12 July 2016

The Department of SocialScience is honouredto have invited Professor LUI Tai Lok of The Education University of Hong Kong andProfessor NGO Tak-Wing of University of Macau to be our distinguished speakers forthe First Symposium on Asian Studies. The Symposium featured their thoughts on TheFuture of Asian Studies with two seminar topics presented.

Topic: New Scholarship from Asia

Speaker: Professor NGOTak-Wing, Department of Government and Public Administration, University ofMacau

Topic: Beyond the Search of Recipe for Economic Success: New Directionsin Asian Studies

Speaker: ProfessorLUI Tai Lok, Vice President (Research & Development) and Chair Professor ofHong Kong Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong

Moderator: Dr Victor Chan,Acting Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, HSMC

Dr Victor Chan kicked off the symposium

Dean Thomas Luk, School of Humanities and Social Science, presented souvenirs to Professor Ngo Tak-Wing (left) and Professor Lui Tai Lok (right)

Professor Ngo Tak-Wing presented on New Scholarship from Asia

Discussion between Professor Ngo and participants

Professor Lui Tai Lok presented on Beyond the Search of Recipe for Economic Success: New Directions in Asian Studies

Open discussion between distinguished speakers and participants

First Symposium on Asian Studies: distinguished speakers and participants