{"id":68932,"date":"2025-06-12T10:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=68932"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T02:21:43","slug":"scholars-over-hk1m-government-funding-on-public-policy-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/scholars-over-hk1m-government-funding-on-public-policy-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Two scholars receive over HK$1m Government funding on public policy research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68932\" class=\"elementor elementor-68932\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>12 June 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>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\u2019s Public Policy Research Funding Scheme.<\/p><p>Professor Mok\u2019s research project, \u201cStrategies 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\u2019s Development\u201d, 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\u2019s project, \u201cA Multifaceted Analysis of Strengthening Stage-specific Support System for Youth Micro-entrepreneurship in Hong Kong\u201d, aims to investigate strategies for strengthening the support system for youth entrepreneurship in Hong Kong.<\/p><p>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\u2019s research and policy formulation on long-term and strategic issues.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfcf31e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfcf31e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef6f654\" data-id=\"ef6f654\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/retouchedIMG_0084-2048x2043.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/retouchedIMG_0084-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Professor Joshua Mok <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c59822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c59822\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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