Lunch

The Financial Secretary, the Honourable John Tsang, will deliver the 2012-2013 Budget Speech at the Legislative Council on Wednesday 1 February 2012. The Hong Kong business community has invited Mr.Tsang to address a luncheon on 22 Febraury.
 

The Women in Business Committee invite you to come and celebrate the start of the festive season at their Christmas Networking Lunch which is taking place at the Pawn in Wanchai. Come and join them and take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to meet and network with fellow female chamber members and non-members alike, whilst getting into the Christmas spirit!

Amidst economic turmoil and financial speculation in the EU region, the euro zone summit held in October 2011 has set ambitious goals of recovery, financial stability and job creating growth. A stronger and deeper union, both fiscal and economic is advocated by euro zone leaders, together with bank recapitalisation and reforms to ensure the sustainability of public finance. Big steps have been agreed, but has enough been done to contain the public debt crisis? This is not a British Chamber event.

 How are privilege and entitlement defined?  How do I know if my child has a sense of entitlement?  What is the problem with this anyway?  Are there risks?  Are there opportunities? These are all questions that will be addressed at the first of a series of lunchtime talks about parenting hosted by the British Chamber of Commerce and Grosvenor. The guest speaker on this occasion is Mark Hensman (DTheol), Director of Schools for Harrow International. 

 Guy Verhofstadt is currently Member of the European Parliment and President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). His bright political resume, which started in the 70s, highlights titles such as Finance Minister and Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008). Guy Verhofstadt is a fervent pan-European known for his strong pro-European position, his support for Eurobonds and his views on how to tackle the current (European) crises.

Come and join the Women In Business Networking Lunch, a great chance to network with fellow female chamber members. This month's lunch will take place at the Watermark in Central. Non-members are very welcome to attend.

 92% of CEOs are male and 95% of secretaries are female.  Why? At this event our panel of speakers are going to have a look at these statistics and focus on the issues and outcomes related to why figures suggest that there is still a significant divide in the workforce. Are the factors that are holding women back in their careers internal or external? What can be done to overcome these factors? Where is HK on the road to gender equality in the work place?Come and find out how far women have come in management, what's holding them back and why.