[asia-apec 1808] Beyond War and Retribution: Deciding the Course of History--A Public Forum in HK

[Kevin Yuk-shing Li]

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Subject: Beyond War and Retribution: Deciding the Course of History--A
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Beyond War and Retribution: Deciding the Course of History
A Public Forum

Organised by Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) and
Focus on the Global South

Date: 26th October, 2001
Time: 9:30am-12:30noon
Venue: YMCA International House, 23 Waterloo Road, Yaumatai, Kowloon, Hong
Kong


Programme:

9:30am - Registration

9:50am - Welcome

10:00am - The Making and Unmaking of a Terrorist -- Kumar David,HK
Polytechnic University

10:15am - An Endless War -- Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South

10:30am - Open Forum

10:50am - Walking a Tightrope: Pakistan's Balancing Act --
                Karamat Ali/BM Kutty, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education
and Research (PILER)

11:05am -  Deepening the Divide: Implications for South Asia -
                Admiral L Ramdas, Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace
and Democracy

11:20am - Open Forum

11:40am - Crisis in Afghanistan: Towards a Humanitarian Response -- Oxfam
Hong Kong (Invited)

11:55am - Saying No to War: Challenges to Civil Society
                Vinod Raina, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives

12:10 - Open Forum and Other Responses

12:30 - Closing

Moderator: Jeannie Manipon, ARENA Coordinator

RSVP Lot Felizco: lotf at asianexchange.org, or Amy Yeung amy at asianexchange.org
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) is a regional network
of concerned Asian scholars, which aims to contribute to processes of
meaningful and people-oriented social change.  It is committed to the study,
conceptualisation and promotion of alternative theories and practices and
seeks to build alliances among intellectuals and grassroots activists.
Website: <http://www.asianexchange.org/>

Focus on the Global South aims to consciously and consistently articulate,
link and develop greater coherence between local community-based and
national, regional and global paradigms of change.  It is committed to
disseminating information and analysis and building extensive networks.
Website: <http://focusweb.org/>



The Speakers


Kumar David, who teaches at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is a
lifelong advocate of interracial justice and equality.  He was one of ARENA'
s earliest members, and has written extensively on the ethnic question of
Sri Lanka, including editing 'Ethnicity: Identity, Conflict, Crisis'
published by ARENA Press.

Walden Bello is the director of Focus on the Global South. He is also
Professor of Sociology and Public Administration at the University of the
Philippines. He has authored many books and numerous articles on Asian
economies, political systems, and security issues.

Karamat Ali and BM Kutty of the Pakistani Institute of Labour Education and
Research (PILER) are actively engaged in movements striving for peace in the
region.

Admiral L Ramdas retired as India's Chief of Naval Staff and has devoted his
time to the goal of improving relations amongst the peoples in
conflict-ridden South Asia.  He heads the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for
Peace and Democracy.

Oxfam Hong Kong is an independent development and relief agency.  Under the
umbrella of Oxfam International, it has been working to improve living
conditions of Afghan refugees in camps in Pakistan and Iran, in addition to
food distribution work in Afghanistan.

Vinod Raina, an ARENA fellow and former member of its Executive Board, gave
up his profession as a physicist to work for profound social change through
active participation and leadership in various people's movements in India
challenging the dominant development paradigm.  He has been among the
vanguard of the people's science movement in India and has written
extensively on the interface of science, environment and development.