PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT Suva, Fiji Islands
PRESS STATEMENT February 6, 2001
The Pacific Islands Forum, one of three Observers with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), will be represented at this week's APEC E-commerce and Paperless Trading Symposium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
The meeting aims to raise awareness of the different approaches to paperless trading being taken by individual agencies and economies; share ideas between economies and agencies; and provide direction for APEC activity to assist economies to meet the goal of paperless trading.
The Forum Secretariat's Investment Policy Officer, Mr. Henry Sanday, will join officials from APEC's 21 member economies and two other observer organisations, whose areas of expertise cover Finance, Customs, Quarantine, Transport, Communications, Attorney General's Chambers and Trade. There will also be private sector participation to ensure private sector views are...