2014/15 Competitive Research Funding Schemes for
the Local Self-financing Degree Sector - Funding Results
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (FDS)
| No. | Project Reference No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator | Institution | Funding Period (Month) | Amount Awarded by RGC (Inclusive of overhead costs) (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UGC/FDS14/H01/14 | Task Sequencing with Different Task Types and Conditions in Task-based Language Teaching: A Longitudinal Study on Immediate Task Performance and Long-term Proficiency Development |
Dr BUI Gavin Hiu-yuet
|
Hang Seng
|
30
|
684,526
|
| 2 | UGC/FDS15/H02/14 | Executive Function Skills and Early School Success in Young Chinese Children from Low-income Families |
Dr CHAN Chi-keung
|
Shue Yan
|
24
|
712,138
|
| 3 | UGC/FDS14/H02/14 | Media, Experts and Politics of Knowledge: the Making of 'Tourism Capacity' as Social Risk | Dr CHAN Chi-kit |
Hang Seng
|
30
|
311,650
|
| 4 | UGC/FDS14/E01/14 | On 2-d rectangular packing problem with aspect ratio considerations |
Dr CHAN Chi-Kong
|
Hang Seng
|
12
|
159,850
|
| 5 | UGC/FDS16/H01/14 | A study on strategic leadership in Hong Kong kindergartens |
Dr CHAN Chi-wai
|
Open U
|
28
|
688,713
|
| 6 | UGC/FDS14/B01/14 | Product placement in Hong Kong television programs: The role of prior notification and humor on brand persuasiveness |
Dr CHAN Fong-yee
|
Hang Seng
|
20
|
471,998
|
| 7 | UGC/FDS14/B02/14 | Identifying the "Fit" between Word-of-Mouth Content and Word-of-Mouth Context: A Multi-Method Investigation | Dr CHAN Haksin |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
693,450
|
| 8 | UGC/FDS16/H04/14 | The Dynamics of Activism in Hong Kong 2006-2015: An Interactive Approach | Mr CHENG Wai |
Open U
|
24
|
451,545
|
| 9 | UGC/FDS13/E02/14 | Accelerating Nonrigid Image Registration using local information measures and GPU implementation | Dr CHEUNG Kwok-wai |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
650,647
|
| 10 | UGC/FDS16/H06/14 | Modern South-coming Intellectual's Impression of Hong Kong and Their Nationalist Awareness | Prof CHIU Yu-lok |
Open U
|
24
|
286,626
|
| 11 | UGC/FDS16/M01/14 | A phenomenological study of the attributes of the practice environment in Hong Kong residential care homes for the elderly | Dr CHOI Sandy Pin-pin |
Open U
|
24
|
591,100
|
| 12 | UGC/FDS16/H07/14 | Epistemic modulation and speaker attitude in Cantonese: A discourse-pragmatic perspective | Dr CHOR Oi-wan |
Open U
|
24
|
666,421
|
| 13 | UGC/FDS14/B04/14 | Team cognitive diversity and creativity: The role of team learning and inclusion | Dr CHOW Irene Hau-siu |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
313,720
|
| 14 | UGC/FDS14/E02/14 | Model-based Unsupervised Image Segmentation | Dr CHOY Siu-kai |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
573,620
|
| 15 | UGC/FDS15/B02/14 | In-role and extra-role knowledge sharing among information technology professionals: A self-determination perspective | Dr CUI Xiling |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
472,075
|
| 16 | UGC/FDS13/E04/14 | Eye-tracking Aided Digital System for Intelligent Strabismus Diagnosis and Therapy Training: Principle and Prototype | Dr FU Hong |
Chu Hai
|
36
|
952,430
|
| 17 | UGC/FDS15/H07/14 | The missing link: An investigation of Moism, the School of Names, and the School of Diplomats, and their place in the history of ancient Chinese psychology | Dr FU Wai |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
297,850
|
| 18 | UGC/FDS14/B08/14 | Integrated modeling approach for increasing Hong Kong Port competitiveness | Dr GLOWACKA Karolina Joanna |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
721,377
|
| 19 | UGC/FDS15/H08/14 | In face of life's problems, what does religion mean? Assessing rational choice theory with evidence from Catholic case studies | Dr HO Yuk-ying |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
681,950
|
| 20 | UGC/FDS11/H03/14 | Contextual Analysis of Chinese Language Teachers' Judgment On Student Writing: An Exploratory Study in Hong Kong | Prof HO Man-koon |
Caritas
|
30
|
727,375
|
| 21 | UGC/FDS16/M02/14 | Development of an Exergaming System with Haptic Feedback for the Investigation of Energy Expenditure and Muscle Activities during Sports Training | Dr HUNG Kevin King-fai | Open U | 24 | 663,519 |
| 22 | UGC/FDS12/H02/14 | Cross-border Exchanges and Shadow Economy in the Pearl River Delta Region | Dr HUNG Po-wah Eva |
Centennial
|
36
|
903,233
|
| 23 | UGC/FDS15/H10/14 | Trauma, Memory, And Healing in Modern Asian Literature | Dr JAYAWICKRAMA Sharanya |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
407,100
|
| 24 | UGC/FDS17/M07/14 | Applicability of Virtopsy in Stranded Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong Waters (Neophocaena phocaenoides) and the Yangtze River (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) | Dr KOT Brian Chin-wing |
Tung Wah
|
24
|
964,549
|
| 25 | UGC/FDS14/E03/14 | Data Functional Modelling with Outliers | Dr LAM Shu-yan | Hang Seng | 24 | 989,897 |
| 26 | UGC/FDS15/H12/14 | Risk yet to be socially realized: Light Pollution in Hong Kong | Dr LAM Yee-man |
Shue Yan
|
36
|
332,206
|
| 27 | UGC/FDS14/H06/14 | Review of the current law school curriculum to promote the use of Cantonese in Hong Kong courtrooms | Dr LEE Kim-hung |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
155,595
|
| 28 | UGC/FDS15/B06/14 | Nonlinear Cointegration and Relevant Market Definition: A study of Grocery Markets | Dr LEE Shu-kam |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
385,940
|
| 29 | UGC/FDS13/H10/14 | Advocation that Selections of Refined Literature should be 3 styles and 76 genres | Prof LEE Li-shin |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
491,625
|
| 30 | UGC/FDS15/H16/14 | Hong Kong Journalists' Oral History | Prof LEUNG Tin-wai |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
614,100
|
| 31 | UGC/FDS14/B12/14 | Psychological Acceptance of Culture Mixing: Effects of Cultural Politeness | Dr LI Dongmei |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
553,005
|
| 32 | UGC/FDS16/H10/14 | Evaluating the effectiveness of mobile learning in nursing education | Dr LI Kam-cheong |
Open U
|
19
|
429,525
|
| 33 | UGC/FDS13/H11/14 | Filipina Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong: Language Use and Impact on the Hong Kong Speech Community | Miss LI Cecilia Suet-sam |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
671,379
|
| 34 | UGC/FDS15/H21/14 | Angry is not that Angry: Relativity of Emotion Perception and New Development of Emotional Expressions Photobank | Dr LO Lap-yan |
Shue Yan
|
24
|
607,823
|
| 35 | UGC/FDS14/H08/14 | Exploring English writing teachers' assessment practices and student perceptions of them in Hong Kong's self-financing tertiary education context | Dr MA Jingjing |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
562,971
|
| 36 | UGC/FDS14/H09/14 | Early Fatherhood among Returnees in Hong Kong: Spousal Relations, Child-rearing and Work | Dr NGAN Lucille Lok-sun |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
660,526
|
| 37 | UGC/FDS11/E03/14 | Web technologies for 3D content creation and collaborative manipulation | Dr PANG Wai-man |
Caritas
|
36
|
1,143,100
|
| 38 | UGC/FDS14/H11/14 | From the Newsroom to the Classroom: Bridging the Gap between Business Journalism Practice and Education in Hong Kong | Dr SONG Zhaoxun |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
340,400
|
| 39 | UGC/FDS16/P02/14 | Development of rapid testing methods for the authentication of Chinese Materia Medica (CMM) by mass spectrometry | Dr SZE Eric Tung-po |
Open U
|
24
|
707,250
|
| 40 | UGC/FDS14/P01/14 | New Items Count Techniques for Surveys with Sensitive Questions: Theories and Methods | Prof TANG Man-lai |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
618,585
|
| 41 | UGC/FDS17/B02/14 | Forensic Accounting Education in Hong Kong and Mainland China | Dr WANG Xinhua |
Tung Wah
|
24
|
296,700
|
| 42 | UGC/FDS11/E06/14 | Context-aware learner profiling for e-learning system: classization, groupization and personalization | Prof WANG Fu-lee |
Caritas
|
30
|
1,124,125
|
| 43 | UGC/FDS14/B20/14 | Supply chain decarbonisation: good industry practices and development of carbon footprint toolkit | Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
639,055
|
| 44 | UGC/FDS16/E05/14 | Enabling Adaptive and Secure Cloud Connectivity for Cognitive Radio Networks | Dr WONG Kin-yeung |
Open U
|
24
|
584,200
|
| 45 | UGC/FDS14/H12/14 | A Philosophical Investigation of the Interaction between Emotion and Mood | Dr WONG Muk-yan |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
366,620
|
| 46 | UGC/FDS14/H13/14 | Systematic Biases in Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Funds and UK's Individual Savings Account | Dr WONG Ricky Siu-kuen |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
589,260
|
| 47 | UGC/FDS11/E08/14 (withdrawn) |
An Automatic Student Program Assessment Framework with Tailorab1e and Automated Test Oracle for Computer Science Education | Dr WONG Tak-lam |
Caritas
|
36
|
1,149,713
|
| 48 | UGC/FDS14/E05/14 | Improving selection query processing speed of secure cloud database systems by tuple pruning on desensitized data | Dr WONG Wai-Kit |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
1,053,400
|
| 49 | UGC/FDS16/B07/14 | Deciphering the Myth of Chinese Emotional Display: The Impact of Chinese Cultural Values and Norms on Emotional Labour Strategies and Customer Service Evaluation | Dr WOO Ka-shing |
Open U
|
24
|
572,700
|
| 50 | UGC/FDS16/H15/14 | Analysis of repair practice and its relationship with L2 Chinese learning in online tutorial | Dr YANG Ruo-wei |
Open U
|
18
|
522,300
|
| 51 | UGC/FDS13/H21/14 | A study of Cantonese hometown associations and vegetarian halls in 20th-century Vietnam | Dr YAU Chi-on |
Chu Hai
|
24
|
415,380
|
| 52 | UGC/FDS14/P03/14 | Generalized Multicriteria Programs and Their Application in Portfolio Selection Problems | Dr YU Kwok-wai |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
667,115
|
| 53 | UGC/FDS14/H15/14 | Research on Editing the Annotations of Wuwei Medical Bamboo Slips and Related Concerns | Dr YUEN Kwok-wa |
Hang Seng
|
24
|
670,220
|