The Belt and Road Initiative unveiled in 2013 aims to strengthen regional connectivity through a range of projects in infrastructure investment, including railway and highway, real estate, construction materials, automobile and education etc. On the one hand, the Initiative represents vast amount of opportunities for Hong Kong professionals and enterprises. On the other hand, given the nature and diversity of the projects, it presents challenges to the local professionals and enterprises, particularly in the assessment of projects at the feasibility stage.
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In this workshop, the speakers addressed the challenges and helped participants to gain a better understanding of how to conduct feasibility study on the Belt and Road projects. The following topics were covered:
- Project valuation techniques;
- International project valuation standards;
- Economic appraisal: theory and methods; and
- Financial appraisal and development decisions.
Facilitator and Guest Speakers
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Prof. Eddie Hui, MH Professor and Associate Head |
Dr. Lai Yuk-fai, Stephen Managing Director, |
Dr. Qu Jian Vice President, |
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Date & Time: |
25 January 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Medium of Instruction: |
Cantonese with training materials in English |
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Cantonese / Putonghua |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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Workshop Fee: |
HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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A maximum of 50 participants |
Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to gain the knowledge to:
- identify sources of international standards in all forms of project appraisal.
- undertake comparative analysis on a country by country basis of local practice against internationally recognised standards and approaches to project appraisal, financial and economic appraisal and environmental appraisal.
- undertake comprehensive appraisal of complex development projects that generate a mixture of private benefit and significant social and/or environmental impacts.
Facilitator
Prof. Eddie Hui, MH
Professor and Associate Head
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Departmental Associate of Land Economy Department, University of Cambridge
Prof. Hui is an all-round professional with diverse experience in both local and international research and consultancy projects. In 2015, Prof. Hui received a medal of honour from the Hong Kong SAR Government to recognize his outstanding contributions to the society, especially on Town Planning Board and the surveying sector.
His latest research projects focus on the analysis of real estate markets and urban development in Hong Kong and Greater China.
Guest Speakers
Dr. Lai Yuk-fai, Stephen
Managing Director, Rider Levett Bucknall Limited
A well-respected quantity surveyor, Mr. Stephen Yuk-fai Lai is a member of Rider Levett Bucknall’s global board and managing director overseeing Hong Kong, China and Korea offices.
Mr. Lai joined the firm in 1989 and built his reputation as a trusted Cost and Contract Management Consultant. For more than 30 years, he has developed creative project delivery strategies for clients throughout Asia and the Middle East. Externally, he has become a trusted thought leader on state of the construction industry and future trends in construction project management.
Mr. Lai is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and a Fellow Member of the China Engineering Cost Association. He is the Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Board Member of the Construction Industry Council and Chairperson of the Committee on Construction Procurement, Member of the Start-up Loan for Post-secondary Education Providers Vetting Committee; Member of the Appeal Tribunal Panel; Member of the Working Group on Professional Services for Economic Development Commission; Board Member of Zero Carbon Building; Member of Provision of Space in the Legal Hub committee; Member of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption; Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Xuhui District, Shanghai.
Mr. Lai earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Aston, Birmingham in the United Kingdom, obtained his Master of Science in E-Commerce for Executives from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and conferred his Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Aston, Birmingham.
Dr. Qu Jian
Vice President, China Development Institute (CDI)
SEZ Consultant, Asian Development Bank
Expert Commissioner, Ministry of Commerce of China
Special Governmental Allowance Receiver, Outstanding Contribution
PhD. in Economics of Nankai University
Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics
Registered Consulting Engineer
Dr. Qu Jian’s main research areas include planning of domestic and foreign special economic zones, technological innovation and planning of high-tech industries, industrial transformation and upgrading. In recent years, as the head of the Chinese expert delegation, he and his team provide support to the planning and development for special economic zones and industrial parks of more than 10 Asian and African countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d’Ivoire, etc.
The national and local research projects of Dr. Qu Jian and his team include the National Twelfth Five-Year Development Plan for National Economic and Technological Development Zones and Border Economic Cooperation Zones, the National Innovative Urban Construction Plan, the Strategic Study of China’s Processing Trade Transformation and Upgrading, Research on the Development Model of China’s Development Zones and Customs Special Supervision Zones, China’s Yellow River Delta Efficient Ecological Economic Development Plan, New Features, New Trends and Measures of Multinational Corporations’ Investment in China, Research on Strategy of China’s Processing Trade Transformation and Upgrade, etc. Besides, Dr. Qu and his team provide study on the development strategy and planning of special economic zones and industrial parks in many countries.
He has published more than 100 academic papers, with publications including Research on the Transformation and Upgrading of Guangdong Processing Trade , Research on the Development Strategy of Modern Service Industry, Research on the Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth Mode Transformation, Investment Environment in the Pearl River Delta, Investment Environment in the Yangtze River Delta and other books.
Dr. Lai Yuk-fai, Stephen
Managing Director, Rider Levett Bucknall Limited
Dr. Qu Jian
Vice President, China Development Institute (CDI)
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One of the Belt and Road Initiative focal points is to ensure the financeability of projects with smooth two-way cash flow. To achieve this, the financial operation between China and the Belt and Road countries should be enhanced, besides securing initial fund injection to kick start the infrastructure projects.
Much reliance has to be placed on using the appropriate financing instruments, assistance of multi-lateral institutions and capacity-building of financial entities in the countries concerned. Being a regional financial centre, Hong Kong can play an important role in making these happen.
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Objectives
In this workshop, the speakers introduced the following topics:
- Modern portfolio theories: the basics of classical investment theories;
- Other theories used to estimate the risk and return of investment assets, whether financial or real, and to construct a portfolio of assets that offers the highest expected risk-adjusted return; and
- The methodology of making investment decisions, which are always a trade-off between risk and return;
- The principles of cross border financing of infrastructure works and the implications on practice.
Facilitators and Guest Speakers
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Prof. Patrick Lam Professor, Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
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Dr. Chiang Yat Hung
Professor, Department of
Building and Real Estate, PolyU
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Mr. Joseph Chan Chairman, Silk Road Economic Development Research Center
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Mr. Thomas Leung Mainland China & HK Deputy Markets Leader, PwC
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Mr. Christopher Tan Partner, Corporate Finance and Capital Projects & Infrastructure, Pwc
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Ms. Wang Weifang Deputy Director, Asset Finance Department, China National Machinery Industry Co. Ltd. (Sinomach)
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15 February 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Cantonese with training materials in English |
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Cantonese / Putonghua / English |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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Workshop Fee: |
HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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Workshop Size: |
A maximum of 50 participants |
Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to:
- understand the overarching principles of infrastructure financing in a cross border context so as to identify related institutions and suitable financing instruments for Belt and Road situations.
- appreciate the possible roles of Hong Kong in facilitating Belt and Road infrastructure financing.
- be able to articulate sources of project risks including systematic market and country risks as well as unsystematic idiosyncratic project risks in the Belt and Road projects.
- be competent in applying modern portfolio theories to make investment decisions, including the estimation of assess prices and consequently capital costs.
Facilitators
Prof. Patrick Lam
Professor
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Before joining the teaching profession, Prof. Lam practiced for 10 years in multi-disciplinary work environments in Hong Kong and Singapore, including as a consultant quantity surveyor and as a contractor / developer.
His latest research topics cover project finance, public-private partnerships, business models, startup growth, smart cities, construction specifications and buildability, etc.
Dr. Chiang Yat Hung
Adjunct Professor
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Dr. Chiang has a rich mix of industrial and academic experience. Prior to joining PolyU, Dr. Chiang worked for the Hong Kong Government for ten years in the field of Quantity Surveying.
His current research and consultancy interests are in property investment in the portfolio context and competitiveness issues in property and construction.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Joseph Chan
Chairman, Silk Road Economic Development Research Center
Mr. Joseph Chan Nap-kee, has over 30 years of experience in commercial and investment banking and asset management as well as more than a decade of operation and investment experience in the Belt and Road. He is a founding partner of Oriental Patron Financial Group since 1994. He is also an executive director of Oriental Patron Asia Limited and a non-executive director of Oriental Patron Securities Limited. Oriental Patron Asia Limited is the investment manager of OP Financial Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1140). Mr. Chan is currently an executive director and chairman of Kaisun Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8203). He is currently a non-executive director of North Asia Strategic Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8080) and also a non-executive director of Regal International Airport Group Company Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 357).
On social services, Mr. Chan is the chairman of Silk Road Economic Development Research Center, chairman of Hong Kong Energy and Minerals United Associations, vice chairman of China Hong Kong Economic Trading International Association and vice president of Federation of Hong Kong Hubei Associations, chairman of Banking, Finance & Securities Committee of Hong Kong Macau and Myanmar Chamber of Commerce & Industry, honorary advisor of Xinjiang Association of Hong Kong and a member of the 12th Hubei Provincial Commission on the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference .
Mr. Chan holds licenses of Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities), Type 6 (advising on corporate finance), and Type 9 (asset management) under the SFO (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). He received Master of Science Degree majoring in International Marketing from the University of Strathclyde, Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Management from Coventry University and a Diploma in China Investment and Trade from Peking University.
Mr. Thomas Leung
Mainland China & HK Deputy Markets Leader, PwC
South China Markets Leader, PwC
Thomas Leung is the Deputy Markets Leader and South China Markets Leader, as well as a member of the Management Board of PwC China/HK. He is also a member of the Management Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhongtian LLP. Thomas was the China North Assurance Leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP and led the Assurance business of PwC China in Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Shenyang and Jinan. Thomas was also the leaders of PwC China Transportation and Logistics Industry Group as well as Engineering and Construction Industry Group.
Having been with the Firm for 29 years and 19 years as a partner, Thomas has worked in Hong Kong, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Beijing. His focus in the last decade has been on serving many of the major state-owned enterprises in China on their audit, restructuring, IPO and outbound investment engagements.
Some of his key clients include: CITIC Limited, China Post Group, China Communications Construction Company Limited, Legend Holdings Corporation, NetEase.com, Inc., Xiaomi Technology, Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and etc.
Thomas was a vice-president of the Beijing Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2001 to 2009. He was also involved in organising and acting as an instructor in the SASAC state-owned enterprises leaders training programs.
Thomas graduated from Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professional qualification：
- Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Practising Member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Practising Member of China Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- CPA, CA, Canada
- Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Mr. Christopher Tan
Partner, Corporate Finance and Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC
Christopher is PricewaterhouseCoopers partner based in Beijing leading the Northern China practices of Corporate Finance and Capital Projects & Infrastructure. He is responsible for domestic and overseas, fund raising, asset divestiture, merger and acquisitions, as well as domestic and international greenfield and brownfield projects. Over the last few years, Christopher has been involved in a number of Belt and Road projects from port, toll road, power plants, industrial park to manufactures in the regions including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa.
He had spent 7 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and Beijing before he worked for HSBC Private Equity as a senior manager where he was responsible for direct investment projects in greater China, Southeast Asia and South Korea. After that, Chris joined Tom Group, a HK-listed media Group as vice general manager for 5 years. He re-joined PwC Beijing office in June 2005.
Christopher mainly focuses in the industries of infrastructure, energy, FS, FMCG, TMT and healthcare. His clients include a large number of MNCs, SoEs and domestic private enterprises. He was awarded the best M&A Financial Adviser by China Merger and Acquisition Association in 2013.
Ms. Wang Weifang
Deputy Director, Asset Finance Department,
China National Machinery Industry Co. Ltd. (Sinomach)
Ms. WANG Weifang, Deputy Director of Asset Finance Department of China National Machinery Industry Co. Ltd. (SINOMACH), is a former Financial Controller of China CAMC Engineering Co., Ltd. She has been engaged in investment, financing and foreign exchange management of international engineering business for a long time. She is currently engaged in asset and financial management in SINOMACH, and has been involved in the investment and financing of projects such as the China-Belarus Industrial Park and Pakistan Thar Mining and Power project etc.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Joseph Chan
Chairman, Silk Road Economic Development Research Center
Mr. Joseph Chan will focus his sharing on Investing & Operating with Zero Financing Support in Belt & Road countries.
Mr. Thomas Leung
Mainland China & HK Deputy Markets Leader, PwC
South China Markets Leader, PwC
Mr. Christopher Tan
Partner, Corporate Finance and Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PwC
Mr. Thomas Leung and Mr. Christopher Tan will focus their sharing on some of their PPP project delivery experience, in some of the most invested sectors in the B&R countries, including toll road, railway and power, from project preparation stage to financing close. They will share how infrastructure projects are evaluated at feasibility stage, including how financial modelling are set up taking consideration project risks to evaluate returns for informed investment decision making; the contractual arrangements used for risk control / mitigation under PPP framework to minimise project risks to an appropriate level in order to achieve financial close; as well as the various financing structure for infrastructure projects and source of financing.
Ms. Wang Weifang
Deputy Director, Asset Finance Department,
China National Machinery Industry Co. Ltd. (Sinomach)
Ms. Wang has participated in a wide range of projects, including the China-Belarus Industrial Park and Thar Engro Coal Power Project in Pakistan. She was involved in the investment and financing of these projects and during the workshop, she will share her experience and the challenges she faced.
Ms. Wang will also share the preferential policies offered by The PRC government and financial institutions for developing energy projects in Pakistan, which helped pave a strong financial foundation. Insured by SINOSURE (China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation), over US$800 million was financed by China Development Bank, together with China Construction Bank and ICBC on this particular project.
Professionals tend to view project risks from the perspective of their own professions. They also tend to be more familiar with the types of risks that they often encounter in their practices and have a unique set of technical jargons and tool kits in dealing with such risks.
As a result, years of learning and experience are often required to enable cross-professional communication on risk management issues while at the same time, emerging risks (or opportunities) which do not traditionally belong to a professional domain are often overlooked.
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Objectives
In this workshop, the speakers aimed to help participants develop a common framework and terminology that enables them to communicate and work together on Belt and Road projects. The following topics were covered:
- Risk management issues related to Belt and Road projects;
- A common framework for integrated risk management;
- Identification, quantification and mitigation of major risks.
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Dr. Shaojun Zhang Deputy Director Faculty of Business – Belt and Road Centre, PolyU |
Mr. Han Chen Senior Vice President, Analytics Guy Carpenter & Company, Limited, Hong Kong |
Mr. Pat-Nie Woo Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability, KPMG |
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Mr. Michael Camerlengo Partner, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG |
Mr. Caesar Wong Managing Director – China Business Services, RSM Tax Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited |
Mr. Zhang Xinlin Chief Financial Officer, China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Limited |
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Date & Time: |
29 March 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Putonghua / English with training materials in English |
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Cantonese / Putonghua / English |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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A maximum of 50 participants |
Upon completion of the programme, participants were expected to be able to:
- identify the role of risk management in business projects.
- apply a variety of tools to identify, measure and control a project’s risk exposure related to its operation and financing in a global market environment.
- identify and evaluate emerging issues related to risk management of Belt and Road projects.
Facilitator
Dr. Shaojun Zhang
Associate Professor
School of Accounting and Finance
Deputy Director
Faculty of Business – Belt and Road Centre, PolyU
Prior to joining PolyU, Dr. Zhang was affiliated with Nanyang Technological University. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and has served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Finance Association since 2010.
Dr. Zhang has given lectures at universities in the United States, Mainland China, Singapore and Hong Kong and received the PolyU Faculty of Business’s Prize for Outstanding Performance in Teaching in 2016. His main research interest is to understand the price formation process in financial markets. His research papers have been published in leading academic journals and have received multiple best paper awards.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Han Chen
Senior Vice President, Analytics
Guy Carpenter & Company, Limited, Hong Kong
Han Chen is a Senior Vice President of Guy Carpenter based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for Taiwan and Japan actuarial work, as well as cyber research for APAC region. Han is a fellow of SOA and an associate of CAS.
Han has published several papers on US actuarial magazines. He is a recipient of CAS 2012 Ronald Bornhuetter Loss Reserve Prize, and 2015 CAS Variance Best Paper Prize. Han is a frequent speaker at various conferences, including actuarial associations and US Federal Reserve.
Han holds a dual Master degree in actuarial science and risk management from Georgia State University, and a Bachelor degree in mathematics from Fudan University.
Mr. Pat-Nie Woo
Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability, KPMG
Pat is a Partner of Business Reporting and Sustainability at KPMG who oversees Corporate Social Responsibility as well as being a core member of the KPMG China Steering Committee on Climate Change & Sustainability (“CC&S”). He is also a member of the KPMG Global CC&S network.
He has been active for over 10 years in the field of sustainable development. In his previous capacity as a director at Central Textiles, through his leadership Central Textiles was the first textile company in Asia to issue a Sustainability Report under the Global Reporting Initiatives (“GRI”) Guidelines in 2008. The report subsequently received an award from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”).
Through his initiatives Central Textiles subsequently won the Gold Award for the Hang Seng Pearl River Delta Environmental Award in 2012 and the Hong Kong Award for Environmental Excellence (“HKAEE”) – Manufacturing Sector in 2013. He also helped KPMG win the HKAEE Silver Award – Service and Trading Sector in 2017.
For his contribution to the textile industry with regards to sustainability, Pat received the Young Industrialist of the Year award from the Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 2009.
Qualification：
- Member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”)
- Member of Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (“ACCA”)
Roles：
- Chair of working group on ESG policy development for HK, Financial Services Development Council
- Member of Focus Group on Green Finance, Financial Services Development Council
- Member of the Market Development Committee, Financial Services Development Council
- Founding member, Hong Kong Green Finance Association
- Member of United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia Pacific (“UNESCAP”) and their Sustainable Business Network Task Force on Banking and Finance
- Member of the Environmental and Energy Committee, British Chamber of Commerce
- Member of Climate Change Business Forum Advisory Group, Business Environment Council
Mr. Michael Camerlengo
Partner, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG
Michael is a Partner and member of the leadership team of KPMG’s Infrastructure & Government Advisory Practice based in Hong Kong.
Originally from Melbourne, Michael’s expertise extends to providing commercial, financial and operational advice to clients in the infrastructure, construction and property sectors across Asia Pacific and the global markets. This experience includes advising governments, investors and developers on the execution of more than 20 successfully closed projects across the sports, utilities, transport, health, social and commercial property sectors.
As part of Michael’s work in the sector, a key strategic focus is assisting in the commercial advancement of the Asian infrastructure landscape. This includes expediting the development and take-up of innovative and sophisticated contract and financing structures, with the objective of bringing greater volumes of investable projects to market and enhanced social and economic outcomes for governments.
Industry positions：
- Vice Chairman, Construction Property & Infrastructure Committee, the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
- Member, Belt & Road Professional Services Committee, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Member, Infrastructure Working Group, ASIFMA
Mr. Caesar Wong
Managing Director – China Business Services
RSM Tax Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited
Caesar Wong is a professional accountant and certified tax advisor. He was seconded to Shanghai in 1994 and relocated to Guangzhou to witness the development of China’s free trade zones. Caesar was with Andersen, PwC, EY and Deloitte for 24 years before joining RSM Hong Kong in June 2016.
Caesar is experienced in delivering practical solutions to China and cross-border tax and business projects. His specialties include investment location studies, direct investment services, tax risk management, tax controversy solutions, government services, M&A, restructuring and IPO advisory services. Caesar supports policy drafting and consultation, and is a popular speaker at policy consultation meetings, international conferences and government trainings.
Caesar’s professional appointments include：
- Vice President and China Tax Committee Chairman of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK)
- The first China tax member of Global Forum for Taxation of ACCA headquarter
- Committee Member of Taxation Academic Research Committee of The Chinese Tax Institute affiliated by State Administration of Taxation
- Member of Invest Guangzhou Expert Panel appointed by Guangzhou Municipal Board for International Investment
Mr. Zhang Xinlin
Chief Financial Officer,
China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Limited
China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd. (CSAIL) is a holding subsidiary of China Three Gorges International Corporation (CTGI). CTGI carried the mission to implement the “going out” strategy and promote the group as a world-class clean energy group. Through green investment, equity mergers and acquisitions etc, it participates widely in overseas clean energy collaboration projects, service and practice. The “Belt and Road” initiatives have therefore achieved fruitful results. Working with an international financial corporation under World Bank Group and Silk Road Fund, CTGI was established with the focus on investment business in South Asia with Pakistan as its core market. The four projects invested and developed currently are included in the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor” construction framework.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Han Chen
Senior Vice President, Analytics
Guy Carpenter & Company, Limited, Hong Kong
From WannaCry to NotPetya, we saw an increase in cyber attacks and data breaches globally. As a consequence, cyber insurance has been receiving increased attention. How can insurance help business enterprises manage cyber risks? What role will insurers play in the cyber field? What are the challenges faced by insurers? How can modeling help us understand and quantify the risks? These questions will be answered during this session.
Mr. Pat-Nie Woo
Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability, KPMG
Mr. Michael Camerlengo
Partner, Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG
Mr. Woo and Mr. Camerlengo will provide an overview of the approach to be taken in assessing the viability of BRI projects and how to manage and address risk. This will be based on a case-study driven approach that looks into the market, industry and project specific considerations to take into account as well as best practice approaches to analysing, mitigating and allocating the full range of project level risks.
Mr. Caesar Wong
Managing Director – China Business Services
RSM Tax Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited
Mr. Caesar Wong will focus his sharing on Building up Belt & Road business models with GBA platform’s comparative advantages.
Mr. Zhang Xinlin
Chief Financial Officer,
China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Limited
Mr. Zhang will share his experience and ideas about financing and managing risks of investment projects in the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”.
A thorough understanding of the cross-cultural challenges and opportunities is imperative for the successful planning and delivery of Belt and Road projects.
All 60+ countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative have very different national and work cultures, which can place significant impact on the risk assessments, financing, organisation formation and management approach to accomplishing the project goals.
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In this workshop, speakers introduced the essential theoretical background knowledge that underpins cross-cultural management studies to shed light on the effective management of Belt and Road projects. Through practical case studies, interactive games and direct interaction with guest speakers, participants experienced resolving cross-cultural management challenges in order to reap the opportunities in Belt and Road projects. The following topics were covered:
- Cross-cultural management studies, notably by Hofstede and other researchers.
- Contemporary study by Meyer on ‘Cultural Relativity’ and her bestseller, “The Culture Map”.
- Published international cases on cross-cultural management of major projects.
- Recent Hong Kong’s cross-cultural management cases.
- Cross-cultural management of Belt Road projects.
Facilitator and Guest Speakers
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Mr. James Law, JP Founder, Chairman and CEO,
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Mr. Eliott Suen Executive Director,
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Mr. Zhou Jiayi Executive Vice President,
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Date & Time: |
14 June 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Cantonese with training materials in English |
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Cantonese / Putonghua |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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A maximum of 50 participants |
Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to:
- understand the essential cross-cultural sociological and behavioural theories.
- draw experience and knowledge from published cross-cultural managed international projects.
- be capable of overcoming challenges and assessing opportunities in cross-cultural projects.
Facilitator
Dr. Chan Man Wai
Professor of Practice
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Dr. M W Chan is currently Professor of Practice of PolyU with 40 years working experience in the academia and industry both locally and overseas. His main research interest is in cross cultural management of major program.
Professionally, he is a Chartered Surveyor, Project Manager, Professional Facility Manager as well as an Authorized Person (Surveyor) of the Building Authority of HKSARG. He was formerly the Executive Director (Project Delivery) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA). Prior to joining WKCDA he was the Vice President (Projects & Facilities) of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). He had worked in the private sector and was Partner of Vigers HK Chartered Surveyors in 1980s. He had also worked many years in North America in construction and real estate.
Academically, he holds a BSc in Building Surveying, MSc in Construction Project Management, MIPA in International & Public Affairs and a PhD. Recently, he studied at the Oxford University (St. Catherine College) and obtained the MSc (MPM) in Major Program Management.
He is the Founding President of the Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management (HKIFM) and was the Chairman of the Project Management Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). He was also member of the Building Tribunal, HKSARG and an Adjunct Professor of the University of Hong Kong.
Guest Speakers
Mr. James Law, JP
Founder, Chairman and CEO, James Law Cybertecture
James Law JP, is an architect, technologist and entrepreneur. Renowned for creating the philosophy of Cybertecture in which a better world is designed with technology to alleviate suffering for mankind, his company’s projects cover buildings, spaces, technologies, education and social design.
James is a Justice of the Peace, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum; a Council Member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Design & Innovation; Board Member of the Hong Kong Design Centre, Board Adviser of the Hong Kong Designers Association, and Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Real Estate Advisory Board.
James is the founder of architecture, interior, technology design firm - James Law Cybertecture; laboratory for future research firm - Cybertecture X; design education institution - Cybertecture Academy, and charity - Cybertecture For Humanity Horatio Law Foundation.
James and his companies are winners of multiple international awards including the FT Asian Innovation Award, Edison Award for Innovation, Design for Asia Award, HSBC World Architecture Award, and is the recipient of Asian Arab awards 2019.
James Law is the architect of the world renowned OPod Concrete Tube Housing Project designed to alleviate affordability problems for mass housing; architect for The Pad Tower - the world’s first Apple iPod inspired building in Dubai; and the architecture for the futuristic high speed transportation system called The Hyperloop.
James received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London and is a chartered architect of Royal Institute of British Architects, Architects Registration Board UK, Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Architects Registration Board Hong Kong.
James has a passion for art, social innovation and travel. He resides in Hong Kong, London and Dubai with his family.
Roles:
- Founder and Partner, Cybertecture X
- Founder and Partner, Cybertecture Academy
- Founder, Cybertecture For Humanity Horatio Law Foundation
- Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
- Board Director, Hong Kong Design Centre
- Board Adviser, Hong Kong Designers Association
- Board Member, Hong Kong Trade Development Council Real Estate Advisory Board
- Board Director, Hong Kong Design Centre
- Technical Adviser, Smart City Consortium
- Registered Architects of HK (HKIA)
- Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA)
- Architects Registration Board HK (ARBHK)
- Architects Registration Board UK (ARBUK)
Mr. Eliott Suen
Executive Director, Marga Group
Mr. Eliott Suen is an Executive Director of Marga Group, an international syndicate with a mandate to invest heavily in Myanmar. Marga is the management and investment vehicle of many reputable investors from Hong Kong, Australia, Korea and the UK. The group is one of the largest real estate developers in Yangon and owns a nationwide telecommunication license. Eliott actively manages Marga Group’s luxury real estate projects. Prior to joining Marga, Eliott worked in Goldman Sachs focused on multiple markets including Mongolia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines and Australia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Eliott enjoys entrepreneurial success in various industries. At the age of 19, he founded Ivy Gate, the leading premier education company in Hong Kong. He also founded a series of companies focused on emerging market investments, food & beverage projects and technology ventures.
Mr. Zhou Jiayi
Executive Vice President, POWERCHINA International Group Limited
POWERCHINA has long been engaged in the core business areas of water and electricity and has established itself as a leading enterprise in the hydropower industry both in China and overseas. It is a global leader in hydro, wind and photovoltaic power generation.
The company has undertaken more than 80 percent of the planning, surveying and design of large and medium-sized hydropower projects in China. At present, the company holds more than 50 percent of the world's large and medium-sized water conservancy and hydropower construction markets. The company has built over 200 large and medium-sized hydropower stations and has a total installed hydropower capacity of more than 200 million kilowatts.
Following the country's "Belt and Road Initiative", POWERCHINA has actively participated in some key overseas projects, such as the Pakistan Qasim coal-fired power plant, China-Laos Railway Project and Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway Project. With total installed capacity of 1,272,000 kW, annual average generating capacity of 5 billion kWh, Laos Nam Ou River Cascade hydropower project is the first Chinese-invested overseas project that covers an entire river.
Guest Speakers
Mr. James Law, JP
Founder, Chairman and CEO, James Law Cybertecture
“Designing my architecture internationally including the Middle East, India, Russia, Africa, China and United States has been an ongoing 15 year journey in the art of exploring, learning, navigating, tackling and enjoying the challenges of taking on opportunities from around the world. The journey has not always been smooth, however it has been rewarding professionally, and most profoundly a great privilege. I will explore the philosophy behind my own motivations and willingness to go on this journey; and share anecdotes of experiences that were significant markers on this journey.” said James.
Mr. Eliott Suen
Executive Director, Marga Group
Mr. Eliott Suen will share his experience on culture management in different countries, especially in Myanmar.
Mr. Zhou Jiayi
Executive Vice President, POWERCHINA International Group Limited
Mr. Zhou will illustrate different perspectives on cross-cultural projects management by sharing his experience gained from various key projects in Africa and Laos.
Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China collaborates with partnering countries to initiate international mega-sized infrastructure development projects, aiming at boosting their economy and services. In practice, similar to the construction projects in Hong Kong, these types of construction projects often experience significant project delays and budget overruns due to a lack of proper management of resources and stakeholders.
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Objectives
In this workshop, guest speakers addressed challenges that the project managers may encounter and introduced the fundamental knowledge and real-life practices of international project management and relational contracting systems. Participants were provided with real-life case studies to capture the lessons learned from managing construction projects both locally and internationally. The following topics were covered:
- project management techniques: scope management, time management, cost management, resource management and stakeholder management; and
- construction procurement systems and relational contracting systems:
- design-bid-build
- design-and-build
- partnering and collaborative working via Target Cost Contracting (TCC) and public-private partnership (PPP).
Facilitators and Guest Speakers
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Dr. Daniel Wai Ming Chan Associate Professor and Associate Head (Teaching), Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU |
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Mr. Gilbert Kwok Partner,
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Ir. Tam Ming Fai, Alan Project Controller
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Mr. Chang Zhongjiao President,
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30 August 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Cantonese with training materials in English |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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A maximum of 50 participants |
Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to:
- understand the fundamental principles of project management in connection with time, cost, resources and stakeholders.
- be able to apply the project management techniques in workplaces aiming to reduce delivery time and cost, as well as to enhance working relationships with local and international parties.
- be able to select appropriate procurement options and evaluate their pros and cons for different construction projects.
- be able to apply the concepts and principles of relational contracting to the implementation of construction projects.
Facilitators
Dr. Daniel Wai Ming Chan
Associate Professor in Construction Project Management
Associate Head (Teaching and Learning)
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Being a Project Manager, Chartered Building Engineer and Registered Construction Manager by profession, Dr. Chan is also the Honorary Secretary and Member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Project Management (HKIPM).
Dr. Chan has published over 220 research papers on the broad theme of project management in leading construction management journals and international conference proceedings.
Dr. Francis Ming Fung Siu
Assistant Professor of Construction and Real Estate Management
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Dr. Siu is building on previous industrial research experience, which he gained while collaborating with multiple construction companies in both Hong Kong and Canada to advance the knowledge and practice of building, infrastructure, and industrial construction.
His research focuses on developing innovative methods and technologies in the fields of project planning, control and visualization.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Gilbert Kwok
Partner, Hong Kong, Clyde & Co
Gilbert is a partner of Clyde & Co's China Construction Group. Before he started his legal work in 1991, he had been a qualified quantity surveyor in the construction industry. He is experienced in drafting and advising on construction contracts, consultancy agreements and other related contracts relating to a wide range of infrastructure projects in a number of countries and cities, such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Macau, Korea, Bolivia, Ecuador, Soviet Union and Angola. In addition, he is also a construction disputes specialist. He has successfully handled numerous arbitration and litigation cases for 28 years.
Gilbert is recognized as a leading lawyer for construction (Hong Kong and China) in Chambers Asia Pacific since 2012.
He is also a Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) and Past Chairman, the Quantity Surveying Division of HKIS.
On community services, he was the president of the Rotary Club of Peninsula from July 2017 - June 2019.
Ir. Tam Ming Fai, Alan
Project Controller (Construction), Hopewell Construction Company Limited
Ir. Alan Tam is currently Project Controller (Construction) of Hopewell Construction Company Limited. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. He joined Hopewell Holdings Limited in 1995 and was engaged in financing, construction and operation of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Superhighway. Ir Tam has over 20 years of relevant experience in planning, development, design, construction and operation of highway infrastructure projects and development of new construction projects in the PRC.
Mr. Chang Zhongjiao
President, State Grid Brazil Holding S.A.
Mr. Chang Zhongjiao, President of State Grid Brazil Holding SA and Chief Executive Officer of Belo Monte Transmissora de Energia (HUVDC). Senior Engineer, with Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master Degree in Business Management and Administration, with 35 years experiences in Electrical Power areas in which about 12 years experiences in power generation and transmission project construction, more than 20 years in the management of planning, procurement, engineering and international business.
He has rich practical experience and outstanding achievements in power project construction, operation, project investment and financing, international project management, and cross-cultural management. Since 2014 he works in State Grid Brazil Holding SA and is responsible for the development and construction of Greenfield project. He organized and implemented the construction of 8 Greenfield projects in Brazil including Bele Monte Hydro power station ±800kV UHVDC transmission project and created a number of record in the history of Brazilian electric power construction.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Gilbert Kwok
Partner, Hong Kong, Clyde & Co
Mr. Gilbert Kwok will share his experience on resolving disputes in Belt and Road projects.
Ir. Tam Ming Fai, Alan
Project Controller (Construction), Hopewell Construction Company Limited
Ir. Alan Tam will share with participants his experience on developing and managing various highway infrastructure projects procured with the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model in Mainland China undertaken by Hopewell Construction Company Limited.
Mr. Chang Zhongjiao
President, State Grid Brazil Holding S.A.
Mr. Chang Zhongjiao will introduce the investment and operation of State Grid Brazil Holding in Brazil, mainly focusing on the construction of greenfield projects, especially the UHV DC transmission project for Belo Monte hydropower station.
While realising the “going global” of UHV DC technology, investment, construction, and operation, The Bipole I and Bipole II projects are also important examples of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative and international industrial capacity cooperation. The speaker will share the successful cases and practices which the Project Management team adopted, including overcoming the challenges of Brazil's strict environmental laws and regulations, complex processes, trickiness of managing local coordination and cultural differences.
Belt and Road infrastructure projects usually involve with at least one of the key players (e.g. contractor, consultants or employers) working outside its country of origin. As these multi-national participants come from different political, legal, economic, and cultural backgrounds, disputes in these projects involve more than just rights and interests of the parties. If disputes are not managed properly, they tend to cause project delays and destroy business relationships.
Since globalization lead us to harmonization and convergence with international practice, international projects call for common practices and procedures and have led to something approaching a ’global law’.
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In this workshop, speakers introduced the theoretical and practical knowledge of dispute resolution (DR) to equip participants to face the challenge of “disputology” problems in the Belt and Road projects. The following topics were covered:
- Institutional framework to resolve disputes and handle certain construction risks
- The Harmonisation of international arbitration
- Application of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and ‘multi-tiered” DR mechanisms in international projects
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Mr. Daniel C. Lam, SBS, JP Chief Executive Officer, eBRAM Center Limited
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Mr. Stephen Lee Chief Executive Officer, Construction segment, Chun Wo Construction Holdings Company Limited |
Mr. Ben Bury Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
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20 September 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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Cantonese with training materials in English |
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Hotel ICON, Kowloon |
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HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to:
- be able to examine different dispute resolution mechanisms (DRM) to decipher their characteristics, limitations and legal implications.
- have a good understanding on the nature of the DRM, in order to project a general topography showing the distribution pattern of their use for resolving different types of dispute involving international parties.
- gain an insight of cultural dimensions in relation to the causing and resolving disputes.
- be able to interact with the purposely-developed DRM website to appraise and select the most appropriate mechanism for his/her dispute types.
Facilitator
Prof. Edwin Chan
Professor, Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Prof. Chan studied Architecture and later learnt Law in England and Hong Kong. He obtained his PhD degree at King’s College of London University. He is qualified as a Chartered Architect, Engineer and Surveyor and a Barrister-at-Law. He is Professor & Programme Leader of the MSc in Construction Law and Associate Head (Research 2007-2017) of Department of Building and Real Estate, and has been appointed as Adjunct Professor of other universities including University of South Australia and Sun yat-sen University and Hunan University in China etc., . He is an accredited mediator of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and a mediator/arbitrator of the Joint Panel of Mediators/Arbitrators of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) and Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA). Panel arbitrator of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission. He is the chairman of the HKIA’s Contract and Dispute Resolution Committee (2005-2009).
He has carried out a wide range of research relating to urban development including: Sustainability policy for urban environment; Urban renewal/ heritage conservation; Low carbon polices; Healthy/Green building; Institutional analysis and transaction costs for “Green” promotions; Dispute management; and Community issues. He has published his work in about 130 international SCI/SSCI journal papers and many book chapters. He serves as an editor or editorial board member of several research journals and has edited many books related to his research.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Daniel C. Lam, SBS, JP
Chief Executive Officer, eBRAM Centre Limited
Mr. Lam is a practicing arbitrator and an experienced property development and construction expert, specialized on property developments above railway stations and depots, hospitals and urban redevelopments. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of eBRAM Centre Limited.
He is a Chartered Arbitrator and listed on the panels of Hong Kong, London and Vancouver, and is appointed as Arbitrator to CIETAC and the Beijing Arbitration Commission (1998-2012). He is also a member of the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (2012-present), and a member of the International Council of Commercial Arbitration in Hague. In 2016 he was also appointed as arbitrator by the One Belt One Road (China) Arbitration Court. He is a Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (1986-1987) and the Founding and Past Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (1997-2000). He is a Council member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (1993-2016), and Chairman of its Mediators Accreditation Committee (2002-2006). He was the External Examiner of HKU’s Real Estate & Construction Department from 1995 to 1998, and has been appointed as its Honorary Professor for the terms of 2006-2014.
Mr. Felix Lee
Executive Director, UMP Healthcare Holdings
Mr. LEE Kar Chung, Felix is an Executive Director of UMP Healthcare Holdings (722:HK). He is responsible for corporate development, international operations and merger and acquisitions. He is also a Senior Vice President of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited， with responsibilities in making investments in the healthcare sector in Asia and globally. Mr. Lee is also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Resources Medical (1515:HK). Mr. Lee has extensive experience in law, finance and the healthcare industry. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Lee was a solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an Analyst in the investment banking department UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch and a Director in the investment banking department of Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch.
Mr. Lee obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He has been a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong since 2007. Felix is also a member of the China Committee and the Greater Bay Area Committee, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Stephen Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Construction segment, Chun Wo Construction Holdings Company Limited
Mr. Lee, graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies) degree in 1980 and a Bachelor of Building degree in 1982. He is a Registered Professional Surveyor (QS) with fellow membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is on the List of Arbitrators of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and is a member of the Joint Panel of Arbitrators of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Mr. Lee has 38 years’ experience in quantity surveying and commercial management in Hong Kong, the Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia. He worked with Asia Allied Infrastructure Holdings Limited (formerly known as Chun Wo Development Holdings Limited [The Group] from 1998 to 2005 and re-joined the Group in 2011. Mr. Lee is a Director (Legal and Commercial) of the Group. He is also currently the Chief Executive Officer of the construction segment Chun Wo Construction Holdings Company Limited of the Group, responsible for the management of the overall construction business of the Group.
Mr. Ben Bury
Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
Ben is a Partner in HFW's Hong Kong and Singapore offices. For more than 14 years, Ben has assisted clients to resolve disputes arising out of complex and high value construction projects.
Ben has been based in Asia since 2011 and has advised on disputes arising out of some of the largest and most significant projects in the region. This includes the construction of multi-billion dollar onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities, power plants, underground railways and tunneling projects, ports, roads, refineries, mines and processing plants, and reclamation works.
Ben has worked for or against corporations or on projects connected to almost every country in Asia-Pacific including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Australia.
He has acted as counsel on arbitrations seated in numerous jurisdictions and subject to the institutional rules of the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LCIA, and LMAA, as well as ad hoc arbitrations subject to the UNCITRAL rules.
Highly respected by clients, he is praised as being an "Arbitration specialist" and "‘very, very smart, with a strategic mind and huge knowledge of international construction" in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific guide 2019.
Ben is qualified in England & Wales and Hong Kong; and has been granted full registration as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Singapore International Commercial Court. He is also the Assistant Secretary and International Liaison Officer for the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong.
Guest Speakers
Mr. Daniel C. Lam, SBS, JP
Chief Executive Officer, eBRAM Centre Limited
Mr. Daniel C. Lam will focus his sharing on the latest developments of Online Dispute Resolution in Mainland China. He will also talk about the differences between common law jurisdictions and civil law in online disputes crossing international borders.
Mr. Felix Lee
Executive Director, UMP Healthcare Holdings
As a lawyer and business executive, Mr. Felix Lee will share his thoughts on legal disputes, as well as his experience of using modern technologies to initiate healthcare projects in the Belt and Road cities.
Mr. Stephen Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Construction segment, Chun Wo Construction Holdings Company Limited
Mr. Stephen Lee will share his experience on arbitration in Belt and Road Countries.
Mr. Ben Bury
Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan
Ben Bury, Partner of HFW Law Firm, will give an overview of his research into the potential for construction disputes to arise along the Belt and Road. Given the fact that Belt and Road projects are the subject of separate contracts governed by different laws and subject to different arbitration agreements, Ben will discuss the important procedural issue of consolidation of arbitrations.
This workshop is designed to serve as the Capstone of the Belt and Road Cross-Professional Advancement Programme workshop series. Through integrated project studies, the total project life cycle from inception, feasibility, funding, design and construction, risk management as well as facility management in relation to OBOR projects will be discussed.
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The key issues of cross-cultural management and international dispute resolution were simulated. Participants participated in role play and simulation workshops. Challenges of major programme management were also be discussed with special reference to OBOR projects. The following topics were covered:
- Recent political, financial, cultural, technical and other challenges of OBOR projects.
- Challenges of major programs/ projects internationally.
- Conceptual review of Program Management, Project Management and Total Facility Management.
- Public-private partnership (PPP) and selected cases.
- Case studies of OBOR projects from inception and financing to execution.
- Role play and project simulations.
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8 November 2019 (Fri), 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and |
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HK$800 (includes HK$400 workshop fee and HK$400 self-funded lunch and dinner fee) |
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Upon completion of the workshop, participants were expected to:
- experience the total life cycle of OBOR projects.
- understand the public-private partnership (PPP) process as one of the key procurement approaches for OBOR projects.
- appreciate and recognize the challenges of major programmes management in Belt and Road Initiatives.
- be equipped to tackle upcoming OBOR projects.
Facilitator
Dr. Chan Man Wai
Professor of Practice
Department of Building and Real Estate, PolyU
Dr. M W Chan is currently Professor of Practice of PolyU with 40 years working experience in the academia and industry both locally and overseas. His main research interest is in cross cultural management of major program.
Professionally, he is a Chartered Surveyor, Project Manager, Professional Facility Manager as well as an Authorized Person (Surveyor) of the Building Authority of HKSARG. He was formerly the Executive Director (Project Delivery) of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA). Prior to joining WKCDA he was the Vice President (Projects & Facilities) of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). He had worked in the private sector and was Partner of Vigers HK Chartered Surveyors in 1980s. He had also worked many years in North America in construction and real estate.
Academically, he holds a BSc in Building Surveying, MSc in Construction Project Management, MIPA in International & Public Affairs and a PhD. Recently, he studied at the Oxford University (St. Catherine College) and obtained the MSc (MPM) in Major Program Management.
He is the Founding President of the Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management (HKIFM) and was the Chairman of the Project Management Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). He was also member of the Building Tribunal, HKSARG and an Adjunct Professor of the University of Hong Kong.
Guest Speakers
Ir. Walter Chan
Founder Member and Chairman, The Institution of Public Private Partnerships
Managing Director, TPMA Consulting
ex-Director, URS Hong Kong
Walter is Managing Director of TPMA Ltd. He is responsible to lead the business development in Hong Kong, China, Australia and SE Asia. His main specific focus is on pursuit of Public Private Partnerships projects in China and overseas and, merging and acquisitions of engineering consultants in Australia and Singapore. He is also the Chairman of the Institution of Public Private Partnerships in Hong Kong advocating to create a platform for the members to share the PPP knowledge and maximize the PPP opportunities overseas and China.
Formerly, Walter Chan was Project Deputy General Manager with Shenzhen Everbright City Development Co. Ltd. China, responsible for the feasibility study of Shenzhen Metro Line 3 East Extension and the PPP financing solution using Rail and Property model. Prior to this, Walter was the Director of URS Hong Kong in charge of the infrastructure group with responsibility for building, railway, tunnelling, highway, bridge, urban development and water projects. With 40 years’ experience in managing and designing multi-disciplinary engineering projects, Walter is an expert in managing complex, large scale infrastructure projects in urban development, most notably in Hong Kong but also in Australia and Mainland China. Walter Chan graduated from King’s College London with a BSc in Engineering and Imperial College London with an MSc in Concrete Structures. He also holds an MBA from Deakin University in Australia.
Mr. Zhang Zhenyu
Director, Vice President,
China Everbest Development International Limited
張振宇，中國機械設備工程股份有限公司CMEC下屬華盛昌發展（香港）有限公司董事、副總經理，英國皇家建造師學會正式會員MCIOB，天津大學工程管理本科畢業，工程碩士，香港理工大學DBA在讀。曾長期在尼日利亞工作，有著完整的燃機發電專案全過程實施經驗和豐富的項目開發經驗。目前主管CMEC海外投融資平臺香港華盛昌相關工作。
Guest Speakers
Ir. Walter Chan
Founder Member and Chairman, The Institution of Public Private Partnerships
Managing Director, TPMA Consulting
ex-Director, URS Hong Kong
Ir. Walter Chan will share with participants on the good practices of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) collaboration model on international infrastructure projects. The latest development of PPP applications will also be shared in the workshop including comparative studies of PPP cases under OBOR initiative.
Mr. Zhang Zhenyu
Director, Vice President,
China Everbest Development International Limited
Mr. Zhang Zhenyu will share his experience on managing projects in Africa.
