为年轻人服务的领袖会议

  • 16 January, 2016
哈佛亚洲领导力计划（Asia Leadership Trek）是由哈佛肯尼迪政府学院亚洲领导力中心主办，以 “迈进亚洲时代”为主题的领导力学习以及教育之旅。每年从哈佛肯尼迪政府学院，以及哈佛商学院、MIT斯隆商学院、塔夫茨大学弗莱彻法律与外交学院项目的青年学者中通过层层筛选，打造一个由来自世界各个国家的国际青年学者团队，以亚洲城市作为目的地，旨在以公共领导力以及发展战略作为着力点，考察亚洲重要国家的社会经济环境。1月16日，Sok Xing & Hwang （世光同尘律师事务所）荣幸的和可口可乐公司、美国大使馆一同作为协办单位，组织并参与了哈佛亚洲领导力计划在柬埔寨站的活动，约250名来自柬埔寨和东盟其他国家的学生领袖，政府领导，以及各界代表参加了本次大会。本次柬埔寨站的活动除了1月16日当天的会议外，到访团队在四天的行程中还逐一拜访了洪森首相，商务部长，教育部长和众多柬埔寨公共和商业部门的领袖。阅读英文全文》

While increased globalization and regional integration present Cambodia with new opportunities, the country continues to face challenges in fields as diverse as education, public health, urban planning, and technology. Tackling them requires leadership skills and entrepreneurial innovations as well as active participation of Cambodian youth, which makes up over 30% of Cambodia's population.

On January 16th, Sok Xing & Hwang co-sponsored the Leadership Conference in Phnom Penh. Organized by the Asia Leadership Trek, a consortium representing Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tufts University, 250 participants, comprising students, officials from the government, non-governmental agencies, as well as the private sector, gathered to learn and exchange leadership ideas at the forum.

Sharing his leadership experience in the keynote address, H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce as well as alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, stressed before the participants that, "We cannot just live on an island of wealth surrounded by the sea of poverty, but we need to expand the island of wealth, so that we cause the sea of poverty to shrink.

Mr. Sok Lor, Managing Director of Sok Xing & Hwang and an alumnus of Harvard Law School, remarked, "The Conference provided participants with critical perspectives and frameworks to help them think about salient economic and social problems of Cambodian people and to identify innovative solutions to such challenges. Also, as some Cambodian youth may perceive Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, and other top universities as being out of their academic reach, it is my hope that their mingling with those alumni and scholars helps to narrow that perception gap. We have outstanding students and citizens who are already making extraordinary contributions to their communities and the country. Their continued achievements and assumption of leadership roles are critical to Cambodia's future."

The Asia Leadership Trek brings together scholars from Harvard, MIT and Tufts to travel Asia to acquire first-hand insight through engagement with relevant leaders and organizations on the field across several countries in Asia. During this field visit to Cambodia under the theme "Thriving Asia: When is Asia Set to Become the World's Powerhouse?," the delegates met with Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce, H.E. Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education Youth and Sport, and other leaders in the public and private sector institutions.

Sok Xing & Hwang co-sponsored the Leadership Conference in conjunction with the US Embassy and the Coca Cola Company.