University students from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan display their

THIRTY-four university students from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan showed their business ambitions in the China market and the will to form a ''Greater China'' in a recent competition.

The ''Greater China: Business Opportunities and Strategies for International Companies'' contest was the final event of the Business Orientation Programme (BOP), organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham).

After visiting selected firms, which represented a variety of businesses, students were divided into teams for a project in strategic business planning.

The team project for Hongkong Telecom won the championship for its ''ability to define challenge and practicability proposal'', while that of NUTS Technologies gained the highest mark in ''creativity and team effort''.

The chairman of the BOP sub-committee, Mr Lee G. Lam, said the programme was aimed at training future leaders of ''Greater China'' and introducing Hong Kong as a business centre.

''The students were just excellent,'' said Mr Lam. ''I am surprised by their energy, motivation and strong intellectual curiosity.'' As one of the team advisers, Mr David Savelson of ASTEC Components said the students were ''extremely hard-working and eager to learn''.