sixseoul13 day 1: what does social innovation look like in hong kong? - ada wong
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2003
What does social innovation
look like in Hong Kong? Ada Wong
A catalyst of social entrepreneurship and social innovation education for
the public and the tertiary sector – Dr KK TSE
Prof Joseph SUNG, President of Chinese University Hong Kong creating I.Care funding to promote civic engagement
A growing field of impact investors
Social enterprises as conscious ethical consumption choice
Growing interest from business sector to support and incubate social innovation
HK government supporting social innovation to alleviate poverty
• Chief Secretary Mrs Carrie Lam took the lead
• The HK$500 million Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund under the Commission on Poverty has been announced and will be rolled out in September to support intermediary social innovation platforms
A social innovation hub for Hong Kong
DO, Anh-Minh (2013). Is Hong Kong China’s Number One Tech Hub? (INFOGRAPHIC). TECHINASIA http://www.techinasia.com/hong-kong-chinas-number-tech-hub-infographic/
and Social Innovation
MaD
創不同 Make a Difference
Programme for changemakers
年會 Annual MaD Forum 1600 Asian youth from
170 cities X
Over 20 International Changemakers
Impact
社會創新 Social innovation
策動計劃 Entrepreneurial ventures
個人改變 Personal change
Hong Kong’s rich-poor gap is worsening
• Gini Coefficient: 0.537 in 2011, and still
rising
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