Home Sweet Home: Return Migration in Hong Kong and its Implications

On Wednesday February 17, the Fourth Day of the Year of Tiger, the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library is hosting a conference on "Home Sweet Home: Return Migration in Hong Kong and its Implications" and a book launch of "Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration".

DATE AND TIME
Wed Feb 17, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

LOCATION
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries, 8th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street

SCHEDLUE
9:30 – 10:30 Opening

10:30- 11:00 Conceptual and Methodological Issues
“Conceptual and Measurements Issues of Return Migration” Eric Fong (Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto)

11:00-11:30 Return Migration- Hong Kong Perspective (1)
"Moving the Goal Post: Middle Class Returnees Encountering Post-1997 Hong Kong and a Growing Chinese Economy" Tai Lok Lui, (Professor, Department of Sociology, HKU)

11:30 – 12:00 Book Launch
Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration, by Janet Salaff, Siu-Lun Wong, and Arent Greve (University of Illinois Press)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00- 2:00 Return Migration- Hong Kong Perspective (2)
"Hong Kong Return Migrants: What is Newsworthy about Them" Clement So (Director, School of Communication and Journalism, CUHK)

"Strangers at home: Return migrants in Hong Kong". Chan Kwok-bun (Chair Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University)

2:00- 3:00 Return Migration – Canadian Perspective
"Return Migration from Canada to Hong Kong: Canada's Competitive Advantage in Asia?" Terry Wu (Professor and Director, Management Development Centre, Faculty of Business and Information Technology)

“Return Migration to Asia: The Role of Families, Social Networks, and Identity, Literature Review and application.” Janet Salaff (Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto) and Arent Greve (dr. oecon. Professor in Organization Theory, Department of Strategy and Management The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration)

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15- 4:15 Return Migration – Canada-Mainland China-Hong Kong Link
"Transitional Return Migration via Hong Kong by Overseas Chinese Education Elite". John Ma (Director, Center for Demography and Sustainable Development, HKUST)

A Canada-US comparison of highly-skilled Chinese and Indian return migration. Lucia Lo (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, York University) and Wei Li (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Arizona State University)

4:15-4:30 Conclusion

MAIN SPONSOR
Asian Institute

CO-SPONSORED BY
Department of Sociology
Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada)