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Dr Kwok-yu Lau is an Associate Professor of the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. He previously taught at the University of Hong Kong. He joined this institution in 1985. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Housing. Before starting his career in the university, Dr. Lau worked as a social worker in public housing estates, squatter areas and temporary housing areas. Between 1996 and 2002 he served as a full Member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Dr Lau has been an Adviser of the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy (now renamed Hong Kong People's Council on Housing Policy) since 1984. He is also an advisor of the Federation of Hong Kong, Kowloon, and New Territories Public Housing Estates Resident and Shopowner Organizations. He also serves on the Review Committee and Land, Rehousing & Compensation Committee of the Urban Renewal Authority. He currently serves as a Member of the Professional Practice Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Housing and as a Resource Person of the Young Women's Christian Association. He has been serving as a Member of Panel of Experts in the Project on Social Development Index for Hong Kong of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service since 1999 and as a Member of the Guangdong Real Estate Research Association Experts Panel since 2002. He is a Member of the Sham Shui Po District Council Working Group on Private Premises Problem. He was a Member of the Housing Affairs Committee of the Kwai Tsing District Board and a Member of the Land Development Corporation Appeals Panel. He also served as a Member of the Housing Bureau (formerly known as the Housing Branch) Long Term Housing Strategy Review Steering Group between 1996 and 1998.

 Recent publications

  • LAU, Kwok Yu (2007) The State-managed Housing System in Hong Kong, in Groves, R., Murie, A. and Watson, C. (2007) (eds.) Housing and the New Welfare State: Perspectives from East Asia and Europe, England and USA: Ashgate, pp.45-74.

  • LAU, Kwok Yu (2006) Function of Owners’ Involvement in Building Management and Modes of Encouraging Owners’ Active Involvement in Building Management (論業主參與大廈管理的作用及鼓勵業主積極參與大厦管理的方式) Hong Kong Institute of Housing Annual Report 2006, pp.123-128 (in Chinese)

  • LAU, K.Y. (2006)  An Appraisal of policy and programmes tackling housing affordability problems of low- to middle-income groups in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Paper presented at Conference on Housing Affordability of Chinese Urban Dwellers, organized by the Institute of Urban Research of Uppsala University, Sweden and Institute of Real Estate Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 22-23 April 2006.

  • Report of the Study on Home Ownership Promotion Policy Development in Hong Kong: Statistics and Interpretations on Home Ownership Scheme and the Private Sector Participation Scheme , Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, 2005, 117 pages.
 Research interests

  • Owners' involvement in property management
  • Housing affordability in Hong Kong
  • Urban housing systems reform and housing privatisation in Chinese cities
 Teaching interests
  • Housing policy and administration in Hong Kong
  • Housing policy and management in mainland China
  • Social policy and administration
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Dr Lau, Kwok-yu
PhD Birmingham, MA York,
BSocSc MPA Hong Kong, RSW
Associate Professor

Tel:       +852 2788 8758
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Email:   sakylau@cityu.edu.hk
Room:   AC-B7309
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