2011 – 2015
Society and Demographic Transition
Family Hong Kong
Objectives
• To provide a detailed analysis of the data collected by the Thematic Household Survey on Hong Kong Families that was completed by the Census and Statistics Department and the Central Policy Unit in 2009
• To propose evidence-based policy suggestions on strengthening family relations and functions, and to draw public attention to and facilitate policy discussions on issues relating to local families
Contributors
Apart from the three coordinators, the following people also contributed to the edited volume arising from this project: Dr IP Chung-yan (CUHK), Mr LEE Ka-man (CUHK), Prof. Joyce MA L. C. (CUHK), Dr Vienne TSO H. Y. (CUHK), Prof. Victor ZHENG W. T. (CUHK), Prof. Annie CHAN H. N. (Lingnan University), and Prof. LAW Kenneth W. K. (Lingnan University).
Related Publications
The final report (here) was submitted in March 2014 and a book entitled Families in Hong Kong: A Collective Portrait (《家在香港》) (details here) was published in July 2015.
Conducted in collaboration with
the Centre for Chinese Family Studies and the Public Policy Research Centre