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Arts and Culture
Business
Organizations
Hong
Kong Economy
Chambers
of Commerce
Research
and Reports
Environment
- Earthcare
Earthcare
is a non-profit, non-governmental founded by a group of
local Chinese enthusiasts. Its members combine considerable
experience in animal welfare, ecology, education and administration.
- Green
Power
Green
Power is a non-profit charitable organization that aims
at promoting a green lifestyle and campaign for environment
protection.
- Centre
of Environment and Technology
The Centre
was formed by the Private Sector Committee on the Environment
(PSCE) and is a non-profit environmental consultancy and
information resources centre.
8th
Annual Business and Industry Environmental Conference
and Exhibition
The
objective of this conference, organized by the Centre
of Environment and Technology, was to raise the environmental
awareness among industries and business. The conference
took place from May 31 to June 4, 1999.
Government
Political
Parties
Public
Forums/Think Tanks
Government
- Central
Policy Unit
The Central
Policy Unit (CPU) undertakes in-depth examination of complex
policy issues, analyses options and recommends practical
solutions as an alternative source of advice to the Chief
Executive, the Chief Secretary for Administration and the
Financial Secretary.
- Public
Sector Reform Forum
Operated
by the Efficiency Unit of the Hong Kong government, the
Forum's aims are to promote continuous improvement in the
provision of services to the public through the free exchange
of knowledge about public sector reform.
Non-Government
- Better
Hong Kong Foundation
Established
in 1995, the Foundation is made up of 21 businessmen and
local Hong Kong leaders who collectively saw the need to
clear misconceptions about Hong Kong's future as expressed
by individual international voices.
- Hong
Kong Policy Research Institute
A non-government
public think tank concerned with Hong Kong's long-term development.
- Hong
Kong Development and Strategic Research Centre
The Hong
Kong Development and Strategic Research Centre is a non-profit
organization which aims at enhancing public participation
in public policy deliberation.
- One
Country Two Systems Research Institute
A privately
funded research institute. The Institute has been focusing
its research on major social and economic issues of the
HKSAR and continues to serve as a non-government public
policy think tank.
Technology
International
Relations
Consulates
in Hong Kong
Research
and Reports
Government
- The
Metroplan Study
The study
aims to plan and develop the framework for the restructuring
of the Metro Area (covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, Tsuen
Wan and Kwai Tsing) up to 2016 and beyond.
- Study
of Sustainable Development for the 21st Century
Conducted
by ERM (Environmental Resources Management) Hong Kong and
commissioned by the Government, the study started in August
of 1997 and is scheduled to be completed during the fall
of 1999.
Non-Government
Overseas
Publications
and News Sources
In
English
In
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Government
Resources
Career
Planning
Vocational
Training
Public
Conferences
- Basic
Education: Latest Developments in Shanghai, Singapore and
Taipei
A public
conference organised by the Central Policy Unit on 21 May
1999. This site includes discussion papers by the speakers,
Mr. Zhang Minsheng, the Deputy Director-General of the Shanghai
Municipal Education Commission; Dr. Aline K Wong, the Senior
Minister of State for Education at the Ministry of Education
in Singapore; and Dr. Ou Yung-sheng, President of the National
Taipei Teachers College.
- Making
IT Work for Education: The American Experience
A public
conference held by the Central Policy Unit on 23 January
1998. Includes papers by Dr. Linda G. Roberts, Director
of the Office of Education Technology at the U.S. Department
of Education, and response papers from leading educators
in Hong Kong.
Non-Government
Resources
Virtual
Resources
- AT&T
Virtualclassroom
The AT&T
Virtual Classroom is a free online educational program for
elementary, junior and senior high schools around the world.
- New
Horizons
A virtual
learning community supporting an expanded vision of learning.
The organization has served as a leading-edge resource for
educational change.
- The
International News Centre
Reports on education-related issues from their global network.
- 21st
Century Learning Initiative
The Initiative
is a trans-national programme to synthesize the best of
research and development into the nature of human learning,
and to examine its implications for education, work and
the development of communities worldwide.
Tertiary
Institutions in Hong Kong
Research/Departments
on
Education in Hong Kong
Chinese
University
Hong
Kong Baptist University
Hong
Kong Institute of Education
University
of Hong Kong
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