Hong Kong Culture and Society Programme

     In light of increasing globalisation, the need to review the many different roles that Hong Kong has played becomes more compelling, not only for the people of Hong Kong, but also for those in China, in the region and the rest of the world. The University of Hong Kong has initiated the Hong Kong Culture and Society Programme (HKCSP) as an effort to achieve this goal and to develop Hong Kong studies into an Area of Excellence.

Mission

• To highlight Hong Kong's unique historical experience in order to explore its distinctive identity;
  
• To understand Hong Kong's role as a global city by analysing the key factors affecting its development such as entrepreneurship, civic order, fluidity and multi-cultural practices;
  
• To meet the challenges of new governance and social changes after the handover by providing well-informed advice towards policy making in the private and public sectors;
  
• To instil through teaching the relevance of the study of culture and society for an increasingly technology- and information-based society;
  
• To establish an Institute which will be a world-class centre for the study of Hong Kong Culture and Society that will play a role in basic research, teaching and policy studies.