Hong Kong People's Alliance On WTO
The Hong Kong People’s Alliance on WTO (Traditional Chinese: 民間監察世貿聯盟; often abbreviated as HKPA) is a grassroots organization that aimed to protest at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 which was held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai North on 13–18 December 2005.
Representatives for 148 countries attended and HKPAOWTO aimed to lead over 10000 people in protests.
Read more about Hong Kong People's Alliance On WTO: Background, Main Objectives, Action Towards WTO During 2005, Working Groups
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