Head and Professor Chou Kee-lee and Lecturer Willy Huang Kai-wai from the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) report on their survey results regarding support on the issue of delay retirement by wage earners in Hong Kong. For more information, please see attached research findings.
The Hong Kong SAR Government will soon release its report on retirement income protection system reform and universal pension is expected to be a topic under discussion. To examine the issue from another perspective, Professor Chou Kee-lee, Head of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) at The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), analysed data collected from over 8,000 households in Hong Kong and used a self-developed micro-simulation modelling computer program to project the number of older people who will participate in the old-age category of the Comprehensive Social Security Scheme (CSSA), Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) Scheme and High Old Age Allowance (OAA) Scheme from 2014 to 2041 and their expenditure. The impact of OALA Scheme implementation in 2014 on old-age poverty was also evaluated. This study is a 5-year research project entitled "Creating an Adequate and Equalizing but Affordable Retirement Protection System in Hong Kong", which is financially supported by the Research Grants council's Strategic Public Policy Research Scheme. For more information, please see attached for details.
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.
The Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) at The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) and Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan held a one-day seminar on 7 February 2014. The speakers were Professor Watanabe Takesato of Doshisha University and Dr. Alex Chan Lih-shing of APS. The one-day seminar saw students from both APS and Doshisha University come together in an information sharing exchange. After his return home, Professor Watanabe Takesato published in his weekly column in the Sankei Express Press (12 February 2014) of his students' experiences during their Hong Kong visit. For more information, please see attached for details.
Date
2014-02-07
Venue
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, N.T.
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.
Transformation of Macau Policing - From the Territory under Portuguese Administration to China’s SAR
Starting Day :
End Day :
Interns’ Rock n’ Roll – Bachelor of Social Science Education (Greater China Studies) Internship Blog
2013-07-26
Hi all, The Department of Asian and Policy Studies just created an internship blog to invite you to share all the fun journals and events in your internship. This is for you to connect with each other and to let us know what has been going on in your internship. Take action to write a journal now! Enjoy :D Blog Now!