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Volume 4

BSocSc (Hons) Programme NEWSLETTER November 2015

Welcome to the fourth issue of our Newsletter. Here you will find all the updates from our Programme. We welcome contributions and suggestions! See the last page of this newsletter for contact information.

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People ______page 2-4

Research ______page 5—6

Seminar/Talk/Distinguished Lecture______page 7—9

Event Highlights ______page 10—14

Announcement ______page 15—16

Students’ Achievements ______page 17—20

Students’ Activities ______page 21—22

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ASSOCIATE DEANS, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Professor CHAN Hau-nung, Annie Professor DAVID Roman Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Associate Dean, Research & Postgraduate Studies Faculty of Social Sciences Programme Director, BSocSc Programme

We are pleased to share with you that with effect from 16 August 2015, Professor Chan Hau-nung, Annie and Professor David Roman have been respectively appointed as the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) and Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

People

New Comers to our Faculty

It has been my privilege to join the Lingnan family, the only liberal arts university in Hong Kong. Before joining Lingnan, I was the Vice President (Research and Development) of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, and had been the Associate Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong, and the Founding Chair Professor in East Asian Studies of the University of Bristol. I completed my undergraduate studies in the City University of Hong Kong, and received an MPhil and PhD in Sociology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The London School of Economics and Political Science respectively. Working across disciplines of sociology, political science, and public and social policy, I have published extensively in the fields of comparative education policy, comparative development and policy studies, and social development in contemporary China and East Asia. I look forward to working with you together in making Lingnan University a preferred place for learning,

research and services.

Professor MOK Ka-ho, Joshua Vice President Chair Professor of Comparative Policy Department of Sociology & Social Policy

I am delighted to be at Lingnan University amongst a vibrant student population and accomplished and informed faculty. I have been made most welcome in my first few months and feel very much at home on campus. I am originally from the UK obtaining my undergraduate degree from Liverpool University, and an MA from Exeter. I completed my PhD at the University Of Queensland researching Muslim youth in Hong Kong. I went on to publish my first book ‘Islam in Hong Kong’ with Hong Kong University Press in 2012. Before joining Lingnan I taught in Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I have diverse research interests but my key projects involve a focus on ethnic and religious minorities, Islam, cultural hybridity, and skateboarding subculture. I am presently teaching Urban Sociology, Risk Society and Modernity, and Qualitative Methods. I have lived in Hong Kong for the last 13 years. My wife and three sons are all Hong Kong born. I really enjoy talking and meeting with students so feel free to talk to Professor O’CONNOR Paul James me about any projects or interests you may have. Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Social Policy

People

Twenty years at Lingnan: words from retiring faculty, Professor Lok Sang HO

Prof. Lok Sang HO, Economics Department P.2 Former Head, Department of Economics Author of Public Policy and the Public Interest; Psychology and Economics of Happiness; Health Policy and the Public Interest; Human Spirituality and Happiness

I joined Lingnan in 1995. At the time the Department of Economics was just born, and the Centre for Public Policy Studies was born a year before then, with an outgoing Director who was a preeminent political scientist and policy analyst who was on sabbatical from the

University of Wisconsin at Madison. I was to head the Economics Department as well as the Centre for Public Policy Studies. While excited about a new start, there was also trepidation, because I had to earn my substantiation all over again.

I must be lucky to have joined Lingnan in 1995 though. At the time, the pressure to publish in designated journals was non-existent, and although I always believe in my ability to produce original and good research, publishing in designated top journals can never be taken for granted. Moreover, I would only do research on areas of interest to me, especially on working out policy designs to deal with real world problems. Even worse, my work is all over the place: housing, labour market issues, health, international finance, macroeconomics, regional economics, social security, even democracy. The then Dean of Social Sciences Prof. Y.Y.Kueh warned me

“not to spread too thin.” But I preferred to stick to my research interests. That would be an unthinkable luxury today.

I had fair success publishing my own work in top interdisciplinary journals from Policy Sciences to Urban Studies and Regional Studies to

Social Science and Medicine. But what pleased me most is that I had the fortune at Lingnan to work with several colleagues, and also with my graduate students. Several volumes, including Public Governance in Asia and the Limits of Electoral Democracy, Happiness and Public Policy, and APEC and the Rise of China, reflected this kind of collaboration.

One of the projects that I had started was an annual happiness survey which I began to conduct with the help of the Public Governance Programme. The series of surveys was prompted by a conference on happiness that the CPPS organized. It was extremely well received. Not only was it sustained over the years thanks to a generous donation by Mr. Shih Wing Ching, a recipient of Lingnan Fellowship, but I was invited to undertake a big happiness on-line survey by a major insurance company, another project with the HK Productivity Council on happiness-at-work, and still another project with the HK Early Childhood Development Research Foundation on the happiness of children. All this would not have been possible without the support of the Public Governance Programme and without there being a CPPS in the first place. Moreover, with the help of a graduate from the MIBF programme I advanced the ideas I published in World Economy in 2000 to launch a website on the World Currency Unit using the CPPS website. We have been offering daily quotations of this synthetic unit of account on the website since 2008.

It was therefore with much disappointment when I got the news that the University was to turn the CPPS and other research centres into “virtual centres” ending all official financial support. But true to my life philosophy, Love plus Insight (wisdom) plus Fortitude plus Engagement make a happy life, the mainstay work of the CPPS managed to survive with commissioned work and donations.

I retired from the University at the end of June 2015 feeling proud and lucky for having joined Lingnan and getting to know so many talented colleagues. It is my fortune to be able to continue to serve teaching and research roles on a part- time basis. I have witnessed colleagues with not much to show in the first few years yet eventually producing top research later. My hope is that the University will allow our young colleagues a breathing space. Sometimes conscientious and hard working colleagues may just need moretimeto prove themselves.

Colleagues in the Congratulatory Notes to Awardees of Faculty of Social GRF/ECS Grants

Sciences continue Congratulations to Prof. Simon C FAN for his project “Remedying Education through Information Technology and Teacher Incentives: An Experimental to do well in the Study in Rural China” being granted the General Research Fund (GRF) from the Research Grants Council (RGC) this year. Our congratulations also extend highly competitive to Prof. ZHANG Tianle and Prof. Esra BURAK HO for their respective projects “Competition, Patent Protection and Innovation” and “Attitudes toward Top GRF exercise Incomes in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the United States” being awarded the Early Career Scheme (ECS) of the RGC.

Research

Economics Department: UGC Research Assessment Exercise 2014 Following the UGC’s 2006 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results that showed Lingnan’s Economics Department was among the top Departments in Hong Kong in research, the 2014 RAE reaffirms our strong performance. Our publications hit 13% of the submitted items rated at 4* submitted and this record is just below that of HKUST and HKU. A total of 32 items of 8 eligible colleagues of Economics Department were submitted and none of which was rated unclassified.

Lingnan's 2014 RAE results show the following achievements: (1) Lingnan’s 4* publications (i.e. world leading) hit 13% of the items submitted. This record is just below that of HKUST and HKU., (2) Lingnan’s 3* (i.e. internationally excellent) and higher publications stand at 33%, at par with City University, and behind that of HKUST, HKU, and the Chinese University. (3) Counting 4*, 3*, 2* (i.e. international standing), and 1* (i.e. academic standing)respectively as being worth 4, 3,2, and 1 points, and weighing these points by their respective percentages, Lingnan’s overall score stands at 2.21, behind HKUST, HKU, and CUHK, and (4) Overall, the 8 eligible colleagues of the Department of Economics submitted a total of 32 items, none of which was rated unclassified.

Lingnan Economists Awarded €300,000—Euro grant by WOTRO Science for Global Development

Assistant Professor of Economics Alex Wong, in partnership with African PhD student Haftom Bayray Kahsay, has been awarded €300,000-Euro research grant by WOTRO Science for Global Development under the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in early 2015 to carry out a research study on “The Cost Effectiveness of Integrating Weather Index Agricultural Insurance into the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia”.

Research

From Generation to Generation: Master Class Gives Comprehensive When Lingnanians Meet Life Approach to the Empirical Study of Culture

Four generations of Lingnanians” was a special Prof Liah Greenfeld, Distinguished Adjunct Professor in

occasion where four Social Sciences Faculty, Prof Sociology and Social Policy, gave an intensive master course

Wong Yiu-chung, Prof Annie Chan, Dr Chu Pok and Mr on “The Nesting Dolls of Culture: Mind, Institution, Nation,

Man Kit engaged in a lively exchange with Civilization” from 11 to 20 May.

students. Each of them has a special connection with Lingnan, and after introducing to the audience two The 8-day master class was designed to give participants a books that have influenced them in their personal new comprehensive approach to the empirical study of and academic journeys, they shared observations, culture. The approach allows for the analysis of the cultural insights and interesting anecdotes with the process on multiple levels, from the elemental individual audience. It was an unusual and memorable event level through the collective levels of increasing generality, to much enjoyed by all. the levels of social institution, nation, and civilisation, tracing the ways in which processes on each level affect the processes on the others. The extension of the discussion on the level of civilisation analysis aroused the interest of participants from Hong Kong as it naturally led to the comparison between Western and Chinese civilisations

The master class attracted attendance from Lingnan staff and students as well as participants from several local and overseas universities.

Event Highlights

Professor Avinash Dixit Made a Visit to the Economics Department

Prof. Avinash Dixit, our Distinguished Adjunct Professor made a visit to the Department of Economics in April 2015 again for one month. A public lecture, a postgraduate lecture and a few sessions of weekly research seminar were organized during his visit. The lectures and seminars proved particularly fruitful in enhancing the quality of our research and beneficial to our postgraduate students, as the comments of Prof. Dixit were both detailed and to the point.

Symposium on “The Belt and Road Initiative” and Hong Kong-Macau Developmental Opportunities”

Initiated by Bauhinia Magazine, co-organised by Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Centre of Lingnan University, the Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta of Sun Yat-Sen University (CSHKMPRD), HK-Macau- Taiwan Office of Economic Daily, the Symposium on “The ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ and Hong Kong-Macau Developmental Opportunities” was successfully held on 16 October 2015.

Nearly 20 scholars and experts from different universities, think tanks, research organisations, government institutions and consulting organisations in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas delivered speeches on their impressive research findings. The Symposium led to a rigorous discussion over the importance of the “Belt and Road Initiative” for China’s development and the precious opportunities to be faced by Hong Kong.

Prof. Leonard K CHENG, President of Lingnan University, delivered a speech on the topic. Prof. WEI Xiangdong, Dean of Faculty of Social Science and Director of Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Centre, served as the moderator of a presentation session.

Lecture and Symposium

Distinguished Lecture Series on "A Smarter Future: Education, Skills, and Growth in Asia" by Professor WEI Shangjin

Prof. WEI Shangjin, the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), delivered the Distinguished Lecture “A Smarter Future: Education, Skills, and Growth in Asia” on 20 October 2015 and introduced findings of a new ADB report on education and skills upgrading. The distinguished lecture was jointly organised by the Department of Economics, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Centre and the Master of Science in International Banking and Finance (MIBF) Programme.

Prof. WEI pointed out that though developing countries in Asia have made great strides in developing education especially in school enrollment, quality of education would indeed be more important for upgrading cognitive skills and inducing greater growth.

Distinguished Lecture on "China's G-20 Presidency in 2016 and its Role in Global Governance" by Ambassador Andrés ROZENTAL

The Distinguished Lecture "China's G-20 Presidency in 2016 and its Role in Global Governance" by Ambassador Andrés ROZENTAL, co-organised by the Department of Economics and the Department of Political Science, was held on 22 October 2015. Ambassador ROZENTAL shared his visions on the G20’s evolving core agenda, his expectations for China’s Summit priorities, and how these would reflect and affect China’s evolving role in global governance.

Distinguished Lecture

Five-Year Programme Review Event BSocSc (Hons) Programme Our Programme had its Five-Year Programme Review Meeting in 2014-15 academic year. The review exercise serves to ensure that the Programme undergoes a rigorous review at reasonable intervals to ascertain its Highlights satisfactory operation and development.

The Five-Year programme Review Meeting was held on 9th February 2015. Having scrutinized the review document and met with the PCC members, graduates, and current students in the Programme, the Reviewers concluded that, generally, the programme has been successfully implemented, attained an appropriate standard, met its identified aims, achieved the intended learning outcomes, addressed views raised by relevant parties and has been developed and managed appropriately. The Reviewers appreciated the good work done by the departments to achieve all these.

Senior Thesis Briefing

In order to provide students with more information about the courses SSC3319 Junior Research Project and SSC4319 Senior Thesis, a Senior Thesis Briefing Session was held in February 2015. Relevant information andthe teachers’ specialization areas were distributed to students.

Event Highlights

BSocSc (Hons) Programme Discipline Majors/Stream Briefing

Retreat The Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Programme held a

DM/Stream Briefing to brief 1st year students on the details The Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) Programme of the individual DM/Stream, as well as the criteria for Office together with the Departments of Applied allocation of DMs/Streams in March 2015. About 100 Psychology, Economics, Political Science, and Sociology & students participated in the Briefing. Social Policy had its annual Retreat on 29th May 2015 at

Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel. 41 faculty members participated in the Retreat where colleagues voiced and exchanged views on issues relating to the development of the Programme, teaching and learning, and research areas.

Social Sciences Advising Day

To help the freshmen to know more about the programme curriculum and their studies, the BSS Programme Office held the “Academic Advising Day” on 13 August 2015 for senior year students and 14 August 2015 for first year students.

The Programme staff briefed individual student on the programme curriculum, university’s important policies, and gave them advices on course selection before the course registration. The freshmen are required to meet with their academic advisers after the term starts.

Event Highlights

Tea Receptions

The Departments of Economics, Applied Psychology, and Sociology and Social Policy organized Tea Receptions to welcome their students on 4th, 7th and 14th September 2015 respectively. Students and teachers were able to mingle and socialize in a relaxed atmosphere whilst enjoying some tasty snacks! Social Sciences Orientation Day Department of Applied Psychology In order to help freshmen experience a smooth transition to University life, the Programme Office together with the Society of Social Sciences held a welcoming session for new students on 20 August 2015. More than 100 students joined this important event. The Associate Programme Director briefed freshmen on the characteristics on Social Sciences at Lingnan, while professors gave valuable insights to freshmen on how to equip themselves for university life. The Society’s members shared their study experiences and gave guidance on the all-important course registration. Freshmen found the Orientation Day very useful to know more about the Programme, as well as to prepare them for University life.

Department of Economics

Department of Sociology and Social Policy

Information Day 2015

The Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2015 took place on 24 October 2015. Our four departments offered lively seminars on a range of interesting topics for visitors to learn more about the disciplines and the departments. Apart from the seminars, four Programme Introduction and

Alumni Experience Sharing Sessions were held to introduce to visitors details of our study Programme. Information and exhibition booths were also set up for visitors to exchange with students and staff members in the Faculty.

Event Highlights

Lingnan students participate in the pre-production stage of “A Kitchen of Her Own” drama performance *

A group of Lingnan students from the Service-Learning course on “SOC3319 Family, Gender and Society” participated in the pre-production stage of the drama performance “A Kitchen of Her Own”. Through interviewing women from all walks of life to learn about their cooking stories and related experiences, they contributed the reference materials to the development of the drama script and participated in the production work. These experiences enable them to meet and collaborate with different people and develop valuable skills of stage production. Staged at the Chan Tak Tai Auditorium on 12 October, “A Kitchen of Her Own” drama performance is a collaboration project of the theatre group HER Story and The Association for the Advancement of Feminism, which is co-hosted by Lingnan’s Equal Opportunities Committee and Student Services Centre. The project is funded by the Arts Development Council and aims at prompting community education by offering free performances to the public and post- performance discussion on the issues of gender and social inequalities. *Source: from Lingnan University e-news, October 2015*

“Walking with Lingnanians” - Fundraising Walkathon 2015

Fundraising Walkathon 2015 was held on 25 October 2015 (Sunday) at Kwun Tong Promenade. The route is about five kilometres long and took about an hour to finish. Social science colleagues together with their family members, alumni and current students had joined hands to finish the wonderful trip. Participating in the Walkathon not only allowed them to demonstrate their support to the University, but also arouse the sense of collegiality among Faculty members.

Event Highlights

Announcement

Development of Faculty Website and Revamping of our Programme Office Website

The Faculty website (http://www.ln.edu.hk/fss/) was launched this term while the BSocSc (Hons) Programme website (http:// www.ln.edu.hk/progs/ssprog) has been revamped. Content has been re-organized to better reflect recent developments and the websites are compatible with mobile devices. Colleagues and students are most welcome to make contribution (e.g. photos) to the Faculty website. Materials could be sent to the webmaster (email: [email protected]).

Double Master Programme We are proud to introduce the first double-master programme in Hong Kong offered in conjunction with a tertiary institution inFrance. The Master of Science in International Banking and Finance (MIBF) Programme collaborates with a leading French graduate school of management, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers (ESSCA) to launch Lingnan’s first double-master programme in 2014. Lingnan received Prof. Catherine LeBlanc, the Dean and Director General of ESSCA, for the agreement signing ceremony on 26 November 2013. A most memorable occasion that marks another landmark in our efforts in promoting greater internationalization!

Following the University’s directive to enhance students' whole-person development through international exchange programs and to promote interaction with other institutions of higher learning throughout the world, the MIBF Programme has been actively seeking collaboration opportunities with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The UAB was found in 1968 and currently has about 28,000 undergraduate students and about 6,000 postgraduate students. According to the QS Ranking 2014/15, UAB is the second-ranked (first- ranked in 2013/14) university in Spain. It is also 2nd in Europe in the Top 50 under 50 Ranking which classifies the top 50 universities of the world with less than 50 years history. This double-master will be effective in 2016.

Announcements

Establishment of Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Centre

With the generous donation of HK$10 million from Mr. Pan Sutong, Chairman of Goldin Group, Lingnan University has established the Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Centre in March 2015 in collaboration with the Hong Kong-Shanghai Economic Development Association to strengthen research on issues related to the economic and financial development of Mainland China and Hong Kong.

The Centre synergises resources and outstanding economic research expertise in Mainland China and Hong Kong to strengthen research on salient issues related to the economic and financial development of the two places. It also provides research consultations on industry and economic policies, in addition to offering policy consultations and advice to fosterthemutual prosperity of Mainland China and Hong Kong. Its research efforts in the years ahead will centre around a number of key issues including the development strategy for internationalisation of Renminbi, policy direction of the "free trade zone" and its impact on the economies of Mainland China and Hong Kong, and financial innovations and market supervision.

Prof. WEI Xiangdong, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, has been appointed the Director of the Centre. Establishment of the Centre is going to further strengthen Lingnan University's competitive edge in public policy research.

Summer Internship

Effective from 2014-15, the Economics Department offers up to two internship opportunity for our students via the Summer Internship Scheme. The Department recruited two ECON major students under this scheme with allowance HK$8,600 for each trainee. The student interns provided research support for various projects related Economics fields from June to August 2015 for two months.

Announcement

Students’ Achievements

W.T. Chan Fellowships program, 2014-15

Ho Wai Man, Year 3

“W.T. Chan Fellowships program, which is organized by Lingnan Foundation and University of California, is a unique opportunity for me to further develop myself and make contribution to community in America. It a comprehensive program. I have experienced and learnt a lot from different components, such as my internship site, seminars every week at UCLA and my host family. I am currently interning in Jumpstart, a national NPO for educating preschool kids from low-income family. I have learnt are

organization management skills, communication skills and how a NGO function in America, a nation with huge diversity. However, now is only half-way of the program, I believe I have much to contribute Ho Wai Man, Miki (the 2nd from the left) in this program and beyond and I have much to learn from others and the country.”

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The Best Debater Award

Congratulation to Mr. Lok Tsz Ho who won the prestigious award of “Best Debater” at the

semi-final match on 18 April 2015. The topic was “香港應發展郊野公園用地”, in which Lingnan University (LU) played against Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). LU won 4:1.

Lok Tsz Ho, Year 3

Lok Tsz Ho (first left) "It is my honour to share with you my joy in studying social sciences in Lingnan as I have always been grateful to the faculty. Not only have I become analytical through studying here, but also it has transformed me into more of a well-rounded person. We often discuss a lot of social issues in class and put the theories into practice. Through discussions in both depth and breadth ,I have consolidated my knowledge base and been more insightful. I believe this is one of the major reasons to being given the best debater award in the 2015 Joint-university Chinese Debate competition a few months ago. "

Students’ Achievements

The President’s Scholars

The President Scholar’s award is set up to support Lingnan’s most outstanding students to spend one year at the prestigious Pomona College in California, which was ranked 5th in National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report in 2014. Two social sciences students, Mr. Ching Ka Chun and Ms. Choi Sau Ching received this highly competitive award in 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively.

Choi Sau Ching, Year 3 “I am really thankful to receive the President’s Scholarship that I am able to study at Pomona College for a year. As a learner, I enjoy the interactive discussion a lot and I always get some thought-provoking ideas from peers and teachers. It is so facisnating to collaborate with people from different cultures that we have different perspectives. Apart from assignments, discussions and readings, I join community service as well. Through joining these services, I am able to escape from the bubble I am being and take a deeper look into the issues in the US.”

Choi Sau Ching, year 3 the first at the right in second row

Young Scholars’ Community-Based Research Programme

The Young Scholars’ Community-based Research Program is a one-year program which aims to (i) equip undergraduate students with knowledge and skills of academic research, and (ii) contribute to the community through research.

In 2014-15, three social sciences students, Lee Shu Qiu, Tsang Yuen Yu and Lam Wing Yee, were awarded as Young Scholars with scholarship from OSL and research supervision from faculty members to conduct their own research projects. The Young Scholars presented the research findings to the staff and students on 8th June 2015. Students joined and provided their feedback and comments to the Young Scholars.

*source: OSL’s email on 3rd June 2015

Students’ Achievement

HSBC Overseas Scholarship Scheme 2014-15

In 2014-15, with the aim to encourage academically outstanding students to spend a year to study at an overseas university, HSBC has made available a scholarship to Lingnan University for the academic year 2014-15. Our student Lam Wing Yee was the recipient of this prestigious award and spent a year at the London School of Economics:

Ms. Lam Wing Yee, Awardee of the HSBC Overseas Scholarship Scheme

“With the full support from the Social Sciences faculty and the school, I was awarded HSBC Overseas Scholarship (full scholarship) to study Environmental Governance at London School of Economics (LSE) last year. It was an invaluable experience for me to enhance my critical thinking skills and to develop a global mindset through engaging in discussions with global elites."

Ms. Lam Wing Yee (the second from the left at the back) Best Senior Thesis Awards

Each year the Programme Office presents the Best Senior Thesis Award to students who excelled in their Senior Thesis.

The Programme Office will present the prizes to Mr. Wong Ka Hu and Mr. Kam Man Chun on this year’s Congregation Day on 17th November 2015. The students’ parents, supervisors, friends, and faculty members will also be invited to share their joy and recognize their achievement.

Students’ Achievements

Excellent Social Sciences Student Award

The Excellent Social Sciences Student Award was established under the Bachelor of Social Sciences Programme to recognize students’ excellent performances in their academic and community achievements.

We send our warmest greeting to Mr Wong Chee Haung for being selected as the Excellent Social Sciences Student in 2014-2015.

Best Economics Students

Three best students from Economics Majors, Dai Xiaoyi, Leung Hin Shing and Wong Chee Haung, received the Best Economics Students Award with $5,000 each scholarship.

Mr. Wong Chee Haung received the prestigious awards on 13 April 2015

Students’ Achievement

Students’ Activities

“Sogather” Inauguration Ceremony

5 March 2015 was an important day for the inauguration of the Executive Committee of the Society of Social Sciences. The name “Sogather” was chosen to reflect the message, “Social Sciences students stay together”. Various kinds of activities had been held to raise their sense of belonging to the Society.

Social Sciences Orientation Camp 2015

The Social Sciences Orientation Camp was held from 15th to 17th August 2015 at Sheung Shui Community Sports. The Camp aims to help freshmen build up a sense of belonging to the University, and to provide them with an opportunity to meet new friends. Over 100 new students joined the Camp. The senior helpers from the Faculty of Social Sciences took up the role of leading freshmen in different games and mass activities. Three days of fun and games mark the beginning of a new chapter!

Students’ Activities

FORTHCOMING EVENT

International Conference, 3rd December 2015

Topic: Justice and Reconciliation in Myanmar and Beyond

Venue: Paul S. Lam Conference Centre, 3/F, Amenities Building ______

The conference will examine the issues of social change, transitional justice, social reconciliation, and democratization in Myanmar and in South East Asia.

Over the last three years, Myanmar has been undergoing political reforms that have been unprecedented in the country’s post-war history. Most political prisoners, including the iconic pro-democracy figure Aung Sang Suu Kyi, have been released, the central government has engaged in a dialogue with ethnic rebel groups in order to foster reconciliation, and the general elections were held on 8 November 2015.

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) Programme Office

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Phone No.: 2616 7176 and 2616 7552

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