January 2001
Thursday, January
18, Grand Hyatt Hotel Wanchai, 6.30pm - 9.00pm
"Nurturing your body and
your bank book" in conjunction with FWA (Financial Women's
Association). An evening with Ann Cooley, chief executive officer of
Pacific Hawk (H.K.) Ltd., and the chefs at the Grand Hyatt will present
a lesson in fine cooking and personal financial planning.
Join us for a dim sum dinner and wine
at the Grand Hyatt for this special event and hear Ann, a professional
financial adviser with 28 years experience, talk about the fine points
of both dining and investing.
February
2001
Topic: Women's Health Issues
and Managing Stress-Living and Working in Hong Kong -
with Dr. Jenny Anderson
and Carolyn Neunuebel
Women's health and stress management
are two very important topics for women nowadays. Our bodies change
from decade to decade and on top of that living and working in Hong
Kong can be very stressful trying to juggle family, life, business travel
and careers. Each of our medical professionals, respectively, will discuss
how to deal with how our bodies change as we get older and after child-bearing,
and how to cope with daily stress from living in an international city.
Question and Answer period will follow the individual talks.
Dr. Jennifer
Anderson MB ChB DO is a Family Physician who has resided
in Hong Kong for nine years and currently is a Family Physician. She
has a special interest in women's health and problems, and also preventative
medicine.
Ms. Carolyn
Neunuebel, R.N. trained as a Registered Nurse in the
US, and completed her master degree in Counseling in 1987. She has been
practicing in Hong Kong for 13 years. She also lectures at Hong Kong
Shue Yan College on Physiological Psychology. Her private practice deals
with problems of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and marital
and sexual problems. She titles herself as "De-stressing Stress".
March 2001
Thursday, March
8, 12:30 p.m. Venue: The American Club, 47/F Exchange Square,
Central
HKABPW's 22nd International
Women's Day Luncheon and Fundraising Event for HKABPW Bursary
Topic: "Success Strategies of Women
Working Internationally"
The luncheon is HKABPW's annual fundraiser
for the HKABPW Bursary Fund which is awarded to a young woman studying
in an untraditional field of study on a yearly basis. All BPWs around
the world award this annual bursary to a young woman in their country.
Our 2001 bursary recipient, who is studying industrial engineering at
City University, will be introduced.
These outstanding women of diverse backgrounds
and disciplines will share their experience on living and working in
different cultures. Learn how each has dealt with difficult situations
and cultural diversity. The panel includes:
Frederique
Deleage, Founder and Managing Director, Frederique Holistic
Health & Beauty Group Frederique founded her Original French Beauty
School and Salon in Hong Kong in 1977. Her pioneering spirit has been
instrumental in the growth of her holistic health and spa movement in
Hong Kong.
Darcy
Neill, Managing Director, Kellert Enterprises Originally,
from the USA, Darcy has been involved in consulting and training for
over 25 years and has lived and worked in Morocco, Thailand, Japan and
Hong Kong since l984.
Kelly
Cheng Kit Yin, CEO and Chairman of GreaterChina Technology
Group Limited. Kelly has over 22 years' experience in banking, auditing
and finance.
Gigi Wang,
CEO and Founder of AsiaQuest. Gigi has an extensive background in service
provider and networking companies - both Global 500 and start-ups. She
is the Program Chair for the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab in the Silicon
Valley in the USA.
Moderator: Anna J H Fang, President,
HKABPW, and Marketing and Communications Manager, Motorola University
Asia Pacific, Motorola Asia Pacific Limited. Anna has worked in the
USA, China and Hong Kong in public relations and marketing communications
for over 18 years.
We would like to thank our prize donors,
supporters and Executive Committee members who made HKABPW's International
Women's Day a success:
-Jessica Park, Security Systems Ltd.
-Kelly Cheng, LadiesAsia.com
-Frederique Deleage, Frederique's
-Dr. Rosann Santora Kao
-California Beach Club
-The Conrad Hotel
-The Regent Hotel
-Philip Wain
-Shanghai Tang
-Harbour Plaza Hotel
-La Placita
-JW Marriott Hotel
-Dan Ryan's
-MTRC
-Sara Beattie College
-City University of Hong Kong
-Julia Woo, Miranda Wong, Sumi Djoko, Amy Tse, Jennie Choy, Bianca Lethanh,
Jessica Park and Huseina Tybekhan
April 2001
Venue: W's Entrecote in Times Square
in Causeway Bay
Topic: Wine Connoisseur's Evening
- How W's Entrecote Began as a Concept for a Restaurant and the Healthful
Benefits of Wine Drinking.
Featured Speakers:
Wilson Kwok, Restaurateur and Owner of W's Entrecote
Mr. Kwok will speak about how to operate a restaurant in Hong Kong and
in turn, appreciate what W's Group of restaurants is doing for the public.
He regularly lectures on wine appreciation at his own wine club Oenoclub
and is a columnist for SCMP's "Wine Regions of the World."
He is the chairman of the W's Group of restaurants in Hong Kong and
is a longtime wine connoisseur. Mr. Kwok is a recipient of the Chevalier
de l'Ordre de Merite Agricole and was knighted by the French Agricultural
Ministry in 1997.
Miranda
Wong, Foods and Nutrition Specialist Her professional
experience includes being a hospital and health club dietitian, to nutritionist
for a large multinational corporation to being Regional Representative
of Meats (Asia Pacific) and Agriculture/Agri-food specialist for the
Hong Kong and South China regions. She wrote the first 2-week reducing
diet for men and women using local ingredients for Chinese recipes in
1986. She has been the Vice President of the Hong Kong Nutrition Association
since 1990 and a long time executive committee member of the Association
of Hong Kong Gerontology. Miranda is featured on "Gourmet Internet"
every Tuesday morning on RTHK Radio 5. She is also our PR/Publicity
Convenor for the Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional
Women.
May 2001
Landmark Atrium
"Le Petit Louvre" Le Petit
Louvre returns to Hong Kong to present an exquisite collection of Castings
of Masterpieces made by the Louvre and Rodin Museum in Paris. These
Castings will be shown at the Landmark Atrium from May 18-May 31.
Building on last year's successful Asian
Tour, the aim of Le Petit Louvre is to promote the French Heritage throughout
the region and to make art accessible to people through cultural exchange
between France and Asia. Besides the castings, some 25 paintings will
be presented at this year's exhibition offering serious collectors with
an opportunity to own reproduction paintings made by copyists at the
Louvre Museum or the Orsay Museum.
The HKABPW has been chosen by Le Petit
Louvre for a private showing and it's free admission to this cultural
event. Tour lasts 25 minutes (7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.) and then, a group
dinner is planned in Lan Kwai Fong afterwards.
June 2001
Tuesday, June
5, (9:00 am-1:00pm); Lunch ends by 2:00 p.m. Ballroom C, Sheraton
Hotels & Towers
Women Leaders - Leaders of the New Economy
What is the difference between male and female leaders? What are the
pluses that add to you being a woman leader? How do you empower the
woman leader in you? What are the pitfalls you could encounter on your
journey in business?
An Unconventional Approach to Recruit
& Train by Ms. Elsa Pau,
Group Managing Director of Allen Perkins Ltd.
Crisis Management by Ms. Quince Chong,
General Manager of Inflight Services Dept., Cathay Pacific Airways
Handling Stress Effectively to Increase Productivity by
Dr. Jenny Anderson, General Practitioner in Family Medicine
Rights - Know Them; Legal Issues - Tackle Them by Ms.
Anne Chen, Consultant with Wilkinson & Grist
Hong Kong - A Melting Pot of Cultures - by Ms.
Therese Necio-Ortega, Director of Communications, JW
Marriott Hotel
Manage the Time in Your Hands Effectively by Dr.
Rosann Santora Kao, Counsellor
Profitable Partnerships in Franchising by Dr.
Stella Kwan, General Manager, Dymocks
July 2001
Summer Hiatus
August
2001
No local events
August 15-17,
2001, Le Royal Meridian Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Business and Professional Women International
ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE
"Empowering Business and Professional Women in Asia-Pacific for
the New Economy"
September
2001
Thursday, September
13 to Saturday, September 15, Furama Hotel, Hong Kong:
Global Summit of Women 2001
The Global Summit of Women, now in its 11th year, has developed a reputation
as two and a half days of exciting, fact-filled, hands-on gathering
of high caliber participants. This global gathering provides a unique
forum for the exchange of strategy and solutions, deal-making, networking
and empowerment through the participation of women leaders worldwide.
Women vice presidents from Asia, Africa and Latin America will serve
as co-chairs of the 2001 Summit exemplifying the Summit's global reach.
The Global Summit of Women is sponsored
by the Equal Opportunities Commission; Carrie Yau, Department of Information
Technology and Broadcasting of Hong Kong; Marjorie Yang, Esquel Group
of Companies and other organizations, governmental bodies, and corporations.
The Hong Kong Association of Business
and Professional Women (HKABPW) is a member of the hosting committee.
Here are some of the topics to be covered
in the 2 1/2 day conference:
Business Opportunities
in the Asia Pacific Region
-Overview of Asian capital markets
-Women as a Market
-Economic Overview of Women in the Region
-Cross-cultural Business Strategies for Success in Asia
Information Technology
-Bridging the Digital Divide: Best Practices
-Internet IS Your Business: E-commerce/e-business - what, why and how
-Developing Effective Web Sites
-Packaging your business for the Internet
-Tips to promote your site
Financing
-Capitalizing women-owned businesses
-Alternative financing models
-Global look at Corporate Best Practices
Moving Microenterprises into Mainstream
Businesses
-Best Practices
-Risk management for women-owned enterprises: Partnering public/private
sectors
-Marketing Globally for Microentrepreneurs
The Nexus Between Politics and Business
- Why Businesswomen Need to be Engaged
Work/Life Balance: A Business Issue
-Corporate Best Practices
-Proactive Public Policy
-Personal "Best Practices"
Investing in Your Future
Successfully Packaging Yourself
Effective Marketing and Branding of
Products and Services
The Impact of Trade Pacts on Business
Opportunities for Women
Protecting Women's Intellectual Property
Capacity Building
-Getting Ready to Export: A Primer
-Strengthening Women's Business Associations
-Preparing Your Business for Successful Financing
Friday, September
14
BPW Dinner During the Global Summi
A special dinner for BPW members attending
the Global Summit will be held on Friday, Sept. 14 to honor BPW International
President Dr. Patricia Harrison and BPW Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator,
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan. Other BPW Presidents, International officers
and ExCo from Japan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, USA and Korea will
be attending. More details to come
Thursday, September
20, 6.30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center
Topic: Women in Public Relations, Advertising & Communications
Speaker Panel includes:
Rosanna Yu, Managing Director
of McCann-Erickson
Marlene Lee, Regional
Managing Director of Octagon-Prism
Yolanda Lo, Group Sales
Director, Sing Tao Group
Emma Smith, Managing Director,
Weber-Shandwick Worldwide
Hear about their challenges, strategies,
mentors and secrets to success as senior managers and managing directors
of their organizations. Find out their secrets to success and why they
have a passion for their chosen field.
Topic: French Fashion Show
Jewelry Exhibition by Tina Barrat and Fashion by Daniel Maigron
Ten percent of the proceeds from this event will be donated to HKABPW's
bursary fund.
October
2001
Saturday, Oct.
27, 10:30 a.m.-12 noon
Career Seminar with HK Baptist University
Student IABC Chapter - special panel for students and interested persons
on careers in advertising, media, marketing communications, and public
relations featuring, "Close-Up View of Communicators":
Angel
Chung, Director, Chung & Tang Communications Consultants
Azmar Sukandar, Public
Relations Manager, Time Asia
Grace Wong, Vice President,
Corporate Communications & Marketing for Turner Int'l Asia Pacific
Ltd
Rosemarie Yau, Regional
Corporate Communications Director, Reader's Digest Asia
Ken Lau, Co-Founder and
Co-CEO of Deansee.com Ltd
Anna J. H. Fang, M.A,
President, Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional Women
& Public Relations & Marketing Consultant
Discussion on:
-Why did they choose the communications field and what strategies have
they used to attain their goals?
-What challenges did they encounter during their work and how did they
solve their problems?
-How do communicators and corporations survive during the economics
hardship?
-Future trends in Marketing, Communications and Public Relations
-What characteristics should a Professional Communicator have?
This special career seminar is open
to University students, professionals, academics and the public and
is organized by HKABPW and HKBU/IABC. Booking form "Career
Seminar on Attaining your Career Goals and Getting Your Dream Job"
with HK Polytechnic University's English Club featuring:
Bianca Lethanh, Business
Development Manager, Bouygues Dragages et Travaux Publics (HK) Ltd.,
Membership Convenor, HKABPW
Lavina Mehta, Human Interests
Director for Saatchis and Saatchis, Africa and Asia
Huseina Tybekhan, Director,
Executive Studies, Sara Beattie College. Treasurer, HKABPW
Gigi Wang, CEO, Asiaquest
Phyllis Lee, Corporate
Services Manager, Household Goods Division, Santa Fe Transport International
Limited
Anna Fang, President,
HKABPW and Director, anna fang public relations
November
2001
Tuesday, Nov.
27
HKABPW Annual General Meeting
Special Keynote Speaker,
Mrs. Sophie Lau, Chairperson of the Women's Commission to speak
on the goals and accomplishments of the Women's Commission. She will
focus on the problem of gender-mainstreaming, empowering women in the
HKSAR, and the promotion of women's issues.
Mrs. Leung was appointed by the HKSAR
Government as the Chairperson of the newly established Women's Commission
in early 2001. Mrs. Leung has contributed not only to promoting the
well being and interests of women in Hong Kong, but also to strengthening
linkages with women's organizations overseas to help assure Hong Kong's
standing as a world class city. This dinner meeting is also the Annual
General Meeting.
December
2001
Holiday Party
