Generations Connect

Few people in Hong Kong have the breadth of understanding about COVID-19 and how to deal with it as Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee. She was Secretary for Food and Health from 2017 to 2022 and was charged with planning Hong Kong’s response to the pandemic. When she...

Help Is at Hand

The COVID-19 pandemic was a stressful time for everyone. The World Health Organization estimates depression and anxiety increased 25 per cent globally during its first year alone. In Hong Kong, as hospitals became overwhelmed, people were asked to stay home unless...

Surviving the Pressures of Childhood

In 2015, the first International Survey of Children’s Well-Being was published by Children’s Worlds and it immediately caught the attention of Dr Lee Juyeon. The pilot study surveyed 10- and 12-year-olds in 15 countries across five continents. The country where...

Let It Go

Rumination, in which one’s thoughts are stuck in a loop on one subject, can at times be useful in helping us concentrate and solve problems. But living too much in one’s mind is by no means healthy. Scientists have known for decades that ‘inward-focussed’ rumination...

Pros and Cons of Work Stress

If you think anxiety is a bad thing, consider deadlines. They often induce anxiety yet they also motivate people to complete tasks. To Dr Bonnie Hayden Cheng of the Faculty of Business and Economics, they are an example of the positive potential of anxiety.Dr Cheng...