The head of a Chinese tuna-fishing firm is calling for more fisheries collaboration between Hong Kong and China, explaining that possible synergies between the two are not being taken advantage of.
Henry Tan, the CEO of Luen Thai Holdings, which oversees Chinese fishing companies Liancheng Overseas Fishery, China Southern Fishery Shenzhen Co., and Liancheng Overseas Fishery Co., spoke at the recent annual meeting of China’s parliament in Beijing, calling for Hong Kong vessels to be allowed to join the mainland Chinese fleet while simultaneously utilizing Hong Kong’s financial strength to boost China’s fisheries industry.
He also called for the development of offshore fishing for Hong Kong and Macao and to allow Hong Kong and Macao companies to participate in China’s distant-water fisheries, “support Hong Kong's innovative transformation of fisheries, and cooperate with national policies to develop distant-water fisheries in the Central and Western Pacific.”
“Hong Kong fishermen are also very interested in using Hong Kong's trawlers to operate in Indonesia, hoping to contribute to China's modernization,” Tan said.
Even though part of China, Hong Kong operates as …
