Second Consultation Meeting

We will hold a Second Consultation Meeting on March 5 2010 at the main conference room of the Central Policy Unit, Central. The purposes of this meeting are to seek input and advice from government bureaus and local communities before we finalize the questionnaires, and to brainstorm the sampling design and fieldwork operation of the first even household panel survey in Hong Kong. Several team members, including Professor Yu Xie, a world-renowned social scientist from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will participate in the meeting and discussion.

Prof. WU on ISR Survey Research Center Seminar

Prof. Wu Xiaogang paid a visit to the Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor from Jan 31 to Feb 3, 2010. He spoke at the ISR Survey Research Center Seminar Feb. 2 on “Social Inequality in China’s Higher Education Expansion.”

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Central Policy Unit Talk on Jan. 23, 2010

Prof. Wu Xiaogang was invited by the Central Policy Unit of HKSAR to give a talk to its part-time members on Jan 23, 2010. His talk, “Social inequality and Mobility in Hong Kong” was based on the household survey of 4013 adults conducted by HKUST Survey Research Center in 2007.

First Consultation Workshop

On October 24 and 25, 2009, the first consultation workshop for the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD) was held at the HKUST to consult professionals and scholars about the scope and conduct of this panel study from theoretical and practical perspectives. Participants from Hong Kong government, local universities and overseas, including Prof. Xiaogang WU, Prof. Yu XIE, Prof. Raymond WONG, Prof. James KUNG, Prof. Michelle YIK, Prof. Zeqi QIU, Prof. Juan CHEN, Prof. Anita KOO, Prof. Hongyu WANG, Prof. Tony TAM, Ms. Ruo-rong YU, Prof. Ly-yun CHANGE, Prof. Yuzhao LIU, Miss Trista LIM, Mr. Ka On Peter TSOI and the HKPSSD team members attended these two-day workshop. Presentations included brief introductions to panel studies of Hong Kong, U.S.A., Taiwan, and mainland China. Discussion topics covered sampling designs, questionnaire designs (item design and technical computer issues), survey operation, fieldwork management, quality control, and etc.

2009年10月24至25日，我們於香港科技大學舉行了第一次香港社會動態咨詢會議。這次會議目的是探討如何在香港進行第一次家庭追蹤調查，討論的內容包括問卷設計、抽樣設計和田野調查。我們邀請了海外和本地的學者和政府人員來參加這次會議，包括密芝根大學社會學系謝宇教授、香港科技大學社會科學院黃善國教授、易靄儀教授、香港中文大學社會學系譚康榮教授、香港理工大學應用社學系陳涓教授、顧美華教授、澳門大學社會學系王紅宇教授、台灣社會科學院張笠雲教授、于若蓉女士、食物及衛生局高級統計師蔡家安先生、勞工福利局林美儀小姐、北京大學邱澤奇教授、新加坡國立大學楊李維君教授、以及上海大學社會學系劉玉照教授。這次會議中，學者分享了美國、台灣、中國大陸的類似追蹤調查，以就問卷和抽樣設計提供了寶貴的建議。