World Boutique 18 -21 January 2005 Fine Fashion Fair

World Boutique is a premier fashion event dedicated to promoting designers' collection and brand labels from around the world, as well as fashion accessories such as watches, sunglasses, fashion jewellery, belts, handbags and shoes. It also features selected home fashion and lifestyle products and small gifts. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and first launched in 2003, it is rapidly establishing itself as a crucial place to be seen for exhibitors and buyers alike. The last show, in January 2004, attracted nearly 14,000 visitors to exhibits by almost 200 exhibitors, and from 18 to 21 January 2005 the HKCEC is expecting once again to welcome boutique buyers, department stores, fashion agents and distributors from around the world, especially from the Mainland and around Asia. It's an exciting event, full of cutting-edge people and products, and runs simultaneously with the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005. With fashion shows, a Colour & Fabric Trend Forum, and Fashion Market & Topical Seminar, there's plenty to get involved with, and the fair has proved an ideal place for anyone wanting to establish themselves in the fashion industry in Asia or move into China.

For more information, please visit www.worldboutiquehk.com

TOC2005 Asia 15-17 March 2005 The Future Shape of Shipping

It's surely fitting that Hong Kong, one of the world's biggest and most important shipping ports, should play host to TOC2005 Asia, the definitive meeting place for the world's shipping, port and terminals industries. Organised by international transportation industry information provider Informa Maritime & Transport, TOC2005 Asia will follow on from 2003's highly successful edition, where well over a thousand participants attended the HKCEC to view the products and services of more than fifty international port and terminal service providers, suppliers and operators. In 2005 the fair, with the TOC Asia Conference once again being held alongside, will run from 15 to 17 March, and should attract representatives from shipping lines, port authorities, terminal operators and government bodies, shippers, stevedores, and other interest groups. The fair will of course offer the traditional range of maritime hardware such as cables, cranes, gantries and ro-ro equipment. But this is an industry where the electronics revolution is quickly making its mark, and the fair will also feature such developments as Automated Guided Vehicles, GPS technology, and IT systems. In today's huge and economically crucial port and shipping industries, TOC2005 Asia will be providing the ideal occasion for players at every level to make their mark.

For details about the exhibition and conference programme, please visit www.toc-events.com