Making public policies work effectively involves serious efforts in bringing in multiple stakeholders' perspectives when conceiving, developing, and implementing policies to address complex social, economic, and political environments. The lecture and seminar series will critically examine how public policies are formulated in Hong Kong, an international city in Asia, under the guiding principle of "One Country, Two Systems". Case studies approach is adopted to engage participants in active and collaborative learning, reflecting public policy and public management issues against complex policy environments influenced not only by local factors but also by the broader political economy context