Prof. WONG Yu Cheung

Professor | Dean
Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences

Key Research Areas

  • Retirement protection and social security policy
  • Poverty, inequality, and income distribution
  • Long‑term care and ageing policy
  • Digital inclusion, digital divide, and ICT in social services
  • Parenting and family dynamics in the digital era
  • Evaluation of social programmes and service delivery models
  • Policy on importation of labour

 

 

 

 

Core Areas of Expertise

Prof. Wong’s expertise centers on social policy and social security, with a strong emphasis on retirement protection, long‑term care planning, poverty and inequality, and digital inclusion. He integrates information technology into social services research, applying empirical and policy‑focused approaches in Hong Kong and mainland China.

 

 Recent Publications

2025
  • Retirement protection on one's own: Retirement readiness and worries among middle-income earners in Hong Kong
  • Accuracy of measuring relative poverty: Using Hong Kong as an example
  • Social work-led case management in Hong Kong: A relational analysis
2024
  • The plight of low-income older adults in Hong Kong: Succumbing to barriers or battling with hardship in employment
2023
  • Impact of implementing new ICF-based practices on staff valence of disability practitioners: An experience in Hong Kong
  • Development of the perceived salient organizational career management (OCM) practices scale in Southern China