27 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
China’s One Child Policy:
Past, Present and Future
SPEAKER
Mei Fong
Pulitzer-Prize winning Journalist and Author
Monday, November 27, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
China’s controversial one-child policy has been phased out after over 35...
15 Nov 2017 12:45 PM
TALK
Reflections on Judicial Independence
SPEAKER
Henry Litton, GBM, CBE
Former permanent judge, Court of Final Appeal
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
Hong Kong takes pride in its independent judiciary. It is one of the ...
8 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
Brexit: Triumph or Trainwreck?
PANELISTS
Anatole Kaletsky
Co-Chairman &Chief Economist of Gavekal Dragonomics
Timothy Beardson
Chairman, Bixmoor
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
The UK's narrow vote in favour of lea...
7 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
Duterte’s Violent Populism in the Philippines
SPEAKER
Mark R. Thompson
Professor & Head of Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
Since becoming Philip...
1 Nov 2017 06:30 PM
COCKTAIL
From the Rohingyas to the Philippines:
Human Rights Crises in South East Asia
GUEST
Dr. James Gomez
Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific,
Amnesty International
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
6:30pm – Cocktails
7:00pm – Talk
Verandah
Across Southeast...
6 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
From Banker to Buddhist Nun – A Life Transformed
SPEAKER
Ms. Emma Slade
Former HSBC Banker/ Buddhist Nun/Point of Hope Award Recipient
Monday, November 6, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
Before becoming a Buddhist Nun, Emma Slade had the ed...
3 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
Xi's Dreams, Orwell's Nightmares:
Censorship in Today's China
SPEAKER
Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Chancellor’s Professor of History, University of California at Irvine
Friday, November 3, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
China is a country of cont...
25 Oct 2017 12:30 PM
TALK
From Scotland to Hong Kong: How Entrepreneurs Compete On the World Stage
SPEAKERS
Andy C. Neilson
Co-Founder, King & Country
Malcolm Offord
Founder, Badenoch & Co.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
Verandah
Start-ups and small bus...
11 Oct 2017 06:45 PM
SCREENING
“THE HELPER”
SPEAKER
Joanna Bowers
Director
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
6:45pm – Doors Open
7:00pm – Introduction & Screening
Followed by:
Q&A with the Director
Bert's
Foreign domestic workers, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, are arguably the lifeblood of ...
