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Mapping Post-Disaster Development in Sichuan after the Earthquake

18 Jun 2008

 

Speakers from the Mainland China will report on the most recent recovery work in Sichuan after the earthquake at a public forum in The University of Hong Kong (HKU) on June 20 (Friday). In the forum, Taiwan and Hong Kong academics will also explore the roadmap for post-disaster development.

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

Date:    June 20, 2008 (Friday)
Time:    3:30 - 5:15pm
Venue:  Reading Room (Room G4, Ground Floor), Centre of Asian Studies, 
               Tang Chi Ngong Building, HKU
Language: English and Putonghua

Programme:-

"Report from China: Mainstreaming Social Worker's Role in the Redevelopment of the Communities"
by Professor Zhang Xiulan (Wenchuan Earthquake Taskforce and Beijing Normal University)

"Response from Taiwan: Post-Disaster Recovery and Vulnerability Reduction: Taiwan's Experience from the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake"
by Professor Hsiu-Jen Yeh (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)

"Responses from Hong Kong: Empowerment and Capacity Building"
by Professor Cecilia Lai-wan Chan & Dr Sandra Kit-man Tsang (Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU)

           The Quest for Social Cohesion in Greater China:
              Challenges for Social Policy and Governance

Prior to the above Public Forum will be the Symposium on "The Quest for Social Cohesion in Greater China: Challenges for Social Policy and Governance", which is to start at 9:30am.

Against a context of rapid economic growth and social change in the era of globalisation, governments in major Chinese cities have encountered tremendous pressures for transforming the way they manage the public service delivery, social welfare provision and social policy formulation.

This symposium will critically examine issues related to social development, social policy and governance in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland China under the 3 sessions of:- 
-  Concepts of Social Cohesion and Policy Responses
-  Social Change and Urban Governance
-  Urban Poverty and Pension Reforms

The symposium is co-organised by HKU (Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre of Asian Studies, and Department of Social Work and Social Administration) and the National Taiwan University (College of Social Sciences and Contemporary China Research Centre).

For media enquiries, please contact:-
- Ms Louise Mak, Centre of Asian Studies, HKU (Tel: 2859 2460 / E-mail: lypmak@hku.hk); or
- Ms Denise Wong, External Relations Office, HKU (Tel: 2859 2600 / E-mail: denise.wong@hku.hk)