The Impact of Japanese Comics on Hong Kong Comics and Entertainment Industry, read at Tokyo Animation Fair 21, 15 February 2002, Tokyo.

How Did I Become a Manga Professor? Oral History of Japanese Impact on Hong Kong Comics, public lecture for Anime Fair 2001, CUHK, 2 Nov 2001. Hong Kong.

The Impact of Japanese Comics and Animation in Singapore, read at Tokyo Foundation International Forum, 24 November 2000, Tokyo.

The Popularity of Japanese Comics in Japan, public presentation at Kinokuniya, Takashimaya Shopping Center on 13 August 1999, Singapore.

The Impact of Japanese Comics in Singapore, public lecture organized by Lianhe zaobao and the Japanese Cultural Society on 4 July 1999, ANA Hotel, Singapore.

Okinawa in Asia: The Economic Relations Between Okinawa and Singapore, read at Okinawa Economic Forum, 30 January 1998, Okinawa

"The Adaptation of Jinyong¡¦s Novels in Japan," read at International Conference on Chinese Culture, CUHK, 30 October to 1 November 2003.

"Japanese Elements in Hong Kong Erotic Films," read at International Convention of Asian Scholars, 19-22 August 2003, Singapore.

"Life after Retirement: A Comparison of the Social Security Systems in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore," read at Social Welfare and Social Security Conference, held by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Kunming, China, 10-14 October 2002.

"Imaging and Consuming Japanese Food in Hong Kong : A Study of Culinary Domestication and Hybridization," read at Foodscape: The Cultural Politics of Food in Asia Conference, Singapore, 13-15 June 2002.

"The Impact of Japanese Comics and Animation in Hong Kong," Read at Japan-China Sociology Society, 14th Conference Kyoto, 1-2 June 2002 .

"Filial Piety and Loyalty in Tokugawa Confucianism: Nakae Tˆtju and His Reading of Xiaojing," read at the International Conference on Filial Piety, NUS, Singapore, 10-12 January 2002.

"Yijing Scholarship in Late-Nguyen Vietnam: A Study of Le Van Ngu's Chu Dich Cuu Nguyen (An Investigation of the Origins of the Yijing, 1916)," Read at Third Workshop on Vietnamese Confucianism, Ho Chi Ming City, 19-21 July 2001.

"Behind the Hsˆ¢ Fu Myth in Tokugawa Japan," Read at Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) 2001 Conference, Sidney, 27-31 June 2001.

"The Japanese Pop Culture Craze in Asia : Trends in Cultural Globalization in the 21st Century," Read at Japan-China Sociology Society, 13 th Conference on Pop Culture, Tokyo, 1-2 June 2001.