Date : 2 - 9 - 2018

LS modules : M2 Hong Kong Today, M3 Modern China, M5 Public Health

LS concept : public health, quality of life, socio- economic development, genetic recombination

Stakeholders : general public, US, China, local health officials, pig industry, government, Chinese farmers

Is massive culling of pigs an effective way of controlling the spread of African Swine Fever in Hong Kong?

Should Hong Kong pigs and Chinese pigs be culled separately in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever?

Is it necessary to cull pigs as the Afican Swine Fever is not harmful to human?

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: 13-4-2016

LS module: M6 Energy Technology and the Environment , M5 Public Health 

Source: South China Morning Post
Date: 21 - 8 - 2018
LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health, M6 Energy Technology and the Environment
LS concepts: air pollution, quality of life, public health, depletion of ozone layer, global warming, international cooperation , sustainable development, corporate social responsibility
Stakeholders: Government, general public, factories, scientists, environmental epidemiologist, environmentalists
The Issue (Controversial Points):

To what extent do you agree the cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong can improve the air pollution in Hong Kong?

Should the Hong Kong government take up all the obligation in tackling the air pollution?

What should the Hong Kong government do in tackling the air pollution to improve the quality of life of Hong Kong people?

Bird flu cartoon

Date: 12-3-2020

LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: outbreak of infectious diseases (e.g. Covid-19), pandemic, prevention and treatment of diseases, public health, quality of life (e.g. social perspective)

Stakeholders: Government, patients, general public, visitors

What should the Hong Kong government do in controlling the outbreak of coronavirus?

Is closing some border checkpoints an effective way of controlling the spread of coronavirus?

Should the Hong Kong government close all border checkpoints to control the spread of COVID-19?

Stakeholders: Governments, patients, the general public, aviation industry, passengers

The Issue (Controversial Points):
What should governments do in controlling the outbreak of coronavirus?
Should the aviation industry cease operation under the outbreak of the coronavirus?
What should the aviation industry do in order to prevent the spread of disease?

 

 

 
 

Source: South China Morning Post
Date: 5 - 4- 2020
LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: outbreak of infectious disease, prevention of disease, pandemic, quality of life
Stakeholders: Hong Kong government, the bar industry, general public
The Issue (Controversial Points):
Should the government be responsible for all rent losses due to 14 days closure of bars?

Should the catering industry be closed too in order to avoid social gatherings?

How can the government ensure that such closure is effective in avoiding the infection of Covid-19?

Source: Gambling News (Image credit:Agbrief.com)
Date: 29-1-2020
LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: public healthcare system, labour force , outbreak of pandemic diseases, prevention and treatment of diseases
Stakeholders: Government, general public(employers and employees)
The Issue (Controversial Points):
Different measures among companies:

1. Home office

2. No-pay leave

3. Pay 80% of your salary during quarantine (not working at all)

Which one is the most suitable and reasonable measure for Hong Kong employees?

Source: South China Morning Post

 

Date: 17/02/2020

 

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: outbreak of infectious diseases (eg. coronavirus), quality of life (social and economic perspectives), panic buying, pandemic, epidemic, prevention of disease 

 

Stakeholders: government, general public, toilet rolls manufacturers, shops that sell toilet rolls (eg. supermarket）

 

The issue (controversy points):

How should the government ensure there are enough disease prevention materials, like masks and toilet rolls, for all citizens?

What should the Hong Kong government do in controlling the outbreak of novel coronavirus?

What should the government do in preventing such panic buying of resources again?

LS concept(s): outbreak of infectious diseases, shortage of surgical mask, public health

Stakeholder(s): general public , medical service providers, government, patients, supplier, distributor

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Is the price of surgical mask too high?

What should the Hong Kong government do to slove the shortage of surgical mask in Hong Kong?

 
 

Source: South China Morning Post
 Date: 10-4-2020
 LS Module: M2 Hong Kong M5 Public Health Today
 LS concept: public health care system, staff shortage, pandemic, disease prevention and treatment
 Stakeholders: government, medical service providers, patients, public
 Problems (disputed points):
 Should the catering industry be closed to avoid social gatherings?
 How should the Hong Kong government control the outbreak of COVID-19?

Date: 31-1-2020

LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: Public Health, public healthcare system, manpower shortage, quality of life

Stakeholders: Government, Patients, General Public, Medical Staffs

The issue (controversial points) :

Should the medical staffs continue to work under coronavirus?

How to deal with the increasing demand of patients who get coronavirus?

How can the government to ensure the safety of medical staffs?

Date:06/03/2020

LS Modules:M2 Hong Kong Today and M5 Public Health

LS Concepts:Infectious diseases,Health care system,Government measures,Medical technology development,Quality of life,             Allocation  of resources,International cooperation on public health 

Stakeholders:General public,suppliers,retailers,manufacturers,government,non-government organisations,doctors and nurses 

The issue(controversial points):Should the government limit the amount of masks,sanitizers and toilet paper buying by the general public?

What measures should the government apply to avoid covid-19?

What  measures should the government apply to alleviate the shortages of masks?

date: 5/2/2020 

LS module: M5

LS concepts: travel ban, controlling the transmission, waiver requirement, discretion, Labour and Immigration department, discriminatory measures towards domestic helpers, asymptomatic

Stakeholders: stranded domestic workers, enployers, Filippino government, Labour and Immigration department
The issue: Should the HK government relax the travel ban on domestic workers working in Hong Kong so as to allow them to return to the city for work? 

Should the gov grant no discretion to them so as to control the transmission of the contagious covid-19? 

Is the ban of the entry of domestic helpers discriminitating? 

 
 

Source: The Mercury News

Date: 11/3/2020

LS Module(s): M5 Public Health, M2 Hong Kong Today

LS Concept(s): Outbreak of infectious diseases(e.g. Covid-19), Prevention and treatment of diseases, Shortage of medical resources, Pandemic

Stakeholders: Government, General public, Patients, Medical service providers, Producers and distributors of medical supplies

The Issue (Controversial Points): What measures can the government take to alleviate the shortage of supplies?

How can the government educate the general public on the pandemic to avoid spread of misinformation?

What can the government do to ensure allocation of medical resources?

-Should the government enact laws to control supply and prices of surgical masks?

-How can the government encourage local surgical masks suppliers to increase surgical masks production?

-How can the government source enough surgical masks for Hong Kong people?

Date: 29 Sep 2017

LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health, M6 Energy Technology and the environment

LS concepts: biotechnology, genetically modified food, Genetically modified organisms, food safety, public health, quality of life

Stakeholders: traditional farmers, farmers who grow genetically modified food, companies selling genetically modified seeds, consumers 

The Issue (Controversial Points): 

Does genetically modified food affect human’s health?

Should the GM food labelling system be mandatory in Hong Kong?

Should we continue to grow genetically modified crops?

 
 

Date: 12-10-2016
LS module(s): M5 Public Health, M6 Energy Technology and the environment
LS concepts: biotechnology, genetically modified food, food safety, financial burden, land pollution  

Stakeholders: farmers, business sector (invest on gmo), consumer 

The Issue (Controversial Points):
Is genetically modified organism really can bring benefit to the environment ?

Does genetically modified food worth further investigation? 

Is genetically modified food safe for people to consume?

 

Source: South China Morning Post
Date: 10 - 3 - 2020
LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: outbreak of infectious diseases , prevention and treatment of diseases
Stakeholders: Government, patients, general public
The Issue (Controversial Points):

Source: SCMP

Date:25/2/2020

LS Mouldes:M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS Concepts: public health care system, public health service, awareness on infectious diseases, prevention of diseases, epidemics, health education, quality of life, governance and democracy

Stakeholders: Hong Kong government, Hong Kong people, Medical Staff

The issue:

Should the Hong Kong government shutdown the land borders in order to prevent the coronavirus spread into Hong Kong?

Other than border shutdowns, what should the hk government and community do in mitigating the spread of coronavirus? 

How to reduce the stress on healthcare and hospital systems?

Source : SCMP

Date : 26-2-2019

LS Modules : Hong Kong Today , Public Health

LS concepts : public health care system , health , public health services , manpower shortage , quality of life

Stakeholders : Government , patients , general public , medical services providers

The issue (controversial points) :

How to solve the shortage of manpower in public health sector?

Should the government allocate more resources in public health sector?

How to deal with the increasing demand for public care services? 

Should government lower the requirement of overseas doctor to work in public health sector?

Source: Mingpao
Date: 03-10-2016
LS module(s): M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: high demand on public healthcare service, burden on public healthcare system, shortage of medical staffs
Stakeholders: Government, medical service providers, patients, general public
The Issue (Controversial Points):
What measures can the government introduce to alleviate the burden on public healthcare sector?

How can the waiting time of public healthcare services be shorten?

 

Source: Toolpool

Date: March 19,2019

LS modules: Module 6 Energy Technology and the Environment

LS concepts: water pollution, marine debris

Stakeholders: Ocean creatures, supermarket, consumers, government

The Issue(Controversial Points):

How to solve the problem of supermarket giving unnecessary plastic bags to customers?

How to clean ocean rubbish and avoid the plastic rubbish being thrown to the sea?

How to raise the consciousness of customers to bring their own bag and avoid to use plestic products?

SOURCE SCMP

Can the relaxation of the requirement for overseas doctors allevaite the problem of shortage of manpower in public medical system?

Will the exempetion of internship requirement for overseas doctors lower the overall quality of public medical system?

Is recruiting overseas doctors a long-term solution to mitigate the shortage of manpower?

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: 29/2/2020

LS Modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS Concepts: outbreak of pandemic    responsive measures     protection

public health     infectious diseases     viral infection antiviral drugs     quarantine isolation epidemic

pandemic     scope of restrictions     medical surveillance cross-border transmission2     infected carriers

virus outbreak     virus prevention measures     interest of the public

Stakeholders: Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong civil servants, the general public, surgical mask manufacturers, working population of Hong Kong

The issue: Hong Kong is stuck by the outbreak of novel coronavirus. in order to prevent the situation from getting worse, the government announced that all civil servants could work from home according to their work schedule. Seeing that the cases of confirmed infection is reduced in these few days and the past week, the government thus announced the resumption of work of civil servants, which required them to go back to their office for work from then on. This action triggered controversies in society as Hong Kong was in a situation of undersupply of surgical masks and other preventive equipment. They worry that if they do not have enough protection against the virus, they may as well be infected. Besides, the office gathers a ceertain amount of people, where the risk of transmission is even higher. Therefore, the citizens of Hong Kong were skeptical of the decision made by the government that work has to be resumed before the demand for masks is to be stabilised.

Source: South China Morning Post
Date: 16 - 2 - 2020
LS module: M2 Hong Kong Today, M4 Globalisation, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: outbreak od infectious diseases(E.g. Covid-19), prevention of diseases, global sourcing

Stakeholders: government, the general public, surgical mask producers, distributors

1)Should the governmnet control the selling price of surgical masks?

2)Should the sales of surgical masks be centralized by the government,just like Macau and Taiwan?

3)Should the government distribute surgical masks to the citizens for free?

4)Where can the government purchase surgical masks from during the outbreak of pandemic?

5)Should the government subsidies the local surgical mask producers?

Date:25 Jun 2019

LS module(s): M5 Public Health, M6 Globalization, M2 Hong Kong Today

LS concepts: test tube babies, surrogacy, value of life, sex-selective abortion, morale and ethics, eugenics, rare diseases,infertility,black market,marriage  

Stakeholders: government,scientists,people with religious backgrounds,general public,people with physical disabilities(rare diseases,infertility etc.)

The Issue (Controversial Points):

1. Should laws be implemented in order to ban the use of genetic technology (test tube babies)?

2. Do test tube babies comply with morality?

3.Overall, whether the born of test tube babie have brought benefits or drawbacks to the world? 

Date: 4 - 4 - 2020

LS module(s): M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public healthcare system, outbreak of infectious diseases (E.g. Covid-19), prevention and treatment of diseases, culture difference between West and East

Stakeholders: Government, patients, general public,masks providers

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Should everyone wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus?

Should masks be worn by those who are sick, and medical and care workers only?

Source: http://caglecartoons.com/sku/236368/ by Joep Bertrams
Date: 17 - 3 - 2020
LS module(s): M4 Globalisation, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: Pandemic, globalization, social distancing, compulsory quarantine, self-isolation, curfew, the outbreak of infectious diseases, control of diseases, mental health, anxiety
Stakeholders: Governments, working population, children, global citizens, the general public
The Issue (Controversial Points):
What should the governments do in controlling the outbreak of COVID-19?

What are the side effects of 'work from home'?

Source: ​SCMP
Date: ​15 July,2020
LS modules: ​M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: ​coronavirus, outbreak of pandemic diseases, prevention and treatment of diseases, infectious diseases, pandemic, public health, quality of life
Stakeholders: ​Hong Kong government, general public, owners and workers of restaurants,night shift workers
The Issue (Controversial Points):

Can the dine-in ban help to control the spread of the coronavirus in the society effectively?

How does the dine-in ban affect people's quality of life?

Should the dine-in ban be implemented ?

Date: 20 - 4 - 2020

LS modules: M5 Public Health, M6 Energy Technology and the Environment 

LS concepts: coronavirus, outbreak of infectious diseases, treatment of diseases, climate change, environmental protection, pollution

Stakeholders: Government in less developed countries, Government in more developed countries, The general public 

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Is the outbreak of coronavirus ease the pollution problem?

Why do people ignore the fact about climate change?

What can we do to ease climate change?

 
 

LS modules : M1, M2, M5

LS concepts : school, adolescent, social quality of life, pandemic, social health

The issue : 

How does the coronavirus affect the learning progress of students, and the economy and society as a whole? 

 
 

Date:30 July,2020

LS modules:M2 Hong Kong Today,M5 Public Health

LS concepts:pandemic,infectious diseases,quality of life,policy making

Stakeholders:Government,workers,general public,employers of food industry

Controversial issues:How effective is the dine-in ban in controlling the coronavirus?

                                  How does the policy affect people's quality of life?

                                 Are there any alternative measures that can help alleviate the disease?

Source: ​South China Morning Post
Date: ​21-7-2020
LS modules: ​M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health
LS concepts: ​coronavirus, infectious diseases, pandemic, public health, quality of life, prevention of the disease
Stakeholders: ​Hong Kong government, general public, owners and workers of restaurants and bars, suppliers, medical service providers
The Issue (Controversial Points):
Is the evening dine-in ban effective in controlling the spread of the coronavirus?
Should the evening dine-in ban be implemented as it would bring inconvenience to the general public?
The evening dine-in ban would bring economic loss to Hong Kong’s economy.
Why would the government only ban the dining service at night but not the morning or even the whole day?

Date: 30/8/2020

Ls modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

Ls concepts: Pandemic, repsonsive measures, compulsory measures, preventive measures, public health, freedom of choice, social norm, quality of life (social and economic), public's demand

Stakeholders: general public, Hong Kong government, law enforcers (police), citizens who go to country parks and sportsground, medical healthcare professionals, owners of shops and restaurants

The issue (controversial points):

Should the government relax the compulsory law to wear masks in public area?

How can the government ensure that another wave of pandemic will not occur when mask rule is relaxed?

Can the government provide enough manpower to enforce the law when people do not wear masks in unexepmted areas?

How will the relaxation of mask ban affect the quality of life of people?

Why would the government relax mask ban first instead of relaxing social distancing law and gathering ban?

 

 

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: 05-09-2020

LS module: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, quality of life, infectious diseases, pandemic

Stakeholders: Government, general public, medical staff

Should the government allow citizens to do the test again?

Does the test really useful in controlling the pandemic?

Date: 19 - 8 - 2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts:  Outbreak of infectious diseases (Covid-19), Quality of life, Pandemic, Infectious diseases

Stakeholders: General public, Government, Employers and employees

The Issue (Controversial Points):

How has the outbreak of Covid-19 affected people's quality of life?

How do the effects of the outbreak of Covid-19 differ from the effects of Typhoon Higos?

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts:  Outbreak of infectious diseases (Covid-19), Quality of life, Pandemic, Infectious diseases

Stakeholders: General public, Government, Employers and employees

The Issue (Controversial Points):

How has the outbreak of Covid-19 affected people's quality of life?

How do the effects of the outbreak of Covid-19 differ from the effects of Typhoon Higos?

 

 

LS modules: M4 Globalisation, M6 Energy Technology and the Environment

LS concepts: Climate change, global warming, carbon emission, international conflicts, environmental protection awareness, responsibility on carbon emission, international cooperation, carbon emission trading

Stakeholders: Governments of more developed countries, governments of less developed countries, inter-governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations, environmental concern groups, general public

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Should more developed countries (MDCs) or less developed countries (LDCs) bear more responsibility for emission reduction?What can be done to reduce carbon emission so as to alleviate climate change?
 How can we enhance the effectiveness of the current transnational regulations on climate issues?

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public healthcare system, outbreak of infectious diseases (e.g. corona virus), prevention of diseases, the communication between the government and healthcare sector, the government's responses, the shortage of medical facilities and equipment

Stakeholders: Government, medical service providers, medical facilities and equipment providers, patients, general public

The Issue (Controversial Points):

How should the high demand on the medical facilities and equipment be satisfied?

How to solve the lack of communication between government and the public healthcare sector in Hong Kong?

What should the Hong Kong government respond to the outbreak of seasonal influenza and the needs of the public healthcare sector ?

What should the government do to fix the loopholes when coping the disease?

 

 

Date: 31-8-2020

LS module: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, quality of life, infectious diseases, pandemic, policymaking , treatment of diseases

Stakeholders: Government, general public, medical staff

Is the mass COVID-19 testing effective in controlling the outbreak of coronavirus?

Are the results of mass COVID-19 testing accurate and useful in controlling the spread of coronavirus?

Can the government ensure that all the citizens participate in the mass COVID-19 testing?

What should the government do to encourage the general public to participate in the COVID-19 testing?

 

Date: 5 August 2020

LS Modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health, M1 Personal Development and Interpersonal Relationships

LS Concepts: Public Healthcare System, Pandemic, Epidemic, Quality of life, Infectious Diseases, Policymaking, treatment of diseases, Priority Consideration, Personal Choice

Stakeholders: Government, General Public, Students, Medical Staff, Officials, policymakers,

Is the mass COVID-29 testing effective in controlling the spread of coronavirus?

Would more people be infected during mass testing?

How should the high demand for test kits and testing services be satisfied?

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Date: 29 - 8 -2020 

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: pandemic, coronavirus, infectious diseases, public health, prevention and control of diseases, quality of life, policymaking

Stakeholders: Government, employer of restaurants, employee of restaurants, workers, general public

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Is the policy effective on controlling the spread of COVID-19?

How do the policy affect citizens in Hong Kong?

Should the Goverment implement the policy?

Source: the Signe Wilkinson's Editorial

 

Date: 21st April 2020

 

LS modules: M6 Energy technology and environment ,M5 Public Health 

 

LS concepts: Climate change, Urbanisation and industrialization, Pollutants, Environmental friendly ,Environmental protection ,Public health ,Infectious diseases ,Non-infectious diseases ,Conflicting interests ,Public health  ,Coronavirus...

 

Stakeholders: The government ,The general public ,Environmentalists ,business sectors

 

The Issue (Controversial Points) :

 

Should the government focus on environmental protection prior to economic development?

What might be the impacts of pollution rules on the business sectors and economic development?

Are existent laws effective in alleviating air pollution? 

What might be the impacts of air pollution on the environment and people of the world?

 

 

Source:The Korea Times(http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2020/08/195_294707.html)
Date:20-8-2020

LS Module(S):M2 Hong Kong Today and M5 Public Health

LS Concept(s):Quality of Life,the outbreak of infectious diseases(Covid-19),the problems brought by Covid-19,the solutions of the government,the government measures

Stakeholders:The government,Employers and employees,Rich and poor, general public

The issue(controversial points):

-How to solve the jobless problem of the labour force in Hong Kong?

-What should the Hong Kong government do in controlling the outbreak of Covid-19?

-How does the outbreak of Covid-19 affect people's quality of life in Hong Kong?

-What measures should the government implement to alleviate the problems brought by Covid-19? 

Date: 29-8-2020

LS module: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, quality of life, infectious diseases, pandemic, policymaking

Stakeholders: Government, general public

 Is the prohibition on group gathering effective in controlling the outbreak of coronavirus ?

Should the prohibition on group gathering be tighten to two people?

 
 

Date: 24-8-2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: Quality of life, outbreak and transmission of infectious diseases (e.g. coronavirus), prevention and treatment of diseases, pandemic, public health, tourism industry

Stakeholders: Government, general public, foreign travellers, airport staff

The Issue (Controversial Points):

What shouldthe government do to prevent people who have returned to Hong Kong from overseas from bringing the virus into the community?

Are the current quarantine measures for people who have visited overseas effective enough in controlling the spread of Covid-19 in Hong Kong?

Date: September, 3, 2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, quality of life, infectious diseases, pandemic, policymaking , treatment of diseases

Stakeholders: General public, Governments, bar owner and gym owner, other affected shop owner under Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Should the general public play a more important role in tackling the Coronavirus? 

Is the regulation effective in controlling the outbreak of Coronavirus?

Evaluate the impacts under the regulation on Hong Kong people's quality of life.

 

 
 

Date: September, 3, 2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, quality of life, infectious diseases, pandemic, policymaking , treatment of diseases

Stakeholders: General public, Governments, bar owner and gym owner, other affected shop owner under Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Should the general public play a more important role in tackling the Coronavirus? 

Is the regulation effective in controlling the outbreak of Coronavirus?

Evaluate the impacts under the regulation on Hong Kong people's quality of life.

Source:  South China Morning Post 

Date: Aug 23 

LS modules:  M5 M2

LS concepts:  social distancing measures, gathering ban, pandemic, third wave of infections, citywide testing, quality of life 

Stakeholders:  general public, hong kong government, catering industry

Should the HK gov relax the social distancing measures targeting the cateing industry? (no dine-in services after 9pm, upper limit for each table remains at 2 people, public services are partially resumed  etc.)

How effective are the coronavirus relief measures? 

Date: 26-8-2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public health, catering industry, coronavirus, prevention of diseases, government policies

Stakeholders: Government, restaurant owner and employees, customers (general public)

The Issue (Controversial Points):

- Is the policy of banning the dine-in service starting from 9 pm an effective measure for disease prevention?

- Is that reasonable to have restrictions only after 9 pm? There are also risks during the day.

- What are the possible advantages and costs of the policy? What are the effects on the catering industry and unemployment?

- How is the outbreak of covid-19 and the policy made by the government affect Hong Kong citizens's daily routine? 

- Are there any other feasible measurement for disease prevention?

 

 

Source: South China Morning Post 

 

Date: 4 Sept 2020

 

LS modules:  M5 Public Health, M2 Hong Kong Today

 

LS concept: infectious diseases, pandemic, prevention of diseases, quality of life

 

Stakeholders : Book fair organiser, book fair exhibitors , government , general public

 

The Issue ( Controversial Points)

Is the current situation suitable for the resumption of the book fair?

How should the government balance interests on public health and the resumption of economic and social activities ?

 

 

 

 

Date: July 12, 2020

 

LS modules: M5 Public Health, M1 Personal Development

 

LS concepts: coronavirus, outbreak of infectious diseases, treatment of diseases, eduaction. personal development, socialisation, parenting style,economy

 

Stakeholders: The US government, The children, the parents,the protective clothes manufacturers and retailers,The teachers. The general public

 

The Issue (Controversial Points):

Should the President threaten to withhold federal funding if the schools do not reopen in the midst of the pendemic?

Education, public health and economy, which is comparely improtant?

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: 17-5-2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: pandemic, outbreak of infectious diseases, prevention and treatment of diseases, quality of life 

Stakeholders: Hong Kong government, employers, employees

The Issue (Controversial Points):

What should the Hong Kong government do in order to offer help to the affected employees and employers？

Can the Employment Support Scheme enhance people’s quality of life?

What should the Hong Kong government do in controlling the outbreak of Covid-19?

Can the CU Mask help reduce local transmission of Covid-19 effectively?

 

 

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: 16/1/2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: 

M2: quality of life, ageing problem, wealth disparity, social harmony

M5: medical expenditure, imbalance between public and private medical system, shortage of medical manpower in public medical system, healthcare reform, voluntary health insurance scheme, heavy burden on public finance

Stakeholders: Government, insurers, grassroot, middle and high income group, the high risk group

The Issue (Controversial Points):

-Can the voluntary health insurance scheme help alleviate the problem of imbalance between the public and private medical system?

-Is the voluntary health insurance scheme a long term and sustainable solution to tackle the problems of the healthcare system?

-What are the difficulties confronted by the government in popularizing the voluntary health insurance scheme?

-Can the voluntary health insurance scheme help enhance Hong Kong citizens' quality of life?

-What are the factors of the launch of the voluntary health insurance scheme?

Date: July 16, 2020

Ls modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

Ls concepts: outbreak of infectious diseases, prevention of diseases, treatment of diseases ,pandemic ,government measures, Quality of life (economic)

Stakeholders: Government , workers in the tourism industry, general public , travellers

The issue (controversy points): 

1. Should the government strenghthen or ease coronavirus travel restrictions? Why?

2. What should the government do in order to reboot the tourism industry?

 
 

Source: Press Telegram

Date: April 8, 2020

LS modules: M2 Hong Kong Today, M5 Public Health

LS concepts: public healthcare system, unemployment rate, outbreak of pandemic diseases, prevention and treatment of diseases, quality of life

Stakeholders: Government, general public(employees and employers)

The Issue (Controversial Points):

How to solve the increasing unemployment rate in Hong Kong?

How effective is the Employment Support Scheme launched by the Hong Kong Government?

Source: South China Morning Post

Date: August 10 2020

LS modules: M5 Public Health, M6 Energy Techonolgy and Environment 

LS concepts: food safety, environmental protection, water pollution, plastic pollution, public health, quality of life, energy-induced environmental impacts, sustainability

Stakeholders: Governments,relevant Intergovernmental organization(IGOs) and Non governmental organization(NGOs), general public, environmental activists, animal concerns group

The Issue (Controversial Points):

What can be done to improve the water quaity?

In what ways can the water pollution problem affect our QOL?

How can humans help conserve marine ecosystems?

Should the NGOs or IGOs play a more important role in tackling the water pollution problem?