Central Policy Unit

Conferences and Seminars

Public Policy Research Forum on "Informing Policy: Realizing the Potential and Benefits of Public Policy Research in Hong Kong"

Co-organized by :
  • Central Policy Unit
  • Research Grants Council

Date : 6 November 2009 (Friday)
Venue : Lecture Theatre, UG06
Hung Hom Bay Campus
PolyU Hong Kong Community College
8 Hung Lok Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon

8:45 – 9:00 am

Registration

9:00 – 9:20 am

Welcoming Speeches

  • Professor Lau Siu-kai (劉兆佳教授)
    Head
    Central Policy Unit

  • Professor Roland Chin (錢大康教授)
    Chairman
    Research Grants Council

9:20 – 10:20 am

Plenary (1) Keynotes

Public Policy Research in China

Professor Wang Shaoguang (王紹光教授)
Chair Professor
Department of Government and Public Administration
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Public Policy Research: A Think-tank Perspective

Dr Michael Fullilove (PDF)
Director
Global Issues Program
Lowy Institute for International Policy and Nonresident Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution

10:20 – 10:50 am

Coffee Break

10:50 am – 12:15 pm

Plenary (2) Panel

Promoting Public Policy Research in Hong Kong's Higher Education Institutions: Potential, Possibilities and Policies

Chairman/Convener:
  • Professor Roland Chin (錢大康教授)
    Chairman
    Research Grants Council

Speakers:

12:15 – 2:15 pm

Lunch Break

2:15 – 4:15 pm

Parallel Sessions

(A) Quality of Life

Chairman/Convener:
  • Professor Ng Sik-hung (伍錫洪教授)
    Chair Professor of Social Psychology
    Department of Applied Social Studies
    City University of Hong Kong

Speakers:


(B) Equality and Opportunity

Chairman/Convener:
  • Professor James Lee (李中清教授)
    Chair Professor
    Division of Social Science
    Dean of Humanities and Social Science
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Speakers:


(C) Balanced and Sustainable Development

Chairman/Convener:
  • Professor Y M Yeung (楊汝萬教授)
    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Geography
    Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Speakers:

4:15 – 4:30 pm

Coffee Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Round Table

Informing Policy:

Theory and Practice
  • How fit is Hong Kong's public policy research?

  • What is its strengths and weaknesses?

  • Setting public policy research agenda?

  • Towards better theory-practice integration and inter-disciplinary, inter-institutional collaboration?

Co-conveners:
  • Professor NG Sik-hung (伍錫洪教授)

  • Professor James LEE (李中清教授)

  • Professor YM YEUNG (楊汝萬教授)

Participants: All panel speakers and audience

Concluding Remarks: Co-conveners



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