現時,月入超過六萬元的公屋富戶可用綠表申請居屋,但同等收入的私樓住戶卻無資格以白表申請,政策制定的公平性備受關注。房屋署一方面希望公屋住戶「向上流」,但另一方面,以三人家庭為例,須遷出的門檻高達月入125,500元,導致很多富戶只需繳交稍高的租金便可留住。 港大經管學院經濟學講師阮穎嫻博士表示:「賺三至四萬、二至三萬的人,在外租屋月月花光收入,生活很辛苦。但跨過公屋門檻後,即使月入十多萬,都不用搬走,只要肯交租,房屋署要你遷出也非常困難。」

- Ph.D., University of Hong Kong
- M.S., University of Oxford
- B.B.A., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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.
- Public Policy (housing and land, social welfare, economics)
- Policy Communication
- Political Trust
- Political Economy
- Authoritarian Governance
- 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)
- 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.
- “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)
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.”
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
多屆特首都強調會重點處理房屋問題,結果多年仍未解決。新一屆特首快將上任,趁新舊交接,檢討一下房屋供應問題。
第五波疫情單日新增確診終於回落到3位數,特首林鄭月娥宣布不會再每天上午11時舉行疫情記者會。市內交通開始繁忙,街上人頭湧湧,大家都急不及待外出消費玩樂,報復疫情所受的遏抑。雖然確診數字下降令人鬆一口氣,但很多弱勢仍活在水深火熱中。本篇將會詳述新冠疫情下3個弱勢群體如何受到打擊。
特首林鄭月娥稱很多專家認為疫情以來第五波死亡率高,是因為長者接種率低,接種率低是因為長者及其家人有疫苗猶豫。疫苗可預防疾病科學委員會主席劉宇隆講述疫苗猶豫的成因,並叫大家反省過去一年的打針行為及言論。
財政預算案推出多項紓困措施,再次派消費券,又立法禁止業主向特定行業追討租金。在受疫情重創,社交距離措施進一步收緊下,預算案能否做到撐經濟,保民生?
《2021年業主與租客(綜合)(修訂)條例》(劏房租管)在今年1月22日正式實施。出現相關政策,顯示港府終於承認無法處理劏房問題;如果劏房快將消失,也毋須這個管制。政府無法控制樓價、公屋起不夠,但弱勢居住問題急需解決,再加上左翼的大力爭取,終於有了劏房租管。
過去兩年,由於香港政局及疫情等因素,引發不少外資撤出香港,而香港的勞動人口亦是近7年最低。有美媒預計今年香港的外籍及本地人「出走潮」將會加劇。有經濟學者批評清零政策不切實際,封關措施加速人才及資產流失,預計2022年香港的經濟走向不容樂觀。