12 June 2025 

Professor Joshua Mok, Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research) and Dr Victor Chan, Assistant Professor of Department of Social Science, have secured funding of HK$558,900 and HK$565,191 respectively under the HKSAR Government’s Public Policy Research Funding Scheme.

Professor Mok’s research project, “Strategies to Attract and Retain High-calibre Talents to Pursue Further Studies at Doctorate Level in Hong Kong for Nurturing Specialised Talents that will Contribute to Hong Kong’s Development”, will explore how Hong Kong universities can attract outstanding talent to pursue doctoral studies in Hong Kong and facilitate the retention of doctoral graduates for local employment. Dr Chan’s project, “A Multifaceted Analysis of Strengthening Stage-specific Support System for Youth Micro-entrepreneurship in Hong Kong”, aims to investigate strategies for strengthening the support system for youth entrepreneurship in Hong Kong.

The Public Policy Research Funding Scheme is established to promote evidence-based local public policy research in universities and public policy research think tanks. The scheme seeks to enhance the Government’s research and policy formulation on long-term and strategic issues.