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How individuals can help effect sustainable development and inclusive growth: (i) Stimulate a culture of “citizen accounting” and audit your government for the future; (ii) Adopt a “systems thinking” mindset; (iii) Proactively engage stakeholders and have a good understanding of collective interests; (iv) Create safe spaces for authentic dialogue; (v)
Be a “stropist” in implementing the SDGs.
The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 (“ACM”) provided many useful lessons for effective contribution to the Global Shapers Community. I was privileged to represent the Hong Kong Hub as its Deputy Curator. Here is the last of the five lessons I learnt. The ACM made me reflect on several things about being a Shaper. It made me a better advocate for youth
The Millennial stereotype is a working hypothesis. What we do know is that socially engaged young people with technology have made enormous impact in their communities. So, we should involve young people in decision-making and policy-making activities while they are young to improve the world. Young people’s voices are by themselves no less legitimate than older voices. In some cases, socially engaged young people have much to contribute to society.
The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 (“ACM”) provided many useful lessons for effective contribution to the Global Shapers Community. I was privileged to represent the Hong Kong Hub as its Deputy Curator. Here is the fourth of the five lessons I learnt. Connecting hubs with common goals to work on projects and yielding high synergy are pillar objectives, giving the meaning
The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 (“ACM”) provided many useful lessons for effective contribution to the Global Shapers Community. I was privileged to represent the Hong Kong Hub as its Deputy Curator. Here is the third of the five lessons I learnt. The value of youth per se The Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (“Forum”), Prof. Klaus Schwab
The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 (“ACM”) provided many useful lessons for effective contribution to the Global Shapers Community. I was privileged to represent the Hong Kong Hub as its Deputy Curator. Here is the second of the five lessons I learnt. The World Economic Forum (“Forum”) held 16 sets of workshops to help Shapers enhance the operation of their hubs in four
The Annual Curators Meeting 2016 (“ACM”) provided many useful lessons for effective contribution to the Global Shapers Community. I was privileged to represent the Hong Kong Hub as its Deputy Curator. Here is the first of the five lessons I learnt. The organization of the ACM program itself was a feat of management and logistics. The World Economic Forum
Nearly three years after my attendance of the St Gallen Symposium in Switzerland, I recently caught up in Tokyo with two Japanese “Leaders of Tomorrow” who were in my cohort, respectively, a management consultant and a corporate executive. (More on these young people later.) Naturally, we spoke fondly of our time at St Gallen. Ideas
The drafting of the Special Education Needs Bill was completed on June 11, 2016. The offices of Legislative Councillors, Fernando Cheung and Dennis Kwok, moved the drafting exercise after completing research and public consultation. The Bill should be submitted as a private member bill sometime in the next legislative term. I have researched comparative laws and policies, and analysed proposals
I was awarded the Pro Bono Individual Gold Awards by the Law Society of Hong Kong Pro in 2010-12 and 2014, and the Pro Bono Individual Award by the Home Affairs Bureau in 2012 and 2015, for having volunteered 100+ hours annually to community and pro bono services. While I am grateful for the recognition,
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