Topic: A Green New Deal for Hong Kong: How professionals can benefit?
Speaker: Ir. Albert Lai
(Conducted in English)
(A certificate will be given to the participants for application of CPD credits)
Content
Hong Kong is currently faced with three major challenges: a global economic crisis characterised as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s; climate change that poses serious risks to the well-being of humankind; and local environmental degradation that threatens to dissipate the community’s effort in pursuit for a better quality of life. We cannot afford to deal with them one by one. We need a smart solution to deal with them, all at once – a Green New Deal.
There are many facets to a Green New Deal: to tackle pollution, reduce waste, better plan the city, upgrade building stocks, build sustainable infrastructure, shift to green transport, revolutionise energy policy and decarbonise the economy. Each of them will benefit from public investments and innovative policies, and create green jobs and business opportunities.
According to the UN Environment Programme, developed countries should invest 1% of GDP for the next 2 years in a Global Green New Deal. In Hong Kong, it has been suggested that an investment of $35.8 billion in green economy can generate over 87,000 new green jobs. How can professionals – engineers, architects, planner, surveyors, accountants and lawyers benefit from all these? What can we do to make it work for the best of Hong Kong?
Who should attend ?
Professionals including engineers, architects, planners, surveyors, accountants and lawyers who are interested in new business opportunities, or in ways to sharpen their skills to prepare for the future.
Speaker: Ir Albert Lai
Ir Albert Lai is the current Chairman of The Professional Commons and the founding Chairman of Hong Kong People’s Council for Sustainable Development. In his capacity of the Vice-chairman of the Civic Party, Ir Lai is the convenor of the Party’s Green New Deal Taskforce which published in March 2009 a policy paper, “An Action Agenda for Hong Kong’s Green New Deal”.
Venue
Room UR3, SCOPE Admiralty Learning Centre, 8/F United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty.
| Date | : | 22th May, 2009(Fri) |
| Time | : | 7:00pm – 8:30pm |
| Speaker | : | Mr. Ir. Albert Lai
Chairman of The Professional Commons |
| Venue | : | Room UR3, SCOPE Admiralty Learning Centre, 8/F United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty. |
| Language | : | English |
| Fee | : | HK$50 (Members of The Professional Commons)
HK$100 (Non-member) <To qualify for the membership discount, any individual may apply to become a member of The Professional Commons at an annual fee of HK$100, which will enable him/her to enjoy discounts in future events.> |
| Registration | : | Application : Download Application FormPlease send back the 1) completed application form with 2) payable cheque on or before the application deadline 19 May 09 by POST .
Address: Unit 10A, Times Media Centre, 133 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Payment method: Crossed cheque payable to “The Professional Commons Ltd. |
| Enquiry | : | (Tel) 8200 6332 / (Email) [email protected] (Mr. Chan) |
Topic: Typical Credit Decision Process of a Foreign Commercial Bank
Organized byThe Professional Commons
(A certificate will be given to the participants for application of CPD credits)
Contents
‧ Equity return vs debt return
‧ Asset-based lending vs cash-flow based lending
‧ Two sources of repayment of a loan and credit analysis
‧ Credit decision process and credit authority
‧ Export financing and working capital financing in Hong Kong
Target applicants
‧ Accountants helping small and medium enterprises
‧ Engineers who would like to get exposure in finance
‧ Entrepreneurs interested in getting bank financing
‧ Government officials interested in getting a better understanding of bank operations
‧ Politicians interested in supporting small and medium enterprises
Background of the Speaker
Mr. Victor Wai is the Senior Vice President of a top-tier international bank with experience in client management, credit audit and risk management. He was a Senior Economist of the US Government in his early career.
Mr. Wai has an economic degree from the University of Hong Kong, a MBA from the Chinese University of HK and a Master of Banking from the Monash University. He is a chartered banker, qualified accountant and a professional economist.
Outside his career, Mr. Wai is an honorary trainer of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and had conducted over 50 seminars for PRC bankers in recent years. He is a member of the Election Committee of the HK SAR Government and is a founding member of the Professional Commons, a think-tank aimed at sharing professional knowledge with the public.
| Date | : | 8th April 09 (Wed) |
| Time | : | 7:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Speaker | : | Mr. Victor Wai
Senior Vice President of a foreign bank, Member of Strategy Committee of the Professional Commons and Convenor of ‘Land Policy and Economic Diversity’ Taskforce |
| Venue | : | Room 205, HKU SPACE Wanchai Learning Centre, Causeway Centre, 28 Harbour Road, Hong Kong |
| Language | : | English |
| Admission Fee | : | HKD50 (Members of The Professional Commons)
HKD100 (Non-member) |
| Application | : | Download Application Form |
| Please send back the 1) completed application form with 2) payable cheque on or before the application deadline 3rd April 09 by POST .
Address: Unit 10A, Times Media Centre, 133 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong |
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| Payment method | : | Crossed cheque payable to “The Professional Commons” |
| Note | : | 1. Applications are accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. |
| 2. Confirmation email will be sent by email unless your application is not successful. | ||
| 3. The admission fee is non-refundable unless the seminar is cancelled due to unanticipated circumstances. | ||
| 4. Enquiry: (tel) 8200 6332 / (email) [email protected] | ||
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