Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2018/19 - Funding Results

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (FDS)

No. Project Reference No. Project Title Principal Investigator Institution Funding Period (Months) Amount Awarded by RGC (Inclusive of On-costs) (HK$)
1 UGC/FDS11/B03/18 Book-Tax Tradeoff Theory and Corporate Acquisition Payment Methods: Evidence from China
Prof CHAN Koon-hung
Caritas
36
878,700
2 UGC/FDS25/H01/18 Imagination of Cityscape: A Study on Post-1997 Hong Kong Young Writers
Dr CHAU Man-lut
THEi
24
384,200
3 UGC/FDS25/M02/18 Exploring the use of native leguminous plants in mitigating soil quality of man-made slopes Dr CHAU Ngai-lung
THEi
30
744,150
4 UGC/FDS14/B06/18 Doubts on Natural Rate of Unemployment: Evidence from Asian and OECD Countries
Dr CHENG Ka-ming
HSMC
24
404,325
5 UGC/FDS15/H06/18 Vocational Identity, Career Development and Graduate Adjustment: A longitudinal study of sub-degree students in Hong Kong
Dr CHEUNG Raysen Wai-leung
Shue Yan
24
700,220
6 UGC/FDS16/B13/18 Investigating Impacts of Problem Ownership and Ascription of Responsibility on Sustainable Consumption Behaviour
Mr CHU Kevin Wing-ki
OUHK
24
429,048
7 UGC/FDS14/P01/18
(Withdrawn)		 Longitudinal Item Response Techniques with Applications to Education and Psychosocial Interventions Dr CHU Man-ying
HSMC
24
807,400
8 UGC/FDS13/H07/18 Political Identification and the Idea of Loyalty: A Study of the Master Poet Chen Gongyin of Lingnan during the Ming-Qing Dynastic Transition Dr DUNG Chau-hung
Chu Hai
24
464,125
9 UGC/FDS13/E04/18 Intelligent assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) based on gaze-posture-movement tracking fusion: principle, algorithm and system Dr FU Hong
Chu Hai
36
937,350
10 UGC/FDS14/H13/18 Destined for Conflict? An Implicit Theory Approach to Relational Motive and Dispute Resolution Practices Dr FU Ho-ying
HSMC
36
626,850
11 UGC/FDS16/H13/18 Creativity in popular music: A study of music-making practices in the busking scene and the YouTube scene Dr HO Wing-ki
OUHK
20
524,960
12 UGC/FDS17/M04/18 An investigation of semantic and associative encoding in schizophrenia using event-related potential Dr KUO Michael Chih-chien
TWC
24
748,381
13 UGC/FDS16/H05/18 Traditionalism, Regime Support and Democratic Legitimacy in Hong Kong Dr LAM Wai-man
OUHK
24
968,400
14 UGC/FDS16/M01/18 Molecular Responses of Fish Gills Experimentally Exposed to Ichthyotoxic Dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi Dr LEE Wang-fat
OUHK
24
699,523
15 UGC/FDS16/B01/18 Are city tourism destinations prepared for the touristification of their intangible cultural heritage? Dr LEE Yee-sum
OUHK
24
540,600
16 UGC/FDS11/H01/18 Origins of the grammar of Chinese Pidgin English Dr LI Michelle Kin-ling
Caritas
24
464,700
17 UGC/FDS15/E01/18 Ocular behaviour, construction hazard awareness and an AI chatbot Dr LI Rita Yi-man
Shue Yan
24
470,208
18 UGC/FDS14/B03/18 Too Busy to Help? Recent Evidence on Multiple Directorships and Firm Performance in Hong Kong Dr LIU Junxia
HSMC
24
625,700
19 UGC/FDS13/E02/18 Meteorological Visibility Estimation by using Particle Swarm Optimization and Neural Network Prof LO Wai-lun
Chu Hai
24
580,275
20 UGC/FDS11/M08/18 Care providers' experiences of managing challenging behaviours of persons with intellectual disabilities in residential care: A qualitative vignette study Dr LOW Lisa Pau-le
Caritas
24
810,001
21 UGC/FDS12/H02/18 Toward understanding English academic writing experiences of students in self-financing institutions in Hong Kong Dr LU Hangyan
Centennial
24
719,655
22 UGC/FDS14/E05/18 The Impacts of Heterogeneous Maintenance Actions on Aircraft Routing Problems in regard to Airline Operations Reliability and Profitability Dr MA Hoi-lam
HSMC
36
745,300
23 UGC/FDS11/H04/18 Social worker turnover and organizational career management in social work organizations of Mainland China Dr MO Yuen-han
Caritas
24
745,875
24 UGC/FDS16/M08/18 Radial Basis Functions Method for Medical Imaging Problems Dr NG Kei-shing
OUHK
24
1,165,000
25 UGC/FDS14/H06/18 Trajectories, Strategies, Practices of Second-generation Hong Kong Transnational Families Dr NGAN Lucille Lok-sun
HSMC
24
1,012,330
26 UGC/FDS14/B08/18 Do Insiders Exploit the Market Expectation Errors in Value/Growth Stocks? Dr SHEN Jianfu
HSMC
24
709,880
27 UGC/FDS25/H05/18 Outdoor space design in public rental housing estates to promote ageing in place in Hong Kong Dr SHI Shulin
THEi
24
930,629
28 UGC/FDS14/H16/18 A Hybrid Approach to the Translation of Government Press Releases: Integration of Translation Memories and Neural Machine Translation Dr SIU Sai-cheong
HSMC
36
383,050
29 UGC/FDS16/M07/18 Investigating the Potential of Using Probiotic Bacteria in Making Traditional Chinese foods with Health-Promoting Effects and Reduced Carcinogenicity Dr SZE Eric Tung-po
OUHK
24
782,100
30 UGC/FDS15/B01/18 Discovering the financial and economic meanings behind housing block trades Dr TANG Chi-ho
Shue Yan
24
493,450
31 UGC/FDS14/P02/18 Model Selection with High Dimensional Incomplete Data Prof TANG Man-lai
HSMC
24
723,450
32 UGC/FDS24/B02/18 Smart Tourism and Destination Image: Moderating Effect of Theory of Mind (ToM) Dr TAVITIYAMAN Pimtong
PolyU SPEED
18
370,515
33 UGC/FDS16/B07/18 An Empirical Study on Relationship between IPO Prospectus Readability and IPO Underpricing Mr TSUI Christophor Sai-kit
OUHK
18
461,250
34 UGC/FDS25/E01/18 Investigation on effects of biodiesel blends on gas- and particulate-phase light duty diesel vehicle exhaust emissions Dr WANG Bei
THEi
24
780,174
35 UGC/FDS14/E06/18 Generalised Needs-based Product Configurator Design Dr WANG Yue
HSMC
24
783,250
36 UGC/FDS14/E07/18 Three-echelon Collaborative Slot Allocation Planning for Liner Shipping Revenue Management Under Uncertain Demand Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung
HSMC
24
869,788
37 UGC/FDS16/H07/18 The Development of Kindergarten Practitioners' Professional Identity under the Free Kindergarten Education Policy in Hong Kong Dr WONG Ming-sin
OUHK
24
784,745
38 UGC/FDS24/B05/18 Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice on Social Media Crises in Travel Industry Dr WUT Tai-ming
PolyU SPEED
24
398,127
39 UGC/FDS16/M02/18 Seasonal Succession of Microalgae and Their Relationship with Environmental Factors in the Sources of Hong Kong Drinking Water Dr XU Jingliang
OUHK
24
882,150
40 UGC/FDS13/E06/18 Coupled material point method and discrete element method modeling for debris flows Dr YANG Yi
Chu Hai
36
710,800