Roundtable (Hong Kong Avant-Garde Policy Research Institute) was established in October 2004, aiming at creating a straightly neutral platform for the new generations of Hong Kong to learn from one another's comparative advantage. Roundtable positioned itself to be a vanguard in implementing and actualizing a fundamental paradigm shift in the HKSAR by providing multiple-media channels for the youth to learn, discuss and express their ideas and viewpoints. An emphasis on self-reliance and responsibility, two of the core values of Roundtable, has inspired the organization to achieve self-sustainability by restructuring into Roundtable Enterprise Limited and Roundtable Community Limited in April 2006.

The mission of Roundtable Enterprise is to construct an intellectual social enterprise in Hong Kong . By “intellectual,” we aim to popularize knowledge, particularly the social sciences, to the public; by “social enterprise,” we put missions before profit-making. Our aim is fulfill the hidden social needs underlying the commercialized market forces, and we envisage that such needs can be fulfilled in a self-sustainable way.

The goals of Roundtable Enterprise include:

•  Creating a straightly neutral platform for the new generations of Hong Kong to learn about issues affecting their lives, their communities, and their cities;

•  Helping to popularize the social sciences & general knowledge in the community of Hong Kong ;

•  Providing expert services and advice to companies and organizations which share our desire to conduct research/ events in a socially responsible manner;

•  Providing an avenue for the new generation of social sciences scholars to gain greater visibility for their work & learn from each other; and

•  Leading the way towards greater social enterprise development in Hong Kong .

Our innovative and modern business approaches are all fully integrated with our goals of stimulating public discourse about important social issues in Hong Kong and popularizing knowledge, even as they generate revenues to support the valuable endeavors of Roundtable Community.

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