Tom Ros, Managing Director, Permanento (20/04/2006)

"There are a lot of big advantages to having Hong Kong as our Asia-Pacific headquarters. Hong Kong is the spider in the web of Asia. From Hong Kong we can arrange everything for our operation in Zhuhai - logistics, customer service, sales, and finance. All of my key personnel are Hong Kong people, because the talent pool here is so good. They are loyal and hardworking, and they all speak English and Mandarin. From Hong Kong, it is easy to set up a wholly-owned factory in China. If we were to try that from the Netherlands it would be difficult, but you can do it from Hong Kong as it is an important hub for China."