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Helping China’s War Against Pollution

Using data from air quality monitoring technology introduced in the country in 2013, coupled with his earlier research on the mortality impacts of the air pollution, Dr. He has found remarkable achievements in less than a decade, which would lead to substantial improvements in human health, productivity, and quality of life.

“The Extraordinary Success of China’s ‘War on Pollution’”

Dr. Guojun He from HKU Business School has engaged in KE activities promoted the understanding of China’s success in its “war on pollution.” Dr. He has received the University’s Knowledge Exchange Excellence Award 2022 for this project.

The Business of ‘Best Before’

A student-led social enterprise is addressing the problem of food waste by selling products that have passed the ‘best before’ date but are still safe to eat.

Social Network Tools to Reach People In Need

When researchers have good results, we should be sharing them and promoting them to society so people can benefit.

Domestic Helpers Get an Alternative

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong come from developing Asian countries in pursuit of jobs to help support their families at home. Unfortunately, to secure these jobs the workers often have to pay significant and often illegal placement fees, which leave them deep in debt and reluctant to walk away, even if abused by their employers.

Locating the Right Place for Blood Donation in Hong Kong by Data Analytics

Big data is the use of data mining techniques to analyse large amount of data that were collected from different sources in order to derive useful insights. When the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) was looking for a site for a new donor centre, they sought academic help to find the best location. Dr Michael Chau, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong, took on the project with the aim of finding a suitable site that would ultimately increase blood donations.

Keeping the Blood Flowing

The health and medical needs of an ageing population mean Hong Kong has to store up increasing amounts of fresh blood products. This year alone, the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) needs 3.4 per cent more units of whole blood, plasma and platelets than it collected last year, when demand increased by 4.4 per cent.

The 'Up' Side of Recycling

Everyone has heard of recycling but there is a new concept in the environmental field. "Upcycling" involves taking discarded items and adding value to them by turning them into something new. But how many people know of it?

Finding Hope in Used Soap

Hotel guests typically are provided with small, wrapped complimentary bars of soap. Rarely do they use the whole bar. What happens to the remainder?