REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA -- Indonesia must take optimal advantage of the visit of 170 Hong Kong businessmen to Indonesia, stated Chairman of the Hong Kong and Guangzhou Compartment of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) James Budiono.
"A huge number of Hong Kong businessmen are ready to display their best quality products during Lifestyle Expo Jakarta 2014 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on March 20-22," he noted at a press conference here on Tuesday.
He added that the presence of businessmen from Asia's business and design hub was not a threat to Indonesian businesses.
Yet, he continued, it provides an opportunity to gather knowledge about Hong Kong's mainstay products, which have been popular in the global market.
Local businessmen may not only reproduce these products but can also learn from these companies that have become a benchmark for all other countries to follow.
"Indonesia can use the opportunity to cooperate with Hong Kong companies," James Budiono pointed out.
He added that Hong Kong companies now rarely produce goods; they market highly expensive ornaments, which are usually produced in China and Vietnam, and in this case, Indonesia too can take advantage.
On the same occasion, Senior Marketing Manager of HKTDC Jakarta Leung Kwan Ho pointed out that the Hong Kong Trade Development promoted Hong Kong's goods and services in the global market.
The HKTDC also promotes Hong Kong as a business hub with about 40 global offices.
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