Mr. Stephen S. Lam, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, would like to meet with students who are from Hong Kong or have strong interests in Hong Kong.  From 1999-2002, Mr. Lam was the Information Coordinator for Mr. Tung Chee-wah, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR government.  For Mr. Lam's bio, please visit: http://www.info.gov.hk/info/cv_sca_e.htm

19 students from MIT Sloan, Harvard College, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, University of Michigan Business School Columbia Business School, and NYU Stern attended the session. News reporter from Reuter covered the event.

Topics Discussed:

• The future of Hong Kong and opportunities for overseas students
• Governing rules from Basic Law for HKSAR CEO election in 2007 and the latest controversies
• The implementation of Article 23 and its impact on civil liberties
• Political appointment system and its importance for Hong Kong's political environment development
• HKSAR’s economic development, education and talent retention policies, in comparison to Taiwan’s and Singapore’s
• Interactions between executive and legislative branches and the democratization process
• Updates on atypical pneumonia