29 Aug 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Mark MOBIUS
Executive Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group
Topic: Outlook for emerging markets
Dr. Mark MOBIUS will share his outlook for emerging markets going forward. He will discuss the skepticism of investors towards Chinese stocks and also share his views on frontie...
24 Aug 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Chandran NAIR
Founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow
Topic: Consumption, Capitalism and the Future of Asia
Mr. Chandran NAIR will argue that the Western model of consumption-led economic growth cannot be replicated in Asia . This statement in itself is not a new one. If the...
25 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Mike McCONVILLE
Dean, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Topic: Inside the Chinese Judiciary – how it really works
Professor Mike McCONVILLE examined the role of judges in Mainland China in everyday criminal cases from initial prosecution to verdict and sentenc...
21 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Karl Taro GREENFELD
Novelist / Journalist
Topic: Can journalists make good novelists in the Internet Era?
Literature has been filled with great writers who made the transition from journalism to fiction. Yet today there seems to be growing division between journalist and the novelist, as...
11 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: HU Shuli
Editor-in-Chief, Caixin Media
Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Caijing Magazine
Topic: Operating an independent media company in China - How we do it
Ms. HU Shuli shared her many challenges in setting up and running a leading media company in China, at an FCC club lunch session...
5 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dean KARLAN
Professor of Economics, Yale University
Topic: Are anti-poverty programmes inevitably toxic?
Dean KARLAN examined what works and what fails in the fight against poverty around the world, at an FCC club lunch session on 05 July 2011.
Mr. KARLAN is the co-author of a new book, ...
28 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John R. SLOSAR
Chief Executive, Cathay Pacific Airways
Topic: The Third Runway debate: facts and myths
Does Hong Kong need a third airport runway? Air traffic is increasing and takeoff and landing slots at busy times are already congested. But Hong Kong is also building a high-speed rail...
21 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN
Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Topic: Thailand’s elections : what next ?
Thailand will hold its national elections on July 3; this will be the second time after the 2006 military coup. The past 30 months under the Abhisit VEJJAJIVA administ...
20 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Duncan JEPSON
Director and Producer
Managing Editor of the Asia Literary Review
Topic: “Hope without Future?” - One family’s dream of a better life, One country’s hope for a better future
Mr. JEPSON will introduce the documentary (length: 85 minutes, language: English & Nepali) and share...
17 Jun 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: LIM Guan-eng
Chief Minister, Malaysia’s Democratic Action Party
Topic: Malaysia's Success Story?
Malaysia's Democratic Action Party (DAP) and its allies Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Parti Agama SeMalaysia had their best-ever result in the 2008 elections, defeating the ruling Barisan Nasiona...