Event Listings

Networking Event

NZCCHKonnect : Tues 8 November 2011

 NZCCHK’s regular business networking event NZCCHKonnect at the Renaissance Harbourview Hotel will be held on Tuesday 8 November 2011.

The first drink is free! Choose from a selection of New Zealand beers and wines. There’ll be nibbles available throughout and canapés served. This is an opportunity to mix and mingle with fellow Chamber members and we’ll be inviting guests from other Chambers to join us from time to time so you can spread your network wider. Bring a friend or two! 

And for afters … Renaissance Harbourview Hotel is pleased to offer a 20% dining discount to NZCCHKonnect guests choosing to dine at the hotel’s Café Renaissance, Scala and Dynasty Restaurants (offer applies to dining on the NZCCHKonnect evening only and is subject to registering for dinner with the hotel staff during the event).

Remember, this is a monthly event, so mark your diary for these future dates: Tuesday 13 December 2011. Next year’s dates will be available later. Same time same place!

Seminar

Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Constitutional Dialogue Between the New Zealand Courts and Parliament
Has our "Rule of Law" story changed forever, or is this just growing pains?

Malcolm Luey, New Zealand Ministry of Justice
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 1:00 - 2:00 pm, Room 404, 4/F TT Tsui Building, The University of Hong Kong

With the recently announced New Zealand Constitutional Review about to begin, many are once again pondering the continuing tension between the traditional concepts of "rule of law" and "parliamentary sovereignty". At the heart of this debate lies the desired relationship or interactions between the courts and parliament, often referred to as a "constitutional dialogue" between these two essential pillars of modern governance.  This tension is often most acute when issues of fundamental human rights arise and Lord Bingham's notions of "thin" or "broad" rule of law are put to the test.  This seminar will review recent court and parliamentary events that illustrate how this constitutional dialogue continues to evolve and examines the impact of the entrenchment debates during the creation of the New Zealand Bill of Rights and the relatively recent creation of a New Zealand Supreme Court.

Malcolm Luey was a 2007 Sohmen Visiting Human Rights Scholar and is currently the manager of criminal law policy in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice.  Malcolm began his career with human rights litigation in the 1990 and has since worked throughout the New Zealand public service as an advisor and litigator on domestic and international human rights issues.  Highlights of Malcolm's career include working on the NZ Code of Health and Disability Consumers' Rights, the creation of the International Criminal Court, the 2000 review of New Zealand Human Rights Protections, legislation for NZ courts' to make declarations of inconsistency regarding unjustifiably discriminatory legislation, appearing before the NZ Supreme Court in some of their first human rights cases, the Search and Surveillance Bill and the recent enactment of the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill which represents the most significant reform of NZ criminal procedure in over 50 years.

Please email Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk to reserve a place.

Education

CUHK : Undergraduate Admissions for 2012 Entry
Full-tuition Entrance Scholarships Available for Outstanding Students

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is now inviting undergraduate applications from international students for 2012 entry. A number of full-tuition entrance scholarships are available to outstanding students. Children of foreign nationals holding dependant visas, if admitted, would be considered as local students and entitled to pay local fees.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been placed 37th among the world's top universities and 5^th among the top Asian Universities in 2011 according to QS World University Rankings. It has a population of over 20,000 students including some 3,800 international students from over 45 countries. The University has forged academic links with institutions of higher learning around the world, and reached student exchange agreements with some 220 universities, including Cornell, Harvard, Peking, Yale, University College London, the Copenhagen Business School and the University of California system.

As CLIHK is expanding its intake of international students, we would welcome applications from students from New Zealand. In addition, to facilitate outstanding candidates in making informed decisions among all early offers they receive from the various universities, candidates who apply to CUHK on or before 15 November 2011 will be considered for advance offers. Applicants selected for advance offers will be notified on or before 30 December 2011.

Further information is obtainable from CUHK’s website or please contact CUHK for any enquiries.

For international students: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/intl/
Contacts: Ms Doris Tso doristso@cuhk.edu.hk (852) 3943 7059 or Ms Dennis Fung dennisfung@cuhk.edu.hk (852) 3943 1572

For students holding dependant visas: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/nonjupas/
Contact: Ms Florona Tsang florona@cuhk.edu.hk (852) 3943 8935

Joint Business Community Luncheon : Post Policy Address 

Education

Executive Study Group

Initiated by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corp. in 2009, the Executive Study Group has become a monthly gathering which facilitates networking and interactions between academics and senior executives of leading enterprises.

Topic of October: Right Things to Do Before a Downturn of 2012

§  McKinsey’s September research shows that most executives think a double-dip recession will hit economies over the next 6 months.
§  Surprisingly, most companies don’t adequately plan ahead, often reacting to a downturn by embarking on a costly, damaging cycle of doing too much, too late, and too randomly.
§  Companies that survive and thrive during tough economic times build advantages in three critical areas: mindset, preparation, and execution.
§  They even look for weaknesses in their competitors and seek opportunities to make inroads against them.

Speaker
Mark Lee, DBA, Center for Logistics Technologies and Supply Chain Optimization, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mr. Mark Lee has over 15 years of research and consulting experiences in the areas of business strategy, supply chain management and performance transformation.  Before his joining to the Chinese University, he was working for an international top tier management consultancy firm.  He obtained his graduated degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in the US.

Referral and Group Participation
If you find this topic is helpful to your colleagues, you can forward this email to them.  To strengthen your teamwork, you can form a small group of colleagues to join together.  They just need to quote your name during registration.

To Register
This event is free-of-charge. Please fax your business card(s) to 3016 9840 and write down your preferred session (Cantonese 1, Cantonese 2 or English) on the fax. For inquiry, please call 3970 1839

NZCCHK : Business Breakfast with Celia Wade-Brown, Mayor of Wellington

Wellington’s Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown will visit Hong Kong with a delegation of Wellington based business persons towards the end of July. The delegation wil comprise representatives of the following: Wellington City Council (local authority); Gibson Group (film and television); ANZ Bank (financial services); Whitireia Polytech, Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University (education); The Formary (environment); and New Age Ltd (consumer products).

In addition to the Mayor (whose responsibilities include climate change, information technology, finance and emergency management), the Wellington City delegation will include Councillor Jo Coughlan (economy) and Tina Pennington (Director–Strategy).

The delegation will join with NZCCHK at a business breakfast during which there will opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Wellington, the relationship between Wellington and the region (Wellington has sister city relationships with Beijing and Xiamen) and seek details and comment on what opportunities there are for Hong Kong based businesses. Please register with NZCCHK now to secure your place at this important breakfast.

Details:

NZCCHK : New Zealand Property Market Update

The media is full of reports that property market in New Zealand is starting to show new signs of life. Buyers have genuine questions like: How soon should I buy? Where should I buy? Is the market going to drop again? Will house prices rise sharply again? Can I make money off property investment in this market?  These are all important questions if you are a property owner or intending to become one, because the answers will enable you to make better decisions to protect and generate your property wealth.

Exclusive NZ Property Update for NZCCHK members:
Erskine + Owen are professional property strategists and buyers’ agents and are specialists at answering these questions for clients. NZCCHK and Erskine + Owen are joining together for an exclusive evening “New Zealand Property Market Update” for NZCCHK members.

What you will get out of the evening:
·          Insights on the New Zealand property market enabling you to make the right choices
·          Insights that will help you formulate successful buying or selling plans
·          Key property market drivers and what are they doing
·          The signs to watch out for before another sustained price lift
·          Auckland’s housing challenge and the impact on the property market in Auckland
·          Deciding the best locations to buy in for maximum capital growth
·          The likely impact of the Christchurch earthquake on the property market
·          A simple process for deciding the best places to buy for capital growth

About Erskine + Owen Licensed (REAA 2008)
Alan Henderson CA, and director of Erskine + Owen will be presenting. See www.erskineowen.co.nz for more.

Details:

Workshop
Family Business Going Global - Gaining Tacit Knowledge to Deal with Cultural Risk
for Family Businesses, Family Offices, Professional Firms, and Family Business Educators

The Chinese University of Hong Kong invites NZCCHK members to its CUHK Family Business Learning Series 2011. This series covers a wider spectrum of topics from tacit knowledge in family investment to NextGen career analysis.  The series is also delivered in more interactive formats from workshops, case studies, to business family roundtable.  As always, the series grounds on professional knowledge and the latest research in the field. Details of our first workshop are as follows.  Join us now to empower your family firm or discover unparallel opportunities in family business advisory.

Description
Other than doing traditional export business, more family businesses are now looking to make more commitment to secure a competitive position by doing direct investments in the globalized world. This workshop aims to analyze the situation of family multi-national corporations and focus on their cultural risks in creating new companies or making foreign direct investments in other countries. Starting with some theoretical principles and academic analysis, the workshop leaders will lead participants on learning how to prepare effectively in interacting with clients, employees, and external decision makers in the target country of doing business.  They will also discuss the role of tacit managerial knowledge in being successful in a foreign cultural setting, by offering specific examples taken from the nearly 3,000 responses of TKIM assessment survey from various countries.

Workshop Leaders
Michael Segalla, Ph.D., Professor of Management at HEC, Paris.  His interests include comparative studies of cultural integration and the process of internationalization.  He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and has conducted numerous executive training and conferences in Europe with various MNCs, such as Ernst & Young, Danone, Forbes, United Nations, etc.  His work is available for download at www.hec.fr/segalla. Kevin Au, Ph.D., Director of Centre for Family Enterprising and Business Advising, CUHK. His interests include international management, entrepreneurship and family business.  He is active in academic research, case writing, business consulting, and social services.  His recent works can be found at http://ihome.cuhk.edu.hk/~b033713/CUHK_Kevin_Au/Publications.html.

Preparation
Participants are expected to complete a questionnaire on tacit knowledge in advance and receive feedback on the results during the workshop.

Other Details

Executive Study Group
China – Strategies of Mainland Companies to Compete with Multinationals

Initiated by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corp. in 2009, the Executive Study Group has become a monthly gathering which facilitates networking and interactions between academics and senior executives of leading enterprises.

·          In China, search engine Baidu is used seven times more than Google China every day.
·          China’s domestic companies use their deep understanding of consumers in their countries to create highly customized offerings.
·          To prevail over local winners on their turf, set aside your tried-and-true strategies, understand - and emulate - domestic players’ tactics. ·          Domestic dynamos like these dominate foreign rivals by applying six strategies: 
       o    Create Customized Offerings
       o    Develop Business Models to Overcome Obstacles
       o    Deploy Cutting-Edge Technologies
       o    Tap Low-Cost Labour
       o    Build Scale Quickly
       o    Use Management Talent to Sustain Growth

We will base on Harvard University Prof. Michael Porter’s models to reveal domestic winners’ competitive advantages.

Guest Speaker
Mr. Mark Lee, MBA, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Center for Logistics Technologies and Supply Chain Optimization. Mark Lee has over 15 years of research and consulting experiences in the areas of business strategy, supply chain management and performance transformation.  Before his joining to the Chinese University, he was working for an international top tier management consultancy firm.  He obtained his graduated degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in the US.

To Register
This event is free-of-charge. Please fax your business card(s) to 3016 9840 and write down your preferred session (Cantonese 1, Cantonese 2 or English) on the fax. For inquiry, please call 3970 1839. For email un-subscription, please email your cancellation request to klee@se.cuhk.edu.hk

Joint Business Community Luncheon: 2011-2012 Budget
The Honourable John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the HKSARG
2011-2012 財政預算案午餐會演講嘉賓：財政司司長曾俊華先生

Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

The Financial Secretary, the Hon. John Tsang, will deliver the 2011-2012 Budget Speech at the Legislative Council on Wednesday 23 February 2011.

Mr Tsang has accepted the business sector’s invitation to talk to the Hong Kong business community on 1 March 2011. It will be an excellent and timely opportunity to learn directly from Mr Tsang his further elaboration on this year’s budget and how he would lead us for dealing with the global financial crisis and sustaining the economic prosperity for future growth of Hong Kong.

Companies wishing to sponsor a Corporate Table will have priority on prime location for their company, clients and guests. Speech will be conducted in English. Member Rate HK$530 each. Non-member Rate HK$630 each. Corporate Table of 10-12 pax HK$6,800 each. Booking Deadline: 17 February 2011

Please confirm your reservation with Polly Chan.

Executive Study Group

Initiated by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corp. in 2009, the Executive Study Group has become a monthly gathering which facilitates networking and interactions between academics and senior executives of leading enterprises.

Topic for January 2011:  Seven Ways to Grow More with Less

• When 2011 is approaching, many business leaders start to seek revenues and profits growth by extending their existing product lines and brands, as well as by entering new geographic regions. 
• But this strategy diffuses the organization’s efforts to become less competitive. Instead, companies should follow a seven-step strategy for achieving more with less:

1.         Discover what is working well and where the company is already winning

2.         Cluster and prioritize growth themes to define the focused bets

3.         Summarize strategies in a compelling yet simple vision

4.         Find the right people and to place disproportionate resources in their hands

5.         Make decision making needs closer to customers so that managers have the operating freedom

6.         Create communities and networks across the company, formal as well as informal

7.         Keep scorecards objective and simple

Do you agree? Are you sure you are growing your business strategically? Come and join our discussion!   

Guest Speaker
Mr. Mark Lee, MBA
Center for Logistics Technologies and Supply Chain Optimization
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mr. Mark Lee has over 15 years of research and consulting experiences in the areas of China strategy, market intelligence and supply chain management.  Before his joining to the Chinese University, he was working for an international top tier management consultancy firm.  His clients include both multinationals and local enterprises such as 3M, First National Bank, General Motor, Hongkong Electric, Motorola, Shell Oil, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, etc.  He obtained his MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park in the US.

To Register
This event is free-of-charge. Please fax your business card(s) to 3016 9840 and write down your preferred session (Cantonese 1, Cantonese 2 or English) on the fax. For inquiry, please call 3970 1839

Further events will be listed as they become available.

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