Minutes of the 7th TBBC Joint Meeting

Date：April, 19, 2005
Place：Taipei
Chairman：(Taiwan) Mr. Leslie C. Koo, President of Taiwan Cement Corporation
(UK) Mr. Martin Barrow CBE, Director, Jardine Matheson Ltd.

Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Group：
(Taiwan) Dr. T.K. Wu, Advisor to Chairman of China Synthetic Rubber Corporation
(UK) Mr. Paul Fawcett, Export Promoter Taiwan Unit, UK Trade and Investment
Information Technology and Telecoms Group：
(Taiwan) Dr. Shyue-Chine Lu, President of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd
(UK) Mr. John K Davies, CEO of Mindsite Associates & Tech Advisor to DTI, UK
Infrastructure Group：
(Taiwan) Mr. John T. Yu, Chairman of CTCI Corporation
(UK) Mr. Mike Williams, Chairman of IBG Greater China Focus Group and Managing Director of CDC
（5） Participants：A total of more than 230 participants from Taiwan and the United Kingdom attended the meeting. Sir Stephen Brown KCVO, Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment and Dr. Chii-Ming Yiin, Administrative Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs were invited to provide welcome remarks.

Important Discussion Subjects & Conclusion：

Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Group：It is strongly recommended to invite some of the major UK Pharmaceutical firms to join the next gathering. During the discussion, 4 major topics are included: Industry Infrastructure, Medical Devices, Biotechnology in Agriculture and Green Food, and Pharmaceutical Industry.
Information Technology and Telecoms Group：It is agreed that Taiwanese and UK companies should seek potential collaboration in undertaking EU projects. The areas of third-generation (3G) networks, convergence of wireless networks and mobile communications, and digital contents were identified for further collaboration between the Taiwan and UK business communities.
Infrastructure Group：The discussion aims to exploit business opportunities with UK-Taiwan joint efforts in the third country, and to exchange views on the feasible collaboration opportunities in the “Ten New Projects,” and “High Speed Rail Projects”. After UK’s visit to HSR site, there was clearly an opportunity to establish a consortium of Taiwanese and UK companies for participation in Taiwan public projects.