The President of the Asian Development Bank, Mr Haruhiko Kuroda has agreed to host an informal, on-the-record lunch with ordinary members of the FCA next Friday. The lunch will be a small roundtable (at the request of the President, who will not make any speech) and as such there will be only 12 seats available to make it lively. I apologize in advance to those who will be disappointed but priority will be given to working media with only one member per organization. The ADB President is in town to launch the ADB�s new book on Asian Economic Cooperation and Integration. The launch of the book will take place that same Friday at 3:30pm at The Oriental Hotel where Mr Kuroda will also speak. Everybody is welcome to attend this second event. Please register ASAP for the lunch if you are interested. Regards, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop FCA President