The President of the Hong Kong Public Administration Association (HKPAA), Professor Peter K.W. Fong, and the President of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA), Professor Pan Suk Kim, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for mutual collaborations at the Hotel ICON (the 2016 IRSPM Conference venue) on April 14, 2016.

The Hong Kong Public Administration Association (HKPAA) is the major professional association of public administration in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China and it is made up of academics, practitioners and graduate students in the field of public administration and public policy. The Hong Kong Public Administration Association (HKPAA) was established in 1990 and its website address is: www.hkpaa.org.hk.

1st photo: Left to right are AAPA President Pan Suk Kim and HKPAA President Peter K. W. Fong (Editor-in-Chief of the Public Administration and Policy and Professor at Hong Kong Chu Hai College)

2nd photo: Left to right are Professor Carlos Win-Hung Lo (Co-organizer of the 2016 IRSPM and Head of the Department of Management and Marketing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Professor Peter Pok-Man Yuen (former President of the HKPAA and current Dean of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University), and Professor Jack Man-Keung Lo (Director of the School of Professional Education and Executive Development at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a member of the HKPAA Executive Committee).