 Book Description
"This book makes an important contribution to Hong Kong's business history and provides an insider's account of the often uncomfortable transformation of the Hang Seng Bank from an old-fashioned currency and gold dealer into an outstanding financial institution... The Dragon and the Crown offers a moving account of the impact on the author and his extended family of China's political and economic turbulence in the last century, which deserves to be widely read." -- Leo Goodstadt 顧汝德
- The fascinating story of Stanley Kwan, who produced a landmark for Hong Kong in the world of international finance -- the Hang Seng Index.
- Captures the lives and aspirations of the ordinary people caught in a century of dramatic changes in the former British colony.
- Will appeal widely to anyone who is interested in social and economic developments in Hong Kong.
From 1962 until he retired in 1984, Stanley S. K. Kwan headed the Research Department in Hang Seng Bank. He launched the Hang Seng Index in 1969, served on the government's Statistics Advisory Board during 1976-84 and was awarded the MBE in 1985. Nicole Kwanis the niece of Stanley Kwan. She worked in international banking for over twenty years while based in Hong Kong.
|
Products 
Services
Special Section 
