In a contributed article to Ming Pao, Professor Stephen Chiu Wing-kai, Chair Professor of Sociology, Dr Gary Chow Chi-ching, Assistant Professor of Department of Health and Physical Education and Ms Samantha Liu Siu-man, Elite Athlete Development Officer cited the study by a Canadian scholar Jean Côte’ to discuss the three main paths for athletes to choose between training and study, and made four proposals for universities to provide assistances to elite athletes in their academic and career developments.

They cited the initiatives taken by the EdUHK (formerly The Hong Kong Institute of Education) as examples that since cyclists Mr Wong Kam-po and Mr Marco Kwok Ho-ting admitted to the Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) programme and from 2010, totally more than 90 elite athletes have been admitted to the EdUHK through various channels.