Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, leader of the Democrat Party, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, as the chairperson of international seminar “APEC BCG Symposium 2002”, along with Mr. Jose Miguel Ahumada, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile, Dr. Rebecca Sta Maria, APEC Executive Director, APEC Secretariat, and Ministry of Commerce’s executives presided over the opening ceremony of “APEC BCG Symposium 2002” at Ballroom A-B on 23rd Floor of Centara Grand at CentralWorld Hotel.