Free movement of labour, industrial liberalisation and regulatory reform top a 'wish list' the Coalition of Service Industries (CSI) has submitted to the Government in preparation for the global round of service-industry negotiations.
The talks, known as the Services2000 round, were officially launched by the World Trade Organisation in February but are unlikely to get under way until later this year.
A previous attempt to start them broke down amid acrimony at the Seattle summit in December.
Service industries account for 85 per cent of Hong Kong's economy, according to CSI - a part
of the General Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, the outcome of the WTO's service negotiations will be crucial to the SAR's growth prospects.
'The Hong Kong Government needs to go in there with strong positions on how to benefit Hong Kong and what to ask for,' said Eden Woon Yi-teng, the chamber's director.
