This webinar will draw together experts from Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan to discuss how the governments in their jurisdictions have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, what has determined the success of responses, and what oversight challenges have arisen in an environment of rapid executive and legislative response to crisis. There will be a particular focus in the discussion on the challenges faced where there is a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, and how further resurgences might be avoided. 

Date and Time: Friday 15 May, 1:00 – 2:00pm (Sydney), 11:00am – 12:00pm (Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei) 

Speakers: 

• Professor Wen-Chen Chang, Dean of National Chiao Tung University School of Law and Professor at National Taiwan University College of Law 
• Assistant Professor Daisy Cheung, Deputy Director of Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Hong Kong University  
• Associate Professor Calvin Ho, Hong Kong University Faculty of Law 
• Professor Jaclyn Neo, Director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the National University of Singapore   

Chairs: 

• Associate Professor Melissa Crouch, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales 
• Professor Theunis Roux, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales 

This Webinar is a joint initiative of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales, the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at Hong Kong University, the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the National University of Singapore and the National Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taiwan.

Register to receive the email link to the livestream, emailed to all attendees on the morning of the 15 May.