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HKU Centre for Public and Comparative Law to hold political reform debate

12 Sep 2014

 

Design Democracy Hong Kong of the University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Public and Comparative Law will collaborate with HKUSU to hold a political reform debate on September 15, 2014 (Monday). Participants include Occupy Central Movement Mr Benny Tai, Hong Kong Association of Young Commentators Vice President Mr. Victor Chan, Legislative Council Member Mr Raymond Wong and Professor Ho Lok Sang. CUHKSU President Mr Tommy Cheung will be the guest host of the debtate.

Design Democracy Hong Kong (www.designdemocracy.hk) is an online platform sponsored by the Centre for Public and Comparative Law to promote constructive dialogue on the future of Hong Kong’s political system. It includes an innovative decision tree that allows citizens to build their own proposal for universal suffrage. It also hosts a public forum for users to share their views and interact.  The website will be re-launched on September 15, 2014 (Monday). The updated website contains the unrevealed Legislative Council decision tree. This decision tree, together with the pre-existing one for the reform on Chief Executive Election, simulate the kinds of questions the government will need to address in designing democracy for Hong Kong, so that the public can build their own proposal for universal suffrage and share views with others. Further information can be found on www.facebook.com/designdemocracyhk.

Details of the political reform debate:
Date: September 15, 2014 (Monday)
Time: 3 to 5 pm
Venue: 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

For media enquiries, please contact Design Democracy HK Ms Gardenia Kwok, tel:  9041 9529 or email: gardenia@hku.hk.