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PoD Monthly Luncheon

“How Hong Kong Can Win Back U.S. Business Confidence?“

Date: 13th June 2022 (Mon)

Time: 12:30-14:30

Venue: The Chariot Club – 4/F., Melbourne Plaza, 33 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong

Speaker: Mr. Hanscom Smith, the Consul General representing the United States to Hong Kong and Macau

Hanscom Smith assumed his duties as the Consul General representing the United States to Hong Kong and Macau in July, 2019.

Mr. Smith is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, most recently acting as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for China affairs. Mr. Smith previously served as Consul General in Shanghai and as Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the Department of State. He has also served at the United States embassies in Yaounde, Copenhagen, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Kabul, and Beijing. In addition, Mr. Smith worked in the Office of Japanese Affairs at the Department of State, and was team leader at the United States Provincial Reconstruction Team in Muthanna Province, Iraq. He has also worked at the American Institute in Taiwan.

Fee:

• Individual: HKD$ 750 per head
• Group tickets for corporate: HKD$ 9,000 per table, with each table containing 10 seats

This luncheon will be conducted in English.