SIXSeoul13 Day 1: What does social innovation look like in Hong Kong? - Ada Wong

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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