An endowment of HK$100,000 was donated by Christian Director Tang Hon Kwan and Principal Chan Yau Kwong Mother and Daughter Memorial Education Fund for the captioned scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology to conduct their thesis research on topics related to education issues in Hong Kong or other Chinese societies. The annual interest generated from the endowment will be used to finance one award of about HK$3,500 every year.

In memory of his beloved mother Mrs. Lee Wong Lai Lin, Mr. Lee Tung Kiu Tony, an alumnus of the Department of Sociology, CUHK who graduated in 1983, donated an endowment of HK$100,000 for the establishment of the captioned scholarship to encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology to conduct their thesis research on family or gender issues in Hong Kong or other Chinese societies. The annual interest generated from the endowment will be used to finance one award of about HK$3,500 every year.