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Mr. Ronnie Chan to speak at HKU for the Asia Institute for Political Economy

14 Aug 2006

 

The "Asia Institute for Political Economy" summer academic programme 2006 is going into its last week of programme now. In the past two weeks, distinguished guests from the political and business sectors were invited to share their insights on the region's political economy with over 60 outstanding students from HKU as well as other top universities in the Chinese Mainland, Australia, Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Singapore, India, Japan, Laos, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.

This week, renowned professor and business leader will be invited to speak to students of the Institute. Members of the press are cordially invited to attend, the details are:

Date: August 15, 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 2:15pm – 3:45pm
Venue: T5, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong.
Speaker: Mr Ronnie Chan, Chairman of the Hang Lung Group & Hang Lung Properties Ltd
Title: Americanism vs. Chineseness: Implications in Business and Politics

Date: August 15 & 16, 2006 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Time: 9:30am – 12:45pm
Venue: P503, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong.
Speaker: Professor Andrew Morriss, Director of the Centre for Business Law & Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, USA
Title: Regulation & Competition between States (15 Aug)
International Property (16 Aug)

For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Cherry Cheung, External Relations Office, HKU at 2859 2606.