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Centre for Social and Political Development Studies 
by Victor Zheng* (PI)
by Victor Zheng* (PI), Anthony Y. H. Fung*, Ben Y. F. Fong, Pang-chui Shaw, Guanghan Chen
Centre for Social Innovation Studies
by Chris K. C. Chan* (PI), Tat-chor Au Yeung
Centre for Youth Studies
by Winton Au (Co-PI), Anthony Y. H. Fung* (Co-PI), Ben Y. F. Fong, Nick Y. Zhang, John N. Erni, Sally K. W. Lo*
Chinese Law Programme
by Chao Xi*(PI), Sara Zhong*, Michelle M. Miao, Vivian J. Zhan
Policy Research @ HKIAPS
by Hua Guo*, Victor Zhong*, Fanny M. Cheung*
Centre for Social and Political Development Studies Investigators: Victor Zheng* (PI), Anthony Y. H. Fung*, Ben Y. F. Fong, Pang-chui Shaw, Guanghan Chen Funding source: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, HKSAR Government This study of Hong Kong brand strength as an engine for manufacturing of proprietary Chinese medicine (PCM) explores: (1) the potential development of Hong Kong PCM; (2) the strategic and innovative combination of brand strength and Mainland advanced technology and resources in developing a brand-oriented mode of PCM manufacturing; and (3) how merging a strong brand with advanced manufacturing technology could capture the opportunities arising from the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area initiative, and drive innovative medical development that could transform the area into an international manufacturing centre of high-quality PCM. Despite Hong Kong PCM being well received in the Mainland and global markets, Hong Kong’s limited manufacturing capacity hampers development. The intermediary role historically played by Hong Kong is diminishing, given the deepening economic reforms in the Mainland. Meanwhile, competition from other countries in PCM is fierce in the two markets, threatening the Mainland Chinse medicine (CM) industry. In response to each place’s limitations and the broader market threats, a brand-oriented manufacturing approach based on the complementary strengths of Hong Kong and the Mainland is called for. This study examines the potential for Hong Kong’s strong brand to be an engine for economic and industrial development, and its relevance to the creation of such a centre in the Greater Bay Area. It explores the innovative combination of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area cities in developing CM, aiming to open new directions for CM industry in the Mainland and, a new manufacturing role for Hong Kong.■ 
Centre for Social Innovation Studies Preliminary Research on Grassroot Platform Workers in Hong Kong Investigators: Chris K. C. Chan* (PI), Tat-chor Au Yeung Funding source: Oxfam Hong Kong Single-use plastic bags are heavily and excessively used in wet markets without proper recycling or citizen awareness.This study has 2 major objectives: 1. Understand and draw public attention to the working conditions and challenges facing platform workers in food and goods delivery, as well as in the care and household sectors. 2. Explore potential policy solutions to alleviate the challenges facing platform workers. Positive and negative impacts for different approaches will be considered.■
Centre for Youth Studies The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - Jockey Club Food Assistance Programme Investigators: Winton Au (Co-PI), Anthony Y. H. Fung* (Co-PI), Ben Y. F. Fong, Nick Y. Zhang, John N. Erni, Sally K. W. Lo* Funding source: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the Hong Kong community and led to growing unemployment and underemployment, with rising demand for food assistance. To support the local community, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust launched the “Jockey Club Food Assistance Programme” to provide transitional and timely relief for over 100,000 people facing financial hardship through a variety of innovative initiatives, in particular an electronic food bank. Through a collaboration with various NGOs, CSR programmes, and research and health partners, the project not only aims to monitor the process and evaluate the outcomes, but also to explore unmet food needs under e-food bank and propose long term policy recommendations for the government.■
Tracking the Future: The Perception of Future and Aspirations of Hong Kong Youth (2021) Investigators: Anthony Y. H. Fung*(PI), Stephen W. K. Chiu* Funding source: Lions Clubs International District 303 Hong Kong & Macao, China The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) investigate how Hong Kong youths assess the present situation by looking at their perception of the future; (2) depict the relation of (a) the factors that affect the perceptions of the future, (b) the perceived future, and (c) actions in response to the perceived future. In particular, the research highlights that knowing how youths perceive the future enables us to understand the relation between the macro environment and the behaviour of the youths; (3) to articulate the public discourses related to the sentiments of the youths to their actual situation. This enables us to assess the strength and influence of respective public discourse in the public sphere; (4) In a long run, it is planned to have the perception of Hong Kong’s future as indicators to observe the attitudinal change of Hong Kong’s youth longitudinally. A tailor-made questionnaire will be developed in order to collect responses on the above-mentioned issues from 800 respondents aged 15–30 years old through a territory-wide mobile phone survey.■
Chinese Law Programme Establishing a Multidisciplinary Research Platform for Basic Law Research Investigators: Chao Xi*(PI), Sara Zhong*, Michelle M. Miao, Vivian J. Zhan Funding source: The Tsinghua University Education Foundation (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Limited This project constitutes part of the Basic Law Research Programme (“Programme”) in CUHK - particularly, the HKIAPS. The project marks a new phase of the Programme, with an increased emphasis on establishing a multidisciplinary research platform for Basic Law research. It aims at promoting research work that is foundational, theory-oriented, as well as policy-directed. Its objective is to enable scholars and academics to pursue Basic Law research, particularly on issues of theoretical significance, while leveraging on the interdisciplinary research environment for which HKIAPS enjoys a strong reputation. The project builds on the strengths and success of an earlier phase of the Programme, which attracted external funding support. The present project is distinct in nature from the completed earlier phase, which focused on in-house capacity building.■
Policy Research @ HKIAPS On the Road to Combat the Pandemic: Hong Kong Citizens’ Views on the Impact of and Responses to COVID-19 (抗疫路上：香港市民眼中的新冠疫情衝擊與應變研究) Investigators: Hua Guo*, Victor Zhong*, Fanny M. Cheung* There have been numerous research reports regarding how COVID-19 has affected Hong Kong society from the perspectives of medicine, social crisis, or public health. Yet, longitudinal evidence-based research on how different aspects of people’s lives is affected as a result of continuously fighting the pandemic has rarely been carried out on such matter. In this regard, HKIAPS launched a series of 11 surveys. From March 2020 to July 2021, through which respondents aged 18 or above from Hong Kong were interviewed on the phone in order to have an understanding of how the pandemic affected the lives of individuals and families, their mentality when facing the pandemic, views on the government’s anti-pandemic measures and evaluation on its performance, the pandemic’s impact to the economy and household income, as well as their individual prediction towards potential actions to be taken. The study shows that the people were seriously affected by the outbreak of the fourth wave (from January 2020 to July 2021). Family income and employment of young and middle-aged respondents are more affected by the pandemic than that of the elderly. Likewise, compared with highly educated people, poorly educated people are more affected by the pandemic. o matter what political stand people have, respondents’ household income is also affected. On the aspect of studying peoples’ mentality when facing the pandemic, it is noted that the pandemic brings drastic changes to the way people socialize, entertain, and consume. Regardless of age group, level of education, or political stand, a majority of respondents reduce social gatherings and stay at home. However, when the pandemic eases, everyone goes back to their normal life. People’s responses towards the government’s performance in fighting the pandemic and its anti-pandemic measures were generally negative. Among other groups, young adults who are either non-establishment or pro-establishment account for the highest proportion in the pool of negative responses. There are slightly more positive responses at the end of the fourth wave. Most people tend to feel miserable and anxious about the overall economic performance of Hong Kong and their household income. There isn’t much difference in result between different age groups in this case. Nevertheless, people who are poorly educated are more anxious than highly educated people and non-establishment citizens are more anxious than pro-establishment.■ For details: http://www.hkiaps.cuhk.edu.hk/wd/ni/20220103-111310_2_policy_research_report_04.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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