Co-organized by Savantas Policy Institute and SLAA

We are honored to have invited Prof. Louis Pauly to give a talk titled: Between Integration and Autonomy: Hong Kong Adapts to Changing Financial Markets, January 26, 2011. The event is open to public.

Speaker: Professor Louis Pauly (Director of the Centre for International Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto)

Date: 26 January 2011 (Wednesday)

Time: 6:15-8:00pm

Venue: Room 315, HKU Space Admiralty Learning Centre, 3/F, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road

Language: English

Synopsis:

Professor Louis Pauly, who directs the Centre for International Studies in the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, will address the challenges currently facing Hong Kong’s financial industry in the wake of the global crisis of 2008. A noted political economist, Professor Pauly was invited by the Savantas Policy Institute to study the development of Hong Kong as an international financial centre. During the past few months, he carried out an extensive series of interviews with industry leaders and government officials. His findings and conclusions will interest anyone concerned with balancing innovation and stability in a crucial sector of Hong Kong’s present and future economy.