Sai Htong Kham, our final year PhD student, was featured in RTHK's inclusion programme. The 30 minute programme "Inclusive Hong Kong", chronicled his path from being a stranger struggling in Hong Kong to thriving in the territory and feeling it like home.
The Special Issue titled ‘Sociology of Sports in Hong Kong after COVID 19- Individual Behavior, Organizational Dynamics and Business Opportunities’ (https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1871-2673/vol/21/iss/1) is a collaborative attempt of Dr. Lawrence Ho (SSPS) and Dr. Gary Chow (HPE) to coordinate a thematic study on the changing sporting context in Hong Kong during and after the pandemic. A total of 10 EdUHK colleagues and friends have made contributions to the issue, which collectively highlight the multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 on Hong Kong’s sports and education sectors and underscore the importance of innovative and inclusive approaches to recovery, integrating technology, holistic health and community engagement. A special feature is the scholarship from two frontline sports persons, Dr Kevin Kam, Director of School Partnership & Field Experience Office (SPFEO) of EdUHK, and Mr Tak-nang Li, senior community sports developer, who wrote the PE education and sports industry landscape development from practitioners’ angle.
Over the past two months, six students from the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sociology and Community Studies programme became connected to a group of senior residents from the Tai Kok Tsui area. A host of activities like tea gathering, dyeing art creations, board games, and mobile phone and weaving workshops were organized for the residents to bring them closer to young people and to foster cross-generational understanding. The students documented their encounters with the senior residents with an exhibition at the EdUHK campus from 9 to 11 April, allowing their fellow students and members of the EdUHK community to appreciate their impact on community inclusion. (The exhibition will also be displayed in Tai Kok Tsui in the future, so keep an eye on the instragram @kok_echoes).
This event is organized as part of a capstone project of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Sociology and Community Studies programme, also supported by Specific Student Empowerment Work Scheme (Specific SEWS) 2024/2025 under the supervision of Dr. Izzy Yi JIAN.
Geopolitics is redefining the world that Hong Kong used to face and operate in. At the same time, the city is further integrated into the national development trajectory, especially within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), which opens new opportunities as well as complementarities and competitions vis-à-vis other Chinese cities. Also, both government and business now seek to strengthen economic links with Southeast Asia and the Middle East. How should Asia and GBA feature in Hong Kong’s rethinking of regionalization strategy to drive new growth?
In his major address to Hong Kong on 1 July 2022, President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to care about the young generation and expressed hope that all of Hong Kong’s young people “will devote themselves to building Hong Kong into a better home, writing a rewarding chapter of their life with impassioned youth” (投身到建設美好香港的行列中來，用火熱的青春書寫精彩的人生). Young people are the future of our society. What are their aspirations and most pressing concerns today? How can a more conducive environment be fostered to enable them to build their hope and stake in the city?
Students and teachers from the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sociology and Community Studies program went on a field trip to Guangzhou from 15 to 16 April. They visited the major attractions in the area, such as Xiguan Dawu Culture Life Hall, Liwan Museum, Yong Qing Fang, Dafo Temple and Shamian Island, and learned about the changes in the Guangzhou community. Another highlight of the trip is to visit the newly opened Baietan GBA Art Center that combines three museums into one: Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, Guangdong Literature Museum and the Guangdong Museum of Art, and acquire a deeper understanding about the culture of the Greater Bay Area. 
On 14 April 2025, the Year 2 Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) students in Social Entrepreneurship and Development studies came together for a milestone event – the Capstone Project Pitching Presentation. This presentation marked the culmination of months of ambition stages, all the way to developing pitches for investors.
The presentation brought together students, faculty members and special thanks to our esteemed panel of judges, including: Mr Jason Cheung (Co-founder of Edutainment), Ms Joyce Wong (Co-founder and Director of Better Futures), Mr Edwin Li (Assistant Entrepreneurship Development Manager of Knowledge Transfer Sub-Office, The Education University of Hong Kong) and the course instructor Mr Cyron Chan (Executive Director of MakerBay).
Each team was tasked with identifying a social issue, researching, creating the solution and designing sustainable social enterprise models. The presentation served as the final platform to showcase their work as academic projects and viable, scalable interventions to create lasting social impact.
🎉 Congratulations to our winning teams:
🥇 1st Place – Neuroplay Labs, awarded cash prize of HK$3,000.
🥈 2nd Place – DigiZero, awarded cash prize of HK$2,000.
🥉 3rd Place – Dream Portal, awarded a cash prize of HK$1,000.
We thank our SEDS students for their hard work, creativity, and commitment to making a difference.
Hong Kong faces various demographic challenges including an ageing society, decline in birth rate, middle-class brain drain, and talent and labour shortage. As early as 2002, a government task force recommended setting population policy targets to respond to changing demographic conditions and market situations. How has Hong Kong's population policy fared over the past two decades — to address demographic issues, reorganise and improve services, and groom and attract a broad range of talent necessary for social and economic development?