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Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank CLP Group for sponsoring this
work.
About the Organisations
Civic Exchange
Civic Exchange is a Hong Kong-based non-profit public policy
think tank that was established in October 2000. It is an
independent, well-networked organisation that has access
to policy makers, officials, businesses, media, and NGOs-
reaching across sectors and borders. Civic Exchange\u2019s location
and expertise in Hong Kong - a key city in Asia for finance,
business, and media - makes the organisation well-positioned
to influence and link with other cities around the world. It has
solid experience in energy, environment and climate change
research, as well as economics and governance issues. Recent
work in these areas includes studying the impacts of climate
change on Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta as well as two
books analysing the changes in Hong Kong\u2019s environmental
and air quality policy since 1997. It has also hosted a
series of forums that included international speakers on the
relationship between energy policy, air quality, and climate
change.
www.civic-exchange.org
The Singapore Institute for International Affairs
The Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) is a
non-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the
research, analysis and discussion of regional and international
issues. Its work focuses on environmental policy as well as
governance and political security issues. The wide range of
research and events - funded by foundations, membership
subscriptions and corporate sponsorship - reaches out to
policy-makers, business leaders, professionals and youth.
One of the SIIA\u2019s major projects has been analysing the causes
of the haze since the 1997-98 episodes. At the peak of the
haze crisis in September 2006, the institute embarked on a
strategy of organising a series of roundtable dialogues and
forums involving government and business leaders, NGOs,
and local, regional and international experts to urge greater
cross-border collaboration and to advocate effective solutions
to the problem. The SIIA is also a key member of the ASEAN
Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS),
a regional grouping of think tanks that has one member from 9
ASEAN member states (excluding Burma/Myanmar).
www.siiaonline.org
About the Authors
Christine Loh
Christine Loh LL.B Hons (University of Hull, England) LL.M
(City University of Hong Kong) is the CEO of Civic Exchange.
She has strong business and political experience having
been the regional managing director of a multi-national
commodities trading company, and also a member of the Hong
Kong Legislative Council. Since 2000, she has focused on
policy research. She is an international adviser to the G8+5
Climate Change Dialogue, and also the Senior Policy Adviser
to the C40 Cities Climate Change Leadership Group. In her
capacity as a director of the Hong Kong stock exchange, she
has also encouraged the exchange to look into emissions-
products trading including carbon.
Simon Tay
Simon SC Tay LL.B Hons (National University of Singapore)
LL.M (Harvard) teaches international law at the National
University of Singapore with a focus on governance and on the
environment. He is concurrently chairman of the Singapore
Institute of International Affairs, a non-governmental think
tank founded in 1961, which represents Singapore in the
influential ASEAN-ISIS network of regional think tanks and has
major regional businesses as its corporate members. Since
July 2002, he has been chairman of the National Environment
Agency, the country\u2019s major agency for environmental
protection and public health. While also involved in trade,
peace and other international issues, he has worked
extensively on environmental issues especially the regional
haze, climate change and CSR.
Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson is a US Fulbright Research Fellow studying
urban planning and environmental policy in Hong Kong during
the 2007-8 academic year. Andrew received his B.A. in
Geosciences and Environmental Studies from Williams College
in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in June 2007.
Carissa Yuk
Carissa Yuk graduated from King\u2019s College London, Class of
2007, with a BA (Hons) in War Studies. Her interests lie in the
areas of international relations, specifically Sino-US relations,
and contemporary Chinese history and politics.
Phir Paungmalit
Phir Paungmalit is currently a Ph.D. student at National
University of Singapore. He received an LL.M. degree from
Duke University and a LL.B. degree from Chulalongkorn
University in Thailand. He is also working as a Researcher at
the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.
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