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Message from the Director. The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Sau Po Centre on Ageing (COA) traces its root to social gerontological research and education in late 1990s, when Hong Kong shifted its demographic into an aging society. Since then, CoA has been developed into a leading research agency under Faculty of Social Science HKU in Asia and ...
The Sau Po Centre on Ageing is a leading research centre on gerontology in greater China and in the Asian Pacific region. The Centre was officially launched in April 1999 under the auspices of the Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong.
Professor Vivian W. Q. Lou has been at the University of Hong Kong for more than 20 years and has been the Director of the Sau Po Centre on Ageing since 2015. She is also the professor and the program director of Master of Social Sciences in Gerontology at the Department of Social Work & Social Administration.
Professor, Department of Social Work and Social. Administration, HKU. Despite popular criticisms that Hong Kong lacks a social insurance-based pension system for the aged and old age poverty is critical, the government has offered a multi-level social protection system for the elderly.
In the end we have to develop the capacity for senior citizens to choose where they prefer to spend their final years in peace. In fact, ageing is not a problem - longevity without quality of life is. The three most important things in old age are good health, enough money, and meaningful social relationships.
May Professor in Neuropsychology; Head and Chair Professor, Department of Psychology, HKU. As longevity rises, population ageing is a world trend. There has been increasing attention on elderly services.
