Source: CCTV.com

06-25-2007 17:14

Special Report:   HK 10 Years

Hong Kong’s economy has rebounded from the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s and the outbreak of SARS in 2003. The region’s free market economy and policy of government non-intervention make it an attractive place for business, and increasingly foreign companies use Hong Kong as a stepping stone into China’s mainland.

Gerard Dubois has been passionate about pastries since he was a child. At 16 years old and he began an apprenticeship in Switzerland. That’s where he learned how to make a variety of dessert, breads and pastries. After working as a chef at the Hilton hotels, Gerard moved to Hong Kong in the late 1980s and started his own company La Rose Noire. He provides fine European desserts and pastries to Hong Kong’s most luxurious hotels.

"Actually for me and personally for my business, not much change. You know in 95 was doing good, now 10 years on, 11 years on, was doing even better," says Gerard Dubois, Presidentof La Rose Noire,"so you can see some lovely French butter croissants, Voila. Our specialty, look here, that’s the layers you’re looking for. You’ve got the layers of cream, a little meringue here, some whipping cream."