> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:22:42 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Hong Kong Currency Board Conference, 21 October
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Conference on 'Hong Kong's Currency Board at 25', will be held at the
> Institute for Historical Research, London, 21 October 2008. Attendance
> is free of charge. For more information on the Conference Programme
> please see the attachment.
>
> This year marks the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Hong Kong's
> currency board system and this conference reflects on its performance
> and future prospects.
>
> Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large and sophisticated economy
> with international financial centre status running a currency board
> system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. While usually
> credited with Providing stability and prosperity for Hong Kong, the
> system faces new challenges from the recent depreciation of the US
> Dollar and the growing flexibility of the Chinese Renminbi since 2005.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Professor Catherine R. Schenk
> Professor of International Economic History
> Economic and Social History
> University of Glasgow
> Lilybank House
> Glasgow G12 8RT
> UK
> 0141-330-6616
> FAX: 0141-330-4889
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