Program of Activities  

DAY 1  |   DAY 2   |   DAY 3

Friday 5 March 2004
0830-1330
Yam Cha Palace III, 38th Floor
Registration Desk Opens
 
0900-0940
Opal Ballroom, 38th floor
 
Asia Conference: Democratic Consolidation and Its Challenges
 
Keynote Speeches:
 
H.E. Annette Lu,
Vice President, Taiwan
 
Lord Russell-Johnston,
Former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, UK
 
0940-1100
Opal Ballroom, 38th floor
 
Session 1: Democratic Consolidation and the Role of Political Parties -The non-Asian experience
 
Speakers:
 
Mrs. Norica Nicolai
Partidul National Liberal, Romania
 
Mr. Alexander Shishlov
Member of the Bureau of Russian democratic party “Yabloko”
 
Mr. Pablo Leclercq
President, Doctrine Commission, Recrear Party, Argentina
1100-1120
Coffee Break
 
1120-1300
Opal Ballroom, 38th floor
 
Session 2: Democratic Consolidation and the Role of Political Parties - The Asian experience
 
Speakers:
 
Mr. Parris Chang, MP      
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan
 
Mr. Sam Rainsy, MP
Leader of the Opposition, Cambodia
 
Dr. N. Bhaskara Rao
Senior Member, Indian Liberal Group
Chairman, Centre for Media Studies, India
 
   
1300-1430
Diamond Ballroom, 41st floor
Lunch hosted by Dr. Eugene Chien 
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan
     
 
1430-1630
Opal Ballroom, 38th floor
 
Session 3: Political Parties and Public Participation
 
Part I with an emphasis on Referenda
 
Speakers:
 
Mr. Boris Dittrich, MP
Party Leader, D66 Party, Netherlands
 
Dr. Lili Nabholz-Haidegger, MP
Member of the Liberal Group in the Council of Europe, Free Democratic Party, Switzerland
 
Mr. Lee Ying-Yuan
Deputy Secretary General,
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan
     
   
1630-1700
Coffee Break
 
1700-1830
Opal Ballroom, 38th floor
 
Session 3: Political Parties and Public Participation 
          
Part II 
 
Speakers:
 
Dr. Nereus Acosta, MP
Representative, Liberal Party, Philippines
 
Mr. Otto Guevara Guth, MP
Leader, Movimiento Libertario,
Costa Rica
 
Dr. Irmgard Schwaetzer,
Former Federal Minister of Urban Planning, Housing and Construction, Germany
   
 
1900-1920
Ground Floor
Depart from the Splendor Hotel
 
1920-2120
Love River
     
   
 
Dinner Cruise at Love River hosted by
Mr. Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (DPP)
The Mayor of Kaohsiung
 
With welcome speeches by
Hon. Betty Williams,
Nobel Peace Price winner,
Co-founder of the Peace People, Ireland
 
Mrs. Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck,
President, Liberal International, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belgium
   
   
2130
Back to the Splendor Hotel
     
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