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2004 Speeches
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Challenges and opportunities for China
China has made astonishing progress in the last 25 years and is re-emerging as an economic superpower, says HSBC's Chief Executive Stephen Green, speaking at the China International Financial Services Convention and Expo in Beijing on 1 July 2004.
Global Social Responsibility
HSBC Chairman, Sir John Bond, gave the RSA Anniversary Manufactures & Commerce Lecture at the University of Birmingham on 20 May 2004, on the subject of corporate social responsibility.
Islamic Financial Services Board Conference
Stephen Green, HSBC's Group CEO, summarises the challenges and opportunities ahead at the Islamic Financial Services Board Conference on 19 May 2004.
Carbon Disclosure Project launch
Remarks by HSBC's Chairman at the launch of the second report of the Carbon Disclosure Project.
Emerging markets to drive future economic growth
HSBC's Chairman explains how the Group is positioning itself for "one of the biggest shifts in economic gravity in history".
Bridging the cultural gap between China and the UK
HSBC Chairman Sir John Bond gave the KC Wu Memorial Lecture to The Guild of International Bankers and the Sir John Cass Business School on 19 April 2004.
The rebalancing of the world economy: the rise of Asia and the ageing of the west
Stephen Green, Group Chief Executive of HSBC, gave the ACI Roy Bridge Memorial Lecture on 7 April 2004.
Listen to an archived webcast or read the speech (5 page pdf, 96k)
The opportunities ahead for the Middle East
HSBC's CEO Stephen Green spoke at the Middle East Association's annual lunch on 17 March 2004 about the change experienced in the Middle East over the last generation, and the region's immense potential.
The changing balance of the world economy: the Asian challenge to the G7 economies
Stephen Green, HSBC Group Chief Executive, speaks to the American European Community Association about the changing balance of the world's economy and possible G7 responses, on 5 February 2004.
Sweet and sour: Doing business in China
David Eldon, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, highlights common misconceptions about doing business in China in a speech to the Asia Society/Hong Kong-Australia Business Association in Sydney on 3 February 2004.
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