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HKUL Reading Club Book Talk by Ms Christine Loh -- "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)"

26 May 2008

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Libraries Reading Club is pleased to present the Book Talk by Ms Christine Loh on this Thursday (May 29).

Ms Loh will talk about the book "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) " by David Cay Johnston. Mr Johnston, a New York Times investigative reporter, has spent his 40-year career exposing collusion between government officials and private sector entities as they enrich the rich and ignore consequences for middle-class laborers and the poor. This book is a broad examination of collusion and unfairness, ranging from subsidies for professional sports stadiums to secret payouts to multinational corporate chief executives.

Ms Loh is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Civic Exchange, an independent, non-profit public policy think tank. She has been a legislator in HK from 1992 to 2000.

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the Book Talk, the details are:

Date:           May 29, 2008 (Thursday)
Time:           7:15pm - 9:00pm
Venue:         1/F, Main Library, HKU
Language:    English
Speaker:       Ms Christine Loh
Moderator:   Dr Anthony Ferguson (HKU Librarian)

For enquiries, please contact HKU Libraries, Ms Carmen Tsang (Tel: 2859 2211) E-mail: yytsang@hkucc.hku.hk )

For online registration and further information, please visit:- http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2008_8.html

About HKU Libraries Reading Club

HKU Libraries Reading Club was established in 2001 to promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong.  The Reading Club sponsors a series of book talks featuring leading members of the Hong Kong intellectual community. At these book talks, we invite interesting people to talk about books that interest them.