The pri­mary pur­pose of this research is to advance sci­en­tific knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of how best to under­stand and mea­sure poverty and social exclu­sion in Hong Kong.

This web­site aims to make the sci­en­tific results and meth­ods from this research widely and eas­ily avail­able. The method­olog­i­cal details, ques­tion­naire, show­cards and other sur­vey instru­ments are freely avail­able to down­load from this web­site, with details in both Eng­lish and Chi­nese (Tra­di­tional and Sim­pli­fied). Pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ences with the British and North­ern Ire­land Poverty and Social Exclu­sion sur­veys (see: www​.poverty​.ac​.uk) has shown that mak­ing these (often bor­ing) tech­ni­cal mate­ri­als eas­ily avail­able is of great assis­tance to researchers attempt­ing to under­take poverty sur­veys in other cities/​countries or amongst spe­cific pop­u­la­tion groups.

This web­site is devel­oped by the fol­low­ing team members:

Prof Mag­gie Lau (Prin­ci­pal Inves­ti­ga­tor, Hong Kong)
Ms Lea Lai (Research Assis­tant, Hong Kong)
Pro­fes­sor David Gor­don (Prin­ci­pal Inves­ti­ga­tor, UK)
Ms Christina Pan­tazis (Co-​Investigator, UK)
Dr Eileen Sut­ton (Co-​Investigator, UK)

This research is funded by a ESRC/​RGC bilat­eral research grant (Grant Ref­er­ence: RES-​00022-​4400).

We are ben­e­fit­ted greatly from the gen­er­ous help and advice of the advi­sory committee

Inter­na­tional and local aca­d­e­mic scholars:

Prof Jonathan Brad­shaw (Uni­ver­sity of York, UK)
Dr Chan Kam Wah (Poly­tech­nic Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)
Prof Nel­son Chow (Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)
Prof Ray For­rest (City Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)
Prof Sian Grif­fiths (Chi­nese Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)
Dr Liou He Chiun Daniel (Asia Uni­ver­sity, Tai­wan)
Prof Mok Ka Ho Joshua (Hong Kong Insti­tute of Edu­ca­tion)
Prof Peter Saun­ders (Uni­ver­sity of New South Wales, Aus­tralia)
Prof Wang Ya Ping (Uni­ver­sity of Glas­gow, UK)
Prof Wong Hung (Chi­nese Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)
Prof Samuel Yeung-​shan Wong (Chi­nese Uni­ver­sity of Hong Kong)

Prac­ti­tion­ers from the local non-​governmental organizations:

Mr Au Yueng Tat Chor (Con­cern­ing CSSA Review Alliance) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Ms Lam Man Wa Kaki (Alliance for Chil­dren Devel­op­ment Rights) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Mr Lam Yiu Ming Alex (Car­i­tas Hong Kong)
Mr Chua Hoi Wai (Hong Kong Coun­cil of Social Ser­vice)
Mr Beetho­sum Kung (The Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs Asso­ci­a­tion of Hong Kong) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Mr Tiu Kwong Ho (Wind­shield Char­i­ta­ble Foun­da­tion ) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Ms Wong Shek Hung (Oxfam Hong Kong)
Mr Wong Yun Tat Ivan (Neigh­bour­hood & Worker’s Ser­vice Cen­tre) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Ms Yeung Mei (Tonggen) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]

We also received great help from prac­ti­tion­ers of the non-​governmental orga­ni­za­tions to arrange focus groups:

Mr Chu Kong Wai (Neigh­bour­hood & Worker’s Ser­vice Cen­tre) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Ms Lam Man Wa Kaki (Alliance for Chil­dren Devel­op­ment Rights) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Mr Lam Yiu Ming Alex (Car­i­tas Hong Kong)
Mr Mok Siu Sen Sunny (The Lur­theran Church Hong Kong)
Mr Tiu Kwong Ho (Wind­shield Char­i­ta­ble Foun­da­tion ) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]
Ms Clar­isa Yeung (Inter­na­tional Social Ser­vice — Hong Kong Branch)
Ms Yeung Mei (Tonggen) [Chi­nese ver­sion only]