Opening Ceremony of Exhibition "100 Years of Finnish Democracy" Cum Seminar on "The Future of Democracy" (English only)

The Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU and the Consulate General of Finland Hong Kong has co-organised an exhibition "100 Years of Finnish Democracy" and a seminar on "The Future of Democracy" on December 6, 2007 for celebrating the 90 years of independence and 100 years of democracy of Finland.

It was on December 6, 1917 that Finland declared herself independent and yet already ten years earlier Finland as the first country in the world introduced universal suffrage giving both men and women full democratic rights to vote and to run as candidates.

Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition and the Seminar on democracy.  Details are as follows:

Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition

Date: December 6, 2007
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Global Lounge, G/F, Fong Shu Chuen Amenities Centre, Swire Building, HKU
Officiating Guest: Dr the Honorable Rita Fan, GBS, JP, President of Legislative Council

Seminar

Date: December 6, 2007
Time: 4:00 pm -  6:00 pm
Venue: Reading Room, G/F, Centre of Asian Studies, Tang Chi Ngong Building, HKU
Speaker: Dr. Mika Mannermaa
Discussants:
- Professor Joseph Chan, Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU
- Dr. Peter Cheung, Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU
- Dr. Ray Yep, Department of Public and Social Administration, CityU

For further enquiry, please contact:
Ms. Ulpu Koskinen, Consulate General of Finland (Tel: 2289 0602/ E-mail: ulpu.koskinen@formin.fi )
Miss Vanessa Sit, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU (Tel: 2859 2983/ E-mail: vansit@hku.hk)