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The Centre for Civil Society and Governance (CCSG) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Facebook will jointly launch the Tech for Good Initiative (TGI) and a Memorndum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed on September 17 (Friday).

In collaboration with Facebook, TGI promises to strengthen institutional innovations with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data in governance and public policy in a manner that is socially embedded, conducive to sustainability, and compatible with inclusive growth.

As part of the TGI framework, HKU and Facebook have co-designed a new course “AI Policy Lab - Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Governance” (POLI8023 / SLGP7104), which will be taught by HKU scholars from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Facebook experts from different fields including Public Policy, Corporate Sustainability, Data Privacy, Automation, Misinformation, Legal and Content Regulations. The course will be open to students of HKU’s Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of International and Public Affairs (MIPA) and Master of Social Sciences in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance (MSocSc SLG) programmes. Facebook will also make a donation to HKU as a research grant. The TGI will be housed at the Centre for Civil Society and Governance.

Professor Wai-Fung Lam, Director of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance of HKU, and Mr. George Chen, Director of Public Policy for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia of Facebook will represent the two parties in signing the MoU. It will be witnessed by Professor Paul Yip, Acting Dean of Social Sciences of HKU, and Ms. Jayne Leung, Vice President and Head of Greater China of Facebook.

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the event. Details are as follows:
Date: September 17, 2021 (Friday)
Time: 11am to 12 noon
Venue: Social Sciences Function Room, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

For further information, please visit: https://ccsg.hku.hk/tgi-about/

Media enquiries:
Communication and Public Affairs Office, HKU:
Ms Melanie Wan (Tel: 2859 2600 / Email: melwkwan@hku.hk)
Ms Rashida Suffiad (Tel: 2857 8555 / Email: rsuffiad@hku.hk)