“粤车南下”计划让合资格广东私家车经港珠澳大桥进入香港，上月实施入境市区，初期每日名额100个，每次逗留最多3日。
6 Jan 2026
教学人员
Academic & Professional Qualification
- Ph.D., University of Hong Kong
- M.S., University of Oxford
- B.B.A., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Biography
Before joining the HKU Business School, Dr. Vera YUEN held teaching positions at the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University and at the School of Humanities and Social Science of HKUST. She was a consultant to Our Hong Kong Foundation for its housing and land project. She was invited to be a reviewer of economics textbooks at secondary and university levels by the Consumer Council and an international publisher. She also professionally reviewed for Scientific Reports and PLOS ONE.
Vera is eager to serve the community. She was a member of the Selection Committee of the Deputies to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress from the HKSAR of the PRC, the Fifth Election Committee of the HKSAR, the Panel of Film Censorship Adviser of the Office for Film, Newspaper, and Article Administration, the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Programme Advisory Panel, and the Appeal Panel (Housing). She now serves in the Sir Jack Cater Scholarship Fund Selection Committee.
She is a current affairs commentator and columnist in major newspapers and media. She hosted two series of academic talk shows, “Economic Insight” and “Social Science Insight,” on RTHK, sharing academic thoughts with the public. She received the Chang Kuo-sin Award for Young Aspiring Communicators for her merit in commentaries. Joining hands with NGOs, she engages herself in youth education and policy education.
Research Interest
- Public Policy (housing and land, social welfare, economics)
- Policy Communication
- Political Trust
- Political Economy
- Authoritarian Governance
Selected Journal Publications
- Yuen, V. W. H. (2024). White privilege, ethnic disadvantage, and stigmatized linguistic capital: COVID-19 infection rates and lockdown law enforcement in Hong Kong. Social Science & Medicine, 360, 117323. (ranked no 4 in BIOMEDICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, SSCI 2023)
- Yuen, V. W. H. (2024). From Public Health to Political Repression: COVID-19 Lockdown Measure in Hong Kong’s Opposition Districts. Social Science and Medicine, 362, 117440. (ibid.)
- Yuen, V.W.H. (2023). The use of experts in building political trust: dissenting opinions and critical citizens in times of crisis. Democratization, 30, 1291-1312. (ranked top 10% in POLITICAL SCIENCE, SSCI 2023)
- Yuen, V. W. H. (2023). The efficacy of health experts’ communication in inducing support for COVID-19 measures and effect on trustworthiness: A survey in Hong Kong. Social Science & Medicine, 317, 115602. (ranked no 4 in BIOMEDICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, SSCI 2023)
- Yuen, V. W. H. (2022). Political attitudes and efficacy of health expert communication on the support for COVID-19 vaccination program: Findings from a survey in Hong Kong. Vaccine, 40(15), 2282-2291. (2022 SCI Q2)
Other Selected Publications
- Yuen, V. (2024). Hong Kong’s economy struggles to get back on its feet. East Asia Forum. (peer-reviewed)
- Yuen, W. H. V. (2022). Let public housing once again complement the development of Hong Kong: Reducing misallocation to enhance productivity. Hong Kong Economic Policy Green Paper 2022. Hong Kong: HKU Business School: 81-92.
- Yuen, V. (2022). Is Hong Kong becoming just another Chinese city? Think China (a subsidiary of Lianhe Zaobao联合早报)
- Yuen, V. (2022). Hong Kong leans into Chinese-style governance reform. East Asia Forum (peer-reviewed).
- Yuen, V. (2021). The population exodus that will change Hong Kong forever. East Asia Forum (peer-reviewed).
- Yuen, V. (2020). COVID-19 shock takes its toll on Hong Kong’s economy. East Asia Forum (peer-reviewed).
- Wong, Y. C. R., Tsang, W. H. W., & Yuen, W. H. V. (2015). Maximizing land use to boost development optimizing housing resources to benefit all. Our Hong Kong Foundation.
Grants
- “State, Law, and the Economy COIL”, Collaborative Online International Learning Teaching Development Grant, University Teaching and Learning (PI; HK $20,000, 2025-2026)
- “Understanding Hong Kong People’s Acceptance of Income Inequality and Preferences of Policy Responses”, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme. (Co-I; HK$488,750, 2024-2025).
- “State, Law, and the Economy III”, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), University Teaching and Learning (Teacher-in-charge; HK$1,000,000, 2023-2025)
- “State, Law, and the Economy II”, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), University Teaching and Learning (Teacher-in-charge; HK$1,000,000, 2021-2023)
Recent Publications
6Jan
9Dec
随著网约车合法化进程启动，政策制定的焦点应在何处？港大经管学院经济学讲师阮颖娴博士在《明报》撰文指出，规管的核心不应流于表面的数量限制，而应深思如何达到最佳的道路资源使用效率。
9 Dec 2025
教学人员
5Oct
近年大力发展IP产业的东莞，早前举办了一个动漫博览会，参展的IP企业如何看产业的发展前景？本地经济录得增长，但就业情况就转差，这种相反的特殊经济现象一旦出现，是代表甚么？
5 Oct 2025
教学人员
12Aug
最近社会热烈讨论稳定币。今年5月香港立法会通过《稳定币条例》，8月1日生效。美国也在近期推出关于稳定币的联邦监管框架，即所谓“天才法案”（GENIUS Act；《指导与建立美国稳定币国家创新法案》）。一时间，稳定币概念股受追捧，股价暴升。
12 Aug 2025
教学人员
12Aug
偶有见到网民讨论现时的经济更差，还是2003年沙士时期的经济更差，有人批评年轻人未经验过沙士，根本不懂当时的痛苦，亦有人指骂人们轻视现况，为解开这个答案，由香港大学经济及工商管理学院讲师阮颖娴主持的Finance730 Podcast节目《得娴讲经 Vera’s talk》今集邀请到香港教育大学客席研究讲座教授吕大乐教授剖析香港经济。
12 Aug 2025
教学人员
15Jul
香港餐饮业经营压力前所未有，租金、人工、食材成本上升，压缩利润，人力成本上涨，招聘及留住员工困难；消费北移，旅客消费未完全复苏；内地品牌进驻，加剧竞争。宏观经济环境不明朗，消费者偏好转变，且节省开支。为挽救劣势，有集团的多间高级食肆推出优惠。
15 Jul 2025
教学人员
18May
现时，月入超过六万元的公屋富户可用绿表申请居屋，但同等收入的私楼住户却无资格以白表申请，政策制定的公平性备受关注。房屋署一方面希望公屋住户“向上流”，但另一方面，以三人家庭为例，须迁出的门槛高达月入125,500元，导致很多富户只需缴交稍高的租金便可留住。 港大经管学院经济学讲师阮颖娴博士表示：“赚三至四万、二至三万的人，在外租屋月月花光收入，生活很辛苦。但跨过公屋门槛后，即使月入十多万，都不用搬走，只要肯交租，房屋署要你迁出也非常困难。”
18 May 2025
教学人员
6Mar
Hong Kong’s trams have been a city icon for over a century, but ridership remains 15% below pre-pandemic levels due to slow speeds from traffic congestion. Dr. Vera Wing-han Yuen, an economics lecturer at the HKU Business School, highlights a unique advantage of trams—their ability to access Happy Valley, an area not easily reached by the MTR. To improve efficiency, dedicated tram lanes could help reduce delays. She also sees AI-powered scheduling as a solution: “AI can adjust schedules based on real-time traffic conditions, ensuring smoother and more evenly distributed services throughout the entire route.”
6 Mar 2025
教学人员
17Oct
特首李家超即將發表首份施政報告，房屋政策將是重點之一。香港大學經管學院學者倡議改革公屋編配制度，將高生產力公屋戶集中於市區，預期最終可為高生產力公屋戶，每年可減省19億元交通費和1.1億個交通時數
17 Oct 2022
经济学