Yu Cheung Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4427014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yu Cheung Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yu Cheung |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG Y C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9549-5496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Quality of life of low-income older adults in Hong Kong: A comparison between retirees and non-retirees
The challenge of social work-led case management: A qualitative study of community-based home care for older adults
There has been much interest in the use of the case management approach for social care. However, the implementation of case management encounters several challenges. This study aims to explore how integrated case management can be implemented successfully in community-based home care services in Hong Kong from the perspectives of professionals, service users, and family carers, as revealed in focus groups and in-depth interviews. Three core main…
Social work-led case management in Hong Kong: A relational analysis
Interdisciplinary case management for aging-in-place, as a model, is meant to reduce institutionalization, avoid fragmented care, and address the complex dynamics of aging. However, translation into practice in a local context can be problematic. In Hong Kong, there is an emerging practice around interdisciplinary professional teams with social workers acting as centralized coordinators. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 52 service users a…
Emotional Well‐Being of Live‐In Migrant Domestic Workers: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences During Sociopolitical Crisis in Hong Kong
This article explores the emotional well‐being of live‐in migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong during the 2019 sociopolitical crisis associated with the antiextradition movement (AEM). It examines their emotional experiences, the impact on their care work, and coping strategies, highlighting the interplay between emotions, emotional well‐being, and mental health during the crisis. The study employs the concept of structural vulnerability …
The plight of low-income older adults in Hong Kong: Succumbing to barriers or battling with hardship in employment
Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was endorsed by The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. However, Hong Kong is at the beginning stage of implementing and testing ICF-based practices. This study examines any changes in the valences of disability practitioners in an organization under the newly introduced ICF-based practices. It was hypothesized that the involved staff members’ self-perceived valenc…
Retirement protection on one’s own: Retirement readiness and worries among middle-income earners in Hong Kong
Even as the world increasingly tends towards pension privatization, Hong Kong’s privatized pension system remains an extreme example. In the former British colony, retirement protection depends heavily on personal savings and investments, a dependency that the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme further institutionalized beginning in 2000. Even so, Hong Kong’s government continues to maintain a means-tested zero pillar to assist its population …
Technology and Family Dynamics: The Relationships Among Children’s Use of Mobile Devices, Family Atmosphere and Parenting Approaches
Administrative Buy-in for User Participation in Managing Social Services
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted in Hong Kong on the value position of the social service providers regarding user participation in service management. Using a survey instrument to collect data from 642 service providers in an elderly service organization, the study explored whether or not the value position had an effect on the views of the service providers on the structural set-up for user participation, and whether the val…
Child deprivation indicators (CDIs): A new way to measure child poverty in urban China
In recent decades, the deprivation approach to measuring poverty has been widely adopted around the world for its advantages over the conventional income approach. However, it has attracted little attention in China. This study is a response to this situation. Using data from the Family and Children Survey of Beijing in 2011, the authors construct a child poverty measure – child deprivation indicators (CDIs) – in the Chinese context. Using the CD…
Poverty and quality of life of C hinese children: From the perspective of deprivation
Using data from the F amily and C hildren S urvey of B eijing 2011 , the authors constructed a child poverty measure – C hild D eprivation I ndicators ( CDI s) – and explored the relationship between poverty and children's quality of life. The CDI s were found to be a more valid child poverty measure than the conventional measure which is based mainly on individuals' social assistance status. The findings show that deprived children are worse off…
Negotiating poverty from midlife to pre-old age: A longitudinal study on social assistance recipients in Shanghai
The minimum living standard guarantee (MLSG) programme is part of the social security system in Mainland China designed to tackle urban poverty. To understand how the urban poor manage under this programme, this study interviewed 40 households receiving MLSG assistance in Shanghai. Our findings were as follows: (a) a large proportion of the interviewees who received MLSG assistance from the government were pushed to do so because of the massive l…
Trapped in poverty? A study of the dibao programme in Shanghai
As the secondary means of income redistribution in Chinese society (the primary means being taxation), the Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (MLSG) programme or dibao has been the object of both praise and criticism. The programme helps the government to channel its limited financial resources to the persons who need it most. While it covers the necessities of life, however, it does not enable its recipients to escape from poverty. It has also be…
Social assistance in S hanghai: Dynamics between social protection and informal employment
C hina's social assistance programme ( dibao 低保) was introduced in S hanghai in 1993 and gradually extended to cover all urban areas by 1998. Due to massive economic restructuring, starting in the early 1990s, many urban dibao recipients were laid‐off, that is, state‐owned enterprise ( SOE ) employees. S hanghai was the epicentre of SOE reform, and the dibao system was primarily introduced to provide a safety net for laid‐off workers. In 2010, ap…
Digital divide and social inclusion: Policy challenge for social development in Hong Kong and South Korea
The computer and Internet technologies have fundamentally changed the way the economy develops and the way people live in various countries. Asian countries have been performing very well in adopting these new technologies and developing themselves into information societies. However, at the same time, we are also witnessing a growing gap, a new form of divide, gradually separating those who can derive many benefits from the information society a…
When marketisation and privatisation clash with socialist ideals: Educational inequality in Urban China
Tackling the Digital Divide
The emergence of an information society has created new social exclusions and aggravated old ones by creating digital exclusion. Many countries have explicit policies about turning themselves into the leaders of such transformations or about catching up with the changes made in other countries. Nevertheless, little is known about their efforts to bridge the gap between the digital ‘haves’ and the digital ‘have-nots’. Governments in East Asia are …
Cultural Divergence in Cross-border Marriage in Hong Kong: A Call for Culturally Sensitive Approach in Social Work Practice
The social phenomenon of cross-border marriages between Hong Kong men and Chinese women has contributed to the steady incoming immigrant women from the Mainland for family reunion. Despite the fact that both Hong Kong and the Mainland are Chinese societies, there exist a number of subtle differences in cultural practices and characteristics due to their different social, economic and political development. This paper would delineate the sources o…
The Structure and Content of Social Inclusion: Voices of young adults with learning difficulties in Guangzhou
The aim of the research described here was to examine the issue of social inclusion in relation to young people with a learning difficulty in Guangzhou. Ten families were included in this study based on their willingness to participate. The young people had to be over the age of 16 and not attending school. In each family the young person and a family carer (usually one of the parents) was interviewed separately. The article focuses mainly on the…
Community-based service for the frail elderly in China
This study of community-based social services for the frail elderly in China shows that as China turns into an ageing society and the capacity of the family support for the frail elderly is rapidly declining, there is an urgent need to develop formal social services to support elderly persons continuing to live in their community. This article provides a general background on the structure of the emergent community services. Using the example of …
Glorious Work: Employment of adults with a learning disability in Guangzhou from the perspective of their parents
Promises and policies in ensuring employment opportunities for disabled people are stipulated in the State Laws and local regulations of the People's Republic of China. It is assumed that having a job implies better integration in society. However, the experience of young adults with learning disability in finding jobs tells a very different story. This article analyses the experience, perceptions and worries of parents of such young adults who a…
When marketisation and privatisation clash with socialist ideals: Educational inequality in Urban China
The Structure and Content of Social Inclusion: Voices of young adults with learning difficulties in Guangzhou
The aim of the research described here was to examine the issue of social inclusion in relation to young people with a learning difficulty in Guangzhou. Ten families were included in this study based on their willingness to participate. The young people had to be over the age of 16 and not attending school. In each family the young person and a family carer (usually one of the parents) was interviewed separately. The article focuses mainly on the…
Glorious Work: Employment of adults with a learning disability in Guangzhou from the perspective of their parents
Promises and policies in ensuring employment opportunities for disabled people are stipulated in the State Laws and local regulations of the People's Republic of China. It is assumed that having a job implies better integration in society. However, the experience of young adults with learning disability in finding jobs tells a very different story. This article analyses the experience, perceptions and worries of parents of such young adults who a…
Community-based service for the frail elderly in China
This study of community-based social services for the frail elderly in China shows that as China turns into an ageing society and the capacity of the family support for the frail elderly is rapidly declining, there is an urgent need to develop formal social services to support elderly persons continuing to live in their community. This article provides a general background on the structure of the emergent community services. Using the example of …
Social assistance in S hanghai: Dynamics between social protection and informal employment
C hina's social assistance programme ( dibao 低保) was introduced in S hanghai in 1993 and gradually extended to cover all urban areas by 1998. Due to massive economic restructuring, starting in the early 1990s, many urban dibao recipients were laid‐off, that is, state‐owned enterprise ( SOE ) employees. S hanghai was the epicentre of SOE reform, and the dibao system was primarily introduced to provide a safety net for laid‐off workers. In 2010, ap…
Poverty and quality of life of C hinese children: From the perspective of deprivation
Using data from the F amily and C hildren S urvey of B eijing 2011 , the authors constructed a child poverty measure – C hild D eprivation I ndicators ( CDI s) – and explored the relationship between poverty and children's quality of life. The CDI s were found to be a more valid child poverty measure than the conventional measure which is based mainly on individuals' social assistance status. The findings show that deprived children are worse off…
Tackling the Digital Divide
The emergence of an information society has created new social exclusions and aggravated old ones by creating digital exclusion. Many countries have explicit policies about turning themselves into the leaders of such transformations or about catching up with the changes made in other countries. Nevertheless, little is known about their efforts to bridge the gap between the digital ‘haves’ and the digital ‘have-nots’. Governments in East Asia are …
Administrative Buy-in for User Participation in Managing Social Services
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted in Hong Kong on the value position of the social service providers regarding user participation in service management. Using a survey instrument to collect data from 642 service providers in an elderly service organization, the study explored whether or not the value position had an effect on the views of the service providers on the structural set-up for user participation, and whether the val…
Child deprivation indicators (CDIs): A new way to measure child poverty in urban China
In recent decades, the deprivation approach to measuring poverty has been widely adopted around the world for its advantages over the conventional income approach. However, it has attracted little attention in China. This study is a response to this situation. Using data from the Family and Children Survey of Beijing in 2011, the authors construct a child poverty measure – child deprivation indicators (CDIs) – in the Chinese context. Using the CD…
Retirement protection on one’s own: Retirement readiness and worries among middle-income earners in Hong Kong
Even as the world increasingly tends towards pension privatization, Hong Kong’s privatized pension system remains an extreme example. In the former British colony, retirement protection depends heavily on personal savings and investments, a dependency that the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme further institutionalized beginning in 2000. Even so, Hong Kong’s government continues to maintain a means-tested zero pillar to assist its population …
Negotiating poverty from midlife to pre-old age: A longitudinal study on social assistance recipients in Shanghai
The minimum living standard guarantee (MLSG) programme is part of the social security system in Mainland China designed to tackle urban poverty. To understand how the urban poor manage under this programme, this study interviewed 40 households receiving MLSG assistance in Shanghai. Our findings were as follows: (a) a large proportion of the interviewees who received MLSG assistance from the government were pushed to do so because of the massive l…
Trapped in poverty? A study of the dibao programme in Shanghai
As the secondary means of income redistribution in Chinese society (the primary means being taxation), the Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (MLSG) programme or dibao has been the object of both praise and criticism. The programme helps the government to channel its limited financial resources to the persons who need it most. While it covers the necessities of life, however, it does not enable its recipients to escape from poverty. It has also be…
Glorious Work: Employment of adults with a learning disability in Guangzhou from the perspective of their parents
Promises and policies in ensuring employment opportunities for disabled people are stipulated in the State Laws and local regulations of the People's Republic of China. It is assumed that having a job implies better integration in society. However, the experience of young adults with learning disability in finding jobs tells a very different story. This article analyses the experience, perceptions and worries of parents of such young adults who a…
The Structure and Content of Social Inclusion: Voices of young adults with learning difficulties in Guangzhou
The aim of the research described here was to examine the issue of social inclusion in relation to young people with a learning difficulty in Guangzhou. Ten families were included in this study based on their willingness to participate. The young people had to be over the age of 16 and not attending school. In each family the young person and a family carer (usually one of the parents) was interviewed separately. The article focuses mainly on the…
Community-based service for the frail elderly in China
This study of community-based social services for the frail elderly in China shows that as China turns into an ageing society and the capacity of the family support for the frail elderly is rapidly declining, there is an urgent need to develop formal social services to support elderly persons continuing to live in their community. This article provides a general background on the structure of the emergent community services. Using the example of …
Cultural Divergence in Cross-border Marriage in Hong Kong: A Call for Culturally Sensitive Approach in Social Work Practice
The social phenomenon of cross-border marriages between Hong Kong men and Chinese women has contributed to the steady incoming immigrant women from the Mainland for family reunion. Despite the fact that both Hong Kong and the Mainland are Chinese societies, there exist a number of subtle differences in cultural practices and characteristics due to their different social, economic and political development. This paper would delineate the sources o…
When marketisation and privatisation clash with socialist ideals: Educational inequality in Urban China
Tackling the Digital Divide
The emergence of an information society has created new social exclusions and aggravated old ones by creating digital exclusion. Many countries have explicit policies about turning themselves into the leaders of such transformations or about catching up with the changes made in other countries. Nevertheless, little is known about their efforts to bridge the gap between the digital ‘haves’ and the digital ‘have-nots’. Governments in East Asia are …
Digital divide and social inclusion: Policy challenge for social development in Hong Kong and South Korea
The computer and Internet technologies have fundamentally changed the way the economy develops and the way people live in various countries. Asian countries have been performing very well in adopting these new technologies and developing themselves into information societies. However, at the same time, we are also witnessing a growing gap, a new form of divide, gradually separating those who can derive many benefits from the information society a…
Negotiating poverty from midlife to pre-old age: A longitudinal study on social assistance recipients in Shanghai
The minimum living standard guarantee (MLSG) programme is part of the social security system in Mainland China designed to tackle urban poverty. To understand how the urban poor manage under this programme, this study interviewed 40 households receiving MLSG assistance in Shanghai. Our findings were as follows: (a) a large proportion of the interviewees who received MLSG assistance from the government were pushed to do so because of the massive l…
Trapped in poverty? A study of the dibao programme in Shanghai
As the secondary means of income redistribution in Chinese society (the primary means being taxation), the Minimum Living Standard Guarantee (MLSG) programme or dibao has been the object of both praise and criticism. The programme helps the government to channel its limited financial resources to the persons who need it most. While it covers the necessities of life, however, it does not enable its recipients to escape from poverty. It has also be…
Social assistance in S hanghai: Dynamics between social protection and informal employment
C hina's social assistance programme ( dibao 低保) was introduced in S hanghai in 1993 and gradually extended to cover all urban areas by 1998. Due to massive economic restructuring, starting in the early 1990s, many urban dibao recipients were laid‐off, that is, state‐owned enterprise ( SOE ) employees. S hanghai was the epicentre of SOE reform, and the dibao system was primarily introduced to provide a safety net for laid‐off workers. In 2010, ap…
Child deprivation indicators (CDIs): A new way to measure child poverty in urban China
In recent decades, the deprivation approach to measuring poverty has been widely adopted around the world for its advantages over the conventional income approach. However, it has attracted little attention in China. This study is a response to this situation. Using data from the Family and Children Survey of Beijing in 2011, the authors construct a child poverty measure – child deprivation indicators (CDIs) – in the Chinese context. Using the CD…
Poverty and quality of life of C hinese children: From the perspective of deprivation
Using data from the F amily and C hildren S urvey of B eijing 2011 , the authors constructed a child poverty measure – C hild D eprivation I ndicators ( CDI s) – and explored the relationship between poverty and children's quality of life. The CDI s were found to be a more valid child poverty measure than the conventional measure which is based mainly on individuals' social assistance status. The findings show that deprived children are worse off…
Administrative Buy-in for User Participation in Managing Social Services
This paper reports the findings of a study conducted in Hong Kong on the value position of the social service providers regarding user participation in service management. Using a survey instrument to collect data from 642 service providers in an elderly service organization, the study explored whether or not the value position had an effect on the views of the service providers on the structural set-up for user participation, and whether the val…
Technology and Family Dynamics: The Relationships Among Children’s Use of Mobile Devices, Family Atmosphere and Parenting Approaches
Impact of Implementing New ICF-Based Practices on Staff Valence of Disability Practitioners: An Experience in Hong Kong
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was endorsed by The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. However, Hong Kong is at the beginning stage of implementing and testing ICF-based practices. This study examines any changes in the valences of disability practitioners in an organization under the newly introduced ICF-based practices. It was hypothesized that the involved staff members’ self-perceived valenc…
Retirement protection on one’s own: Retirement readiness and worries among middle-income earners in Hong Kong
Even as the world increasingly tends towards pension privatization, Hong Kong’s privatized pension system remains an extreme example. In the former British colony, retirement protection depends heavily on personal savings and investments, a dependency that the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme further institutionalized beginning in 2000. Even so, Hong Kong’s government continues to maintain a means-tested zero pillar to assist its population …
The plight of low-income older adults in Hong Kong: Succumbing to barriers or battling with hardship in employment
Quality of life of low-income older adults in Hong Kong: A comparison between retirees and non-retirees
The challenge of social work-led case management: A qualitative study of community-based home care for older adults
There has been much interest in the use of the case management approach for social care. However, the implementation of case management encounters several challenges. This study aims to explore how integrated case management can be implemented successfully in community-based home care services in Hong Kong from the perspectives of professionals, service users, and family carers, as revealed in focus groups and in-depth interviews. Three core main…
Social work-led case management in Hong Kong: A relational analysis
Interdisciplinary case management for aging-in-place, as a model, is meant to reduce institutionalization, avoid fragmented care, and address the complex dynamics of aging. However, translation into practice in a local context can be problematic. In Hong Kong, there is an emerging practice around interdisciplinary professional teams with social workers acting as centralized coordinators. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 52 service users a…
Emotional Well‐Being of Live‐In Migrant Domestic Workers: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences During Sociopolitical Crisis in Hong Kong
This article explores the emotional well‐being of live‐in migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong during the 2019 sociopolitical crisis associated with the antiextradition movement (AEM). It examines their emotional experiences, the impact on their care work, and coping strategies, highlighting the interplay between emotions, emotional well‐being, and mental health during the crisis. The study employs the concept of structural vulnerability …
Economic growth (13 works) · Economics (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · China (7 works) · Government (linguistics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)