Saturday, 24 April 2010 7:00pm Cocktail & 8:00pm Dinner
The Hong Kong Club,
1 Jackson Road, Central, Hong Kong
Members and their guests are
cordially invited to our Boat Race Dinner on Saturday, 24 April at the Hong Kong
Club. Cocktails will be served from 7:00pm together with the viewing of
the 2010 Boat Race. The Annual General Meeting of
the Society will commence at 7:00pm sharp.
The speaker to
lead the toast to Oxford will be given by
Mr. Rodney Ward (Queen’s
College, Cambridge).Mr. Ward is Honorary
President of UBS Investment Bank Asia, in which capacity he is responsible for
senior level relationships in Asia. In
addition, he holds non-executive directorships of two banks in the region and
is a member of a committee established by Bank Negara to develop a business
programme for directors of the Malaysian financial community. Mr. Ward is
a former director of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is called upon from
time to time to discuss bank regulatory issues in the wake of the
recent financial meltdown. He was a member of the Cambridge crews in the
1965 and 1966 Boat Races.
The
speaker to lead the toast to Cambridge
will be given by Mr. Timothy Beardson
(ChristChurch, Oxford).
Mr. Beardson founded,
majority-owned and ran Crosby, which became the largest
independent investment bank in the Far East before he sold
it in the 1990s. He is the Chairman of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund. He
speaks on political, economic and strategic issues at events such as the World
Economic Forum at Davos and has frequently been invited to lecture to Chinese
governmental organizations on economics, finance and other subjects. He is
currently writing a book, to be published by Yale, on whether China will replace
the US as the next
superpower and the challenges which will face China in the 21st
century.
The cost of the
Boat Race Dinner: HK$800/person for
members and HK$850/person for guests
which includes cocktails and a sumptuous four course dinner with wines. Dress code: Black Tie.
Enquiries:
Ronald Kwok, President
ElectKenneth Fok, PresidentEmail: society@oxbridge.org.hk
Booking Form:BOAT RACE DINNER - Saturday, 24 April 2010
Name of booking Member:
University &
College:
Contact Tel number:
Email address:
Name(s) of Guest(s):
Dietary Note:
Number
of seats required:
Member:
at HK$800 each:
Guests:
at HK$850 each:
I enclose cheque number:
for a Total
of:
HK$
BOOKING: Firstly,
email your completed form to: ronaldkwok@netvigator.com, with subject: Boat Race Dinner.
Secondly,post your form together with
your cheque payable to “The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hong Kong” to: Ronald
Kwok, 9A, No.1 Garden Terrace, 8 Old Peak Road,
Hong Kong.
Note: Bookings will only be considered confirmed/successful
after receipt of full payment by the Society. Successful bookings will be
confirmed via email.
