Savantas and the Maritime Silk Road Society to Host Seminar on Finance within the Guangdong-Hong-Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area on 30 January 

Savantas Policy Institute conducted a research on the Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area this summer and compiled our findings into the "Greater Bay Area Development Proposals". The result had been presented to the Central Government and the HKSAR Government in October. 

The proposals made many suggestions regarding the field of finance, such as a double ledger within the Greater Bay Area to facilitate a freer flow of capital, purpose-specific investment funds and the promotion of FinTech. In order to follow up on our various policy suggestions in our proposals, we plan to host a series of seminar focusing on the situations in the various fields and industries. 

 The seminar on Finance within the Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area will be hosted at 2:30 PM on 30th January 2018 at HKUST Business School Central, 15/F, The Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Rd, Central. The event will be conducted in Chinese. We are honoured to have invited Mr Andrew Fung Hau Chung, Chief Financial Officer of Henderson Land Development; Mr Tse Yung Hoi, Chairman of BOCI-Prudential Asset Management; Mr Archie Ying Kei Ng, Head of External Division at theHong Kong Monetary Authority; and Dr Yim Fung, Chairman and Executive Director of Guotai Junan International Holdings.

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Savantas Hosted Seminar on the Controversy of HK Independence; Calls on All Sides to Engage in Dialogue, Addressing the Problem with Sensitivity 

It has been 20 years since the handover of Hong Kong, yet a more widespread acceptance of our Chinese national identity among the people of Hong Kong remains elusive. Since 2011, various problems had given rise to a localist movement. A few youngsters in recent years have gone as far as to advocate for an independent Hong Kong. These trends are worthy of our reflection. Savantas Policy Institute sought to explore the root causes of such separatist sentiments and its effect on the relationship between the Mainland and Hong Kong. 

On 2nd December, Savantas Policy Institute hosted a seminar on the controversy of Hong Kong independence. Mrs. Regina IP LAU Suk-yee, chairperson of Savantas Policy Institute; Mr. Jasper TSANG Yok-sing, Former President of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and Convenor of the Hong Kong Vision Research Programme; Mr. IP Kin-yuen, Hong Kong Legislative Council Member for Education Constituency; Professor Joseph CHAN C.W., Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong; and Mr. Tommy CHEUNG Sau-Yin, Former President of the Students' Union of CUHK took turns to deliver their presentations and engaged in discussion, followed by questions from the floor. 

The seminar was very successful. Speakers spoke from different angles but reached a similar view that it is impossible for Hong Kong to realise its own independence. Some Hong Kong people still question their national identity. While the path ahead may be rugged, as long as all sides continue to engage in dialogue, addressing our problems with greater sensitivity, consensus can be reached, and our problems may be solved. 

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