The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) is showing their support of the UN Peace Celebrations in Hong Kong at a Gala Dinner later this month.

The speaker on the evening will be Vanessa Farr, the United Nations Development Program’s Senior Social Development and Gender Advisor in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Farr has been with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for about 6 years where she served in various countries. She is an acclaimed speaker and has co-authored a book titled Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Vanessa Farr will be in Hong Kong from the 13th to the 20th September.  For more information about the event or to register, visit the SAWCC website

Red Group Asia is an online platform that promotes and hosts some of the best events here in the SAR.

One such event is the upcoming Mix & Mingle Summer Bash with the South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong).

The Mix & Mingle takes place on Thursday August 12 at The Opus Grill in Central.

(Find The Opus Grill at: 7/F, LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham St, Central, 2526 2366. Daily noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm or click here for the Google Map)

This event is targeted at professionals, small business, entrepreneurs and individuals who are looking to extend their business network by forming partnership, alliances and meeting new contacts in Hong Kong.

Bring yourself a friend and lots of business cards as there will be plenty of network opportunities.

A Lucky Draw can see you walk away with one of the following great prizes:

* A 500 HKD Dinner Voucher from Opus Grill.

* A 3 month supply of Spring water from Natural Springs Australia.

* 4 X ART JAM® is my BAG painting sessions, each worth HK$400 from ValuUp

Registration

You can Register here or simply e-mail sheldon@redgroupasia.com

Find The Red Group here

The South Africa Women’s Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) or SAWCC proudly hosted its second breakfast seminar of the year.

The speakers were a South African husband and wife – Petrus and Cathy Carstens and the topic was ‘A Winning Mindset’. Petrus, a successful international businessman, and Cathy, a top international cyclist present all over the world and it was indeed a privilege to be able to listen to them speak.

Cathy had the audience enthralled with her stories of how she won the international cycling championship, despite being a number of years older than her competitors and having been told that she will never ride competitively again after a car accident.

Petrus followed with an in-depth and interesting explanation about how the brain works and reacts to different situations (using the example of how he walked over hot coals) and how leveraging that knowledge will help create a winning mindset

The SAWCC would like to take this opportunity to thank Petrus and Cathy for their time and insights and we look forward to welcoming them back in the future.

For more information about the South Africa Women’s Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) visit them here

Following on the heels of their successful Breakfast Seminar with Angelina Kwan, the South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) would like to invite you to their next event at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC).

Guest speakers this time around will be South African husband and wife team Petrus and Cathy Carstens.  The event promises to be entertaining, informative, and profitable in many ways.

The couple’s mantra is: “What does it take to be a world champion? – A winning Mindset!”

If you want to know more about how to cultivate a Winning Mindset:

Venue: Foreign Correspondents Club Hughes Room

Time: 8h30 registration; breakfast served at 9h00 sharp

Date: Tuesday June 1, 2010

Cost: HK 250 members and HK 320 non-members

You can also register on-line at this link:

http://www.sawcchongkong.com/events/1-june-2010-petrus-castens-from-entrepreneur-to-business-owner.php

For more information on the SAWCC (HK) or this event, visit them online

The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s first Breakfast Seminar for 2010 was held last week.  The guest speaker on this occasion was Angelina Kwan, Managing Director and COO of Cantor Fitzgerald, Asia Pacific.

The topic for Angelina’s presentation was: Jade – An Investors Perspective and everybody who attended agreed that it was exceptionally informative.  Angelina covered topics ranging from what Jade is, the different types of Jade through how to tell if the real Jade from the fake. Angelina’s passion for her hobby (or obsession as she calls it) was very apparent and the audience hung onto her every word.

The audience also had the chance to feel and touch various pieces from Angelina’s collection and they were passed around with strict instructions not to drop them as Jade is fragile – and VERY expensive!

Lizette Smook, who speaks on behalf of the SAWCC (Hong Kong) had this to say:  “The SAWCC would like to take this opportunity to thanks Angelina for her time and we look forward to welcoming her back in the future.”

As we reported in an earlier story, the South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong (SAWCC HK) was formed nearly a year ago.

Part of their vision and mission statement include the improvement of the social conditions and entrepreneurial spirit of the youth and women not only in Hong Kong, but also back home.

To this effect, the organisation is very dynamic and active here in Hong Kong, their most recent event included hosting the esteemed South African authors Andre P. Brink and Mandla Langa during the Hong Kong Literary Festival.

The SAWCC HK invites you to a breakfast event where well-known speaker Angelina Kwan, COO of Cantor Fitzgerald:  will talk about her passion – collecting jewelry dating back in the Chinese and Asian history.  The topic of her talk will be:

Jade: From an investor’s perspective.

So, if you are interested in learning more about investing in Jade or the SAWCC HK, do join them at this event.  You can also contact their President, Ms Lizette Smook via the organisation’s website.  Note that the SAWCC HK is also open to men who share the organsation’s ideals.

Breakfast with Angelina Kwan, MD/COO (Asia Pacific) Cantor Fitzgerald

Venue: Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) Hughes Room

Time: 08hoo (registration)

Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Cost: HK$250 (members) HK$300 (non-members)

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In May 2008 a number of dynamic expatriate South African ladies got together at the South African Consulate in Hong Kong.  Among the issues that were discussed on the day was a general interest by some of the ladies to assist with the exchange of internees from South African universities and companies to work in Hong Kong.

One thing led to another and after much planning and meetings, the Consulate sponsored two business-women who travelled to South Africa where they spoke to universities as well as companies about what was proposed for the development of successful young South African and Chinese business people and entrepreneurs.

The ladies futher decided to house this project independent of, but with the full support of the Consulate.  This led to the establishment of the fully constituted South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong  (SAWCC of HK) by the founding members Lizette Smook, Tembi Tambo and Charmaine Kleu.

The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong

In short, the SAWCC of HK aims to promote sound relations with business, government and other relevant organisations in Hong Kong and to promote trade, tourism and investment between South Africa and Hong Kong.

Various community-building events for the broader South African community in Hong Kong are also being planned.  More details will of course be published right here on Howzit-HongKong.  

During a recent meeting at the Consulate, Ms Tambo reiterated her belief that there are many South Africans living in Hong Kong who share the vision of the Chamber and who have specific skills that can be used to the benefit of the Chamber.  For this reason, she would like to invite anyone interested in joining the SAWCC of HK to contact Lizette Smook to learn more or to find out when the next meeting will be held. Lizette can be reached via e-mail on:

lizette(dot)smook(at)gmail(dot)com  

The SAWCC of HK has different levels of membership so do contact Lizette to find out which one is best for you or your company.  Best of all, in addition to the excellent networking opportunities, membership of the SAWCC of HK comes with a host of benefits.  There are so many that it’s impossible to list them all here.  Expect though, to find:

* Facial vouchers worth at least HK$1000

* Conrad Hotel discount vouchers

* discount on California Fitness membership

* Numerous restaurant discount vouchers, etc.

You can also download and print an application form here