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Table of Content Board of Directors Chairman’s note....................................... 1 Mr. Patrice Thys - Asia-Euro Consultancy With Thanks to our Sponsors................. 1 Mr. Philippe Latour - Ageas Asia Services Getting to know our members:.............. 2 Mr. Bernard van Hees -KBC Bank Paul Melkebeke........................................ 2 Mr. Pierre Cremers - Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Chinese New Year is coming up............. 5 Mrs. Marie-Louise Jungels - Continuum Capital Interview Frédéric Gooris....................... 7 Mr. Stanley Leung - EWORLD Insurance 2019 in Retrospect: ................................. 9 Mrs. Laurence Can der Loo - ASIFMA 13 things that happened for Mr. Paul Melkebeke - Samsonite Asia the first time in 2019............................. 11 Mr. Geert Peeters - CLP Holdings Upcoming events................................... 13 Mr. Frederic Radelet - ING Bank Looking to Advertise?............................ 14 Mr. Christof Van der Stichele - A Squared Membership & Annual Fees.................. 14 Mr. Steven Verhasselt - Liège Airport Job Board................................................. 14 Mrs. Justine de Vlam - Duvel Moortgat Mr. Pierre Vrielinck - BNP Paribas BLCC Team General Manager: Robin Heemskerk Trainee Project Manager: Guillaume Willems Address: 1302, 13/F 168 Queen’s Road Central, Central Hong Kong The content of this magazine is largely based on information from third parties. The editors do not necessarily agree with the views expressed therein. All rights are reserved by the Belgium-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.

Chairman’s note Dear BLCC members, dear Friends, As the Chairman of this organisation, I am extremely pleased to see the first edition of the BLCC Magazine sent to all of you. It is not another of those magazines. It is in fact, the ultimate tool for the BLCC to speak about Belgium, the BLCC mem- bers, the Belgians in Hong Kong, the things that happened and will happen in our community and also in the world we live in. Writing such piece of work was a real team work and will continue to be so. We are planning to issue the magazine 4 times a year and expect all our members and friends in Hong Kong will be contributing to its quality and success. In this issue you will read about one of our most senior Board members, about the success of one of our members in the design industry but also many other topics which have been making our life last year. You will also see who the BLCC’s sponsors are and I want to thank all of them for the long time support they are providing to our organisation. The first issue of the BLCC Magazine is born in the year of the Rat, the first of all Chinese zodiac animals. According to Chinese astrology Rats are clever, quick thinkers, successful and content with living quiet and peaceful lives. Isn’t this the best way to describe the Belgians? With Thanks to our Sponsors Gold Sponsors Prestige Silver Sponsors BLCCHK volume 1. | 1

Getting to know our members: Paul Melkebeke Living the HK life Mr. Paul Melkebeke Chief Supply Officer at Samsonite Please tell us a bit about yourself and what brought you to Hong Kong? “This is a very long story. I joined Samsonite was growing in these markets, so I had to right after my military “Fourteen years ago, spend more and more service and started my time on sight in Asia. At a career at the European I took one of the best certain point I had to make branch, which at the time decisions in my life. a choice; or stay in Belgium was closer to home. In fact, and do something different when we started to expand To come live and work where I would have to travel our business to Asia I was here in Asia, where you less, or the other option responsible for opening have all the was to move to Asia and be two factories, to produce close to where the things our luggage. One in India action going on.” were happening. Finally, and another in China, we the decision was to move are talking about 1996. In to Hong Kong, which we the beginning, I was travelling once in a while did in 2005. This definitely was one of the best to these locations, but the frequency quickly decisions that I ever took, to come work and live increased. Principally because the business here in Asia where all the action is going on.” Best choice on a professional or also on a personal level? “I would say both, but definitely professional, son just finished high school at that time, but and without a doubt personally to. I must we decided to take him with us for one year admit that the quality of life here is really okay, in Hong Kong, but he eventually also went you work long hours but the free hours that back and studied in Ghent. And finally, our you have you can utilize much better than youngest daughter did her last two years of the free time you would spend in Belgium. Highschool here in Hong Kong but then moved Although, it was a little bit strange for us since back to Belgium and did her studies in Ghent we had three children. And at that moment to. So, these are things you have to consider when you move you have to make a decision, when moving and those decisions with regard so our oldest daughter was starting to study to the education of your children and the in Ghent when we moved. Further our eldest well-being of your family are very important.” BLCCHK volume 1. | 2

What do you do within your Organization and how well established is your Organization in the region? “It is very simple, within Samsonite we have luggage, they buy it at home. But when the divided our business into four territories. The Asians travel and go to Paris for example they first one is North America, which includes the will buy luggage to bring goods back, you will US and Canada. There is Latin America, which see that the Samsonite stores in Europe are not includes Mexico and every country south of full of Europeans but it is the Asians that buy in it. There is Europe which also takes care of those stores. So, for a company like Samsonite, South Africa and certain parts of Africa. And Asia is extremely important. To give you then there is Asia which consists of the middle an idea on why Asia is the biggest, when we east, all of Asia and also Australia and New started here in 1997 which was the first year of Zeeland. When I look at today’s business, in real sales, we only generated 30 million dollars 2020 Asia will be the number one region. It in one year. When you look at the predictions will account for 35% of the business. At par of this year, we will come close to 1.3 billion with North America, the only reason that it’s dollars. Which consists out of a combination not the biggest right now is because we did an of organic growth and acquisitions.” acquisition of TUMI a couple of years ago, which is a US brand. When I came here, 14 years ago, Europe was the biggest region. And now they are in third place and count for around 21% of our business. And I think this is very typical for consumer brand goods, especially for luxury brands, that Asia is the biggest market. On top of that, if you would add what Asians buy in Europe and North America, it would be the largest by far, but really by far! Because when Europeans come to Hong Kong, they don’t buy On a personal level how would you say Hong Kong and its business environment evolved between now and the time you arrived? -“The main change I see is the growing years. Otherwise, living in Hong Kong its more importance of China. That’s a major change, evolution, except until last month’s where it is before Japan, Korea, Hong Kong Singapore also revolution. You see numerous small steps, have been around for a long time. But the when you look back 40 years you definitely see importance of China is surpassing all these some changes, but even with what is going on markets. Especially for my line of work, as here today the city is still very safe to live in.” head of Supply, I notice a big change over the How do you think Samsonite distinguished itself from its competitors? What gives them their competitive advantage? “The pillar stones of Samsonite are: Quality, go to the market. And we have built up this Innovation and service. We have very strict know how over the last 110 years, because procedures when we develop new products. next year the company will celebrate its 110th We test the products, and when they don’t anniversary. This long history of Samsonite pass our internal tests specification they don’t has also made us the market leader, so in a BLCCHK volume 1. | 3

sense all the other brands are looking at what the products we want to launch next year but we are doing. In addition, we are one of the what is even more important is Research. In very few brands that have a global presence. our factory in Hungary we have just invested over 10 million dollars in a completely new You can buy local products, but if something technology. Keep in mind that there are very happens and you are far away you are stuck. few luggage companies in the world that can Whereas with Samsonite when you buy a afford to make that kind of investment. We are product in Hong Kong for example, and globally a 4billion dollar company, but our next something happens when you go back to competitor is maybe worth around 400 million Belgium you can still get it fixed in one of our dollars. This has a lot of consequences, we can shops, same goes for New York, Moscow etc. easily afford to invest several million dollars Another very important factor is continuous in R&D, and even if it doesn’t materialize it’s innovation, we have I don’t know how many not the end of the world. But if you are a hundred patents. We have teams in all our 100-million-dollar business you simply can’t do locations, besides designers, that only focus on this. These factors give us a clear advantage and Innovation. R&D is a very important part of our enables us to keep ahead of the competition.” business model, Development is important for Do you have any tips or advice for the newcomer in Hong Kong? Yes! I have a lot of advice. The first point is that desk, which is something I miss in Belgium. if you think it is a difficult step to move to Hong This is working attitude, on the other side Kong, I completely disagree. The difficult step you have how a business grows. In Belgium is if you have been working here for a couple they talk about GDP growth of 1 % whereas of years and you want to go back to Belgium. China has been growing by 8%, now it starts Coming here you have to leave to slow down a little, but it is still something behind (family, friends Tips & Tricks way more compared to European etc.), but even here it is so easy to rates. Working in an environment arrive and meet new interesting where the business is growing people. When arriving and moving in in so fast is very exciting. We had years where Hong Kong there is no real challenge except year after year the company was growing by than for the cost of living which is really high, 23% on average. Despite different crisis’s like especially housing, and going out for drinks 9/11 the financial crises etc. where it slows on a Saturday or Sunday as well and of course down, but then the following year you grow air pollution. The pollution can be really bad, by 40%. So working in that environment you don’t see direct effects, but the quality where your biggest challenge is to cope with of the air can seriously influence your health. growth, like for us in sourcing where the Compared to Belgium, depending on where challenge is to find additional capacity and you live of course, it is far worse. We installed factories that can produce the products that an air purifier at home for example, so some we need, it is a very different setting than in solutions exist. Besides these, I think working Belgium where growth is flat or increasing here is much more enjoyable than in Belgium. I a little bit and where the topic of interest is work long hours but when I work in the evening the bad weather and the rain and where they and I have a question I can WhatsApp one of see the company more as an enemy. Advice, my colleagues and they will still reply, even if once you get used to this way of working, it is 10 PM. In Belgium nobody would bother. going back to Belgium is a real challenge! When you ask for something urgent to be done, people will continue working until its done, and the next day you will have it on your BLCCHK volume 1. | 4

Chinese New Year is coming up Source: Honeycombers In this article we’ll give you the lowdown on Chinese New Year traditions: Dos and don’ts for the festive season Chinese New Year is the time where family and friends gather to celebrate a year of happiness, prosperity, health and good fortune. Living in Hong Kong, there are certain rules during the festive season that you should bare in mind, or else it is said to invite bad luck for the future year. DO’s DO greet everyone you meet Say Gong Hee Fat Choy (meaning I wish you wealth and success in Cantonese) or Sun Tai Kin Hong (I wish you a healthy body) to those around you. It’s just part of the Chinese mannerism to greet everyone that you encounter and they’ll return the favour. DO wear red on both the outside and inside Red is a lucky colour in Chinese culture. It symbolises good luck and success. Especially when people are participating in games such as mahjong, wearing red underwear is always a plus! A black and white wardrobe reminds people of death and funerals, so don’t dress in black when you’re paying a visit to a friend or a family member’s house. When it comes to Chinese New Year traditions, this is a huge one. DO give away loads of mandarin oranges There are an array of Chinese New Year foods and snacks that you should get during the holiday. In Cantonese, mandarin or- ange (gan ju) is homophonous with the word “gold” and “luck”, so it’s part of the tradition that people bring along mandarin orang- es while visiting others’ family and hand them out as a sign of sharing good fortune. BLCCHK volume 1. | 5

DON’Ts DON’t speak about death Growing up, our grandparents always shushed us when we accidentally spilled the word “dead” or “ghost”, as it invites bad luck and misfortune to the individual or even the family. So if you don’t want any unfortunate events to happen to you or your significant other, remember these Chinese New Year traditions. DON’T wash your hair On the first day of Chinese New Year, you must not wash your hair. In Cantonese, hair is pronounced as Fat (meaning wealth). If you wash your hair, it means that you’re washing your own fortune away for the coming 364 days. To make things more interesting, people should avoid washing clothes on the first and second day, because these two days are celebrated as the birthday of the Water God. DON’T cut your hair Same as the above, you do not wish to cut off your fortune the first day of the new year! DON’T cry As you have noticed, it’s believed that what you do during the first few days of CNY could completely script your luck in the coming year. So don’t cry, it’s definitely going to mess up your luck. DON’T buy shoes Shoes (hai) has the same sounds as “sigh” in Cantonese. That’s why you’re not suggested to buy new shows during Chinese New Year, as it means that you’re going to jinx yourself with loads of disappointments and miserable events that will make you sigh in the coming year DON’T buy books Talk about avoiding terrible homophones again and again! Books (syu) is pronounced the same as “losing” in the Cantonese language. This is definitely one of the most important Chinese New Year’s traditions to remember, as you don’t want to mention books while your parents and grandparents are playing mahjong – you might just get scolded at no matter how old you are. DON’T do any house cleaning during the holiday Before the holiday arrives, the entire family should do their spring cleaning and make sure they get rid of last year’s bad fortune and the memories of any mishappenings. On the first day of Chinese New Year however, no one is allowed to clean their house anymore as that is a sign of sweeping away the household’s fortune for the new year. To conclude: Gong Hee Fat Choy BLCCHK volume 1. | 6

Interview Frédéric Gooris Designing the future Mr. Frédéric Gooris Founder Studio Gooris & co-founder Bombol Frédéric with two of his multi-award winning designs: ‘ESCAPE’, a contemporary Carry-On that doubles up as a light and self-charging mobile office for today’s traveling business people; and ‘POP-UP’, a kids seat booster that is flat when folded and meets the toughest safety standards when open. Could you give us a short introduction into Studio Gooris? Studio Gooris is an industrial design studio comes in so that the feasibility of the product which creates iconic products by fusing three pillars into every project: storytelling, innovation is assured and commercial success can and entrepreneurship. In praxis we often start be achieved. Since we are involved in the with creating a story for a reinvented product operations of our own brand for baby so that it answers the needs and imagination of products, Bombol, we are well-aware of all the its target audience. The entrepreneurship side efforts it takes to design a successful product. BLCCHK volume 1. | 7

What aspects can other businesses learn from your design mindset? Our design mindset caters the capability to the ideal product, if possible, a few years answer the changing needs of people in our down the line. Just like a football competition, ever-changing societies. Just making beautiful you need to break down the road in order to products is not enough. It will make the product achieve this ideal product. Moreover, if you almost obsolete and it will not be catered for start from a story, everybody in the team the future. You should rather try to design will keep on looking to the same end point. Studio Gooris was originally based in Milan. How did you experience the change of context? Moving to Hong Kong was a scary move because working with customers who never worked with Milan is one of the world’s greatest cities for design, and thus needed to involve ourselves design, while China was the pinnacle for the with many more aspects of the business than copy. We did notice, however, that China has we used to be in Italy. Settling ourselves in been shifting from a focus on manufacturing Hong Kong thus made Studio Gooris more to the establishment of their own brand. mature. “I believe that getting a good grasp of One could thus say that what used to be the what is going on here will give you a very good Kingdom of copy is actually seriously becoming inside in what is going to follow in the rest of the land of opportunity. Moving to Hong Kong the world. They are really blazing the trail.” also made us more mature. Since we started How would you describe the business culture and community in Hong Kong? Hong Kong is heaven for business, they really a lot less protective and more collaborative want to sustain the most fertile ground, and in sharing information. Networking here is thus do everything to help you. I also love the also like wildfire, but everything happens in business community since the people feel very casual and enjoyable circumstances. Why would it be worth it for Belgian and Luxembourgian designers to come to Hong Kong? To begin with you have huge possibilities for designing products in the emerging economies here. Moreover, the distribution models between China and Europe are really different. Often in China companies directly deliver to consumers, this changes the whole dynamics of how you will deliver and export your products and it has a big impact on design. I believe that getting a good grasp of what The famous award-winning bombol is going on here, will give you a very good inside in what is going to follow in the rest of the world. They are really blazing the trail. BLCCHK volume 1. | 8

2019 in Retrospect: Economy of Luxembourg resisted during tough times Source: Le Quotidien Luxembourg’s economy, which intends to diversify, continued to grow, not without difficulty, shaken by European and international uncertainties. But beyond the macroeconomic aspects, Luxembourg’s fabric has managed to move forward by relying on its many key sectors that are fueling growth. A contrasted financial centre In two years, the Luxembourg banking sector has undergone several social plans. But despite this sinister succession of plans, the number of employees in this sector has been increasing since 2015. Paradox or misleading figures? With a new social plan at RBC approaching, which could put nearly 226 people on the sidelines, attention is turning in the second half of the year to the Luxembourg banking sector. In the last two years, the sector has seen seven social plans. How- ever, according to data from the “Banque centrale du Luxembourg” and the Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF, the sector’s workforce of 26,638 has increased by 0.6% and even by 2.9% since 2015. The reasons given to explain the paradox of the concomitance between social plans and employment growth are numerous: changes in banking professions, digitalisation, outsourcing of services to other countries, a complex banking environment, all wrapped up in a European policy of low interest rates. Outbreak of commercial fever At the end of May, the new Cloche d’or shopping centre and its 125 stores opened with the ambition of attracting eight million customers a year. A few months later, Galeries Lafayette arrived in the city centre and integrated the Royal Hamilius with the ambition of attracting 4.5 million customers a year. Finally, in December, a new shopping centre opens in Kirchberg with Infinity, which has 22 shops. In the space of a short year, three shopping centres are thus flourishing in the capital. This surge in retailing is supporting employment, with a year-on- year increase in headcount of more than 5% in the second quarter. Without the opening of these shopping centres, employment would have slowed from 3.9% in Q4 2018 to 3.8% and then to 3.7% in Q2 2019. This momentum in retail trade is also contributing to stronger growth in the number of French cross-border commuters. Their share in retail trade will rise from 33% at the beginning of the year to 35% in mid-2019. BLCCHK volume 1. | 9

Brexit, trade war In a difficult European and international economic context, undermined by a slowdown in growth and the political uncertainties fueled by Brexit or the trade war between the United States and China, Luxembourg’s economy is slowing down, particularly in industry. At the end of 2019, in the third quarter, GDP grew by 3% compared to the third quarter of 2018 and by 0.2% compared to the previous quarter. Annual GDP growth is therefore revised by Statec: it is only 3.2% instead of 3.7% for the second quarter and 0.3% instead of 1% for the first quarter. Luxembourg, which is one of the three countries most exposed to the consequences of Brexit according to Standard & Poor’s, finally succeeds in taking advantage of some opportunities, particularly in the insurance sector. According to the experts, the Brexit perspective has led to the creation of around 800 new jobs in Luxembourg. These are the result of several companies coming from Great Britain in order to keep a foot in the single European market. Google keeps the mystery alive In December 2017, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Economics Minister Etienne Schneider announced that Google had chosen Bissen as a potential site for a gigantic data centre. Since then, Google has cultivated a mystery about its intentions, which has led to a political crisis in the municipality of Bissen. Indeed, the possible arrival of the American giant was accompanied by a series of questions about the necessary infrastructure, energy consumption, the economic but also environmental consequences, not to mention the necessary development of the municipality’s PAG. In 2019, Google will come out of its silence by sending one of its leaders on the spot in order to reassure the population without really revealing its intentions. To be continued in 2020. The Dudelange steel factory is being taken over by Liberty Steel, a group belonging to the Indian Sanjeev Gupta. The latter comes in person to inaugurate and visit the Dudelange site. He meets with the teams and unions to explain his strategy for the future of this site, which employs more than 300 people. Findel Airport continues to grow with more than 4 million passengers in 2019. In addition to the growing number of airlines, the range of destinations is also expanding. Luxair remains the leading airline at Luxembourg airport with 1.4 million passengers carried in 2019. BLCCHK volume 1. | 10

13 things that happened for the first time in 2019 Source: The New York Times 1. Scientists release first-ever image of black hole For the first time, astronomers released an image of a black hole — something that has eluded scientists for more than half a century. An international effort involving eight radio observa- tories across four continents observed the black hole located in Messier 87, a large galaxy some 55 million light-years away from Earth, over 10 days in April 2017. But it took two years of computer analysis to piece together the image, which was released in April this year. 2. Aston Martin unveils its first-ever electric car The world may not be enough, but James Bond is poised to do his part to help keep it green. Aston Martin, the British maker of the sports car that the secret agent drives onscreen, re- vealed its first electric car, the Rapide E, at the Shanghai Auto Show in April. The car, which costs $326,000, can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under four sec- onds and has a maximum speed of 155 m.p.h. — plenty fast for all those car chases. 3. A ban on facial recognition software San Francisco became the first major American city to ban the use of facial recognition soft- ware by the police and other government agencies. Officials and civil liberty groups cited growing unease about the potential abuse of the technology, which is popular among law enforcement and has been used to help identify suspects involved in a range of offenses, from petty crimes to mass shootings. Critics of the ban say the city should be do- ing more to enact laws that enable police to use the technology responsibly 4. Jeff Koons sculpture breaks auction record “Rabbit,” a stainless-steel sculpture the artist Jeff Koons created in 1986, set a world record when it sold for $91.1 million, including fees, in May, making it the most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist. The art dealer Robert E. Mnuchin, the father of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, purchased the sculpture for an undisclosed client. 5. Rare albino panda spotted in China An albino panda, the first of its kind to be captured on camera, was spotted at a natural reserve in the Sichuan Province of China. Although brown-and-white pandas have been observed in northwestern China, this is the first time an all-white panda has been recorded. 6. China makes historic first landing on far side of the moon China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft landed on the moon in early January with the mission to explore the ter- rain on the moon’s mysterious far side. The landing marks China’s second successful lunar mission. Another attempt at a lunar landing — this time, by India, in September — fizzled, when communication between mission control and the spacecraft fell silent within its being 1.3 miles of the moon’s surface. BLCCHK volume 1. | 11

7. Compasses in Greenwich point to true north For the first time in 360 years, true north and compass north aligned in Green- wich, England. Earth has two north poles: a geographic north and a magnetic north. Most of the time, compasses don’t point to true north; instead, they point to the Earth’s magnetic pole, which shifts because of the planet’s magnetic liquid core. 8. For the first time, the U.S. sells rice to China A private importer from China purchased roughly 40 metric tons of rice from the California-based Sun Valley Rice in July, a first. China is the world’s largest rice grow- er and consumer, producing almost 150 million metric tons of rice in 2018-19. 9. World’s biggest airplane takes first flight ever The Stratolaunch, the world’s biggest airplane, took its maid- en voyage in April in California’s Mojave Desert. The air- craft, which weighs 500,000 pounds and has two fuselag- es, is designed to launch rockets into orbit while airborne, but it went sans rockets for its first flight. Stratolaunch was founded by Paul Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder, in 2011. 10. A kidney is delivered by drone For the first time, a specially built drone delivered a donated kidney that was later used in a successful transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The drone was equipped with complex monitoring equipment, backup batteries and even a parachute to make the 2.8-mile flight. While unmanned aircraft may be the ideal delivery system for transplant organs, there are still challenges to overcome — such as contending with busy airspace and federal regulations — before their use becomes routine. 11. Researchers eliminate H.I.V. from infected mice Researchers in the United States say they have eliminated H.I.V. from infected mice for the first time, marking yet another promising step toward a cure. The treatment involved the administration of an- tiretroviral drugs in a therapy known as LASER, followed by the use of the Crispr gene-editing tool to remove any remaining H.I.V. from the mice’s DNA, resulting in one-third of the mice testing H.I.V.-free. 12. First proven malaria vaccine begins African rollout The world’s first proven malaria vaccine was introduced in April in Malawi, the first of three African countries to partake in the landmark pilot program. The RTS,S vaccine, which has been shown to prevent malaria in 4 out of 10 cases, was first developed in 1987, but it took more than three decades and $700 million for it to be deployed on a large scale. 13. Two women make historic NASA spacewalk Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first all-woman spacewalk in NASA’s history in October. They headed outside of the International Space Station to repair a power controller. Women weren’t allowed to join NASA’s astronaut program until 1978. BLCCHK volume 1. | 12

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