"Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover" Conference

 

"Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover" Conference

This two-day conference brings together a team of cutting-edge Hong Kong Studies scholars to examine the operation of the One Country, Two Systems (OCTS) Model in Hong Kong over the past 20 years. The discussion and analysis offered by the speakers will cast light on social, economic and political issues that will continue to unfold in the coming years.  All are welcome. Details are as follows:

 

Venue:  Lady Ivy Wu Lecture Theatre (D1-LP-04), EdUHK

Language: Cantonese / Mandarin / English (with simultaneous interpretation)

Online Registration:  https://goo.gl/ZGPA1g

(Registration Deadline: 20/6/2017)

 

First Day: 28.6.2017

Time:  09:15 – 09:30  (Book Launch)

Language: Cantonese (with simultaneous English interpretation) 

Speaker: Prof. Lui Tai-lok

 

Time: 09:30 - 12:30

Mainland - Hong Kong Relations under One Conutry Two System

Language: Cantonese (with simultaneous English interpretation)

Speakers:

Prof. Albert Chen

(How Autonomous is the Special Administrative Region?)

 

Prof. Ray Yep

(A Historical Perspective on Hong Kong Autonomy)

 

Dr. Chan Kin-man

(Occupy Movement and Hong Kong’s Future)

 

Dr. Peter Cheung

(Mainland-Hong Kong Relations amid Integration and Confrontation)

 

Dr. Ip lam-chong

(Political De-institutionalization and the Rise of Right-wing Nativism)

 

Dr. Brian Fong

(One Country, Two Nationalisms)

 

Facilitor:

Prof. Lui Tai-lok

 

Time: 13:00 - 15:30

Public Governance after the Handover

Language: English (with simultaneous Cantonese interpretation)

Speakers:

Dr. Cheung Chor Yung

(Stalemate in the Legislative Council)

 

Prof. Ngo Tak-wing

(A Genealogy of Business and Politics in Hong Kong)

 

Prof. Danny Gittings

(The Basic Law in the Courts)

 

Dr. Tam Wai-keung

(Legal Mobilization and Litigating Conflicts)

 

Prof. Joseph Chen

(Social Mobilization for Large-scale Protests)

 

 

Prof. Francis Lee

(Opinion and Media)

 

Facilitator:

 

Dr. Fong Chi-hang, Brian

 

Time: 16:00 - 19:00

Socio - economy under Globalization and Regional Integration

Language: Cantonese / Mandarin (with simultaneous English interpretation)

Speakers:

Prof. Lui Tai-lok

(Fading Opportunities: Hong Kong in the Context of Regional Integration)

 

Prof. Stephen Chiu

(Hong Kong’s Youth and Regional Integration)

 

Prof. Eric Fong

(Migration from China and the Formation of Group Boundaries)

 

Prof. Sung Yun-wing

(Hong Kong Becoming Part of a National Economy)

 

 

Prof. Chen Xiangming

(Hong Kong’s Competition with Other Chinese Cities)

 

 

Prof. Ng Mee-kam

(Sustainable Development in Hong Kong)

 

Dr. Godfrey Yeung

(Hong Kong Manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta)

 

 

Facilitator:

 

Dr. Law Kam-yee

 

Second Day: 29.6.2017

Time: 10:30 - 12:30

The China Factor and Taiwan-Hong Kong Dynamism

Language: Cantonese / Mandarin (with simultaneous English interpration)

Speakers:

Dr. Ma Ngok

(The China Factor in Hong Kong’s Elections)

 

Dr. Liao Mei

(The China Factor in Taiwan’s Elections)

 

Dr. Chan Chi Kit

(The China Factor in Hong Kong’s Media)

 

Dr. Huang Jaw-nian

(The China Factor in Taiwan’s Media)

 

Facilitator:

 

Dr. Fong Chi-hang, Brian

 

Time: 14:00 - 16:00

Trends in Public Opinion after Handover

Language: Cantonese (with simultaneous English interpretation)

Speakers:

Dr. Robert Chung

(The Ups and Downs of Pollings and Pollsters)

 

Prof. Clement So

(Cross-Strait News Media Coverage of “One Country, Two Systems” in the Past Two Decad

es)

 

 

Dr. Chung Kim-wah

(The Role of Public Opinion on Policy Making after the Handover)

 

Mr. Shum Kwok-cheung & Mr. Yip Tin-sang

(The 2008 Phenomenon and Public Opinion Polls)

 

 

Facilitator:

 

Prof. Lui Tai-lok