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A longitudinal study of the impact of adverse housing conditions on the development of children living in subdivided units in Hong Kong: A mixed-method analysis

Public Opinion on Food Waste and Food Rescue Survey 2025

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Outputs

1. Policy brief

The project produced a policy brief to translate the research findings into concise and actionable recommendations for policymakers, employers, NGOs, professional bodies, and other stakeholders. The policy brief summarizes the project's key evidence on retirees' motivations for engaging in professional gig work, employers' readiness and concerns, and the institutional conditions needed to support a more sustainable later-life employment ecosystem in Hong Kong. It highlights the potential of professional gig work as a flexible bridge-employment pathway through which retirees can continue contributing their expertise while helping to address talent shortages. The brief also sets out practical policy directions, including the development of trusted matching platforms, employer incentives, age-inclusive job design, upskilling support, clearer contractual arrangements, and stronger collaboration among government, employers, community organizations, and professional associations.

2. Practical Guide

The project also developed a practical guide for employers to support organizations considering the engagement of retirees in professional gig roles. The guide focuses on roles where retirees' accumulated expertise and experience can be effectively utilized, including mentoring, consultancy, training, advisory work, project review, compliance support, onboarding support, and other specialist assignments. The central message of the guide is that retiree gig hiring is most effective when roles are clearly defined, bounded in scope, expertise-based, and supported by appropriate organizational arrangements. Rather than assuming that employers are unwilling to hire retirees, the guide shows that many barriers are practical and institutional, including uncertainty about job design, matching mechanisms, legal clarity, risk management, and support arrangements. By translating the project's findings into concrete guidance, the practical guide provides employers with actionable steps to design suitable roles, clarify expectations, reduce perceived risks, and build more age-inclusive professional gig opportunities in Hong Kong.