22 Sep 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Matthew CRABBE
Author / Co-founder of Access Asia
Topic: Fat China: expanding waistlines change a nation
A disastrous side effect of China’s booming economy - along with pollution and a growing income gap - is the effect of obesity on the fragile healthcare system. Rates of obesity are e...
13 Sep 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Madhav NALAPAT
UNESCO Peace Chair at Manipal University, India
Topic: Threat of Islamic Fundamentalism to Asia
Asia, home to the major world religions, has become the endemic focus of Wahabbist-Khomeinist extremism, often confused with Islamic fundamentalism. Today, clusters of...
18 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Amanda BENNETT
Co-Chairman Pulitzer Prize Board
Topic: Investigative Journalism in a Globalised World
Investigative journalism is under threat. It's the most expensive form of news gathering in a time of newspaper budget cuts and journalist layoffs, both in the U.S. and around the world....
4 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Sheila CORONEL
Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism, Columbia University
Topic: Can Noynoy AQUINO Fight Corruption in the Philippines?
Benigno AQUINO III was sworn in as the President of the Philippines on June 30, after a landslide electi...
3 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sam CHAMBERS
Author / Journalist
Topic: Oil on Water
Out of sight, out of mind – the uncomfortable reality. That’s the general public’s reaction to the movement of oil around the world’s oceans. Or at least it was until the Deepwater Horizon incident. This vital supply chain is constantl...
24 Jul 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: James FENTON
Poet
Topic: From journalism to poetry
This event is co-hosted by the FCC and the British Council in partnership with "TDC / Hong Kong Book Fair".
Mr. FENTON is one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation, and many of his well known poems demonstrate his interest in wor...
13 Jul 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Christopher DILLON
Writer / Entrepreneur
Topic: Japanese Real Estate: bargain or black hole?
Japanese property prices have plummeted since the late 1980s, when the land under the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was reportedly worth more than California. You can now buy a house on an acre of lan...
29 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: LEE Cheuk-yan
Legislative Councilor & General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Topic: Independent unionism in China: mission impossible?
Chinese workers striking for better pay and elected representation have shocked the world.
Are we witnessing history being made...
23 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN
Author & Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Topic: When Thaksin ruled the World: reviewing his botched diplomacy
Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN thinks Prime Minister, Thaksin transformed Thailand’s international role from one of obscurity into a kind o...
21 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Simon YOUNG
Associate Professor, Director of the Centre of Comparative and Public Law
Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong / Barrister
Topic: Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive in 2012
Focusing too much on numbers (e.g. 2012-2016-2017-2020, 1200 votes, 70 Legislative Council seats, ...
