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George Soros on "The Way Ahead for the World’s Economic and Political System" (Live Telecast at The University of Hong Kong)

30 Oct 2009

This week, George Soros has been delivering a series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest, which unveils his latest thinking on economics and politics.  This evening (October 30), The University of Hong Kong will telecast his closing lecture from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Soros will outline key global trends, their economic and political implications and the role that China is likely to play on the world stage.

Full text of the lecture will be available online after 9 p.m., Friday (Oct 30), at : http://jmsc.hku.hk/soros

The video of the lecture will be available on the Financial Times Web Site after the telecast: http://www.ft.com/soroslectures

Title: The Way Ahead - Comments on China.

Date:  October 30th, 2009 (Fri)

Time:  8 p.m. - 10 p.m. (Lecture + direct Q&A with George Soros)

Venue:  Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong.

HKU Moderator: Prof. Rusty Todd, Journalism and Media Studies Centre

The video-telecast is co-presented by HKU's School of Economics and Finance and the Journalism and Media Studies Centre.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU at 2219-4012 /91230252 or email: velentinam@hku.hk