Conducting Business Hong Kong

http://www.scmp.com/video

This week’s White Collar guest is Jérôme Cazes, the chief executive of French credit insurer Coface. Mr Caazes is a former civil servant in the Ministry of Finance during the 1980s. He joined Coface in 1989 and became its CEO in 2007.
Credit insurance is a type of insurance products sold to traders that the policyholders will receive compensation if their buyers could not pay their bill in case of bankruptcy or delayed payment for several months.

In this video, In today’s program, Mr Cazes shares his view on the market outlook and whether the business sector needs to pay more attention to credit risks of their buyers.

Duration : 0:3:45

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: business, coface, collar, credit, Hong, insurance, Kong, scmp, white

Managing director of Hind Hotels & Properties Girish Jhunjhnuwala, explains why he switched from the watch industry to serviced apartments and how it compares to hotel rooms.

Duration : 0:3:32

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: business, Girish, Hind, Hong, Hotels, Jhunjhnuwala, Kong, properties, scmp

http://www.scmp.com/video/

Today’s Sunday Money guest is a household name here in Hong Kong. Kam Kwok-leung discusses how the financial crisis has affected show business before talking about his personal investments.

Duration : 0:2:51

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: ???, Hong, investment, kam, Kong, kwok, Leung, money, scmp, sunday

http://www.scmp.com/video/

HP has launched its ProBook line of business notebooks into the Hong Kong market with one eye on the current economic downturn.

The ProBook comes in three configurations (the 4310s, the 4410s and the 4510s) and all incorporate design elements tailored for the business professional. Some of the new features of this line of notebooks are the chiclet-style keyboard and the 16:9 HD LED backlit display.

Duration : 0:1:46

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: 4310, 4410, 4510, Hong, hp, Kong, laptop, notebook, probook, scmp, series, technology

http://www.scmp.com/video

This week’s White Collar guest is newly appointed CEO of AXA Hong Kong, Stuart Harrison. Although the financial tsunami has affected every company, the insurance giant has shown resilience and was able to bounce back quicker than other companies.

Harrison attributes this to AXA’s multi-distributional capacity and did not go deep into the investment-linked products – one of the main reasons behind AIG’s downfall.

In this video, Enoch Yiu also quizzes the new CEO about other topics such as regulatory reform and lessons learned from the financial crisis.

Duration : 0:4:46

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: axa, business, CEO, collar, Finance, harrison, Hong, interview, Kong, scmp, stuart, white

http://www.scmp.com/video/

In today’s White Collar I speak with Aviva Life Insurance’s head of marketing and business development, Michael Ha.

Michael has over 15 years of experience working in the insurance industry that has included stints in Korea, Indonesia and Australia.

Aviva recently conducted a survey on the global insurance and pension market and I’ll be asking Michael to tell us about the findings.

Duration : 0:4:55

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: aviva, collar, ha, Hong, insurance, Kong, life, Market, michael, MPF, pension, scmp, white

http://www.scmp.com/video/

In the early days of her career, the Tanzanian wilderness set the scene for Jane Goodall’s pioneering research into chimpanzees that would see her become the world’s best known primatologist.

These days the jungles of the world’s classrooms provide the backdrop to what could be her most important work to date. During her visit to Hong Kong last week, at a talk arranged by AmCham, Dr Goodall explains that she now devotes her life to raising awareness of our planet’s plight through her Roots & Shoots initiative.

Dr Goodall believes schools are not doing enough to teach children about the environment. She would like to see parts of the Roots and Shoots programme incorporated into Hong Kong’s school curriculum.

Duration : 0:4:28

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: chimpanzee, diane, Environment, fossey, fossy, goodal, goodall, Hong, jane, Kong, monkey, roots, scmp, shoots, tanzania

http://www.scmp.com/video/

Alderman Ian Luder is the 681st Lord Mayor of the City of London, and today’s guest on White Collar. His main role as Lord Mayor is to represent, support and promote UK businesses.

The Lord Mayor recently toured a number of Chinese cities and also stopped off in Hong Kong to maintain the relationship between the Hong Kong Government and the UK. Mr Luder also spoke of gaining a deeper understanding of the economic development of both Hong Kong and China.

In these videos, Mr Luder discusses the economic crisis, reforms stemming from the crisis, and China’s plans to turn Shanghai into an international financial centre and how this will affect London’s relationship with Hong Kong. 3 of 3.

Duration : 0:3:55

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: business, city, crisis, Economic, Finance, Financial, Hong, Kong, London, lord, mayor, recession, reform, scmp

http://www.scmp.com/video/

Alderman Ian Luder is the 681st Lord Mayor of the City of London, and today’s guest on White Collar. His main role as Lord Mayor is to represent, support and promote UK businesses.

The Lord Mayor recently toured a number of Chinese cities and also stopped off in Hong Kong to maintain the relationship between the Hong Kong Government and the UK. Mr Luder also spoke of gaining a deeper understanding of the economic development of both Hong Kong and China.

In these videos, Mr Luder discusses the economic crisis, reforms stemming from the crisis, and China’s plans to turn Shanghai into an international financial centre and how this will affect London’s relationship with Hong Kong. 2 of 3.

Duration : 0:4:33

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: business, China, city, crisis, economy, Finance, Financial, Hong, Kong, London, lord, mayor, recession, scmp, UK, white

http://www.scmp.com/video

Cantopop star Ken Hung Cheuk-lap recently recovered from hydrothorax, a delibitating illness that attacks the lungs. As a result, both his TV series and promotion of the film ‘Happily Ever After’ (???????) were delayed after being hospitalised in Taiwan.

The singer and actor has now returned to Hong Kong and is promoting his new film out in late August. He is also seeking to return to the studio to record a new album.

In this video, Hung speaks to Young Post reporter Zoe Mak about his near-death experience

Duration : 0:4:33

Read the rest of this entry…

Technorati Tags: ???, ???????, ASIA, cantopop, cheuk, China, Hong, hung, interview, ken, Kong, lap, post, scmp, young