More than 400 students from the nine local universities attended the forum titled 'Hong Kong in the Global Financial Crisis: Human Resources Implications for the Financial Industry' on 31 March at the OUHK.

In his keynote speech, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Prof. K C Chan said that financial services would continue to be an important pillar of Hong Kong's economic development and perform an indispensable role in the modern economy despite the temporary setback brought about by the financial tsunami. OUHK President Prof. John C Y Leong said the forum was a good chance for university students to gain valuable advice from industry leaders and eminent scholars.

The forum was jointly organized by the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration of the OUHK and the Advisory Committee on Human Resources Development in the Financial Services Sector (FinMan Committee) of the HKSAR Government. FinMan Committee Chair Mr Ignatius T C Chan was the moderator of the panel discussion. Panelists included Managing Director of Chief Investment Office Asia of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Mr Chris Chan, Dean and Professor (Chair) of Finance of the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University Prof. Stephen Y L Cheung, Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Ltd Mr David Lui, Head of Markets and Banking Hong Kong of Citibank, N. A. Mr Alvin Mak and Korn/Ferry International (HK) Limited Chair Mr Andrew Tsui.