KE Spotlight - Community Engagement - HKU Knowledge Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (KE) Excellence Award 2017

The university-level KE Excellence Award was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the significant impact that our academic staff had made to benefit society. Professor Paul Siu Fai Yip and team members – Dr Yik Wa Law and Dr Qijin CHENG of the Faculty of Social Sciences has received the KE Excellence Award 2017.

"My Little Story with Mom" premiere held at HKU

The Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project, in partnership with HKU’s Faculty of Social Sciences, held a premiere and sharing session for its short film “My Little Story with Mom”. About 1,000 participants from the field of healthcare, social welfare, education and the general public attended the event. The full version of mini movie can now be viewed at http://foss.hku.hk/jcecc/en/mini-movie/.

HKU holds tours to promote water initiative

The Jockey Club-Water Initiative on Sustainability and Engagement programme launched the "My River, My Community" Scheme. It comprises the formulation of a series of professionally designed and guided field trips. Each itinerary, centred on one river basin, highlights its multiple dimensions such as ecological, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions. This Scheme will help enhance participants' knowledge of and emotional connections with our city's rivers. Apart from the "My River, My Community" WISE Choice field-trip routes, this scheme also recommends Eco-Tour and Cultural Tour to encourage the public to explore the unique natural beauty and cultural heritage of each river.

Knowledge Exchange Awards 2017

The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2017 Faculty KE Awards are now available.

HKU Sustainable Lai Chi Wo Programme selected the first HK case to illustrate best local nature-based solutions to sustainable development

The Equator Initiative of the United Nations Development Programme selected the Sustainable Lai Chi Wo programme, led by the Policy for Sustainability Lab of the HKU Faculty of Social Sciences, as the first and the only selected case from Hong Kong for inclusion in its Solutions Database to showcase the best nature-based solution to sustainable development undertaken by local communities around the globe. HKU President Professor Peter Mathieson announced the news at the International Symposium of Collaborative Governance for Rural Sustainability held at HKU. In addition, HSBC has pledged to support the next phase of the programme which seeks to turn Lai Chi Wo into an innovation hub to demonstrate and incubate new concepts of sustainable living and social-economic models that can be replicated locally and regionally.

HKU survey reveals gaming addiction problem among Hong Kong upper primary students

The Social and Health Psychology Laboratory of the HKU Department of Psychology conducted a "Survey on the Gaming Habits among Hong Kong Upper Primary students" from March to May in 2017. A total of 2,006 Primary 4 to 6 students were surveyed. Results reveal that the problem of gaming addiction is prevalent among the students. The research team is concerned about the needs of children and parents, and so they built a Game Over Programme (GOP) website to provide information and downloadable resources for the prevention of gaming addiction. The website was kick-started on June 20 to provide background information about the project and will be fully launched in early August.

HKU launches first-of-its-kind Water Footprint Calculator to raise water conservation awareness

The "Jockey Club Water Initiative on Sustainability and Engagement," initiated by the Faculty of Social Sciences, with a donation of over HK$14.7 million by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, launched the first-of-its-kind Water Footprint Calculator mobile app, focusing on food and daily dining habits. This innovative and engaging tool, integrated with evidence-based scientific data, could raise public awareness of the importance of heeding water conservation and integrate the concept of water sustainability into our daily life, subsequently leading to a change in attitudes and behaviour in favour of water conservation. The first phase of the Water Footprint Calculator covers more than 90 local popular dishes, snacks, and drinks. Through the mobile app, the public can calculate the water footprint of their choices of daily meals, either by eatery type (such as Chinese restaurant or Hong Kong-style restaurant) or by food category (such as rice/noodles or dim sum), and understand the total amount of freshwater needed to produce the ingredients of those dishes.