Roundtable on Issues Relating to the 2017 Chief Executive Election

 

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

 

Date:   26 April 2014 (Saturday)

Time:   9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Venue: Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F Cheng Yick-chi Building, CityU

The Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) will hold a roundtable to discuss various issues relating to the 2017 Chief Executive Election. Topics include Different Methods of Nomination and Their Feasibility under the Basic Law; Formation of the Nomination Committee and Its Nomination Procedure; Voting Arrangement; Chief Executive Appointment Procedure; the Chief Executive’s Political Affiliation; among others.

 

More than 15 speakers have been invited to speak, including:  

·            Dr Chan Kin-man, Associate Professor in Department of Sociology at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Organiser of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace

·            Professor Albert Chen Hung-yee, Chan Professor in Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

·            Professor Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, Chair Professor of Political Science at CityU and Convenor of the Alliance for True Democracy

·            Ms Emily Lau Wai-hing, Chair of the Democratic Party and Legislative Councillor of HKSAR

·            Dr Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, Associate Professor of the School of Law at CityU and Legislative Councillor of the HKSAR

·            Dr Brian Fong Chi-hang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education

 

 

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