Appendix B - University of Hong Kong



Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSOR JOHN BACON-SHONE

1. Personal Details

Age 56 years

Nationality British/American

Address Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong,

Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.

E-mail Address johnbs@hku.hk

URL

Telephone No. 39212600 (Office) 28197528 (Home) 92011704 (Mobile)

Fax No. 28584327 (Office) 28198744 (Home)

2. Education

1973-76 B.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics – IIi . St.Cuthbert's Society, Durham University.

1976-77 M.Sc. in Statistics , University College London.

1977-80 Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Birmingham.

3. Work Experience

1979-1981 Assistant Lecturer in Department of Statistics, HKU.

1981-1993 Lecturer in Department of Statistics, HKU.

1985-1987 Consultant to AGB McNair (HK) (Market Research Company)

1987-1988 Consultant to Frank Small & Associates(HK). (Market Research Company)

1988-1990 Consultant to Price Waterhouse (HK) (Marketing Section)

1990-1993 Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, HKU (Part-time)

1990-1996 Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

1994-1997 Honorary Senior Lecturer in Department of Statistics, HKU

1994-2006 Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, HKU (Full-time Senior Lecturer)

2001. Full-time Member, Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government (on secondment)

2004-2008 Acting Director, Centre for Criminology, HKU

2005-2011 Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

2006-present Professor and Director, Social Sciences Research Centre, HKU

2009-present Associate Director, Knowledge Exchange Unit, HKU

2011-present Associate Dean (Knowledge Exchange), Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU

4. Other Qualifications

Full Driving Licence.

Computer Programming (Matlab, SAS, Fortran, Basic, Forth, C++, Pascal, APL, Prolog, Mathematica)

5. Publications (cites from Google Scholar)

1. Bacon-Shone, J. (1980). Bayesian analysis of complex systems, University of Birmingham (4 cites)

2. Aitchison, J. and J. Bacon-Shone (1981). "Bayesian risk ratio analysis." American Statistician: 254-257 (21 cites)

3. Bacon-Shone, J. (1982). "Bayesian Loss Functions For Structure Choice." IEEE Transactions on Reliability R-31(5): 485-486 (1 cite)

4. Bacon-Shone, J. (1982). "Bayesian Analysis of 3 State Devices." IEEE Transactions on Reliability R-31(1): 123.

5. Bacon-Shone, J. (1983). "Bayesian Methods for System Reliability and Availability." The Statistician: 249-251 (2 cites).

6. Aitchison, J. and J. Bacon-Shone (1984). "Log contrast models for experiments with mixtures." Biometrika 71(2): 323-330 (45 cites)

7. Tang, F., A. Hsieh, C. Lee and J. Bacon-Shone (1984). "Interaction of cold and starvation in the regulation of plasma corticosterone levels in the male rat." Hormone and metabolic research 16(8): 445 (25 cites)

8. Bacon-Shone, J. (1985). "Algorithm AS 210: Fitting Five Parameter Johnson S B Curves by Moments." Applied Statistics: 95-100 (6 cites)

9. Bacon-Shone, J. (1985). "Algorithm AS 208: Fitting a Multivariate Logistic Normal Distribution by the Method of Moments." Applied Statistics: 81-86 (1 cite)

10. Bacon-Shone, J. and J. Burns (1985). The Representativeness of the Senior Civil Service in Hong Kong. Hong Kong and 1997 (3 cites)

11. Lam, W., T. Kung, S. So and J. Bacon-Shone (1985). Active and passive smoking, kerosene stove usage and home incense burning among female lung cancer patients: A case-control study. XV World Congress on Disease Chest, Sydney (4 cites)

12. Lee, P., E. Luk, K. Yu and J. Bacon-Shone (1985). "A developmental language screening scale for use in Hong Kong." HK J Paediatrics 2: 151-65 (9 cites)

13. Low, L., H. Lin, P. Cheung, F. Lee, S. Chu, T. Kwok, J. Bacon-Shone and C. Yeung (1986). "Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in Hong Kong." Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 22(1): 53-56 (17 cites)

14. Bacon-Shone, J. and W. Fung (1987). "A new graphical method for detecting single and multiple outliers in univariate and multivariate data." Applied Statistics: 153-162 (43 cites)

15. Bacon-Shone, J. (1988). "Bayesian methods for growth curves with capture-recapture." The Statistician: 307-312 (3 cites)

16. Lee, P.W.H., E.S.L.Luk, J. Bacon-Shone, J. Lau, V. Wong, L. Ko (1990) “The Developmental Language Screening Scale: a validation and normative study” Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics 1, 7-22 (7 cites)

17. Bacon-Shone, J. (1990). The use of statistics to evaluate the level and effect of indoor air pollution. Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation in Warm Climates. F. Lunau and G. Reynolds. London, Selper: 11-14.

18. Bacon-Shone, J., W. Fung, Y. Kuk, K. Lam, W. Li, K. Ng and S. Shen (1990). Household telephone surveys in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the ASA Section on Survey Research methods (1 cite)

19. Wong, C., A. Hedley, J. Bacon-Shone, F. Branicki, J. Wong and D. Leaper (1990). Development of clinical decision support for the management of acute abdominal pain. First Asia Pacific Medical Informatics.

20. Jones, A., R. Jones and J. Bacon-Shone (1991). "A comparison of expiratory flow rates in two breathing circuits used for manual inflation of the lungs." Physiotherapy 77(9): 593-597 (12 cites)

21. Jones, R., A. Lawson, L. Andrew, W. Gunawardene and J. Bacon-Shone (1991). "Antagonism of the hypnotic effect of midazolam in children: a randomized, doubleblind study of placebo and flumazenil administered after midazolam-induced anaesthesia." British Journal of Anaesthesia 66(6): 660-666 (28 cites)

22. Jones, R. D., A. D. Lawson, L. J. Andrew, J. Bacon-Shone and R. B. Holland (1991). "Homeostatic cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage, hypoxia and halothane overdose in the anaesthetised hypertensive and normotensive rat - A pilot study." Medical Science Research 19(24): 859-862.

23. Liao, S., J. Bacon-Shone and Y. Kim (1991). "Factors influencing indoor air quality in Hong Kong: Measurements in offices and shops." Environmental Technology 12(9): 737-745 (15 cites)

24. Luk, S., C. Kwan, J. Hui, J. Bacon-Shone, A. Tsang, A. Leung and K. Tang (1991). "Cognitive-behavioural group therapy for Hong Kong Chinese adults with mental health problems." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 25(4): 524-534 (10 cites)

25. Luk, S.-L., J. Bacon-Shone and et al. (1991). "The Structure and Prevalence of Behavioral Problems in Hong Kong Preschool Children." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 19(2): 219 (37 cites)

26. Luk, S. L., P. W. L. Leung, J. Bacon-Shone, S. Y. Chung, P. W. H. Lee, S. Chen, R. Ng, F. Lieh-Mak, L. Ko, V. C. N. Wong and C. Y. Yeung (1991). "Behaviour disorder in pre-school children in Hong Kong. A two-stage epidemiological study." British Journal of Psychiatry 158(FEB.): 213-221 (34 cites)

27. Morton, B., D. Dudgeon, S. Lee, J. Bacon-Shone and T. Leung (1991). "Hong Kong's scleractinian coral-gallery communities." Asian Marine Biology 8: 103-115 (7 cites)

28. Bacon-Shone, J. (1992). "Ranking methods for compositional data." Applied Statistics: 533-537 (14 cites)

29. Bacon-Shone, J. (1992). "Bayesian Estimation of Finite Subpopulation Size." The Statistician: 165-167.

30. Day, J. and J. Bacon-Shone (1992). Proceedings of the Opening of the Drug Addiction Research Unit of the University of Hong Kong, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong Hong Kong.

31. Ho, E., S. Upadhyay, L. Ferris, F. Chan, J. Bacon-Shone, L. Hsu and J. Leong (1992). "A comparative study of computed tomographic and plain radiographic methods to measure vertebral rotation in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis." Spine 17(7): 771 (38 cites)

32. Jones, R., G. Moore and J. Bacon-Shone (1992). "An investigation of the enhancement of tumour growth by blood transfusion." Medical Science Research 20(11): 423-425 (1 cite)

33. Wong, C., A. Hedley, J. Bacon-Shone, D. Spiegelhalter, F. Branicki and J. Wong (1992). Diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a robust system to handle variations in the quality of input data. Second Asia Pacific Medical Informatics.

34. Fung, W.-K. and J. Bacon-Shone (1993). "Quasi-Bayesian modelling of multivariate outliers." Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 16(3): 271-278 (2 cites)

35. Liao, S. and J. Bacon-Shone (1993). Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution in shops and offices in Hong Kong and health effects. ASAIHL Seminar on the Role of the ASAIHL in Combating Health Hazards of Environmental Pollution, University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong.

36. Bacon-Shone, J. and V.S.Y.Lo (1994). "A comparison between two models for predicting ordering probabilities in multiple-entry competitions." The Statistician: 317-327 (10 cites)

37. Blowers, G. and J. Bacon-Shone (1994). "On detecting the differences in jazz: A reassessment of comparative methods of measuring perceptual veridicality." Empirical Studies of the Arts, 12, 41 58 (3 cites)

38. Brown, A., A. Visram, R. Jones, M. Irwin and J. Bacon-Shone (1994). "Preoperative and postoperative oxygen saturation in the elderly following spinal or general anaesthesia--an audit of current practice." Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 22(2): 150 (22 cites)

39. Jones, R., A. Visram, M. Chan, J. Bacon-Shone, G. Mya and M. Irwin (1994). "A comparison of three induction agents in paediatric anaesthesia--cardiovascular effects and recovery." Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 22(5): 545 (15 cites)

40. Visram, A., R. Jones, M. Irwin and J. Bacon-Shone (1994). "Use of two oximeters to investigate a method of movement artefact rejection using photoplethysmographic signals." British Journal of Anaesthesia 72(4): 388-392 (22 cites)

41. Wong, C., A. Hedley, J. Bacon-Shone, D. Spiegelhalter, S. Ma and F. Branicki (1994). The determination of the cut-off point in the receiver operating characteristic curve for the management of acute abdominal pain. Third Asia Pacific Medical Informatics.

42. Barnett, A., J. Bacon-Shone, K. H. Tam, M. Leung and N. Armstrong (1995). "Peak oxygen uptake of 12-18-year-old boys living in a densely populated urban environment." Annals of human biology 22(6): 525-532 (13 cites)

43. Lam, T., K. Cheng, J. Bacon-Shone, A. Hedley, J. Peters and A. Chan (1995). Public Attitudes to Tobacco Control in Hong Kong Tobacco & Health. K. Slama. Plenum Press, New York: 997-999.

44. Lo, V., J. Bacon-Shone and K. Busche (1995). "The application of ranking probability models to racetrack betting." Management Science: 1048-1059 (14 cites)

45. Mak, F., S. Luk, P. Leung and J. Bacon-Shone (1995). "Preschool Behaviour Disorders in Hong Kong: A Cross-Cultural Perspective." Chinese Societies and Mental Health: 67 (1 cite).

46. Bacon-Shone, J. (1996). Population projections. Planning Hong Kong for the 21st Century, Hong Kong, CUPEM, University of Hong Kong.

47. Bacon-Shone, J. and A. Castro (1996). Computer-assisted and Web-based student surveys, has technology made a difference to student evaluations? Collaboration via the Virtual Orient Express, Hong Kong, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong.

48. Ho, T., P. Leung, E. Luk, E. Taylor, J. Bacon-Shone and F. Mak (1996). "Establishing the constructs of childhood behavioral disturbances in a Chinese population: A questionnaire study." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 24(4): 417-431 (32 cites)

49. Ho, T., E. Luk, P. Leung, E. Taylor, F. Lieh-Mak and J. Bacon-Shone (1996). "Situational Versus Pervasive Hyperactivity in a Community Sample." Psychological Medicine 26(2): 309 (20 cites)

50. Leung, P., S. Luk, T. Ho, E. Taylor, J. Bacon-Shone and F. Mak (1996). "Separation and comorbidity of hyperactivity and conduct disturbance in Chinese schoolboys." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 37(7): 841-853 (20 cites)

51. Leung, P., S. Luk, T. Ho, E. Taylor, F. Mak and J. Bacon-Shone (1996). "The diagnosis and prevalence of hyperactivity in Chinese schoolboys." The British Journal of Psychiatry 168(4): 486-496 (117 cites)

52. Mak, S., F. Castro and J. Bacon-Shone (1996). Collaboration Via the Virtual Orient Express: Proceedings of The Asia-Pacific World Wide Web Conference and The Second Hong Kong Web Symposium, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong (2 cites)

53. Spinks, J., H. Ku-Yu, D. Shek and J. Bacon-Shone (1996). "Recent Developments in the Area of Creative Thinking in Hong Kong." New perspectives: 202-217.

54. Castro, F. and J. Bacon-Shone (1997). Publishing on the Line: Proceedings of the Third Hong Kong Web Symposium, 7-10 May, 1997, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong.

55. Wong, C., H. Tong, S. Ma, J. Bacon-Shone, S. McGhee and M. Leung (1997). Admission to hospital, characteristics of the admitted patients and attitude toward quality of care in an accident and emergency (A&E) department: implications for data bases and information systems. Fourth Hong Kong (Asia-Pacific) Medical Informatics Conference.

56. Bacon-Shone, J. (1998). Vision and Reality of IT in Education: First Glimpses: Proceedings of the Fourth Hong Kong Web Symposium 9-12 April 1998, Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong (1 cite)

57. Bacon-Shone, J. (1998). Privacy and censorship on the Internet. Vision and Reality of IT in Education: First Glimpses. J. Bacon-Shone, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong: 1-7.

58. Bacon-Shone, J. and K. Bolton (1998). "Charting multilingualism." Language in Hong Kong at century's end: 43-90 (76 cites)

59. Macfarlane, D., A. Hedley, T. Lam, S. Leung, J. Day and J. Bacon-Shone (1998). "Multidisciplinary investigation on the health of Hong Kong primary school children." Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong (1 cite).

60. Aitchison, J. and J. Bacon-Shone (1999). "Convex linear combinations of compositions." Biometrika 86(2): 351-364 (20 cites)

61. Bacon-Shone, V. C. and J. Bacon-Shone (2000). "Gait of normal Hong Kong Chinese children: The bootstrap approach." Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal 18(1): 21-25.

62. Bacon-Shone, J., W. Chan, G. Leung and M. Yeung (2002). "Viability of the Health Protection Account in Hong Kong." Hong Kong Medical Journal 8(5).

63. Bacon-Shone, J. (2003). "Modelling structural zeros in compositional data analysis." CODAWORK03 (19 cites)

64. Bacon-Shone, J. (2005). Convex linear combination processes for compositions. CODAWORK 05. Girona, Spain.

65. Lee, B. and J. Bacon-Shone (2005). Application of discriminant function analysis and change-point problem in dating volcanic ashes. CODAWORK 05. Girona, Spain: 84-8458.

66. Leung, G., L. Ho, S. Chan, J. Bacon-Shone, A. Hedley, T. Lam and R. Fielding (2005). "Longitudinal assessment of community psycho-behavioral responses during the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong." Clinical Infectious Diseases 40: 1720-30 (57 cites)

67. Bacon-Shone, J. and G. M. Leung (2006). History, ethics and forces of change. Hong Kong's Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions. J. Bacon-Shone and G. M. Leung, Hong Kong University Press.

68. Leung, G. and J. Bacon-Shone (2006). Hong Kong's Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions, Hong Kong University Press (16 cites)

69. Leung, G. and J. Bacon-Shone (2006). "Health financing reform." Hong Kong’s Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions: 391–394 (1 cite)

70. Leung, G. M. and J. Bacon-Shone (2006). Organisational, management and quality of care issues. Hong Kong's Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions. G. M. Leung and J. Bacon-Shone, HKU Press: 137-186 (1 cite)

71. Bacon-Shone, J. (2007). The case for data archives. Promoting 21st Century Scholarly Communication. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1 cite).

72. Bacon-Shone, J. and S. McGhee (2007). "An exploratory assessment of willingness to pay for health care in Hong Kong." Hong Kong Med J 13(5 Supplement 5): 27.

73. Bacon-Shone, J. (2008). "A. Buccianti, G. Mateu-Figueras and V. Pawlowsky-Glahn (eds): Compositional data analysis in the geosciences: from theory to practice; The Geological Society Publishing House, Special Publication 264, Bath, UK, October 2006, Hardback, pp 224, 150.00*USD, ISBN: 10-1-86239-205-6, 13-978-1-86239-205-2." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 22(1): 139-141.

74. Bacon-Shone, J. (2008). Discrete and continuous compositions. CODAWORK 08. Girona, Spain (7 cites).

75. Bacon-Shone, J. and K. Bolton (2008). Bilingualism and multilingualism in the HKSAR: Language surveys and Hong Kong's changing linguistic profile. Language and Society in Hong Kong. K. Bolton and H. Yang. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Open University Press: 25-51 (7 cites).

76. Bacon-Shone, J. and A. Woods (2008). Modeling Money Bet on Horse Races in Hong Kong. Handbook of Sports and Lottery Markets. D. Hausch and W. Ziemba. San Diego, Elsevier: 17-24 (1 cite).

77. Lee, B. and J. Bacon-Shone (2008). An alternative method for dating unknown tephras based on a segmented regression model. CODAWORK 08.

78. Lo, V. and J. Bacon-Shone (2008). "Probability and Statistical Models for Racing." Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 4(2): 11 (1 cite).

79. Lo, V. S. Y. and J. Bacon-Shone (2008). Approximating the Ordering Probabilities of Multi-Entry Competitions by a Simple Method. Handbook of Sports and Lottery Markets. D. B. Hausch and W. T. Ziemba. San Diego, Elsevier: 51-65 (7 cites).

80. Bacon-Shone, J. (2009). "Open Access in Hong Kong - Where Are We Now?" Serials Review.

81. Bauman, A., F. Bull, T. Chey, C. Craig, B. Ainsworth, J. Sallis, H. Bowles, M. Hagstromer, M. Sjostrom, M. Pratt, D. Macfarlane and J. Bacon-Shone (2009). "The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 6: 21 (82 cites).

82. Bacon-Shone, J. and D. Hui (2010). ‘Design and Construction of the Hong Kong Creativity Index’, in ‘Measuring Creativity’, E. Villalba, Luxembourg, European Union: 91-102.

83. Broadhurst, R., J. Bacon-Shone, B. Bourhours, K.W. Lee, L.Y. Zhong (2010). Hong Kong United Nations International Crime Victim Survey: Final Report of the 2006 Hong Kong UNICVS, University of Hong Kong and Australian National University, Hong Kong and Canberra (4 cites), ISBN:9789627558019

84. Bacon-Shone, J. (2010). “Horse Racing.” Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, DOI: 10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0386

85. Bacon-Shone, J. (2011). "Mixing of Compositions at Points and Along Lines." Computers & Geosciences 37:692-695, DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.020 (1 cite)

86. Bacon-Shone, J. (2011). “A Short History of Compositional Data Analysis” in “Compositional Data Analysis: Theory and Applications”, ed. V. Pawlowsky-Glahn & A. Buccianti, Wiley, DOI: 10.1002/9781119976462.ch1

87. Broadhurst, R., J. Bacon-Shone, B. Bouhours, T. Bouhours. (2011). ‘Business and the Risk of Crime in China’, ANU E Press, Canberra, Australia, ISBN:9781921862533

88. Broadhurst,R., J. Bacon-Shone, B. Bouhours. (2011). ‘Hong Kong International Violence Against Women Survey’, The University of Hong Kong & Australian National University, ISBN:9789627558064

6. Research Reports publicly available

1. Bacon-Shone, J. 1992. 14: The difference in vote shares for multiple vote systems. Research Report, Series, 14. Retrieved from (1 cite)

2. Bacon-Shone, J. 1992. 13: The selection of Olympic athletes. Retrieved from

3. Bacon-Shone, J., & Aitchison, J. 1992. 15: Multivariate discrete density estimation using kernel densities. Retrieved from

4. Bacon-Shone, J., Lo, VSY, & Busche, K. 1992. 10: Modelling the winning probabilities. Retrieved from (14 cites)

5. Bacon-Shone, J., Lo, VSY, & Busche, K. 1992. 11: Logistic analyses for complicated bets. Retrieved from (5 cites)

6. Lo, VSY, Bacon-Shone, J., & Busche, K. 1992. 18: A modified racetrack betting system. Retrieved from

7. Tang, P., & Bacon-Shone, J. 1992. 12: Bayesian analysis of errors-in-variables in binary regression models. Retrieved from

8. Tang, P., & Bacon-Shone, J. 1992. 31: Bayesian optimal designs for probit regression with errors-in-variables. Retrieved from

9. 'The Social Causes of Juvenile Crime' A Research Report to the Standing Committee on Young Offenders, Fight Crime Committee, HKG, 199pp (with J. Vagg, P. Gray, D.O.B. Lam), 1994 (19 cites)

10. Report on the household survey for the Harvard Healthcare Study, a report prepared for Harvard University (with S.McGhee, J.Hung, SK Ma), 1998 (3 cites)

11. Multidisciplinary investigation on the health of Hong Kong primary school children. Full research report to the Hong Kong Health Service Research Committee (#421013), (with MacFarlane, D.J., Hedley, A.J., Lam, T.H., S Leung and JR Day) 1998, 130pp.

12. Reports on the 1998,1999,2000,2001,2004 opinion survey of the attitudes and implementation of the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO) – A report to the Privacy Commissioner’s Office, Hong Kong 1998 1999 2000 2001 2004

13. Curriculum & community development in adolescent health related behaviour, Health Services Research Committee, Hong Kong 2001 (Report no. 412015) (with JR Day) Available at: (2 cites)

14. ‘Estimation and variations in health care needs between small areas in Hong Kong using routine statistics on morbidity, mortality and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population’, Final report submitted to Health Services Research Committee, Hong Kong SAR Government, Hong Kong. (with TH Lam, TH, CM Wong, AJ Hedley, SLS Ma, H Fung, E Shung), 2001

15. Report on ‘Surveillance Cameras in Public Places’ – A report to the Privacy Commissioner’s Office, Hong Kong 2002

16. Dept of Health: Survey on Personal and Environmental Hygiene 2003

17. SFC: Sponsors survey, 2004

18. Youth Commission: “Youth in Hong Kong – A Statistical Profile 2002, 2004 and 2010”

19. HAB Evaluative Study on Hong Kong People’s Participation in Gambling Activities 2004-5

20. Dept. of Health: survey on Behavioural Risk Factors 2004-2011

21. Dept of Health: pilot test of dietary intervention in primary schools 2005

22. Dept of Health: focus groups on diet and exercise of primary school students 2005

23. Security & Futures Commission (SFC): Public perception survey, 2005

24. Home Affairs Bureau: Hong Kong Creativity Index (statistical consultant) 2006

25. Health & Welfare Bureau: Survey on the Public Transport Needs of Persons with Disabilities 2007

26. Report on Public Feedback for Public Engagement Process on Air Quality for the Council on Sustainable Development, 2008

27. The Past and Future of the One Way Permit Scheme in the Context of a Population Policy for Hong Kong, 2008, Bauhinia Foundation,

28. Gender representation in the media for the Equal Opportunities Commission, 2008

29. Men’s Health Survey for Dept of Health, Macau SARG, 2010

30. Independent Compilation of Views and Reporting for HKIA Master Plan 2030 Public Consultation Exercise for Hong Kong Airport Authority

7. Research Reports not publicly available

1. 'A Hong Kong - United Kingdom Cross-cultural study of Childhood Hyperactivity' A Research Report to the Croucher Foundation, 220pp (with S.L. Luk, F Lieh Mak, P.W.L Leung, T.P. Ho, E. Taylor), 1994 (2 cites)

2. ‘The Hong Kong Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (technical report)’ A Research report to the Education Department, HKG (with J. Spinks, H. Ku-Yu, D Shek), 1995 (13 cites)

3. 'Identification of Intellectually Gifted and Highly Creative Children', A Research report to the Education Department, HKG (with J. Spinks, H. Ku-Yu, D Shek), 1995

4. Report on the public perception and tolerability of landslide risk – A report to the Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department, Hong Kong, 1997

5. Report on a baseline survey of public attitudes to and preparedness for the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO) A report to the Privacy Commissioner's Office, Hong Kong, 1997

6. HKU Student Evaluation of Teaching 1999-2010

7. SDB Sports Participation Surveys 1999-2002

8. Novartis Consumer AMD Awareness Research (2000,2002,2004)

9. LCSD Survey of Community Needs for District Cultural Facilities For Consultancy Study on the Provision of Regional/District Cultural and Performance Facilities in Hong Kong 2001

10. Novartis Consumer PM Survey 2002

11. HKU Law Dept Survey of the Hong Kong Bar 2002

12. HK Christian Service Elder Abuse Research

13. ECC Survey on Waste Recycling Campaign 2002

14. FHKI Study: Made in PRD – The Changing Face of HK Manufacturers (2 waves) 2002

15. SDB Sports Sponsors Survey 2002

16. Sham Shui Po Resident Opinion Survey 2002

17. HKU Nursing studies: Impact of fatigue on patients’ quality of life after bone marrow transplantation and effects of self-initiated fatigue-reducing strategies 2002

18. HKU Medicine: Survey of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease in Hong Kong 2002

19. HKU Medicine: Epidemiology of Allergic Rhinitis in Hong Kong 2002

20. Media Source Holdings: Expectation of Hong Kong Parents towards Their Children 2002

21. Manulife: Life is Wonderful Survey 2002

22. SPACE Student Evaluation Exercises 2000-5

23. HKU Medicine: Prevalence of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease in Hong Kong (Second Phase) 2002

24. Ming Pao Money and Wealth Management Survey 2003

25. Kwun Tong DC Survey on Planning and Redevelopment of Kwun Tong Industrial Area 2003

26. Wong Tai Sin DC Survey on the Implementation of the Wong Tai Sin Local Community Economy Bazaar 2003

27. HKU SPACE Continuing Education Demand Survey 2003

28. DH Personal and Environmental Hygiene of Amoy Garden Households 2003

29. Yesasia: A Comparison of the Retail Price of English Books in Major Asian cities

30. HKU ICGD: Hong Kong External Relationship Survey 2003

31. HK PolyU: Survey on the Service Needs of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy in the Emerging Healthcare Market 2003

32. HKU Medicine: Survey of Colorectal Cancer in Hong Kong 2003

33. HKU Medicine: Survey of Postmenopausal and Middle Aged Women Health 2003

34. HK Housing Society Survey on Customers Perception of Hong Kong Housing Society’s Senior Citizen Residences (SEN) Scheme 2003

35. HK Epilepsy Society Population Survey of Epilepsy Prevalence in Hong Kong 2003

36. HKSARG Survey on the Enhancement Approaches and Works at Government Piers & Landing Facilities in Hong Kong 2003

37. HKFI Annual Prevailing Medical Fee Survey (2002-2005)

38. BEA Service Performance Assessment (four waves) and Customer Satisfaction Survey 2003-2010

39. Manulife Employee Benefits Insurance Statistics 2003

40. ‘EMB Perception Survey on Impact of the Reform of Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System on Teaching and Learning as well as Learning Outcomes in Primary Schools’, 2003

41. Rehabus Alliance: Survey of Transport Services for Wheelchair Users in Hong Kong, 2003

42. MTRC: Fainting and Other Medical Incidents in MTR System (Two Phases), 2004-5

43. Kwun Tong DC Survey on the Needs and Opinions towards the Public Transportation Service in Kwun Tong 2004

44. DH Survey on Evaluation Service of the Men and Cancer Smart Poster Advertising Campaign 2004

45. HECOM Survey on Brand Tracking 2003

46. Wen Wei Po Readership Survey 2004

47. Novartis Retina Hong Kong Survey 2004

48. Legislative Council Elections 2004 (four waves)

49. EMB Preliminary study on students’ IT proficiency (2003-2004)

50. HKU survey of Factors influencing secondary 7 students’ admission decisions 2004-5

51. Nuskin Survey of Multiple level marketing in Hong Kong 2004

52. HKU PPA “HK Global Citizenship” Survey 2004

53. Cheshire HomeSurvey on Service Needs of People with Disabilities for Community Living 2004

54. DH Survey on Service Needs of People with Disabilities for Community Living 2004

55. EMB Impact of Life-wide Learning Evaluation Survey 2004

56. Sha Tin DC survey on Land Subsidence and Spalling of Wall Tiles at Kam Fung Court and Chung On Estate 2005

57. Wall St Language Institute: projection of demand for classes and lab use, 2005

58. Central Policy Unit: confidential report on population policy (with J Banister), 2005

59. Report on Export of medical services for the Trade Development Council, 2005

60. Scitex Vision Survey on Customer Satisfaction in Asia Pacific 2005

61. E*Trade Foreign Exchange Trading Survey 2004

62. AXA Retirement Plan Survey 2005

63. Shopping Centre Quality Performance Survey 2005

64. KCR Shoppers Survey at Pierhead Plaza. Tuen Mun 2005

65. Aviva: customer, non-customer, mystery shopper 2005

66. Transport department: pedestrianization in Causeway Bay 2005

67. Laneige: HK Chinese women’s skin type 2005

68. Wong Tai Sin DC: health status survey 2005

69. Southern DC: health status survey 2005

70. 7 Seas: purchase of pillows and mattresses 2005, 2010

71. Fixed Number Portability for OFTA, 2009

72. Survey on Special Numbers for OFTA, 2010

73. Study on Mobile Data Services for OFTA, 2010

74. Survey on Pricing Satisfaction with the Telecommunications Services in Hong Kong for OFTA, 2011

75. Evaluation of Tobacco Control Measures for Tobacco Control Office, HKSARG, 2010

76. Survey of Millionaires for Citibank, 2010

77. Citigold tracking survey for Citibank, 2010

78. Property Ownership Research for Citibank, 2010

79. Customer tracking survey for Shuntak Shipping, 2009-2010

80. Formative evaluation of health education materials for Dept of Health, HKSARG, 2010

81. Patient Satisfaction survey for Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 2010

82. Donor survey and public survey for Oxfam, 2009-2010

83. Evaluation of the Publicity of Human Swine Influenza Vaccination Program for Dept of Health, HKSARG, 2010

84. Research project on Geographic Density of Bank Branches, ATMs and Usage Trade of Banking Channels in other countries for Hong Kong Association of Banks

8. Conferences

Unpublished Papers:

1) Quality Control Techniques for Longitudinal Surveys 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Statistics, 1981

2) The Impact of Computers on Statistics with Particular Reference to Small Countries ISI meeting in Macau, 1990

3) 'Sample Design', ESOMAR seminars on Market Research in Hong Kong, October 1991 (invited speaker)

4) 'Indoor Air Quality in Hong Kong' International Symposium on Indoor Air Quality in Asia, Bangkok, November 1991 (invited speaker)

5) 'Bayesian analysis of random coefficient growth curve models', at International Symposium on Multivariate Analysis, HK, Dec 1991

6) 'Bayesian Calibration for an Intersection', Practical Bayesian Statistics conference at U of Nottingham, UK, July 1992

7) 'Bayesian Analysis of Finite Box-Cox Mixtures' at American Statistical Association, San Francisco, August 1993.

8) 'Student Evaluation of Teaching - Does technology make a difference', 2nd Hong Kong Web Symposium, 1996

9) A study on the validity and reliability of telephone interview and mail questionnaire in obtaining patient satisfaction levels in the accident and emergency department Hospital Authority Convention 1997, 11-13 May 1997.

10) A study on characteristics and levels of satisfaction for semi-urgent and non-urgent patients utilizing the accident and emergency service. Hospital Authority Convention 1997, 11-13 May 1997

11) The relationship between smoking & adolescent substance abuse in Hong Kong. Smoking & Health 2000 Conference, 1997

12) Correlation of socioeconomic/demographic variation with mortality and hospital admissions ratios. Hospital Authority Convention 2000, 7-10 May 2000, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 2000.

13) Hong Kong Legislation and Policies Towards Gambling', paper presented at a seminar on gambling, organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, 3rd-5th June, 2003.

14) ‘Population Projections Revisited and Re-examined’, Conference on Chinese Demography, HKUST, 2004.

15) ‘The historical development of gambling policy in Hong Kong, Inaugural Asian Pacific Problem Gambling Conference, 2005

16) ‘Mobile vs. Fixed-line Surveys in Hong Kong’, Second International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, 2006 (5 cites)

17) ‘Environmental correlates of physical activity levels needed to promote health in Hong Kong’, 1st GIS International Conference, 2006

18) ‘The case for data archives’, Promoting 21st Century Scholarly Commmunication, The University of Hong Kong, May 17, 2007 (1 cite).

19) ‘Compositional data, Bayesian inference and the modeling process’, invited lecture, CodaWork 2011, 2011.

Principal Organiser:

(1) Economic Megatrends in the Nineties, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1990

(2) Psychiatric Rehabilitation: The Asian Experience, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1991

(3) First Hong Kong Web Symposium, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1995

(4) Second Hong Kong Web Symposium, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1996

(5) Third Hong Kong Web Symposium, Social Sciences Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 1997

9. Fields of Research Interest

Statistics in market and social research, including sampling, electoral and media analysis

Bayesian analysis

Statistical reliability

Statistical computing

Biostatistics, including indoor air pollution

Compositional data

Education and technology

Computer-assisted data collection and storage

Privacy attitudes

Population Policy

Policy making in Hong Kong

Statistical shape analysis including image analysis

Telephone survey methodology

10. Research students

1) W.K. Fung, 1985-1987 Ph.D. 'Analysis of outliers'

(2) T.C. Leung, 1988-1991 M.Phil. 'Correspondence Analysis and clustering with applications to site species occurrence'.

(3) T.W. Li, 1988-1991 M.Phil. 'Time Series Analysis of Tides' (joint with W.K. Li).

(4) V. Lo 1990-1992 Ph.D. ‘Statistical modelling of gambling probabilities’.

(5) P.K. Tang, 1987-1992 Ph.D. 'Bayesian analysis of error-in-variable models'.

(6) C.M. Wong, 1989-1992 Ph.D. 'Risk modelling methods and their application to three health care studies’ (joint with A. Hedley and D. Spiegelhalter).

(7) T.Y. Ho, 1988-1994 M.Phil. 'Forecasting and Inventory Control'.

(8) C. Wong 1990-1994 M.Phil. 'Shape analysis for multiple closed curves'

(9) K.M. Lui 1991-1996 Ph.D. Construction and testing of causal models in voting behaviour with reference to Hong Kong’ (joint with I. Scott)

(10) E.M.T. So 1991-1997 M.Phil. 'Methodological Issues relating to Telephone Surveys in Hong Kong'.

(11) H. Mok 1992-1996 M.Phil. An improved segmentation rule’.

(12) Ho Chi Wan 1996-2000 MPhil ‘Factors affecting one's health care choice’.

13) E.M.T. So 1998-2007 PhD 'Applications of Bayesian Statistical Model Selection'

14) L. Lau 2003-2005 M.Phil ‘Methodology of Mobile Phone Surveys in Hong Kong’

15) T.S.H. Chung 1998-2005 PhD ‘Statistical Models for Catch-at-length Data with Birth Cohort Information’

16) A.B.W. Lee 2004-2007 M.Phil ‘Applying advanced statistics to problems in tephrochronology’

17) XY Sun 2006-2009 M.Phil ‘Mobile phone survey methodology in China’

18) R. Yim 2007-present M.Phil, ‘Social Entrepreneurs’

19) S.Chen 2008-2010 M.Phil, ‘Telephone survey methodology in China’

20) S.Chen 2010-present PhD, ‘Telephone survey methodology in China’

21) D. Cooper 2009-present PhD, ‘The role of thinktanks in Hong Kong’

22) J. Leung 2010-present PhD, ‘Compositional data analysis’

11. Social Sciences Research Centre activity

I believe that as a result of our activities, the SSRC is recognized as one of the premier organisations in Hong Kong for independent, high quality, empirical social research. In addition to specific activities mentioned under other headings, the Centre has instigated a number of research activities:

1) Telephone Survey Unit - work on methodology and provide facilities for social research

2) Performance Audit Surveys - do performance audit surveys for outside companies in order to provide funds for academic research

3) Occasional Papers Programme - publish jointly with other departments (20 papers published so far)

4) Paper Survey Unit – computer designed and read questionnaires

12. Consultancy

In addition to the project reports listed in 6 and 7, I have acted as consultant to the following clients:

|The University of Hong Kong |

|Dept. of Community Medicine |

|Dept. of Education |

|Dept. of Professional Legal Education |

|Dept. of Psychology |

|Appointments Service |

|Careers Education Placement Centre |

|Centre for Physical Education and Sport |

|English Centre |

|Faculty of Medicine |

|Physical Education and Sport Science Unit |

|The Office of Student Affairs |

|The Registry |

|School of Professional and Continuing Education |

|Faculty of Law |

| |

|Other academic institutions |

|City University of Hong Kong |

|University of California-Santa Barbara |

|Hong Kong Baptist University |

|Hong Kong Polytechnic University |

|Teaching Development Unit, CUHK |

|Chinese University of Hong Kong |

|Harvard University |

|Hong Kong Institute of Education |

| HK Government |

|Environment Protection Department |

|Geotechnical Engineering Office |

|The Audit Commission |

|Hong Kong Council of Social Service |

|University Grants Committee of Hong Kong |

|ICAC |

|Census and Statistics |

|Non Government Organizations |

|Hong Kong Christian Service |

|Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) |

|Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HKHA) |

|Hong Kong Sports Development Board |

|Radio Television Hong Kong |

|The Earth Care |

|The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups |

|Tseung Kwan O-Healthy City Steering Committee |

|Tung Wah Group of Hospitals |

|Hong Kong Christian Family Service Centre |

|Hong Kong Airport Authority |

|Bauhinia Foundation |

13. Membership of Societies

1979 Fellow Royal Statistical Society

1980 Member Hong Kong Statistical Society

1982 Member Institute of Statisticians (became Chartered Member, Royal Statistical Society)

1995 Member American Statistical Association

14. University Responsibility

I have been a member of the following committees and working parties:

1979 - present Faculty of Social Sciences (Chairman 1990-1996)

1990 - 1991 Faculty Review (Chairman 1990-91)

1981 - 1983 Residents

1983 - 1984 Computer Studies Programme

1984 - 1986 Faculty Higher Degrees

1990 - 1996 Faculty Admissions (Chairman 1990-1991)

1986 - 1989 Faculty of Science

1986 - 1991 Applied Mathematics Programme

1987 - 1992 Senate Computer Committee

1987 - 1992 Faculty Computer Committee (Chairman 1987-1991)

1988 - 1992 Environmental Studies Board of Studies

1988 – 1991 Working Party on B.Soc.Sc. review (Chairman 1990-1991)

1988 - 1990 Working Party on Cognitive Science

1990 - 1991 Senate Working Party on Centre for Media Resources

1990 - 1991 Extramural Studies Management Committee (Vice Chairman)

1990 - 1991 Working party on B.Soc.Sc. Admissions (Chairman)

1990 - 1996 Conference & Research Grants Committee

1990 - 1996 General Purposes Committee

1990 - 1997 Senate

1990 - 1996 Faculty Committee for the Selection of Teachers (Chairman)

1990 - 1996 Senate Library Committee

1990 - 1996 Council

1990 - 1992 Committee on Open Education

1990 - 1996 Executive Committee, UHK Business School

1990 - 1996 Board, UHK Business School

1991 Council Working Party on Student Representation

1992 - 1996 Board of Studies for SPACE

1994 Council Working Party on Retirement Procedures

1994 - 1995 Council Working Party on Management Studies/Business

1994 - 1997 University Research Committee (Vice-Chairman 1996-1997)

1995 Review Committee for Politics and Public Administration

Review Committee for Professional & Continuing Education

1996 - 1997 Vice-chancellor's Ad Hoc Group for Learning Technology

1997 - 1998 Vice-chancellor's Task Force on IT and Teaching

2004-present Knowledge Team, HKU

2007 – present Chairman, Human Research Ethics Committee for Non-Clinical Faculties

2009-present HKU working group on medical benefits

15. Extra University Responsibilities

1981-1982 Publications Secretary for the Hong Kong Statistical Society.

1984-2000 Member of Executive Committee of Institute of Statisticians Local Chapter.

1989-1994 Mathematics Advisory Committee for HK Polytechnic.

1989-1993 Founding Council Member of Indoor Air International. The International

Association for Indoor Air Quality.

1990-2006 Member of the Privacy Sub-Committee, Law Reform Commission, HK

Government. (Chairman from 2002)

1990-1995 Founding Member of Advisory Board, Centre for Toxic Waste, Imperial College,

University of London.

1991-1993 Editorial Board member, Indoor Environment.

1992 Member, HKCAA Panel for City Polytechnic of Hong Kong B.A. in Applied Statistics.

1994-2003 Member, Expert Sub-committee, Health Services Research Committee.

1996-2004 Member, Research Sub-committee, Sports Development Board of Hong Kong.

2001-2006 Part-time Member, Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government.

2001. Official Justice of the Peace, HKSAR Government.

2002-2008 Member of the Law Reform Commission, HKSAR Government

2005-present Member, Grant Review Board, Food & Health Bureau

2008 Pro-bono consultant to PCPD for the Hospital Authority inspection

2009-present Member, Standing Committee on Technological Development of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

16. Referee

IEEE Transactions on Reliability.

Asian Marine Zoology

Applied Statistics.

Environmental Technology.

The Statistician

Communications in Statistics

External examiner for RMIT PhD thesis on Australian Internet Users Privacy Attitudes, 2005

17. Courses Taught

Parametric Statistical Models

Data Analysis (undergraduate and postgraduate)

Elementary Statistics

Quality Control

Random Processes

Optimization

Statistics for Physical Sciences

Statistics for Linguists

Statistics for Environmental Science

Research Skills Diploma (Course Coordinator)

Occasional Lectures for Law and Criminology students

Basic and Intermediate Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analysis (for research postgraduates)

Research Ethics

I have also taught Research Methods for Sports Research for HKU SPACE undergraduate programme and research methods for linguistic research for CityU.

From 1996 to 2007, I ran the Summer School for Social Sciences which provided short courses for research students, funded with UGC grant every year. From 2008 onwards, it has been taken over by the faculty, but I continue to act as an advisor.

18. Statistical Computing

I was responsible for organizing suitable computing facilities for the Statistics department for more than 10 years, which I developed up to 15 microcomputers with associated peripherals networked within the department and linked to the university VAX and IBM machines and a laboratory with 20 networked micros for student use. This is now handled by a full-time Computer Officer. Since taking over in the SSRC, I have been solely responsible for the planning and all software development of a bilingual computer-aided telephone survey system for the Social Sciences Research Centre which has been used in all the Centre's telephone surveys. This was the first such system in Hong Kong, and uses 35 lines using the latest Apple Macintosh technology.

'MRSP - Market Research Statistical Package'. The package has been on sale since March 1984 and covers a wide range of statistical techniques, specializing in non metric methods and including multivariate regression, MANOVA, discriminant analysis, principal components, multi-response tables, correspondence analysis, automatic interaction detection, cluster analysis and non-parametric methods. The program consists of around 100,000 lines of code, which were all written by me. At its peak, the package had around 35 users at 18 sites, throughout Asia.

19. Ongoing Projects

1) Book contract with World Scientific – The Statistical Analysis of General Multivariate Data

20. Central Policy Unit

My work for the Unit was confidential, but included assisting with drafting of the Chief Executive’s annual Policy Address and writing speeches and policy documents on a wide range of topics, including health care, migration, population growth, opinion polls, education and technology, for our three clients, namely, the Chief Executive, the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary of the HKSARG and also for the Head of the CPU (Mr. Gordon Siu and then Dr. Edgar Cheng).

March 6, 2012

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