Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 841 Sat. October 07, 2006  
   
Business


Apec ministers to meet in Feb


A flurry of ministerial meetings leading up to next year's Apec summit in Sydney will kick off in the Australian city of Perth in February, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday.

Ministers responsible for mining and small- and medium-sized enterprises within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries will gather in Perth ahead of a series of other ministerial meetings to be held across Australia.

Apec groups Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.