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School of Humanities and Social Science
Division of Social Science

common. It will show that the smart city solutions deep down are about fostering new citizenships as well as serving the
needs of individuals and community.

Supervisor: WONG James K. / SOSC
Student: PARK Jungjoon / EVMT Course: UROP1100, Spring

This report investigates how the existing academic literature, Hong Kong’s government officials, and entrepreneurs in
Hong Kong define the objectives and key benefits of smart city development. A portion of remarks that explicitly allude
environmental improvementz to be one of the objectives of smart city development come relatively less from
governmental officials and press releases, in comparison to those from academic papers and interviews of people in
private corporations. Inconsonance of administrative expectation towards identical meaning may lead to policies with
digression from academic and business understanding of the term ‘smart city’.

The Politics and Policy of Mental Health

Supervisor: WONG James K. / SOSC
Student: MOK Ho Ying / GCS Course: UROP1000, Summer

Mental illness has long existed as an individual and social problem from the social science perspective. How has Hong
Kong society responded to mental illness over time? This paper examines the evolution of mental health policy from the
colonial era (1842-1997) to present days. The mental health policy in present days is shown to carry a more specific
definition of ‘mental illness’, emphasizing more the provision of diversified and personalized services to patients as well
as involving more elements of bottom-up approaches in the discussion of policy, compared to the past.

Emotion and Culture
Supervisor: YIK Michelle / SOSC
Student: CHO Tze Hei / IIM Course: UROP1000, Summer

Despite the abundance of literature on the influence of culture and language on subjective experience of emotion, there
is an absence of empirical evidence of their independent effect. An approach on investigating the relationship of culture,
language, and emotion was proposed, with in-depth discussions on various prerequisites and hypotheses.

Returned Scholars and University Reform in China
Supervisor: ZWEIG David Stephen / SOSC
Student: CHEN Yuk Pui / MGMT Course: UROP1000, Summer

The most popular topic among returnees is the employment status of returnees in China’s job market. It is becoming
more common that returnees cannot find a good job after they are back. However, many still believe that going abroad
can gain them advantage in job hunting, comparing with local students. This report will discuss the views of two
parties — the returnees and recruiters of famous Chinese firms. For returnees, the focus is on the difficulties they are
facing and their career plans. For recruiters, the focus is their thoughts on the returnees and the current job market.
Government’s policies will also be briefly mentioned in explaining the job market status.

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