Monday.COME "Is Psychological Warfare in Politics the Key to Success? Or the Road to Failure?"

At the beginning of Donald Tsang's time as Chief Executive, the government emphasized the mastery of public opinion, psychological warfare and spinning. But as the popularity figures continued to drop and more and more people began to hit the streets, Hong Kong's governance crisis has become serious than ever. Now only a few months into the CY Leung government, we already find ourselves in a time charged with scandals, demonstrations and conflicts in the Legislative Council.

Lau Sai Leung has been moving about political parties, the media and the government, and was once an important advisor to the Democratic Party and the Chief Executive at different times. How does Lau view the government's mastery of public opinion and the media? What has gone wrong with the government's psychological warfare?

Topic: Is Psychological Warfare in Politics the Key to Success? Or the Road to Failure?
Date: 11 March 2013 (Monday)
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Venue: NAH 313
Speaker: Lau Sai Leung (He was the Chief Executive of the Democratic Party and the editor of Next Magazine. He was a full-time consultant for the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR government but he left in 2012 to start an online news website The House News.)
Host: MA Ngok (Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration)
Language: Cantonese (Putonghua and English can be used in discussion)
Lunch:HK$10 (The School and GPA Department subsidize the remainder. Lunch is provided for REGISTERED participants only.)
Notes:Monday.COME is open to students and staff of the School of Journalism and Communication, and Department of Government and Public Administration only and is closed to the press.