September 19, 2006

Age: 57 years

The third plenary session chaired by Ms Ton Nu Thi Ninh started with the presentation of the Outcome Reports by the three (3) rapporteurs on the three (3) sub-themes, followed by the discussion of common issues and ended with the Chairperson’s Summary.

Recommendations from APEC Forum on Digital Economy for Women 2006

“Innovation and Leadership”

Ha Long Bay September 16—17, 2006

Academic Qualification: Bachelor of Economics (Honours), 1974, University Malaya.

Kristy Hsu is an associate research fellow at the Chinese Taipei WTO Center, Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research in Chinese Taipei. Before she joined the Center in August 2003, she was the Executive Secretary of Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center, and served as the APEC Gender Focal Point of Chinese Taipei from 1998 to 2003.

Francine is owner of Whiteduck Resources Inc. a company with over 20 years experience in designing, managing and delivering evaluation and analysis for various organizations in Canada with special expertise in education, business and economic development.

Title: “Creating a business enabling and gender sensitive legal environment for women to develop business in the context of globalization”.

M.P for Ba Ria – Vung Tau

Vice-chair, Foreign Affairs Committee

National Assembly of S.R. Viet Nam

In 2006, women's union at all levels in Long An province mobilized and managed VND 160 billion and supported nearly 32,000 households with loans for production.