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HKU Centre of Asian Studies to hold Asian Social and Public Policy Research Workshop - Regional Governance

29 Oct 2007

In the lead up to the 2007 ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit, the heads of the regional states are grappling with the challenge of making their regional institutions more efficient and effective.  Perhaps the key question facing these institutions is how to streamline their operations to provide better governance for their stakeholders. 

As part of its ongoing commitment to address cutting edge Asian social and public policy, the Centre of Asian Studies of the University of Hong Kong has been holding a fellowship programme for members of Asian foreign ministries and regional organisations. In 2007 these Fellows have been selected from China, Indonesia, Vietnam and the ASEAN Secretariat to undertake policy research on the issue of regional governance. 

The fruits of their research will be presented in a half-day policy research workshop on "Contemporary Policy Issues in Regional Governance".  The papers will cover the good governance in ASEAN's social sector, ASEAN+3 and the East Asian Summit, the realisation of the ASEAN community in 2015, norm-based governance, and the governance of the straits of Malacca.

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the workshop, the details are:

Date:       October 30, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time:       8:30am to 1:00pm
Venue:     Reading Room, Room G-4 (Ground Floor), Tang Chi Ngong Building, Centre of Asian Studies, the University of Hong Kong.

This is an excellent opportunity for members of the public, press and academic colleagues to hear firsthand the current thinking on this important issue and to gain an insight into how East Asia may develop beyond 2007.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Louise Mak of HKU's Centre of Asian Studies at lypmak@hku.hk or on 2859 2460.