Henry G Leong Professorship in Social Work and Social Administration"This Endowed Professorship is particularly meaningful to me. Not only it is a wonderful tribute to my father, Henry G Leong, it will also improve the services for Hong Kong’s elderly citizens through the creation of a training programme for elderly care workers." Dr Edwin S H Leong |
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Terry Y S LumAppointed in 2016 According to the World Health Organization, the proportion of people aged over 60 is growing faster than any other age group in almost every country in the world. In Hong Kong, as in other Asian nations, the challenge of an ageing population is happening far more rapidly than in the West. Government figures predict that the proportion of our population aged 65 and above is set to double, to 31% by 2041. By 2050, Hong Kong will be one of the oldest places in the world, surpassing most Western countries. |
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Nelson W S ChowAppointed in 2007
The Department of Social Work and Social Administration, established in 1950, has a strong capacity for policy and practice innovations and research and knowledge building, making it one of the best professional social work schools in Asia. An employer survey, carried out by the Hong Kong Economic Journal, on the performance of graduates from all social work training institutions in the territory ranked HKU graduates top in overall performance. Training the trainers is also a major objective of the Henry G Leong Programme led by Professor Nelson Wing-Sun Chow. An alumnus himself, Professor Chow received both his Bachelor and PhD degrees from the University and gained his Master's Degree from the University of Manchester. He was head of the Department from 1990 to 1993, and has been Chair Professor in Social Work and Social Administration since 1991. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at the National Chung Cheng University and National Chi Nan University in Taiwan, at Meijigakuin University in Japan, and Sun Yat-sen University in China. His major research interests are in the social welfare and social security issues concerning the young, the elderly, local families and new migrants. His achievements and contributions in these areas have won Professor Chow much acclaim and, over the last two decades, he has presented at major conferences throughout Asia and been invited to publish in numerous journals on the subject of social security, welfare, and ageing. He has served as member of the Councils for National Academic Accreditation of the United Kingdom and of Hong Kong, and has been external examiner to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the University of Sydney and the University of Birmingham. Professor Chow is currently a member of the Commission on Poverty and the Executive Committee of the Strategic Development Committee, and has served many other government and non-governmental organizations, either as Honorary Advisor to the Board of Directors, a Member or Consultant. |