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Senior Executive Diploma in Political Leadership [Experience the free Trial Classes] (Registration Deadline: 21 June 2018)
- Subject
- Path of Democracy / HKU SPACE |Media & Communication
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- Date & time
- 23Jun 2018 (Sat)15:30 - 17:00
- Venue
- HKU SPACE, Room 206, 2/F, Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong (access via the shopping arcade escalators through Exit A, Admiralty MTR Station)
- Fee
- Free (Limited seats, first-come-first-served)
- Speaker
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- Professor Y.C. Richard Wong
Professor Y.C. Richard Wong
Yue Chim Richard Wong (AB, AM, PhD in Economics, Chicago) is Professor of Economics and the Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy at the University of Hong Kong, and was Founding Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost. He was a Visiting Scholar at Hoover Institution at Stanford University (1989), Senior Fellow, National Center for Economic Research, Tsinghua University (1996-), and Distinguished Fulbright Scholar (2011). His research includes housing, household economics, labor markets, and regional economic development in China. He has led pioneering efforts in studying regional economic development in the Pearl River Delta and Yangzi River Delta regions. His current research is on inequality and intergenerational mobility in Hong Kong. He founded in 1987 and 1999, respectively, the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research and the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, University of Hong Kong. His published books include The Fifth Dragon: Emergence of the Pearl River Delta (1995) (co-author), Port Facilities and Container Handling Services (1997) (Co-author), On Privatizing Public Housing (1998), Retaking Economic Center Stage – Integration and Transformation of the Yangzi River Delta Economic Region (2007) (co-author) (Chinese), Diversity and Occasional Anarchy: On Deep Economic and Social Contradictions in Hong Kong (2013), Has Hong Kong Lost Its Magic? (2013) (Chinese), Chicago School of Economics and the Market Social Order (2014) (Chinese), Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People: Fixing the Failures of Our Housing Policy (2015), Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong (2017). He had served on a number of public bodies in Hong Kong, including the Economic Advisory Committee, Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, Housing Authority, Hospital Authority, University Grants Committee, and the Chief Executive’s Commission on Innovation and Technology. Wong was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1999 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recognition of his contributions to education, housing, and industry and technology development and appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2000. He is Chairman of the Council of the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago. He writes a weekly political economy column for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and the South China Morning Post.
- Enquiry
- 37620868 (media_comm@hkuspace.hku.hk )
- Related link
- Senior Executive Diploma in Political Leadership
- Remarks
Special Guest: Mr Lam Woon-kwong
- Date: 16 June 2018
- Registration Deadline: 11 June 2018
Special Guest: Professor Richard Wong
- Date: 23 June 2018
- Registration Deadline: 21 June 2018
Special Guest: Mr Vincent Wong
- Date: 30 June 2018
- Registration Deadline: 25 June 2018
About Hong Kong Academy of Politics and Public Policy (HKAPP)
This Senior Executive Diploma in Political Leadership programme is a specialized course offered by HKAPP in collaboration with HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE), that seeks to develop future political leaders to meet the needs and unique political situation in Hong Kong. It will provide participants with ample opportunities to interact with academics, politicians, policy experts, media specialists and campaign strategists, to learn and benefit from their wealth of expertise and deep knowledge.
- Collaboration with HKU SPACE and experts across the political spectrum
- Theory, practice and network building
- Diversity in Content
Contact us
- info@hkapp.hk
- +852 25093131
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Senior Executive Diploma in Political Leadership-open for enrolment now
Please visit: https://hkuspace.hku.hk/prog/senior-exe-dip-in-political-leadership for details
Application deadline: 20 July 2018