The Hong Kong Boating Industry Association (Hong Kong BIA) is pleased to welcome the ICOMIA Executive Committee to Hong Kong. The International Council of Marine Industry Associations - ICOMIA - is the international trade association representing the global marine industry since 1966.ICOMIA brings together national marine industry associations in one global organisation and represents them at an international level, presenting a strong and united voice when dealing with issues challenging the industry.

香港遊艇業協會（HKBIA）很高興歡迎ICOMIA的執行委員會來到香港。國際航海業協會- ICOMIA--是自1966年以來代表全球航海業的國際貿易協會。ICOMIA

各個國家的航海業協會匯集在一個全球組織中，並在國際層面上代表它們，當遇到對此行業的各種挑戰時，發表強大而團結的聲音。

Hong Kong’s newly established Hong Kong BIA recently joined ICOMIA and is now one of the 35 national associations across the world that are full members of the organisation. This includes the vast majority of the industrialised countries from North America across to Japan and China and from Finland down to New Zealand.

香港新成立的HKBIA最近加入了ICOMIA，現在更是該組織全球35個正式成員之中的其中一個。這包括絕大多數工業化國家，從北美到日本和中國，從芬蘭到新西蘭。

Hong Kong is considered to be one of Asia’s most mature Pleasure Boating markets, and the establishment of the Hong Kong BIA has brought the industry together to unite members, provide up-to-date information on the industry, and initiate researchon the economic, environmental and social impacts of the marine leisure industry. By working with other related associations, the Hong Kong BIA aims to be a comprehensive voice for the industry when communicating with government departments, and to create professional guidelines and standards aimed at making recreational boating safer and more environmentally friendly.

香港被認為是亞洲最成熟的遊艇市場之一，HKBIA的成立使該行業匯聚在一起，成員團結一致，提供有關行業的最新信息，並開展經濟研究，海事休閒產業對環境和社會的影響。通過與其他相關協會合作，HKBIA的目標是在與政府部門溝通時成為行業中的代言人，並製定專業指導方針和標準，旨在使休閒遊艇更安全，更環保。

Hong Kong BIA members will have an opportunity to meet with ICOMIA’s Executive Committee on Thursday 28 March at a special dinner to be held at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. Andrea Razeto, President, will lead the 10-ten member team that includes Vice Presidents YP Loke (Asia) and Sara Anghel (Canada) and representatives from the USA, UK, EU and Australia.

HKBIA成員將有機會於3月28日星期四在皇家香港遊艇會舉行的特別晚宴上與ICOMIA執行委員會面。總裁Andrea Razeto將領導10個成員團隊，其中包括副總裁YP Loke（亞洲）和Sara Anghel（加拿大）以及來自美國，英國，歐盟和澳洲的代表。

With the support of members throughout the world, and in conjunction with the appropriate associations, ICOMIA lobbies international authorities and major organisations, publishes documents and guidelines and produces tools to facilitate the growth of the industry. It is hoped that Asia will play a stronger role in ICOMIA going forward. In a recent report on Asia, ICOMIAstated that “Asia is the main growth area in the world for the leisure marine industry. For the past 30 years most Asian economies have been growing, and in the past ten years the GDP in most countries has increased at an average rate of 5% to 10% per annum, far higher than those of Europe and the USA. As a result, rapidly rising living standards are creating a new middle class in Asia that has a growing disposable income to spend on leisure activities.”

在全世界的成員支持下，並與適當的協會並肩一起，ICOMIA遊說國際機構和主要組織，出版文件和指南，並製作工具以促進該行業的發展。希望亞洲將在未來的ICOMIA中發揮更大的作用。在最近的亞洲報告中，ICOMIA表示“亞洲是世界休閒海事產業的主要增長點。在過去30年中，大多數亞洲經濟體一直在增長，在過去十年中，大多數國家的國內生產總值平均每年增長5％至10％，遠高於歐洲和美國。因此，急速提高的生活水平正在亞洲創造一個新的中產階級，其可支配收入的增長將用於休閒活動。”

The Hong Kong BIA was created to support and develop leisure marine activities and the leisure marine industry in Hong Kong in a professional, safe and sustainable way that allows everyone to enjoy boating and water sports.

HKBIA之創立是為了支持和發展香港的休閒海事產業，以一種專業，安全和可持續的方式，讓每個人都可以享受船艇玩樂和水上運動。