Formal establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community this year could help boost Hong Kong’s supply chain management role with Thailand, a key economy among the group of 10 regional nations. Increasing Thai trade could see an enhanced role for Hong Kong supply chain management players, according to Dickson Ho, HKTDC Principal Economist. He also believes that China’s Belt and Road initiative, complemented by Thailand’s infrastructure plans, will provide major opportunities in the country for Hong Kong infrastructure, construction and engineering firms with their decades of experience.