EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW • 人物專訪 2021 UMAGAZINE 24 • 澳大新語 44 New Programmes for High-Level Professionals Led by Prof Hu, the FSS has also launched a few new programmes in recent years, including a Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) programme, a Specialisation in Smart Governance for the Master of Science in Data Science Programme, and a Specialisation in Visual Communication for the Master of Arts in Communication Programme. He says the faculty is also working closely with well-known universities in mainland China and abroad to jointly offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. At HKU, Prof Hu’s Department of Politics and Public Administration launched a DPA programme in English, which was the first of its kind in the Greater China region. At UM, he played a leadership role in launching the first professional DPA programme (in Chinese) in the region. ‘Our programme was specifically designed to nurture future leaders, not only for the government, but also for companies and non-governmental organisations,’ says Prof Hu. ‘The programme combines theory and practice and the courses take place in the evenings and on weekends. So students from Macao and neighbouring regions can complete the programme while working fulltime, and they don’t have to wait until they graduate to make a real difference in the workplace.’ public entities. The course comprised four parts: 1) An in‑depth understanding of the constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, which aims to enhance participants’ loyalty and sense of belonging to the nation and the SAR; 2) Advanced public administration skills to help civil servants work more effectively; 3) Education in the state of the nation, especially developments and policies related to Macao and the GBA; 4) New technologies such as big data analytics and blockchain and their applications in public administration. The students also had the opportunity to exchange ideas with senior government officials, visit various local government departments, and take field trips to technology hubs in China such as Hangzhou and Shenzhen. ‘I was very pleased to see the growth of the civil servants in our course,’ says Prof Hu. ‘Now they have a much deeper and broader understanding of how the government works and what can be improved.’ He also highlights the importance of the personal networks built during the course to cross-departmental collaboration. ‘Due to some rather strict restrictions on staff movement, civil servants in Macao don’t usually switch their departments. Our course allows them to take a break from routine tasks to spend three months together, so that they can learn more about other departments.’ says Prof Hu. 胡偉星教授與三位學者合著的《Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order 》在2021年7月出版 Prof Richard Hu’s book Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order, co-authored with three political scientists, was published in July 2021.
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