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The faculty members of the Department of Social Science are from different fields,including sociology, political studies, philosophy, psychology, culture and the arts.Our instructors are enthusiastic educators and conscientious researchers with astrong sense of responsibility who actively help our students receive the bestpossible humanities education.

Professor KAO Lang Head of Department of Social Science

Hang Seng Management CollegeDepartment of Social Science

Newsletter Issue 2 2016/17

Message from the Head of Department

The establishment of the Department of Social Science in2015 was a major milestone in our institution’s U title bid. Inthe future, HSMC will not only attach importance to businessmanagement, but will also actively develop the socialsciences. The Department of Social Science currently has twoprogrammes — one in Asian Studies, and one in Cultural andCreative Industries. A defining feature of both programmes istheir emphasis on interdisciplinary learning as a means ofcultivating a broad world view and professional expertise,which is what Hong Kong needs for its future development.

An “end of semester” dinner gathering at Prof. Kao’s.

Professor KAO Lang

Head of Department of Social Science;

Programme Director of Bachelor of SocialSciences (Honours) in Asian Studies

Professor KAO Lang is currently the DepartmentHead of Social Science and Programme Director ofAsian Studies (ASI) at HSMC. Prior to joiningHSMC, he spent more than 25 years teachingpolitical science at National Taiwan University(NTU) and served as the Department Chair from2003 to 2005.

Professor KAO received his undergraduateeducation at NTU. He obtained a Ph.D. ingovernment and politics at the University ofMaryland (College Park) in 1989. In the same year,he joined the NTU faculty. Professor KAO hasreceived a Fulbright Scholar grant, a MacKayCanadian Studies Award, and many researchawards from the National Science Council. In 2016,Professor KAO was awarded the title of EmeritusProfessor by NTU for his contributions to theDepartment of Political Science.

Professor KAO specialises in internationalrelations, regional economic integration andcomparative government. In recent years, he hasturned his attention to the study of Asia-Pacificregional economic integration and public policy inthe digital age.

In 2008-2012, Professor KAO served in PresidentMA Ying-jeou’s administration as DeputySecretary-General to the President. In thatposition, he helped coordinating the domesticpolicymaking process. In 2013-2015, he was amember of the Chinese Taipei Delegation to theAPEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Since 2014, hehas been a regularly-featured columnist for theUnited Daily News (Taiwan). Currently, he is theconvener of macroeconomics committee of Cross-Strait CEO Summit.

In 2016, Professor KAO joined HSMC. In his view,the Department of Social Science has only justbeen established, so he has to be very practical.There is an old Chinese saying: "Going steady willtake you far." He strives to build up the ASI and CCI(Cultural and Creative Industries) programmes overthe next few years to prepare for the re-accreditation by the HKCAAVQ. Once these twoprogrammes have reached a mature state,Professor KAO hopes to establish more newprogrammes.

On the personal side, Professor KAO often spendshis time reading history books and biographies. Healso occasionally contributes to newspapers. Helikes swimming and taking walks in the park. Onthe weekends he likes to hang out with his friends.

Professor KAO feels that people in our modernworld are too busy to slow down and think, which iswhy he tries to set aside an hour each day toorganize his thoughts, and to think back on whathe's done recently and what he plans to do in thefuture. Then he adopts a priority scheme, whichhelps him to work a lot more efficiently.

Professor KAO thinks that modern technology isdriving economic and social change at a pace that isjust too fast, and young people are under reallyintense pressure. He has always believed that one'sattitude determines one's fate, and if young peopleare to deal successfully with the challenges of thefuture, it is imperative that they adapt to socialchange and get used to the idea of lifelonglearning, rather than hoping that the society willaccommodate their needs.

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Welcome to Our New Academic Staff



Professor HUI Cheuk Kuen Desmond

Programme Director of Bachelor of Arts(Honours) in Cultural and Creative Industries

When I was a student and later a teacher inArchitecture in the 1980s, the world had yet tolearn the new term “creative industries” (whichfatefully recognizes architecture as one of them),although a related concept of cultural industrieshad been around for half a century, critisied at thebeginning of its appearance by the FrankfurtPhilosophical School as exploitation of the docilityof the general population by capitalisticmanipulation for the consumption of mass culturewhich include film, radio, magazine and the like –products that could be circulated in massproduction. In the course of time, critics of theenterprises of cultural reproduction, oftencorporate companies in media culture such as WaltDisney and the giant broadcasting houses,gradually recognized the predicament that culturalindustries were to remain an inevitable part ofhuman culture, and therefore needed a renewedunderstanding and reconciliation for the positivebenefits they could bring to society.

In the aftermath of the Global Recession of theearly 1990s and in the wake of the subsequentvictory of the Labour Government in the UK, a newconcept of creative industries was heroicallyannounced, deploying creativity and intellectualproperty to wield together 13 sectors of industriesinto a coherent and brand new policy agenda whichset to reshape Britain from its negative image asaged and backward to a young and vibrant nationof style and innovation. Many countries around theworld were inspired, in particular, the up and risingeconomies in Asia and the Far East – Japan, SouthKorea, Taiwan and Singapore. Mainland China andHong Kong were in fact among the first to react toBritish stimulation, especially since Hong Kong wasin the process of being returned to Chinesesovereignty. Thus the newly constituted SARGovernment commissioned the first policy study

on creative industries in HongKong at the end of 2001which was awarded to theteam led by me as Director ofthe Centre for Cultural PolicyResearch at HKU. And thatwas the departure point that Idecided to devote myself tounraveling the knowledge ofcreative industries.

Fifteen years on I have conducted many studies andresearches related to cultural and creativeindustries, a term that the Hong Kong Governmentfinally adopted in 2005 to describe the collectiverelevance of this new sector, as creativity is oftenexamined and conjured together with culture. Therelative newness of this discipline has made itdifficult to be established as an academic subjectcomparable to the traditional enquiries in arts andsciences. Hence in the course of the last decade,many attempts to establish cultural and creativeindustries as a proper academic discipline in theUGC or self-financed tertiary institutions have notbeen quite successful or satisfactory, despite aproliferation of study programmes in arts orcultural management intended to reap the benefitsfrom the craze and curiosity of this trendyphenomenon. More often than not, theseprogrammes are simply amalgamation of variousarts and cultural studies subjects without a clearformulated theory and structure that justify thestudy of cultural and creative industries as a properintellectual discourse with professional relevance.

HSMC as a young and aspiring university has dulyrecognized the importance and significance ofestablishing the first BA programme in Cultural andCreative Industries in Hong Kong (and also amongthe first few in the world) and I was employed withthis historic task since the beginning of 2016. Tome this is a calling and mission that I would nottake lightly - with the help of all the supportingcolleagues from the Department of Social Science.

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Words from Our Faculty Members



New Academic Programme

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Cultural and Creative Industries

What is Cultural and Creative Industries?

Cultural and creative industries span across the disciplines of the arts, media, designand heritage. The multi-disciplinary studies encompass the core subjects in business,management, humanities and social sciences. In Hong Kong, upon a decade ofdevelopment and government initiatives, cultural and creative industries arecategorised into the following 11 industry sectors:

1. Art, antiques and crafts.

2. Cultural education and library, archive and museum services.

3. Performing arts.

4. Film, video and music.

5. Television and radio.

6. Publishing.

7. Software, computer games and interactive media.

8. Design.

9. Architecture.

10. Advertising.

11. Amusement services.

Programme Overview

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Cultural and Creative Industries programme(BA-CCI) adopts a diverse range of approaches towards understanding and analysingthe industries while immersing students in the discipline through design orproduction of cultural and creative related products, services and businesses withlocal, Greater China and global perspectives. The programme encourages studentsto explore the meaning of culture and creativity in the ever changing business andmanagement contexts of industries. It will equip students with the business skillsand management expertise required of business leaders and entrepreneurs in theera of creative and knowledge-based economy.

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社會科學系通訊

Programme Structure



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SSC Colloquiums 2016 - 2017



Past Events

Dr. WONG Muk YanDilemma of Love (17 November 2016)

Dr. LAM Wing Kwan, AnselmRethinking the Source of Evil: TheCorrupted Self or the Unauthenticself?(23 February 2017)

Dr. CHAN Wing Ho, MichaelFrom Umbrella Movement to Fish-ballRevolution: A Case Study of“Glocalization” in Hong Kong”(24 November 2016)

Dr. POON Kai Chung, JoePassing Down the Terror: AnalyzingGhost Stories from Gestalt PsychologyPerspective(16 March 2017)

Dr. CHAN Chi Ming, VictorExamining Japan’s ROK PolicyUnder Abe Shinzo: A Case Studyof the Negotiation of “ComfortWomen” issue(30 March 2017)

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Workshop on Ethics and Public Policy (5 December 2016)

Philosophers and ethicists have long engaged indebate over what is good, what is right, and what isjust, but only until recently they begin to involvemore proactively in the public policy discussion. Inthe workshop, the speakers illustrated the potentialcontribution of philosophers and ethicists byoffering their analysis of social, ethical, and politicalissues related to various areas of public policy.

Speakers:Dr. Michael CAMPBELL (CUHK)Dr. Benedict CHAN (HKBU)Dr. Anselm LAM (HSMC)Dr. Andreas MATTHIAS (Lingnan University)Dr. SUN Tao (Renmin University of China)Dr. Tom WANG (Beijing Normal University)Dr. WONG Pak-Hang (HSMC)



Symposium on Developing the Cultural and Creative Industries in HongKong and the Greater China Region (12 December 2016)

With joint effort, the School of Humanities andSocial Science and the Hong Kong Associationof Cultural Industries successfully organisedthe Symposium on Developing the Cultural andCreative Industries in Hong Kong and theGreater China Region on 12 December 2016 atFung Yiu King Hall, Hang Seng ManagementCollege (HSMC).

The opening of the Symposium was officiatedby President Simon S M HO and Dr. Peter LAMKin Ngok, GBS, President of Hong KongAssociation of Cultural Industries. Thissymposium aimed to address the developmenttrends of cultural and creative industries (CCI),and to provide a platform for participants todiscuss the way forward of CCI throughcollaboration between stakeholders. Thesymposium speakers included ProfessorMasayuki SASAKI from Japan, Dr. Emile C JSHENG from Taiwan, Professor XIONG Chengyufrom Beijing, and Dr. Darwin CHEN from HongKong. The key issues discussed included CCIdevelopment in Japan, Taiwan, Mainland Chinaand Hong Kong.

During the symposium, Professor Desmond HUI,Department of Social Science, HSMC, introducedthe White Paper on Developing the Cultural and CreativeIndustries in Hong Kong and the Greater China Region.The White Paper is a research study commissioned byHong Kong Association of Cultural Industries (HKACI)and undertaken by School of Humanities and SocialScience, HSMC to propose policy recommendations topromote the development of CCI.

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Public Lecture on The Palace Museum and Cultural & Creative Industries(13 February 2017)

The School of Humanities and Social Science hassuccessfully organised the Public Lecture: ThePalace Museum and Cultural & CreativeIndustries on 13 February 2017 at Fung Yiu KingHall, Hang Seng Management College.

The speaker, Professor CHOU Kung Shin, whoserved as President of the Palace Museum (Taiwan)from 2008-12 and successfully organized the firstmajor collaborative exhibition in Taipei with thePalace Museum of Beijing in 2009, followed by the“Landscape Reunited: Dwelling in the FuchunMountains” exhibition in 2011, a milestone ofcross-strait cultural exchange and collaboration.

In her lecture, Professor Chou shared her experience in managing and curating exhibitions at the TaipeiPalace Museum and in particular her experience in promoting cultural and creative industries with themuseum, which would be very relevant to the founding of the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

Joy of Reading @ HSMC Library Reading Club (7, 20 & 28 February)

Two faculty members of the Department of Social Science were invited by the Library to be the facilitatorsof a series of reading activities. The aim of the Reading Club is to encourage students to build a positiveattitude towards reading and to develop habits of reading for pleasure.



A reading Club session on “The Monopolists” led byDr. Rami CHAN, Department of Social Science.(20 February 2017)

A reading Club session on “The Alchemist” led byDr. Anselm LAM, Department of Social Science.(7 February 2017)

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Supported by the Sin Wai Kin Chinese Culture Promotion Scheme and co-organised by theEvergreen College and Department of Social Science, Mr. LAM Chiu Ying was invited to discusswith more than 40 students on his idea of revitalising Lai Chi Wo, a mostly abandoned Hakkavillage.

This topic is associated with GE module “GEN2011 Plants and Civilization” instructed by Dr.Michael CHAN of Department of Social Science.

農在中國–一個香港人的觀察 (13 March 2017)

HSMC Cultural Buddy: Chinese Tea Appreciation (23 February 2017)

A Chinese Tea Appreciation session was hosted by the Department of Social Science and StudentAffairs Office (International Students and Exchange Services), with support from the Sin Wai KinChinese Culture Promotion Scheme. Exchange students together with their Buddies joined in toappreciate tea drinking.

The session was moderated by Dr. Rami CHAN, Department of Social Science.



GE Salon (jointly organised by the Centre of Teaching andLearning & Department of Social Science)

Topic: 小王子的哲學之路

Speaker: 周保松教授 (Prof. CHOW Po Chung)

香港中文大學政治及行政學系副教授

(3 November 2016)

Topic: 心‧境*

Speaker: 釋法忍 (Ven. Dr. Sik Fa Ren)

香港大學佛教研究中心客席助理教授

(2 March 2017)

*This topic is associated with GE module“GEN2023 Religions and Human SpiritualQuests in the Contemporary World” instructedby Dr. POON Kai Chung, Joe of Department ofSocial Science.

Topic: 戀屍癖: 為什麼人人要看〈屍殺列車〉?

Speaker: 皮亞 (Mr. Pierre LAM)

資深影評家，作家，香港電影編劇協會邀請執委，大學電影課程講師

(9 November 2016)

Topic: 裏千家茶道體驗#

Speaker: 梁佩玲老師 (Ms. LEUNG Pui Ling)

日本裏千家茶道準教授

(13 April 2017)

#This topic is associated with GE module“GEN1003 East Asian Cultures - Comparison ofJapanese and Korean Cultures” instructed by Dr.CHAN Chi Ming, VIctor of Department of SocialScience.

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Ghost Stories by Dr. POON Kai Chung, Joe @ HKBU(1 November 2016)

Dr. Joe POON sharing his views onthe analysis of ghost stories from apsychological perspective at theFaculty of Arts, Hong Kong BaptistUniversity.

活在快樂水車下 :慾望滿足與理性展演 by Dr. WONG Muk Yan @ CUHK(2 March 2017)

In this talk organised by theUniversity General Education,CUHK, Dr. WONG Muk Yanintroduced the theory of hedonictreadmill and explained why pursuitof happiness is very difficult if notimpossible according to the theory.



Staff Activities outside HSMC

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Competitive Research Grants

Dr. HUNG Po Wah, EvaCross-border Exchanges and Shadow Economy in the Pearl River Delta Region (RGC-FDS 2014-17)

Transnational movement of goods, capital, and labor has become a taken-for-grantedactivity under globalization. Yet apart from sketchy records of criminal activities, cross-border exchanges through informal or illicit means are seldom studied. This isparticularly so when many ordinary citizens take advantage of the grey areas inunregulated transactions. While the scope and extent of such exchanges are believed tobe extensive and sizable, there is a dearth of evidence on the organizations, transactionmechanisms, and processes of this shadow economy.

This project contributes to filling of this gap by studying the shadow economy developed along the cross-border region of the Pearl River Delta Region in Southern China. It seeks to examine three aspects of cross-border shadow economic activities, namely, the flow of goods (smuggling of daily necessities), of capital(capital flight and money laundering), and of labor (illegal migrant workers and prostitutes). The broaderpurpose is to uncover some of the workings of a hidden economic order and to map out its relationship withthe formal economy.

Shadow Silk Road: Non-state Flow of Commodity, Capital, and People across Eurasia (RGC-IIDS2016-17)

This project is meant to be a two-day workshop to bring together international scholars researching oncross-border exchanges for an intensive discussion on the shadow economy in comparative perspectives.The workshop is scheduled on 25-26 May 2017 and includes participants from The Netherlands, Russia,Germany, Serbia, Pakistan, India, and Nepal, etc.

Dr. NGAN Lok Sun, LucilleEarly Fatherhood among Returnees in Hong Kong: Spousal Relations, Child-rearing and Work(RGC-FDS 2014-17 )

Return migrants now constitute a significant proportion of Hong Kong’s migrantpopulation as there has been a high rate of repatriation of skilled, professional middle-class migrants who emigrated as children to Western countries before the 1997 hand-over. This study examines the fatherhood experiences of second–generation returnmigrants through exploring their negotiation of work, spousal relations and child-rearingwithin the context of the family.

Dr. WONG MukYanA Philosophical Investigation of the Relationship between Emotion and Mood (RGC-FDS 2014-15)

This project seeks to clarify and reformulate the conceptual relationship betweenemotions and moods in light of recent research in philosophy, cognitive psychology, andneuroscience. The argument is that the output of emotion, i.e. physiological andbehavioral responses, can be monitored by a mood with respect to its influence on ourbodily condition; and the output of moods, i.e. cognitive biases, can affect how emotionsappraise the environment. The resultant mood-emotion loop explains how emotion andmood interact.



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Teaching Excellence Award



Congratulations to

Dr. CHAN Wing Ho, Michael on

receiving the Teaching Excellence Awardin 2015/16 academic year.

The Award is presented annually todistinguished teachers who havedemonstrated outstanding performancein teaching, dedication to continuousimprovement in pedagogy, and made adistinguished contribution to teaching.

Upcoming Events

HSMC Library Reading Club –The Myth of SisyphusFacilitator: Dr. LAM Wing Kwan, Anslem,Department of Social Science

Editors:Dr. AUYEUNG Ho Kong, ChristopherDr. HAU Chui Luen, Vera

Department of Social Science, Hang Seng Management CollegeContact no.: 3963 5013Email: [email protected]

Study Tour 2017 – Exploring RuralJapan in Kunisaki (29 May – 4 June2017)Organised by the Department of Social ScienceLeader: Dr. CHAN Chi Ming, Victor

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