Date: Thursday, 13 Feb 2003

Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Venue:  Senior Officers' Mess
              Caine House, 6/F, Police Headquarters
              Arsenal Street, Wanchai
 
 

Professor Rider received a LLB and his first PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1976, and a second PhD from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1978.  From 1981 to 1989 he was Chief Commonwealth Fraud Officer, founder and operational head of the Commonwealth Commercial Crime Unit. To promote research in international economic crime, in 1982 he initiated and continues to direct an annual symposium on economic crime at Jesus College, Cambridge. At the last symposium over 750 participants from 80 countries attended. He has published over 28 books and monographs, mostly on economic crime and corruption, and about 70 articles in law journals. Since 1977, he has supervised over 80 PhD students and over 100 MPhils.  He has been a regular speaker at conferences in Hong Kong over the past 25 years.  He was the Special Advisor to the Attorney General of Hong Kong on Economic Crime in 1979.  He submitted two official reports to the Hong Kong Government in 1980: ãReport on Commercial Crime in Hong Kong with recommendations for the establishment of a Commercial Crime Unit within the Legal Department of the Hong Kong Government and the creation of a specialised unit within the Royal Hong Kong Police Forceä and ãReport to the Government of Hong Kong on the Structure and Effectiveness of Regulation of and Supervision over the financial markets in Hong Kongä.