Public Seminar
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been rescheduled. Please note the new date and location below. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Wednesday 14th March 2012, 2.30pm to 4pm, Room CLM.2.05, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Anthony B. L. Cheung
Chair: Athar Hussain
Professor Cheung's talk on Challenges to Governance in Hong Kong will outline the changing context of governance and challenges facing Hong Kong. It will end with observations on the future of Hong Kong and its relations with China.
Professor Anthony B. L. Cheung is President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, carrying the concurrent title of Chair Professor of Public Administration, and Director of Centre for Governance and Citizenship. He received his PhD in Government from LSE. Professor Cheung has written extensively on governance, privatisation, civil service and public sector reforms, government and politics in Hong Kong and China, Asian administrative reforms, and internationalisation of higher education. He is a Non-Official Member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Chairman of the Consumer Council. He is also President of The Asian Association for Public Administration (2012-14). Professor Cheung is the founding chairman of the policy think-tank SynergyNet and a founding director of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute. He is a former Member of the Legislative Council (1995-97) and former Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Party (1994-1998).
Professor Athar Hussain| is Director of the Asia Research Centre.
Additional Information
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email arc@lse.ac.uk| or call 020 7955 7615.