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PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE: A NEW PROFESSIONAL TEAM /
THE TOKYO CONFERENCE
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE: A NEW PROFESSIONAL TEAM
A new professional team in the Public Affairs Office has finally been put in place after the resignations of Ms
Angelica TSANG (Public Affairs Officer) and Ms Elaine CHAN (Assistant Public Affairs Officer) in September
and October 2001 respectively. Three new staff have been appointed in recent months to replace the positions
vacated by Dr Yee-wah CHENG, the former Director of Public Affairs, Ms TSANG and Ms CHAN. Ms
CHENG Wai-ching, Anita ( ) was appointed as the new Director of Public Affairs whereas both Ms HO
Ka-pui, Carol ( ) and Ms CHEN Kwan-yue, Alice ( ) were appointed as Assistant Public Affairs
Officers. They assumed duties on 17 December, 6 November and 14 December 2001 respectively.
Prior to joining the University, Ms Anita CHENG was the Regional Managing Director (Asia-Pacific) of
Burson-Marsteller, a multinational public relations and marketing firm. She has substantial experiences in
marketing and public affairs and held several key positions in the private sector over the years. Ms CHENG
holds a BBA (Hons) degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and an MBA degree from the
University of Hull, United Kingdom. Ms Carol HO was the Senior Public Relations Executive of SUNDAY
Communications Ltd before she joined Lingnan. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree with a major in
English and an MPhil degree in Communication Studies, both from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ms
Alice CHEN was a diploma graduate of Lingnan College and later obtained her Bachelor Degree (Hons) in
Business and Marketing at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. She was an Assistant Officer in the
Community Relations Department of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) before she
joined the University.
The three new professional staff in the Public Affairs Office are entrusted with the important task of formulating
and implementation of a viable public relations programme for the University in the challenging years ahead.
The new Director will report directly to the President. In addition, the new team will work closely with the
Editorial Board for University Publications which is charged with the task of overseeing the four universitywide
publications, i.e. the Chronicle, the Bulletin, the Annual Report, and the Calendar.
THE UNIVERSITY CO-ORGANISED THE TOKYO
CONFERENCE ON "RESTRUCTURING THE JAPANESE
AND EAST ASIAN ECONOMIES"
The International Symposium on "Restructuring the Japanese and East Asian Economies" (the Tokyo
Conference), jointly organised by the University's Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies (HKIBS), the
Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of Waseda University, and the Hong Kong Society of Asia-Pacific 21, was
held in the Conference Hall of Waseda University, Tokyo, on 3-4 November 2001. This Symposium was the
7th Meeting of the Co-ordination System for Chinese Economies ( !"#$%&' !")
spearheaded by the Hong Kong Society of Asia-Pacific 21, a non-profit professional organisation based in
Hong Kong.
About 100 scholars from Japan, the United States, Canada, Singapore, Russia and the four Chinese economic
areas (i.e. the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) participated in the Symposium. The
following dignitaries addressed at the Opening Ceremony of the Symposium which was chaired by Prof LIM