To enhance knowledge of economic affairs and develop alternative policy choices.

The aim of the Centre is to support research and to publish and promote authoritative studies on important public policy issues which enhance public understanding of economic affairs and provide government with alternative policy choices. It does not undertake private consulting work for individuals or business organizations and does not seek to advance the business or political interests of any particular individual or organization.

David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University, a government funded university with a Christian heritage. It aims at fostering research in East-West studies and cultivating collaborative scholarship between the East and the West.

As the pace of globalisation intensifies and inter-cultural, inter-ethnic and inter-religious encounters accelerate, the work of LEWI has manifested itself in a significant manner in recent years. With Hong Kong as its base, LEWI aspires to become a global leader in multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural studies through continuous academic interactions with universities worldwide. LEWIs network not only covers the Pacific Rim region, but also countries in the West, thereby enabling communications across the continents.

In view of the above objectives, the Institute has established research programmes on three continents: the Western Pacific Rim-China Research Programme at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; the North America-China Research Programme at Simon Fraser University, Canada; and the Europe-China Research Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University. Reporting to the Board of Governors, which consists of all full members and representative associate members, these three research programmes assist in networking among members and augmenting initiatives taken in Hong Kong.

Civic Exchange is an independent Hong Kong-based public policy think tank that was established in September 2000. It is registered as a charity in Hong Kong. Its mission is to:

(1) Promote civic education amongst members of the community and for such purpose to conduct research and publicise the results so as to provide objective and balanced information to the public concerning economic, social and environmental issues; and

(2) Undertake research on development of economic, social and political policies and practices to help shape the breadth and depth of public policy debate and so to provide well-founded and reasoned argument on the issues identified above.