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Lee publicizes Seoul`s `business-friendly` policy
By Lee Chi-dong
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
sought Friday to promote his country's "business-friendly" policy in a meeting
with a group of global business leaders and prominent journalists attending a
forum here, said Lee's office, Cheong Wa Dae.
"President Lee explained the South Korean government's efforts to create better
business conditions," the office said in a press release.
In the one-hour closed-door meeting, co-organized by the International Business
Council and the International Media Council, Lee also introduced his
business-related philosophy as a former CEO of South Korea's leading construction
firm and exchanged views on the global economy, it added. South Korea is a
co-chair of this year's G-20 meeting.
"The meeting, which had no prior consultations on questions and answers, took
place in an informal mood, and participants exchanged their opinions freely," it
said.
Cheong Wa Dae said more than 40 business leaders and senior journalists from
around the world attended the meeting, called the "Informal Gathering of the
World Economic Leaders," a program at the annual gathering of the Geneva-based
World Economic Forum in Davos.
They include Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackermann, HSBC Chairman Stephen Green,
DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman, Dominic Barton, the worldwide managing director of
McKinsey & Company, David Schlesinger, editor-in-chief of Reuters and Yoichi
Funabashi, editor-in-chief of Japan's Asahi Shimbun.
Among South Korean attendees were Cho Suck-rai, chairman of the Federation of
Korean Industries, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Hanwha Group Chairman Kim
Seung-youn.
The South Korean president was also to meet Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and
head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, later in the day to discuss the
outlook for the world economy, entrepreneurship, and ways to aid developing
nations. Gates has been working as a "Global Advisor" to Lee, a largely honorary
post.
Lee is scheduled to have an interview with the U.S.-based cable news channel CNN
before leaving Switzerland in the afternoon for Seoul.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
sought Friday to promote his country's "business-friendly" policy in a meeting
with a group of global business leaders and prominent journalists attending a
forum here, said Lee's office, Cheong Wa Dae.
"President Lee explained the South Korean government's efforts to create better
business conditions," the office said in a press release.
In the one-hour closed-door meeting, co-organized by the International Business
Council and the International Media Council, Lee also introduced his
business-related philosophy as a former CEO of South Korea's leading construction
firm and exchanged views on the global economy, it added. South Korea is a
co-chair of this year's G-20 meeting.
"The meeting, which had no prior consultations on questions and answers, took
place in an informal mood, and participants exchanged their opinions freely," it
said.
Cheong Wa Dae said more than 40 business leaders and senior journalists from
around the world attended the meeting, called the "Informal Gathering of the
World Economic Leaders," a program at the annual gathering of the Geneva-based
World Economic Forum in Davos.
They include Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackermann, HSBC Chairman Stephen Green,
DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman, Dominic Barton, the worldwide managing director of
McKinsey & Company, David Schlesinger, editor-in-chief of Reuters and Yoichi
Funabashi, editor-in-chief of Japan's Asahi Shimbun.
Among South Korean attendees were Cho Suck-rai, chairman of the Federation of
Korean Industries, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Hanwha Group Chairman Kim
Seung-youn.
The South Korean president was also to meet Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and
head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, later in the day to discuss the
outlook for the world economy, entrepreneurship, and ways to aid developing
nations. Gates has been working as a "Global Advisor" to Lee, a largely honorary
post.
Lee is scheduled to have an interview with the U.S.-based cable news channel CNN
before leaving Switzerland in the afternoon for Seoul.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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