| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, January 31, 2011 | 11:00AM - 2:30PM | External Event, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, Robarts Library-8th Floor, 130 St. George Street |
As part of the Sino-British agreement on the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997, both governments agreed on the Basic Law, a mini-constitution that would govern Hong Kong for 50 years until 2047, through the application of the principle of “One Country, Two Systems”. The Basic Law provides for the continued operation of the common law and capitalist economy within Hong Kong.
Former Hong Kong legislator Ms Maria Tam, who is a member of the Committee for the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a deputy to China’s National People’s Congress, will speak at the symposium together with Dr Ming K. Chan from Stanford University, author of the book “The Challenge of Hong Kong’s Reintegration with China”, on various issues regarding the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s constitutional reform, universal suffrage, and its present and future political aspiration.
Dr Kui-Wai Li of the City University of Hong Kong will talk about how to synchronize the economic development of Hong Kong with that of the Mainland while maintaining and giving full play to the Hong Kong advantages. Other speakers, including Dr Eric Fong of the Sociology Department of the University of Toronto, and Dr Eilo Yu of the Department of Government and Public Administration of the University of Macau, will explore Hong Kong’s social changes, its globalization versus nationalization, as well as the effect of its close educational relationship with the Mainland. The speakers will also present their perspectives on the situation in Hong Kong and the Mainland “50 years” after Hong Kong’s return to its motherland.
Date: January 31, 2011 (Monday)
Time: Symposium 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Lunch Reception 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
(Robarts Library Building, 130 St George Street)
FREE ADMISSION; REGISTRATION IS A MUST
Program Rundown:
1100 Opening Remarks by Senator Vivienne Poy (TBC)
1105 Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Dr Joseph Wong
1110 Keynote Speech by Ms Maria Tam
1125 Presentations by:
Dr Ming K Chan, Stanford University: Challenges and Opportunities in Transforming China’s Hong Kong Toward the 2047 Merger-Convergence
Dr Kui-Wai Li, City University of Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Economy: the First Decade and the Road Ahead
Dr Eric Fong, University of Toronto: The Community of Hong Kong Immigrants in Toronto Since Hong Kong Has Reintegrated with China
Dr Eilo Yu, University of Macau: The Implication of Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” Experience on Beijing’s Policy toward Taiwan and Macao
12:25 Panel Discussion and Q & A conducted by Dr Jack Leong
12:45 Launching of “Hong Kong Handover” Online Resource
Introduction of the Online Resource by Dr Jack Leong
Ceremony officiated by: Senator Vivienne Poy (TBC), Chief Librarian Carole Moore, Dr Jack Leong, Ms Maria Tam, and Ms Maureen Siu
1300 Interaction and buffet lunch at the Canada-Hong Kong Library
Speaker bios:
Dr Ming K. Chan
Dr Chan is a Visiting Scholar in the Centre for East Asian Studies at Stanford University with a PhD in East Asian History. He is also the coordinator of the Hong Kong Documentary Archives at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. A former member of the Department of History at the University of Hong Kong, he is the author or editor of ten books, including Crisis and Transformation in China’s Hong Kong (2002), The Challenge of Hong Kong’s Reintegration with China (1997), and Precarious Balance: Hong Kong between China and Britain: 1842–1992 (1994).
Dr Eric Fong
Dr Fong is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto with a PhD in Sociology. He specializes in the research fields of race and ethnic relations, immigration, and ethnic businesses. Dr Fong has published extensively in the areas of racial/ethnic residential patterns and ethnic businesses. He is the President of the North American Chinese Sociologist Association (NACSA) and a board member of the Research Committee on Sociology of Migration of the International Sociological Association.
Dr Kui-Wai Li
Dr Li is an Associate Professor in the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong with a PhD in Banking and Finance. He specializes in the areas of financial and economic development, industry and trade, with a research focuses on China and other Asian economies. He is the author of multiple books, including The Hong Kong Economy: From Recovery to Restructure (2005); Financial Repression and Economic Reform in China (1994). Dr Li has worked as a consultant to international institutions, foreign governments and businesses. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library at the University of Toronto.
Dr Eilo Wing-Yat Yu
Dr Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Macau with a PhD in Philosophy. His specializes in the research areas of party development and organization, politics and public administration of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan Politics. He is the author of Election and Democracy in Hong Kong: The 1998 Legislative Council Election (1999); and Tale of Two Cities: Political, Social and Economic Development of Hong Kong and Macao (2003). Dr Yu is also a co-investigator of the Hong Kong Transition Project, and a member of the Association for Asian Studies and Hong Kong Political Science Association.
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