About us

The Hong Kong Web Symposium Consortium (HKWebSym) is a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, incorporated in Hong Kong on 26 May 2000. HKWebSym was granted non-profit organisation status in  2005. Its members are primarily educators who are committed to, and/or interested in, the use of the Internet for life-long learning.

Among our primary objectives are:

1. To provide an international forum in Hong Kong for critical reviews and reporting on developments in the use of the Internet in general, and the World Wide Web in particular;
2. To advance teaching and lifelong learning in school, higher, professional and vocational education;
3. To seek donations and sponsorships to encourage, support or subsidize the participation of students and teachers in Hong Kong and other parts of the People's Republic of China in the annual symposium or any other significant or worthwhile information technology activities, including conferences, seminars, workshops, educational programmes, etc.;
4. To establish, subsidise, support, co-operate with or otherwise assist any person or body of persons engaged in any educational, cultural, benevolent, charitable, welfare or similar activity and to contribute money for and to take part in any such activities as may be thought fit.

We welcome people from education, government departments and IT companies interested in education to apply for individual or corporate membership.

The Council

The business and affairs of the Association is managed by a Council of not less than five members which includes the following:

• President
• Secretary-General
• Treasurer
• The immediate past President

The President and other Council Members are elected by the Members at general meetings and the Council Members elect from among themselves such other office bearers as may be determined by the Council from time to time. Council Members must include at least one representative from each of the following three educational sectors in Hong Kong :

• Schools (including pre-primary, primary and secondary schools);
• Post-secondary (including vocational, professional and continuing educational institutions); and
• Higher education (including institutions funded by the University Grants Committee and other degree granting institutions recognised by the government of Hong Kong).

Council Members (2008)

Dr K S Yuen	The Open University of Hong Kong	President
Dr. David Murphy	Monash University	The immediate past President
Dr Philip Tsang	The Open University of Hong Kong	Secretary-General
Dr F.T. Chan	HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education	Treasurer
Prof. Reggie Kwan	Caritas Frances Hsu College	(Higher education)
Dr John Bacon-Shone	The University of Hong Kong	(Higher education)
Mrs Angela Castro	The University of Hong Kong	(Higher education)
Dr Robert Fox	The University of Hong Kong	(Professional & continuing education)
Prof C.M. Leung	The Open University of Hong Kong	(Higher education)
Sr Margaret Wong	St. Paul's Convent School	(School education)
Mr. Andrew Lai	St. Paul's Convent School	(School education)
Mr Joseph Yu	Hong Kong Internet Registration Company	(Industry)
Ms Eva Tsang	The Open University of Hong Kong	Higher education)

How to contact us

The Secretariat, The Hong Kong Web Symposium Consortium
c/o The Centre for Research in Distance & Adult Education
The Open University of Hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Homantin, Hong Kong
Email: ptsang@ouhk.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2768-6823
Fax: (852) 2789-1170

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