The Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation and the Trade & Industry Department will jointly hold a seminar called The Global Financial Crisis & Recovery: a Regional Co-operation Perspective, January 27.

Lingnan University Vice-President Prof Jesus Seade, Li & Fung Group Managing Director William Fung, Deputy Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury (Financial Services) Cheng Yan-chee, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of the University of Hong Kong Prof Richard Wong, and MTR Corporation Chairman Raymond Ch'ien will speak at the seminar.

They will discuss the impact of the financial crisis on regional co-operation in the Asia-Pacific region, including economic and political co-operation, and explore the role of the Asia-Pacific in the post-crisis global economic order.

The free seminar will run from 9am to 12.30pm at the South Pacific Hotel, 23 Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai. It will be conducted in English.

Registration forms can be downloaded here. Completed registration forms should be sent to the committee's secretariat by email or fax, to 2787 7799.