Senior Fellow, John Thornton China Center, Foreign Policy Studies Program
Kevin Scott Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Margaret Fong, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Eddie Mak, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Susanne Wong, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Alan Romberg, Senior Associate, Director, East Asia Program, Stimson Center Stephen A. Schlaikjer, Senior Analyst, Centra Technolog, Inc.
Doug Spelman
T. Kumar, Amnesty International
Meeting with Congressman Edward R. Royce (R-CA), Asia Pacific Subcommittee, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Ranking Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Member, House Financial Services Committee, Mr Hunter M. Strupp, Legislative Assistant to Ed Royce
Meeting with Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN) House Foreign Affairs Committee, Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment Subcommittee
Meeting with Dr. Daniel B. Wright, Managing Director, China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue, U.S. Department of Treasury
Dinner with US journalists
Participants:
Terry Atlas, Assistant Managing Editor/World, U.S. News & World Report
Joyce Barnathan , President of ICFJ
Patrick Butler, Vice President of Programs, ICFJ
Jeffery H. Birnbaum, Staff Writer, Washington Post
Jim Wolf, Reuters
Winston Chen, Sing Tao Washington Bureau Chief
Paris Huang, Sing Tao Washington Bureau
June 20, 2007 (Wednesday) Washington D.C.
Meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Chairman, U.S.-China Interparliamentary Exchange, Mr Gregg E. Sheiowitz, Legislative Director for Joseph Crowley
Meeting with American Enterprise Institute
Ambassador James Lilley
hosted by Mrs. Esther G. Kee
Open forum on “Hong Kong in the Past Ten Years and the Future” **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung, The Hon. Bernard Chan and Prof. Stephen Cheung
hosted by the Fund for American Studies
chaired by Mr Roger R. Ream, President of FAS
moderated by Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, President of the US-China Education Trust
Meeting with Rear Admiral Eric McVadon (U.S. Navy , Retired) Director of Asia/Pacific Studies, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
Meeting with Heritage Foundation
Mr Harvey J. Feldman, Distinguished Fellow
Mr John J . Tkacik, JR, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center
Dinner hosted by the Asia Foundation
Ms. Nancy YUAN, Vice President and Director of Washington, D.C. office
Mr James Andrew KELLY, President, EAP Associates Inc; Former U.S. Asst Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs; Trustee of TAF;
Mr Terrence B. Adamson, Executive Vice President, National Geographic
Mr Harry HARDING, Director, Research & Analysis, Eurasia Group; University Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University;
Mr David I. Steinberg, Director of Asian Studies Program, Edmund A . Walsh School of Foreign Service Washington, Georgetown University
Mr Barry M. Hager, President, Hager Associates
Ms Joyce CHANDRAN, Assistant Director of TAF
June 21 (Thursday) New York
Luncheon and briefing session **
hosted by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York
Participants:
Miss Margaret Fong, Hong Kong Commissioner, USA, Hong Kong Economic & ; Trade Office
Ms. Monica Chen, Director, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
Mr. Paul W. Bateman, President, The Economic Club of New York
Mr. Terrence J. Checki , Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Dr. Harry Harding, Counselor and Chair, China Task Force, Eurasia Group
Mr. Henry S. Tang, Governor and Co-Founder, Committee of 100
Mr. John E. Zuccotti, U.S. Chairman, Brookfield Properties Corporation
Mr. William W Ferguson, Managing Director, Group Managing Executive Asia Pacific, Citigroup Inc.
Mr. H. Hocking Cheng, Strategy & Business Development Director, Aetna Global Benefits, Aetna
Meeting with Morgan Stanley
Mr. Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis and newly named Chairman Asia
Mr. David Lew, Vice President, Private Wealth Management
Mr. Blair Pickerell, Managing Director & CEO, Asia, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Welcoming Reception hosted by Oversees Press Club and Hong Kong Association of New York
Participants:
William J. Holstein, President, OPC Foundation
Jane Reilly, Executive Director, Overseas Press Club
Andrew Odell, Chairman, Hong Kong Association of New York
Ping An, Committee of 100
Stephen Wong, Regional Director, Americas, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Louis Ho, Director New York, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Sheri Prasso, Fortune
Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch
Peter Huvos, Human Rights Watch
Alice Young, Kay Scholer, Asia Pacific Practice
Gary Rosen, Commentary
Hannah Clark, Associate Editor, Inc.magazine
Michael Serrill, Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets Magazine
Louis Chau, Sing Tao
Frank Yang, CCTV
Ping Yang, CCTV
Andrew L. Odell, Bryan Cave, LLP
Raymond Wong, Wong & Wong & Associates, Partner
Mrs. Valerie Wong, Wong & Wong & Associates, Partner
William Wilson, Wilson International Law
Henry Cheng, Chief Representative, HK Monetary Authority
Dinner hosted by Chinese Consulate General based in New York
June 22, 2007 (Friday) New York
Meeting with Forbes Magazine
Mr. Timothy C. Forbes, Chief Operating Officer
Mr Tim W. Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Asia
Meeting with HSBC
Mr. Paul Lawrence, CEO
Mr Marlon P. Young, CEO, Americas
Mr Kevin Newman, Senior Executive Vice President, Personal Financial Services
Ms. Linda S Recupero, Executive Vice President, Group Public Affairs
Ms Elizabeth Lee, Senior Vice President, Asian Market District
Luncheon Talk“Integration under One Country, Two Systems” **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung,
hosted by Asia Society
Dinner hosted by WANG Guangya, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the PRC to the UN
** speaking engagements by the delegates
此外,访问团更与多个美国传媒交流,包括「福布斯杂志」(Forbes)及「财富」杂志(Fortune)等,以加深美国传媒对香港发展的了解。香港回归 前,「财富」杂志刊登了【香港之死】(The Death of Hong Kong)的封面故事。在纽约期间,访问团在美国「外国记者会」(Overseas Press Club)主办的欢迎茶聚上向包括「财富」杂志的记者Ms. Sheridan Prasso介绍了香港回归后的发展。 Ms Prasso在2007年7月发表了【香港不死】(Oops! Hong Kong is hardly dead)的文章,承认当年该杂志(Fortune)对香港的判断是错误的。 ﹝文章见以下网页:http://money. cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100122332/index.htm?postversion=2007062816 ﹞
访美团成员与US-Asia Institute 成员合照
访美团成员与香港驻美国经济贸易专员方舜文太平绅士等会面
「中华人民共和国美国大使馆」设宴欢迎访美团.左起第四位为郑泽光公使
访美团与「加图学院」举行会议,左起第四位为学院主席Mr. William A. Niskanen,右三则为Mr. James Dorn, VP for Academic Affairs
张仁良教授在「卡内基国际和平基金会」主办的公开讲座中发言
陈智思议员在「卡内基国际和平基金会」主办的公开讲座中发言
超过五十名来自学术界、传媒及专业团体的参加者出席「卡内基国际和平基金会」主办的公开讲座
访美团成员与「卡内基国际和平基金会」主席Ms. Jessica Mathews(右六)和Senior Associate Mr. Albert Keidel 会晤
访美团与美国Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Public Affairs, the Honourable Thomas J. Christensen (右一)会晤
梁振英议员在美国「布鲁金斯学会」主办的午餐会上发表演说
访美团成员在白宫前留影.
访美团与美国国会议员Edward R. Royce (R-CA) 会晤
Mr. Daniel B. Wright, Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue向访美团介绍中美经济策略对话的进展
Mr. Daniel B. Wright, Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue(左五)与访美团合照
与Ambassador James Lilley(右一)会晤
梁振英议员在the Fund for American Studies主办的午餐会上发表演说
陈智思议员在the Fund for American Studies主办的午餐会上发表演说
张仁良教授在the Fund for American Studies主办的午餐会上发表演说
访美团成员与the Fund for American Studies会长Mr. Roger R. Ream及其他午餐会参加者合照留念
邓淑德女士及伍颖梅女士致送基金纪念品予Rear Admiral Eric McVadon (U.S. Navy, Retired) Director of Asia/Pacific Studies, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
访美团与美国传统基金Mr. Harvey j. Feldman, Distinguished Fellow and Mr. John Tkacik, JR., Senior Research Fellow Asian Studies Center会晤
访美团出席由「亚洲基金」主办的晚宴,图中央为晚宴其中一位嘉宾美国The George Washington University Washington DC, Harry Harding 教授
香港驻纽约经济贸易办事处设午宴欢迎访美团
访美团与出香港驻纽约经济贸易办事处设欢迎午宴的嘉宾合照
邓淑德女士致送基金纪念品予Mr. Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited
接近50名当地传媒出席了由外国记者会主办的欢迎会.
访美团与「福布斯」杂志Mr. Timothy C. Forbes(左)and Mr. Tim w. Ferguson会晤
「福布斯」杂志的会议桌上放了一张引述毛泽东说话的告示牌,提醒与会者说话要精简,不要浪费时间在冗长的会议上
访美团与美国汇丰银行高层会晤,图五为集团总经理Mr. Paul J. Lawrence
访美团成员与亚洲协会主办的午餐会参加者合照
访美团致送纪念品予午餐会主持人Professor Harry Harding
访美团成员与中国驻联合国代表王光亚特命全权大使(中)会晤
访美团成员在离开纽约前合照留念
伍颖梅女士(右)及杨建兴先生(左)与当地传媒合照