February 2, 2016
Professor Johannes Chan, speaking at a Human Rights Press Awards fundraising luncheon on December 10, addressed the cloud of controversy that has followed him this year, calling into question the larger issue of academic freedom in Hong Kong.
The uproar started in the months leading up to the Un...
25 Jan 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Michael Schuman, Author & Journalist
For much of the past 100 years, Confucius was vilified by reformers and revolutionaries in China who believed the ancient sage was an outdated relic holding the nati...
18 Feb 2016 12:30 PM — 03:00 PM
Thursday, February 18, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Sir David Tang
KBE, Chevalier de I’Ordre des Arts et Lettres
The speaker examined changes in the city over the last 18 years that would shape the future of Hong Kong in the next two decades.
David Tang ...
14 Jan 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Mr. Chan shared his views on the outlook of the property market in Hong Kong.
Ronnie C. Chan is Chairman of Hang Lung Group Limited and its...
7 Jan 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, January 7, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Paul Harris, Barrister & Senior Counsel
Founder, the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
Crowds and riots are as old as humanity, but peaceful demonstrations are fairly new in history.
Mr. Harris, one of th...
25 Jan 2016 12:30 PM — 03:00 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Michael Schuman, Author & Journalist
For much of the past 100 years, Confucius was vilified by reformers and revolutionaries in China who believed the ancient sage was an outdated relic holding the nati...
2 Dec 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Honourable Henry Litton GBM CBE JP,
Former Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
Two sovereign nations, Britain and China, were locked in discussion 32 years ago over the future of Hong Kong. This e...
1 Nov 2015 — 31 Jan 2016
Two sovereign nations, Britain and China, were locked in discussion 32 years ago over the future of Hong Kong. This eventually resulted in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which guaranteed the continuation of the common law system for 50 years as from 1 July 1997. This has underpinned Hong Kon...
7 Mar 2016 — 11 Mar 2016
The film followed a plan to dam the Irrawaddy River at its source: Myitsone, in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, and all its ensuing consequences. Local villagers had been forcibly relocated, disrupting their traditional way of life. The impact on downstream areas in the rest of the country was p...
18 Nov 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
7:00pm – DINNER
1st Floor
The film followed a plan to dam the Irrawaddy River at its source: Myitsone, in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, and all its ensuing consequences. Local villagers had been forcibly relocated, disrupting their traditional way of life. The impa...
