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Hong Kong is characterized by heavy workloads, a fast work pace and long hours. Work and family are the two major domains of life. An imbalance between the two leads to conflict. Surveys had shown that Hong Kong residents constantly struggle to achieve a satisfactory work-life balance. In turn, this has impacted on the city's population due to low fertility rates and an ageing population. If companies in Hong Kong can make a concerted effort to promote policies to ensure employees wanting to take up family-friendly incentives know it will not harm their careers, then such policies can improve work-life balance and also lead the government to take immediate positive measures to address the issue of low fertility rates in its review of its population policy. For more information, please see attached for details.

 

Sankei Express Press Article (12 February 2014) published by Professor Watanabe Takesato describes the Hong Kong experience and information sharing exchanges between his students from the Doshisha University and those from the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) at The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). Both Professor Watanabe Takesato and APS' Dr. Alex Chan Lih-shing presented in the one-day seminar. The Sankei Express has a daily circulation of 200,000 throughout Japan. For more information, please see attached for details.

Professor Joseph Wong, a former head of Hong Kong's civil service, gave an inaugural lecture in the Public Sector Practitioner Lecture Series organized by Master Program of Public Policy and Governance of Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) on 4 November 2013. The lecture appealed to both students and local public sector practitioners.

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Because of St. Stephen’s Girls’ College is planning to transit to direct subsidized secondary school, it evokes some related discussions and concerns, especially for the poor, among the society. ‘The related parties neglect the side effects of this change. Although the Hong Kong Government provides different scholarships for the needy students, the result is not very effective,’ said Professor Chou. ‘The related authority should adjust the scholarships to cover the whole course but not be granted annually because of the academic performance. The government has the obligation to provide a better education opportunity for the needy students. Please click here for details

2013 June Professor Chou Kee-lee, The study’s principle investigator, associate head of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, suggests that the Hong Kong government and the Commission on Poverty should address this issue and use a more accurate way of estimating PRH subsidies so that anti-poverty targets are not biased and the effects of subsidization are not exaggerated. 

 

ofessor Chou Kee-Lee, Associate head of Department of Asian and Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, researched on poverty issues are recognized by international academic world, and has been ranked one percent of Hong Kong’s social science scholars on the Social Science Citation Index since 2009. 

 

2013 May Professor Chou Kee-lee, Associate Head of Department of Asian and Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, said that the survey which was conducted by HKIED showed that Hongkongers valued freedom of speech more than democracy. Please click here for details