公共政策对话系列｜The Constraint City: Liveability, mobility, connectivity and sustainability

The Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) cordially invites you to attend the following Policy Dialogue Session featuring Professor Anthony Cheung, Research Chair Professor of Public Administration and former Secretary for Transport and Housing, Hong Kong. Designed as a series of interactive sessions, the Policy Dialogue series seeks to address some of the most pressing policy challenges facing Hong Kong and the region. Details are as below:

Policy Dialogue Series, 2020-21: 

5th session: The Constraint City: Livability, mobility, connectivity and sustainability

Despite overall economic affluence, steady increase in wealth and wages, ample educational and training opportunities, high life expectancy and an efficient healthcare system, social disparity in Hong Kong has been worsening in recent years. Deteriorating housing affordability and social mobility are driving discontent. Infrastructure and public transport capacities have been stretched to their limit (until Covid-19 ended, temporarily, the large influx of visitors). Urban planning and land use fall behind social and economic needs. Innovation capability lags behind other big cities in the region. Hong Kong has become a ‘constraint city’. There is real concern about its long-term sustainability in growth, quality of living and competitiveness.

About the speakers:

Professor Anthony Cheung is currently Research Chair Professor of Public Administration with the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at TheEducation University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). From 2008 to 2012, Professor Cheung was President of The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), the predecessor of EdUHK. From 2012 to 2017, he was Secretary for Transport and Housing and Chairman of the Housing Authority. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Division of Public Policy, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Professor Loh is the Chief Development Strategist at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She was Under-Secretary for theEnvironment in the HKSAR Government (2012-17) and a Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (1992-97 and 1998-2000). Her expertise in environmental policy is well-known, including advising the World Health Organization and International Energy Agency on issues relating to air pollution and public health. She also teaches at the Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles.

Dr Kris Hartley is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. He researches development policy in Asia with a focus on technology, innovation, and environment. He is also a Nonresident Fellow for Global Cities at theChicago Council on Global Affairs and an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for Government Competitiveness at Seoul National University.

About the Policy Dialogue Series:

In the 2020-21 academic year, the two universities cooperate again to host 6 policy dialogue sessions. Professor Anthony Cheung is joined by another professor (plus other speakers as appropriate) in the relevant field to explore some contemporary public policy challenges facing Hong Kong, as follows:

(1)    Still ‘Two Systems’?: Hong Kong under national security law and new global geopolitical environment

(2)    The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis management, and governance and policy priorities

(3)    The Fury of Young People: Aspirations, mobility, and identity politics 

(4)    Housing Affordability: Can there be breakthrough solutions?

(5)    The Constraint City: Livability, mobility, connectivity and sustainability

(6)    ‘Hong Kong China’: Global city or just another city of China?

The Policy Dialogue Series is interactive and encourages the participation of the EdUHK and HKUST community. 

Due to the implementation of public health measures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus on university campuses, the Policy Dialogue Series adopts an online mode via zoom. Should the situation allow in future, an additional physical seminar will be held at EdUHK/HKUST campus. More details will be announced later.

All are welcome!