MPUP Tram Party

MPUP class representatives organized a tram party to foster cultural exchange. Students and teachers had a good time mingling with each other outside of class time.

MPUP was one of the few major Hong Kong institutions invited to join the Third Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Annual Conference from 30 Mar to 1 Apr at Tsinghua University, Beijing.

Poster Exhibition (MPUP, CUHK on the left)

MPUP has its poster displayed at the venue throughout the conference and Professor Wilson Wong, MPUP Programme Director, introduced the Programme at the Plenary Session of Master Programme of Public Policy in Asian Pacific. All these successfully raised the visibility of the Programme in the region.

There was a Roundtable Session on Teaching Public Policy Analysis in Asian-Pacific Region in which top scholars in the field exchanged ideas and shared their teaching experience. MPUP made use of this good platform to observe and learn from the best practice. By actively reaching out to regional top policy schools, MPUP also explored on possible future collaborations with its counterparts.

The visit to Legislative Council (LegCo) is led by Mr Lee Wing Tat, MPUP course teacher and former LegCo member. The Honorable Lam Cheung Ting, serving LegCo member of New Territories East Constituency, guided the group to the Chamber, Public Gallery, Memory Lane, the garden and the office of his team.

In the later half, Dr Law Chi Kwong, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, met the group and shared on his work, including the latest policies and the related opportunities and challenges. Students also benefited from the subsequent interactive discussions with the top government official.

Professor Wilson Wong, Programme Director, will give a talk (in Cantonese) on his co-authored book “Food Hegemony” at 7:15 pm on April 21 (Sat). More detailed information can be found on the Facebook page of the organizer, Club O, a food movement NGO in Hong Kong (https://www.facebook.com/events/158013654863869/).

Anyone interested are welcome to join.

Professor Wilson Wong, MPUP Programme Director, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Master of Arts in International Affairs of Lingnan University for a period of three years (2018-2021).

The appointment is a recognition of his leadership and contribution of all MPUP teachers in making our programme successful.

MPUP always values the intellectual exchange and potential collaboration across disciplines and institutions for programme growth and development.

Professor May Chu presented a paper on “Environmental Regulatory Innovations in China and Their Types” at the 2018 IEDRC Fukuoka Conference held in Japan in March 2018 and was awarded the “Best Presentation Award”.

Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK is holding a public policy forum (in Cantonese) from 2:30pm to 5:30pm on Jun 21, 2018 (Thu). The discussion would feature the opportunities and challenges faced by Hong Kong Youth who works in mainland China. The speakers are as follows:

The forum is free of charge and limited places are available on a first-come-first-served basis. More details are available on the attached poster and the registration website. For registration, please go to https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=5037137.

Enquiries should be directed to cfys@cuhk.edu.hk or policyresearch@cuhk.edu.hk.

Public Policy Forum on Local Youth and mainland China

In response to the recent efforts made by the HKSAR government to facilitate the socio-economic integration in the Greater Bay Area, a public policy forum featuring the opportunities and challenges faced by Hong Kong Youth who works/ would work in mainland China was held on Jun 21, 2018 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK. Professor Fanny Cheung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, gave a welcome speech to kick off the event.

Professor Wilson Wong, Programme Director of MPUP, was invited to host the forum.

Mr. Kenneth Fok Kai Kong, JP, National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Member of Youth Development Commission, HKSAR, shed light on the changes and development undergoing in China. With the economic focus shifting from real estate and provision of cheap labor to experiential consumption such as tourism, arts and culture and etc., he believed that the competitive advantages of Hong Kong over those industries could provide lots of opportunities to Hong Kong Youth if they were willing to work in mainland China.

Professor Antony Fung from the School of Journalism and Communication of CUHK presented some key findings of his research on the views of Hong Kong Youth towards pursuing study, working and living in mainland China. Differences are identified between youth with exchange studies and/or internship experience in mainland China and those without. The change of view before and after such experience is also analyzed.

The study concluded five major areas causing concerns to Hong Kong Youth when considering whether to study, work or live in mainland China, namely (1) freedom of information, (2) personal safety, (3) the difference of culture at work, (4) tendency to migrate and (5) the varying perceptions of “opportunities in mainland” due to different fields of study.

The forum also received some constructive recommendations on how government policies can potentially facilitate Hong Kong Youth to work in mainland China.

Aaron Tang (Class of 2016) has long been possessing great passion for traditional Chinese culture, particularly incense. Lately, he was featured in the programme “The Green Room” by TVB in May 2018. The video clip is available at here.

Aaron is also applying his learning from MPUP to promote the protection of Agarwood tree in Hong Kong and founded The Safeguarding and Conservation of Hong Kong Traditional Incense. He has submitted a paper to the Panel on Environmental Affairs of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to urge for relevant legislation. The paper is available at here.

Professor Kaman Lee, teacher of MPUP5412 Crisis Management and Public Governance, has recently published her eighth book named PR Intelligence («公關智商»). The book includes more than 140 local and overseas case studies on the area, discussing how “real-time” element brings significant impact nowadays.

The book would be available at Hong Kong Book Fair 2018 and major bookstores. Professor Lee would also give a public speech at 11:30am on July 21 at the Hong Kong Book Fair (Venue: Foyer, 3F-G Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre).