The OIDC formally joined the Fort Davis EPZ development project in December 1995. They spent four or five months drafting a contract for cooperation with the Panamanian side, and after carrying out a ground-breaking ceremony and signing a formal contract, it was not until July 1996 that the project was actually set into motion.
中巴公司的中方﹘﹘海外投資開發公司高級專員許冰瑤說，他們公司在九五年十二月才正式介入這個案子，研擬與巴方合作的契約就花了四、五個月，破土典禮後，正式簽約，直到去年七月才正式推動。