FLORIDA: Steve Barclay, director of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office’s New York office, visited Kentucky to promote relations between the state and Hong Kong. He said Kentucky has a diversified economy. Hong Kong is a lucrative market for businesses that want to export their goods.That was the message directed at Kentucky today during a visit by Steve Barclay, director of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office’s New York office.
Barclay and his deputy director, Michael Kwan, visited the state today, meeting with Gov. Steve Beshear and members of the the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development in Frankfort before traveling to Louisville to meet with representatives of Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce, and members of the local business community.
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Barclay also stopped by the Louisville Business First offices for an interview during his stop in Louisville.The New York office of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office was set up by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 1983 to promote and strengthen the economic and trade links between Hong Kong and the 31 eastern states of the United States.
