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Michael Rowse
Michael "Mike" John Treloar Rowse (, born ) is a Hong Kong public figure. A naturalised citizen of the People's Republic of China, Rowse was the Director-General of InvestHK, a government departments and agencies in Hong Kong, department of the Hong Kong Government. Rowse was one of the few foreign-born civil servants in the post-handover Hong Kong Government. He is best known for having negotiated the Hong Kong Disneyland deal on behalf of the government in November 1999 in which the government became the park's largest shareholder; he thus received the nickname "Mickey Rowse", an allusion to Mickey Mouse, the Disney character. Rowse then set up InvestHK, and was appointed its Director General on 1 July 2000. As head of the agency, he became involved in Harbour Fest, an event to promote Hong Kong in the Progress of the SARS outbreak#April 2004, aftermath of the SARS outbreak in 2003 which became a topic of controversy due to its cost over-runs. Career Rowse was born to a lower- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InvestHK
Invest Hong Kong () is the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for Foreign Direct Investment, supporting overseas, Mainland and Taiwanese businesses to set up and expand in Hong Kong. Founded on July 1, 2000, its first Director General was Michael Rowse. The Investment Officers are organized into nine specialist sector teams covering Hong Kong's four pillar industries and six new growth sectors: Business & Professional Services; Consumer Products; Creative Industries; Financial Services; FinTech; Information & Communications Technology; Innovation & Technology, Tourism & Hospitality and Transport, Infrastructure & Advanced Manufacturing. InvestHK is headed by the Director-General of Investment Promotion who reports to the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development. Director-General of Investment Promotion The current Director-General of Investment Promotion is Stephen Phillips. In August 2022, Phillips went to Australia and New Zealand to market H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
