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[GE Salon 2014-15] High Speed Rail, the Bridge and the Conflict between Hong Kong and China

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[GE Salon 2014-15] High Speed Rail, the Bridge and the Conflict between Hong Kong and China

Date:

26 Mar 2015

Time:

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Venue:

LT3, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Speaker(s):

Lai Kwong Tak, Albert

Enquiries:

gefp@cuhk.edu.hk

Synopsis of Lecture:

(In Chinese Only) 廣深港高鐵與港珠澳大橋是香港特區政府成立後兩項最大基建工程,亦是引起社會爭議最多的項目。究竟這些過千億元投資的工程為何而建?為誰而建?無論是有政治任務在身的官員、得益最大的發展商、被迫滅村的菜園村居民、受空氣污染加劇之苦的東涌社區、以至直接受惠的工程建築界,對項目的取態均截然不同。但最深遠的影響,莫如這些跨境項目所標示的中港融合,以至深港「同城化」的願景。正當本土意識在港日益高漲之際,重新檢視這兩個項目的深層意義,有助港人了解中港矛盾的來龍去脈,更可作為「香港往何處去」的參照座標。

Remarks:

Organized by Office of University General Education, CUHK
Sponsored by General Education Foundation Development Fund