Speech by CE at Hong Kong Legal Week 2026: UNIDROIT Centenary: Regional Conference for the Asia-Pacific and Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Liaison Office (English only) (with photos/video)

Following is the speech by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at Hong Kong Legal Week 2026: UNIDROIT Centenary: Regional Conference for the Asia-Pacific and Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Liaison Office today (November 2): Professor Enzo Moavero-Milanesi, (President of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)), Professor Ignacio Tirado (Secretary-General of the UNIDROIT), Commissioner Cui Jianchun (Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good morning, and welcome to Hong Kong. It is my honour and privilege to be here, with you, at the opening of the UNIDROIT Centenary Regional Conference for the Asia-Pacific. This is a day of double celebration. Today we commemorate 100 years of UNIDROIT's extraordinary contribution to the modernisation and harmonisation of private law. Equally significant, we're here to witness the opening of a new chapter of UNIDROIT – the establishment of its inaugural office outside its seat in Rome, right here in Asia's World City, Hong Kong. UNIDROIT was established in 1926, under the auspices

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