CCPL Fellow Amanda Whitfort was awarded a Public Policy Research (PPR) grant from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office in the amount of $462,019.

CCPL Fellow Amanda Whitfort was awarded a Public Policy Research (PPR) grant from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office in the amount of $462,019. She will conduct “An Empirical Study of the Nature of Animal Abuse Cases in Hong Kong from 2013-2019” over the next 12 months.  Ms Whitfort’s 2008 PPR project, “Review of animal welfare legislation in Hong Kong”, produced an influential policy report that improved the welfare of pets and animals in Hong Kong by triggering impactful legislative and policy reforms.