1. Corporate Governance Conference 2006 Working Paper Competition
The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries
Good Governance comes with membership
Corporate Governance Conference 2006 Working Paper Competition
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3. Working Paper Competition
A prelude to the 5th biennial Corporate Governance Conference (“CG Conference”) to be held on 13/10/06 and 14/10/06 at J.W Marriott Hotel (please visit for details of the conference)
Theme: Corporate Governance Reform: Adding Value?
Very good response – 42 enrolments, 72 participants
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4. Rules of the Competition
In English not exceeding 5,000 words exclusive of footnotes and bibliography
Footnotes at the bottom of the page
Bibliography at the end of the paper
Times New Roman, Font Size-12 & single line spacing
Hard copy and softcopy
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5. Rules of the Competition
Plagiarism ==== Disqualification
Decision of the judges on all matters is final
Deadline for submission – 31 August 2006
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6. Judges
Mr Ashley Alder (Partner of Messrs Herbert Smith, Solicitors & Notaries)
Mr Neil McNamara (Group Corporate Secretary & Director – Group Corporate Affairs, Jardine Matheson Limited, Immediate Past President of the Institute)
Professor Roberta Romano (Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law, Yale Law School)
Ms Edith Shih (Head Group General Counsel & Company Secretary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited)
Mr Richard Williams (Head of Listing, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited)
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7. Short Listing A short listing procedure, 42 ===> 6 groups
Academics of local universities form the panel
Blind Review – no conflict of interest
Each panel member will go through all papers and each rank the best 6 papers with “1” being the top ranking
The 6 groups with the highest ranking will be the semi-finalists
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8. Final assessment 6 semi-finalists to be assessed by the 5 judges
Blind Review
Score card system:
Clarity of research objectives (10%)
Robustness of analysis (35%)
Strength and merit of recommendations/proposals for reform (35%)
Conclusion (10%)
Referencing (10%)
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9. Thank You!
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