‘TalkAsia’ Host Lorraine Hahn To Visit Brunei
By CT Hj Mahmod

Bandar Seri Begawan - Lorraine Hahn, a well-known business personality and host of CNN's most-watched show TalkAsia, will be making her presence in Brunei as the key moderator at the most-talked about National Business Conference 2005.

The conference will pull no punches in discussing key economic issues the Sultanate is facing, with relevant topics on the spin-off industry and property market that has sparked interest among the local business community.

Lorraine, a veteran business journalist who has moderated at APEC CEO summit, is one of the region's most experienced and best-known business T V anchor.

Her presence here will not doubt add substance to the topics in hand. As the host of TalkAsia, she has interviewed personalities as diverse as outgoing WTO Chief Mike Moore and golf legend Tiger Woods.

Lorraine has anchored CNN's premier business news programmes, Bizasia, for years after working with CNBC/NBC where she hosted the network's flagship programme, Business Tonight, The Winners, Talk of Asia and NBC Asia Evening News.

She was also a senior producer in Hong Kong for Television Broadcast Ltd. (TVB) where she successfully produced the station's first English language business programme focusing on China.

Her list of high profile interviews reads like the who's who of Asia from a wide spectrum of interest.

In the world of politics, she has interviewed Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Ex-US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to name a few.

She has interviewed captains of industry such as Renault/Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case and HSCB Chairman David Eldon, all of whom have spoken openly on their thoughts and opinions.

National Business Conference 2005 will also feature Brunei's leaders of industry and government sector as speakers and role players.

For more information about the programme and registration contact Ms Nanette Ramous at 222 6555 or visit www.asiaineforum.com. Those who register before April 8 will enjoy the early bird rate. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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