From left to right: Mr Goh Sin Teck, Editor, Lianhe Zaobao; Associate Professor Foo Tee Tuan, Director, Centre for Chinese Studies @SUSS; Professor Eddie Kuo Chen-Yu, Academic Advisor, Singapore University of Social Sciences; Mr Yau Lop Poon, Editor, Yazhou Zhoukan; Ms Han Yong Hong, Associate Editor, Lianhe Zaobao, cum Editor, Zaobao.com; Professor Cheong Hee Kiat, President, Singapore University of Social Sciences; Ms Han Yong May, Editor, CMG Newshub; and Ms Lee Huay Leng, Head, Chinese Media Group.
The summer of 2019 saw a division within Chinese communities worldwide due to the Hong Kong protest movement. On 5 Oct 2019, Mr Yau Lop Poon, Editor-in-Chief of Yazhou Zhoukan which is headquartered in Hong Kong, delivered a talk titled “Top Challenges Facing Today’s Global Chinese Communities” in Singapore to share his first-hand experience.
The annual public lecture, co-organised by the Centre for Chinese Studies@SUSS(CCS) and Lianhe Zaobao, was originally scheduled to be held at the SPH Auditorium. However, response was so overwhelming that the organisers decided, a week before the event, to change the venue to the Singapore Conference Hall in order to accommodate over 800 individuals who registered for the talk.
A/P Foo Tee Tuan, Director of Centre for Chinese Studies@SUSS, addressing the audience at the lecture.
In his opening remarks, A/P Foo Tee Tuan, Director of CCS, highlighted two key reasons for the event’s high attendance rate. First, Mr Yau Lop Poon is a famous and authoritative public intellectual in the Chinese-speaking world, and second, his talk focused on a key trending topic highly relevant to the region, and globally.
Mr. Yau Lop Poon, Chief Editor of Yazhou Zhoukan
Mr Yau talked at length about how China had transformed over the past few decades, and how Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the world reacted and adapted to these changes. He opined that the unrest in Hong Kong demonstrated the clash of development models of China and the West. While highlighting the ideological infighting within Taiwan and Hong Kong, he also urged Chinese communities in Southeast Asia to be more creative to develop their own brand of Chinese culture.
After the speech, Ms Han Yong Hong, Associate Editor of Lianhe Zaobao cum Editor of Zaobao.com, joined Mr Yau to wrap up the talk and answer questions from the audience.
Mr Yau and Ms Han Yong Hong, Associate Editor of Lianhe Zaobao cum Editor of Zaobao.com
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The SUSS Cultural China Public Lecture is an annual event held every October. Topics of previous lectures were related to media, film and TV industry, culture, folk religion, and cultural heritage preservation.
2019新跃文化中华讲座——2019全球华人社会的最新挑战
新跃中华学术中心与《联合早报》于2019年10月5日（星期六）在新加坡大会堂举办了2019年新跃文化中华讲座，主讲人为《亚洲周刊》总编辑邱立本先生，其讲题为“2019全球华人社会的最新挑战”。
这场讲座原本是在报业中心礼堂举办，但由于公众反应踊跃，场地因此改为能容纳约800人的新加坡大会堂。
新跃中华学术中心主任符诗专副教授在开场致词时说，这场演讲之所以能吸引到那么多人报名出席，原因在于香港自2019年6月9日以来发生的大规模社会运动，对全球华人社会造成了影响，人们都想知道来自香港的邱立本先生会提出怎样的看法。
邱立本先生在长达一个多小时的演讲中谈到了许多课题，比如中国在过去多年来的变化，以及这些变化对两岸三地乃至世界形势的影响。他认为，香港社会的内部撕裂，其实反映的是中国和西方政治与发展模式的碰撞。而在港台处于长期内耗之际，新加坡及其他东南亚国家的华人社会应该在“文化中华”与“民间中华”方面多努力，打造全球华人的文化平台。
邱先生之后与《联合早报》副总编辑兼联合早报网（中国）主编韩咏红女士进行了简短对谈，并回答了现场观众提出的问题。
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新跃文化中华讲座是新跃中华学术中心与《联合早报》在每年十月举办的常年活动，这些年来所讨论的题目包括媒体、电影、电视、文化经验、民间信仰、文化遗产保护等。