International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will travel to Tokyo and Hong Kong next week for talks with top officials and to address a forum on Asia's role in the global economy. Strauss-Kahn will meet with high-level Japanese government officials on Monday, the IMF said in a statement Thursday.
During his second official visit to Tokyo as the IMF's managing director, Strauss-Kahn also will participate in a town-hall discussion with students and faculty at the University of Tokyo, the Washington-based institution said.
In Hong Kong, Strauss-Kahn will deliver a keynote speech at the Asian Financial Forum 2010 on Tuesday that will focus "on the global post-crisis financial landscape and Asia's role in the new economic order." The forum is co-organised by the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Strauss-Kahn also is to meet with senior officials of the Hong Kong government to discuss the world economic outlook and policies relevant to Hong Kong, the IMF said. Hong Kong, with a population of seven million, was returned to China from British rule in 1997. It has a separate constitution guaranteeing freedoms not available to Chinese on the mainland, including the right to protest.
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