For Immediate Release

BEA Holds "Economic and Market Outlook 2013" Seminar

Experts Share Their Views on the Economic Outlook, Investment Opportunities, and the Foreign Exchange and Property Markets

Hong Kong, 8th January, 2013 - The Bank of East Asia ("BEA") held a business seminar entitled "Economic and Market Outlook 2013" yesterday. The event brought together experts from the academic, financial, investment, and banking fields to

share their views with over 650 corporate and personal customers of the Bank on the outlook for 2013.
In his opening address at the seminar, Mr. Adrian M.K. Li, Deputy Chief Executive of BEA, provided attendees with a summary of the state of the current global economy, which is still mired in uncertainty. Against this backdrop, BEA has invited four guest speakers to share their knowledge and views on the economic outlook in 2013 and investment opportunities that lie ahead. The speakers were: