Mr Tony
Latter, senior research fellow of the HK
Institute of Economics and Business Strategy and
former deputy chief executive of the HKMA has
contributed an article on the discussion of the
Yuan/HK$ peg from a political and economic
perspective in the Feature column.
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A summary
of the focus group discussion on "The Next Decade
of the Hong Kong Financial Market ¡V how our market
integrates with the Mainland market" would be
featured in this issue. The focus group meeting was
hosted by Mr Alec Tsui on 18 January 2007.
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In
response to last year readership survey, two new
features have been introduced. The Market Update
column will provide an update to keep readers
abreast of global/ regional market developments.
Japan is the market to be covered in this issue.
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Japan
experienced one of the longest periods of deflation
in modern time, but with signs of economic growth
returning will this former Asia powerhouse once
again its regional dominance? We ask three respected
analysts, Mr Motoya Aizawa, CIIA, Chairman of
Aizawa Securities Co. Ltd, Mr Kozo Tsukagoshi,
President of Okasan Economic Research Institute Co.
Limited, and Mr Masanobu Takahashi, Chief Economist
of Ichiyoshi Tokyo for their thoughts on Japan's
current economic status and how the country will
respond to China's growing influence.
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The
Reading List column is also geared towards
keeping members up-to-date with the literature being
written by and for professionals like themselves. If
you have read something recently and would like to
share it with others, please send the book title and
author's name to
member@hksi.org.
