Roundtable: Sustainable Policy-making

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

Event:       Roundtable: Sustainable Policy-making
Date:         23 October 2014 (Thursday)
Time:         4:30pm to 6:30pm
Venue:       Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Academic 3, CityU

International and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) academics, policy experts and government, business and NGO leaders will share their insights on the sustainability challenges faced by Hong Kong and the East Asia region at the "Sustainability Summit - Pathways to a Sustainable Hong Kong" organised by CityU.

The Roundtable discussion on 23 October 2014 will focus on the process of policy-making on sustainable development in the context of a mega-city. There will be two panels of speakers. The first, the Policy Panel, features senior government officials, including Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, Secretary for Transport and Housing, and Ms Christine Loh Kung-wai, Under Secretary for the Environment, and policy experts will discuss the challenges to sustainable policies and policy-making. The second, the Commenting Panel, consisting of international speakers and CityU academics, will reflect on sustainable policy challenges from both academic and comparative perspectives.

The Summit is one of the signature events of the University’s 30th anniversary celebrations. Please refer to the next page for the moderator and panel members of the Roundtable discussion, and the official website (www6.cityu.edu.hk/SusSummit) for more information.

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