Topics and Speakers

Financial education for families
Host: ZeShan Foundation

Facilitator: Mr Henry Chan, Supervisor, TWGHs Healthy Budgeting Family Debt Counselling Centre

• The need and community support for financial education for low-income families 
  Mr Wayne Fong, Head of Corporate Affairs, Citi
• Support family to manage debt  
  Ms Susanna Chiu Lai-kuen, Immediate Past President, Hong Kong Institute of CPAs
• Financial education and parenting 
  Mr Edmond Lee

Post-separation and Co-parenting: issues for lawyers and social workers, and the legal support to families
Host: Social Welfare Department and The Law Society of Hong Kong

• A study on the phenomenon of divorce in HK – Recommendations on addressing their needs 
  Dr Sandra Tsang Kit-man, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
• Experience sharing on the challenges in dealing with divorced / divorcing couples wrestling with the custody and access issues of their children  
  Ms Grace Chan, Senior Social Work Officer / Family and Child Protective Services Unit (Wong Tai Sin/Sai Kung), Social Welfare Department
• Post separation & Co-parenting: What really matters? 
  Ms Sylvia Siu Wing-yee, Council Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong
• Online legal guidebooks for general public: A brief introduction to the Family CLIC website and other CLIC websites  
  Ms Jessica Wu, Content Editor of the CLIC Project

Family play and reading through community partnership
Host: The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation

Facilitator: Ms Kathy Wong, Executive Director, Playright Children's Play Association

• Family bonding through play and story-telling
  Ms Linda Choy, Vice President of Public Affairs, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
• Build closer families through reading and play 
  Ms Cynthia D'Anjou Brown, Co-Chair, The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation
• Building stronger families through community partnership  
  Ms Malini Thadani, Regional Head of Corporate Sustainability Asia Pacific, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
• Promote family play and reading in pre-school setting  
  Dr Amelia Lee, President, World Organisation for Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong (O.M.E.P.H.K.)

Parent Education in School Setting
Host: Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation

Facilitator: Mrs Queenie Wong, Assistant Chief Executive, Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong

• Pre-school: the HOPE 20 and the early intervention in parenting  
  Prof Cynthia Leung, Department of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• School experience in parent education  
  Ms Sylvia Chan May-kuen, Principal, Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School
• Parent empowerment  
  Ms Shirley Loo, General Secretary, The Family Development Foundation