This year is the 10th anniversary of HK returning to China. The Better Hong Kong Foundation (Foundation) was pleased to have invited Mr. James B. Cunningham, U.S. Consul General of Hong Kong and Macau to speak at a luncheon co-hosted with the Hong Kong America Centre. The title of Mr. Cunningham’s speech is ”The First Ten Years of the Hong Kong SAR: An American Perspective”. Members of the Foundation Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu, Deputy Chairman, Far East Consortium International Ltd.; Mr. Peter Lam, Chairman, Lai Sun Development Co. Ltd.; Ms. Winnie Ng, Executive Director, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. Ltd.; Dr. Gerald K. Chow, Executive Director, Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.; Dato’ Wong Sin Just, Vice Chairman / CEO, Softbank Investment International (Strategic) Ltd.
In his speech, Mr. Cunningham thanked the Foundation for inviting him to share an American perspective on Hong Kong after ten years as a Special Administrative Region of China. Mr. Cunningham stated that the Foundation was created in 1995 by a group of Hong Kong’s influential business and community leaders for the express purpose of enhancing public confidence in Hong Kong’s future. In June of 1995, Fortune magazine ran its cover story: “The Death of Hong Kong.” It was in that business- and investment-unfriendly climate that the Foundation was created to help restore confidence in the territory. HK’s development in the past ten years has proven that the Foundation is on the right track. He also commended the Foundation for contributing to prosper a close relationship between the United States and Hong Kong & China.
The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu made an opening remark at the luncheon
U.S. Consul General Mr. James Cunningham delivered his speech
The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu put forward his view points for discussion at the Q & A session
The Foundation’s Council Member Dr. Gerald Chow put forward his viewpoints for discussion at the Q & A session
The Foundation’s Council Member Dato’ SJ Wong put forward his viewpoints for discussion at the Q & A session
The Foundation’s Trustee Mr. Peter Lam presents a souvenir to Mr. James Cunningham
The Foundation’s members and Guests (from right to left) Dr. Gerald Chow, Ms. Winnie Ng, Dr. Glenn Shive, Mr. Peter Lam, Mr. James Cunningham, Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu, Dato’ SJ Wong, Hon. Bernard Chan and Ms. Karen Tang