CityU - HKPAA Journal :  Public Administration and Policy 

31 May - 4 June at Shangri-la EDSA Plaza Hotel, with 638 participates, and 23 Facilitators, 7 Moderators, 15-member Planning Committee, 37 Rapporteurs, 10-member Steering Committee, and 95 Speakers/Panelists.

See full program and directory of speakers & participants (including the HKPAA Delegation) at WorldCOG HomePage hosted at Philippine Civil Service Commission

1. HKPAA 8-Member Delegation Attended EROPA 1999 Manila World Conference on Governance

From left: BaptistU PhD student Mr CHEN Shengluo 陳生洛, HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶 (Coordinator of the Delegation), HKPAA Hon. Secretary Mr Edward LING 凌文輝, HKPAA ExCo Member Mr YIM Kin-Ping 嚴建平, HKPAA Vice President Mr Michael YIP 葉旋 (Head of Delegation), CityU PhD student Ms Lina VYAS, HKU PhD student Ms LIAO Xuenli 廖宣力, and CUHK MPhil student Mr CHIU Chun-Hong 趙駿康.

The flag on the upper-left is that of the Philippines, whose government hosted the conference via the Philippine Civil Service Commission (CSC), the logo on the upper-left is that of the EROPA 1999 World Conference on Governance (similar to the one above on this WebPage appears as WORLDCOG), the logo on the upper-right is that of EROPA used in printed form (the one above on this WebPage appear as EROPA is used in the EROPA Macau Conference website).

This photo (0156 #5) was taken in front of the stage of the plenary session in the ball room of Shangri-la EDSA Plaza Hotel in eastern Manila (near the Asian Development Bank (ADB)).

2. EROPA 1999 Plenary Session UN/DESA/DPEPA Director Speaking

From Left: Mr Guido BERTUCCI, Director of the Division for Public Economic & Pubic Administration, Department of Economic & Social Affairs, United Nations, Prof. John HALLIGAN of the University of Canberra (also in photo 7 below), Ms Leticia R. SHAHANI, former Philippine Senator and former UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hon. Hage GEINGOB, Prime Minister of Namibia, Prof. Ali FARAMAND (in lieu of Juan Adolfo SINGER, President of Latin American Parliament - per p.6 update of the Blue Program).

Student delegates and I arrived in the afternoon of Day 1 and missed the Opening Session by the Philippine President Joseph ESTRADA and UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise FRECHETTE.

3. EROPA 1999 Philipine CSC Chairwoman De Leon Speaking in the ADB Workshop on Anticorruption

From Left: EROPA 1999 host Philipine CSC Chairwoman Corazon DE LEON, and Professor Jon S.T. QUAH 柯受田教授 of the National Singapore University.

4. EROPA 1999 EROPA Vice-Chairman and PRC Vice Minister for Personnel Mr DAI Gangqian

From Left: HKPAA Vice President and Head of Delegation Mr Michael YIP 葉旋 (wearing the EROPA 1999 yellow name tag with blue ribbon), EROPA Vice-Chairman and PRC Vice Minister for Personnel Mr DAI Gangqian 戴光前 人事部 副部長, and HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA.

5. EROPA 1999 PRC Ambassador to the Philippines Ms FU Ying hosted a lunch for the PRC, HKPAA and Macanese Delegations

From Left: HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶, HKPAA ExCo Member Mr YIM Kin-Ping 嚴建平, PRC Ambassador to the Philippines Ms FU Ying 傅瑩, HKPAA Vice President and Head of Delegation Mr Michael YIP 葉旋, and HKPAA Hon. Secretary Mr Edward LING 凌文輝.

6. EROPA 1999 Macanese Delegation Led by Secretary for Youth & Public Administration Dr. RANGEL

From Left: HKPAA Hon. Secretary Mr Edward LING 凌文輝, Advisor to the Secretary Mr HO Veng On 何永安先生, Outgoing EROPA Chairman and Dir-Gen of the Malayasian Public Service Dept Dr. Mazlin Bin AHMAD, HKPAA Vice President Mr Michael YIP 葉旋, Secretary for Youth & Public Administration Dr. Jorge RANGEL 黎祖智博士, Director of Public Administration & Civil Service Mr. Jorge BRUXO 薛尼路司長, Sub-Director of Public Administration & Civil Service Ms Lidia DA LUZ 李麗如副司長, HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶.

7. EROPA 1999 HKU Professor John BURNS, former Australian Public Service Commission Chair et al.

From Left: Mongolian Legislator Hon. Dr. Sanjaasurengin OYUN (also in photos 8 & 13 below), Professor John BURNS 卜約翰教授 of the University of Hong Kong, Prof. John HALLIGAN of the University of Canberra (also in photo 2 above), former Australian Public Service Commission Chair Mr Denis IVES.

8. EROPA 1999 Cambodian Minister and Mongolian Legislator

From Left: Secretary of State of the Cambodian Office of the Council of Ministers Mr. SUM Manit, and Mongolian Legislator Hon. Dr. Sanjaasurengin OYUN (also in photos 7 & 13).

9. EROPA 1999 Japanese Professor and Korean Director

From Left: Prof. HOTTA Makitaro 堀田 牧太郎 of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, and Mr LEE Young Youl 李永烈 Director of General Services Div, National Inst. of Professional Administration, Korean Ministry of Govt Adm & Home Affairs, and HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶.

10. EROPA 1999 Indonesian and Nepalese Officials

From Left: HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶 (holding the EROPA 1999 Blue Program), Ms. KUNIYATI of the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of State for Development Supervision & Administrative Reforms, and Executive Director of the Nepalese Administrative Staff College Mr Shambhu Sharan Prasad KAYASTHA (wearing the EROPA 1999 yellow name tag with blue ribbon).

11. EROPA 1999 Thai Professor and Philippine Deans and Professor.

From Left: Prof. Bidhya BOWORNWATHANA of the Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Prof. Ledivina V.CARINO, Dean of the College of Public Administration and Governance (CPAG), University of the Philippines (UP) at Diliman, Prof. Danilo R. REYES of CPAG/UP, Prof. Elena M.PANGANIBAN, Executive Director of the Philippine Local Government Academy, and HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶.

12. EROPA 1999 UNAP Chief Adviser, Uganda, Parkistan, Ateneo and Subic Freeport

From Left: EROPA Executive Committee Member and former Parkistani Ambassador to the Philippines Mr. INAYATULLAH, Prof. Elenida L. MAIZO, Dean of Graduate of School, Ateneo de Zamboanga (NB Ateneo de Manila is a Corporate Member of the Baptist University Lam Institute of East West Studies), Ms Monette B.TANAGON, Head of Human Resource Mgt Dept, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Philippines, HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶, Dr. Harriet BIRUNGI of Makerere University, Uganda, Dr. James KATOROBO, Chief Tech Advisor, Management Development & Governance Div., United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (NB http://magnet.undp.org is an important source of documents on good administrative practices).

13. EROPA 1999 UNAP French Trainers, Mongolia and Vietnam

From Left: Mr. Kh. Laheer AHMED, Additional Secretary (HA) of the Parkistani Prime Minister's Office, the next two not known, Mr. Bruno J. POUEZAT, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Program Officer in Mongolia (standing), Ms. Anne Isabelle DEGRYSE-BLATEAU, UNDP Assistant Resident Representative in Vietnam, Mongolian Legislator Hon. Dr. Sanjaasurengin OYUN (also in photos 7 & 8), all others in this round table discussion not known.

14. EROPA 1999 UNAP Kyrgyzatan and HKPAA Vice President

From Left: Mr. Daniyar DUBANAEV, Program Officer of UNDP Kyrgyzstan (wearing the EROPA 1999 yellow name tag with blue ribbon and the EROPA 1999 Button), and HKPAA Vice President Mr Michael YIP 葉旋.

15. EROPA 1999 OECD speaking at ADB Workshop on Anticorruption & Ethics

From Left: Ms. Jeanette SCHOLLUM, Principal Administrator (ethics) of the PUMA program, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the panel chaired by Mr. Clay G. WESCOTT, Senior Public Adm Specialist, Programs Dept (West), Asian Development Bank (ADB).

16. EROPA 1999 HK-Born ADB General Auditor, Japanese Professor and Philippine NGO

From Left: Miss Sheila S. CORONEL, Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Dr. Robert P. BESCHEL, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Strategy & Policy Officer, Prof. Minoru O'UCHI of the Graduate School of International Political Economy, Shu Mei University, Japan, HK-Born Dr. Louis WONG, ADB General Auditor, and HKPAA ExCo Member Mr Anthony CHUA 蔡誌慶.

More EROPA 1999 photos by contacting Anthony CHUA or any HKPAA ExCo Members in the Delegation please. N.B. Photos taken and descriptions written by Anthony Chua 3 Oct 1999.

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