On a recent visit to Switzerland, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So promoted Hong Kong as a place for Swiss firms to do business, using both the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Hong Kong and the member states of the European Free Trade Association, and the Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with China. On January 24, at a business luncheon jointly hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association, So spoke about the great opportunities for Hong Kong and Switzerland to strengthen co-operation as Switzerland’s hi-tech firms might get a foothold in the Chinese market, as well as markets across Asia.