Kuan Hsin-chi
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Kuan Hsin Chi (traditional Chinese: 關信基), born in Macau, is the chairman of the Civic Party, as well as the chairman of the Department of Government and Public Administration in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He will retire in the 2006-07 academic year.
He was invited to teach at CUHK after gaining his Ph.D degree in the Munich University, Munich, Bavaria, Germany in 1972. During his 33-year teaching stint, he had been the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the University Dean of Students. Currently, he is the Director of the Universities Service Centre and a member of the University Council.
His main research interests focus on political development, political and legal culture, election, and civil society. He is one of the most widely-respected scholars in Hong Kong.
He has always believed that full democracy is the only way to rebuild Hong Kong. Thinking that today's political parties are not enough to bring full democracy to Hong Kong, he decided to become a founding member of Civic Party, a new party proposed by legislators of Article 45 Concern Group.
[edit] Commercial Radio Speech Controversies
On April 1, 2006, speaking in the Commercial Radio, Kuan said that talking about the suppression of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on June 4, 1989 would badly affect the democratic development and the power of democracy in Hong Kong. His speech caused fear that the Civic Party would switch their allegiance to the pro-Beijing camp, causing criticisms.
