CityU CSHK PASS Professional Training Workshop 6 - Myanmar

CityU CSHK PASS Workshop 6

Cultural Diversity and Risk Management: Hong Kong Professional Services, Overseas Investment and Special Economic Zone Development in Myanmar

多元文化與投資風險管理：香港專業服務、緬甸的外商投資及經濟特區發展

What are the opportunities and risks of investing or expanding business operation in Myanmar? What are the benefits and concerns for developing Special Economic Zone related businesses there? What unique roles could Hong Kong professional services play to facilitate mutual advancement?

This Workshop aims to present a portrait of business opportunities and challenges in Myanmar from three perspectives: 1) the local, 2) the Belt and Road and 3) Hong Kong. Through triangulation of first-hand information, insights and successful experience shared by seasoned entrepreneurs, professional practitioners, Special Economic Zone management and local researchers, participants would be able to distil an in-depth understanding of cultural diversity and risk management of overseas investments, as well as Special Economic Zone development in Myanmar. In particular, this Workshop will unpack the challenges and scrutinize the pathways whereby Hong Kong professional services and businesses may perform their distinctive roles in mitigating risks and thus take part for mutual gains and sustainable development in Myanmar.

Students of all disciplines and aspiring future professionals are all welcome!

Date: 16 December 2021 (Thursday)

Time: 10:30am – 1:30pm (9:00am – 12:00pm in Myanmar Time)

Format: Zoom Webinar- Audience: Lawyers, accountants, business managers and consultants, investors, government officials, scholars, researchers and students through online registration

Language: Mainly in English

Admission: Free of charge

Registration: https://20211216-pass-workshop-6-myanmar.eventbrite.hk

Programme:

10:15 - 10:30 Registration

10:30 - 10:35 Welcoming

10:35 - 11:35

Insight Sharing 1: Contextualing China-Myanmar relations and ASEAN

• Dr Renaud EGRETEAU (Associate Professor, Department of Asian and International Studies, CityU)

• Dr Nian PENG (Deputy Director and Associate Fellow of Research Center for Maritime Silk Road, National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS), Haikou, China) (excused for sudden commitment)

• Mr Bunna VANN (President, The Thinker Cambodia)

Insight Sharing 2: SEZ and projects

• Mr Win Myint (Vice Chairman, Kyauk Phyu SEZ Management Committee)

• Mr Peng HOU (Vice-General Manager, Vanguard Apparel, Thilawa SEZ)

• Dr Debby CHAN (Visiting Fellow, Department of Public Policy, CityU)

11:35 - 11:45 Break 1

11:45 - 12:21

Insight Sharing 3: Business and Professional Sector

• Ms Shirley NG (Director (Thailand & South Asia), HKTDC; Secretary General, The Myanmar Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industries)

• Mr Derrick WONG (Director, Wealth Ocean Services; Director, The Myanmar Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industries)

• Mr Romain CAILLAUD (SIPA Partners; Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusoh Ishak Institute)

12:21 - 12:30 Break 2

12:30 - 13:25 Q&A and Discussion

Co-chair:

• Prof Linda Chelan LI (Director, CSHK, City University of Hong Kong)

• Prof Phyllis Lai-lan MO (Associate Director, CSHK, City University of Hong Kong)

Discussant:

• Mr Thompson CHAU (Former Associate Editor and Business Editor, Myanmar Times)

13:25 - 13:30 Concluding Remarks