The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is the best place to develop a logistics career

ForAgainst
  • there are better places to develop a logistics career outside the PRD
  • there are too many restrictions on doing businesses in China, compared to other places in the region suitable for developing a logistics career, e.g. Singapore
  • the immature legal system of mainland China creates a business environment in the PRD (except in Hong Kong) too unstable for a successful logistics career

  
there are better places to develop a logistics career outside the PRD
ForAgainst
     

  
Hong Kong is no longer World's busiest container port, it lags behind Singapore and Shanghai
ForAgainst
  • Singapore is near the Strait of Malacca, the pinch point on the shipping route from the Indian to the Pacific Oceans, so it gets more shipping than HK
    •  
     

  
PRD's excellent geographic location makes it the best place to develop a logistics career
ForAgainst
  • the PRD has many good seaports and it serves as the doorstep of China and gateway to the east-west trade
    •  
     

  
mainland China has the highest potential market in the world
ForAgainst
  • trade growth resulting from China's gradual opening up of its domestic market and WTO entry creates many business chances for the logistics industry in PRD
    •  
     

  
HK has already provided PRD with world-class infrastructure and international connections which are indispensable for the development of logistics business
ForAgainst
     

  
the PRD has road, rail, air and sea transport systems
ForAgainst
     
  • many places have road, rail, air and sea transport systems; e.g. Singapore
    •