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 ...
11 Oct 2017 12:30 AM
TALK
My Life as China’s First Western Diva
SPEAKER
He Hui
Soprano
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15pm – Address
1st Floor
He Hui - in Hong Kong to sing the opening night of Opera Hong Kong’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” before a run...
3 Oct 2017 06:45 PM
PANEL
The 19th Party Congress –
Implications for China’s Future
PANELISTS
Dr. Willy Lam
is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for China Studies and the History Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
is Professor and Head, Department of G...
19 Sep 2017 12:30 PM
Politics and Identity –
The Challenge to the International Order
Speaker: Christopher Patten
The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes CH
Former Governor of Hong Kong
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
For almost 40 year...
