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FEDERATION'S MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS & MEMBERSHIP CARD UPDATE
1) Membership Benefits for Federation associates
As associates of the Federation, your members can enjoy a wide range of exclusive benefits and unparalleled business opportunities. The Federation Secretariat is pleased to recap some highlights as below.
• Access to the membership database of the Federation (exclusive access by using the individual log-in credentials)
• Free access to HKTDC Trade Fairs and VIP lounge
• Discount on purchase of Small Orders at hktdc.com
• Discount on HKTDC Customized Business Matching Service
• Entitled to participate at the Hong Kong Forum, the annual flagship event of the Federation
• Special airfares from Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon for joining the Hong Kong Forum
• Up to 50% off discount on HKTDC Market Research Materials
• 10% off discount on purchase in HKTDC Design Gallery
For the full Membership Benefits, please visit https://www.hkfederation.org.hk/benefits.
2) Membership Card (New Arrangement)
Many of the above offers require presentation of the Federation’s membership card. If your association would like to provide membership cards to your members, please encourage your members to register online https://www.hkfederation.org.hk/signup by 30 January 2019.
We will produce and mail the membership cards to all BA secretariats around February / March 2019 in accordance to the list of the online associates directory for this 1st batch which will be valid till December 2019. Similarly for years afterwards, new membership cards with validity till December 2020 will be issued in early 2020. Reminder circulars will be sent to each member association closer to the time.
3) Brief on the Federation
In addition, for member associations’ quick information, we have compiled a brief, containing the basic facts and figures of the Federation. Please feel free to refer to the attached.
For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at hkfederation@hktdc.org.
Please click here for the Brief on Federation 2018
Source: Federation Secretary
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