This week's guest on Monday Face is Julia Leung, the Undersecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. Leung was among the first batch of undersecretaries to be appointed by chief executive Donald Tsang in 2008.
Leung's previous job was at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority as its executive director. She had also served on the Asian Wall Street Journal for 10 years after graduating with a Master of Science degree from Columbia University.
In this podcast, chief business reporter Enoch Yiu quizzes the Undersecretary on a variety of topics ranging from financial markets to her once previous job as a reporter. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
One of two speakers at last night's Meet the Corporate Architects event was Michael Wu Wei-kuo, chairman and managing director of Maxim’s Group.
After graduating from university, Wu turned down an offer from investment bank Merrill Lynch to become a trainee at the Maxim’s Group. Seventeen years later, he shows no signs of regret. His resume now boasts the successful renovation of the Maxim’s brand, the introduction of m.a.x. concepts' stylish restaurants and the introduction of Starbucks to Hong Kong.
In this podcast, he talks to me about how he is able to manage the largest catering company in Hong Kong operating 540 outlets and serving 540,000 people every day during the financial crisis. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
One of two speakers at last night's Meet the Corporate Architects event was Michael Chan Yue-kwong, chairman of Café de Coral. In this podcast, he talks to me about how he is able to steer the world’s largest Chinese fast-services food chain through the financial crisis.
The group's name in Chinese means “everybody’s happy" and was founded 41 years ago by Chan’s father-in-law, Victor Lo Tang-seong. Mr Chan was formerly a city planner who was invited to join the company by his father in law in the 1983. He helped the company go public in 1986 when Café de Coral had just 30 outlets.
Twenty three years later, Café de Coral has almost 140 outlets, while it purchased rivals such as Ah Yee Leng Tong Chinese restaurants, Oliver’s and Spaghetti House. Abroad it acquired 50 per cent stakes in Shanghai’s New Asia Dabao and the Manchu Wok restaurants and China Inns in the US and Canada. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
The term "dark pools" may sound mysterious and clandestine, but managing director of Liquidnet Asia Pacific, a specialist in this area, visits the SCMP.com studio to unveil its full secrets.
Lee Porter's company is an electronic trading system that provides liquidity, or dark pools, without the need to disclose it on an institutional investor's order books.
Instead of providing regulatory concern, Porter believes that dark pools could benefit investors by performing a complimentary role to the traditional exchanges and clearing system. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
Ms Teresa Ko, the China managing partner of the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and first female chairman of HKEx's Listing Committee is our guest in the studio today.
The 28-member committee that Ms Ko will chair is composed of lawyers, brokers, accountants, fund managers and listed companies' representatives. It approves new listings in its weekly meetings and the members also meet quarterly to decide on the policies that govern listed companies.
In the program, Ms Ko talks about her new role and her views on many of the issues that face listed companies today. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
