Leisure and Forced Migration: Lives lived in Asylum systems

Leisure and Forced Migration: Lives lived in Asylum systems Published Year : 2022 Author : Dr. Lau Pui Yan Flora Abstract: This book offers a timely and critical exploration of leisure and forced migration from multiple disciplinary perspectives, spanning sociology, gender studies, migration studies and anthropology. It engages with perspectives and experiences that unsettle and […]

Ethnic Minority Cancer Patients Coping with Cancer

Symposium: I was so honoured and happy of being invited by Filipino Migrants Support for Cancer Society (FILMCASS HK) yesterday for this very meaningful event — Cancer Awareness Symposium for Migrants: you are not alone. I gave a short speech on my latest research findings and my feelings towards cancer. I love the vibe, the […]

Asylum seekers in Hong Kong

Publications: Lau, P.Y.F. (2021). Empowerment in asylum seekers regime? The roles of policies, non-profit sector and refugee community organizations in Hong Kong. Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(1): 305-327.  Empowerment in the asylum seeker regime Lau, P.Y.F., & Gheorghiu, I. (2018). Vanishing Selves under Hong Kong’s Unified Screening Mechanism. Cultural Diversity in China, 3(1), 21-29. Special […]

Ethnic minority social mobility experiences

Ethnic minority social mobility experiences EOC report and other publications : Lau, P.Y.F. (2015). Breaking through the Barriers – Ethnic Minority Success Stories and their Implications for Policy Intervention in Hong Kong. Final Report for Funding Programmes of Research Projects on Equal Opportunities 2013-14. Hong Kong: Equal Opportunities Commission Lau, P.Y.F. (2015). Personal merits and […]

Empowerment in The Asylum-seeker Regime? The Roles of Policies, the Non-profit Sector and Refugee Community Organizations in Hong Kong

Empowerment in The Asylum-seeker Regime? The Roles of Policies, the Non-profit Sector and Refugee Community Organizations in Hong Kong Published Year : 2021 Author : Dr. Lau Pui Yan Flora ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of the extent to which non-governmental or- ganizations (NGOs) and refugee community organizations (RCOs) empower asylum seekers in Hong […]

Bereavement and Loss

Encyclopaedia of Gerontology and Population Aging : Bereavement and Loss Published Year : 2021 Author : Pui Yan Flora Lau ABSTRACT Bereavement refers to the period during which a person adjusts to the death of a significant loved one (Stroebe et al. 2007; Perng and Renz 2018). Given the irreversible nature of death, bereavement is […]

Fighting COVID-19: social capital and community mobilisation in Hong Kong

Fighting COVID-19: Social Capital and Community Mobilisation in Hong Kong Published Year : 2020 Author : Dr. Lau Pui Yan Flora ABSTRACT Purpose – Focussing on the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong, when the infection rate was relatively low, this paper aims to explore the role of social capital in fighting […]

Breaking through the Barriers – Ethnic Minority Success Stories and their Implications for Policy Intervention in Hong Kong

Breaking through the Barriers – Ethnic Minority Success Stories and their Implications for Policy Intervention in Hong Kong Published Year : 2013 Author : Dr. Lau Pui Yan Flora ABSTRACT This research explores the circumstances under which people from ethnic minorities can succeed from ethnic minorities can succeed in Hong Kong, and identifies appropriate interventions […]

Personal Merits and Social Capital: The experiences of getting ahead among South Asians minorities in Hong Kong

Personal merits and social capital: The experiences of getting ahead among South Asians minorities in Hong Kong Published Year : 2015 Author : Dr Lau Pui Yan Flora ABSTRACT This paper aims to identify the methods through which South Asian minorities are able to overcome the structural barriers and discriminatory experiences they face in the […]

Coping with The Death of Singleton Children in China: The role of social capital

Coping with The Death of Singleton Children in China: The role of social capital Published Year : 2014 Author : Dr. Lau Pui Yan Flora ABSTRACT Purpose – Discussion of China’s one-child policy generally centres on its demographic effects. Bereavement among parents of singleton children and the role of social capital in the bereavement process […]

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