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Shell LiveWIRE
2007
HKFYG is co-organizing Shell
LiveWIRE 2007 at the invitation of Shell Hong
Kong Ltd. The programme aims to help 18-30 year-olds
improve business acumen and develop entrepreneurial spirit.
Sincere thanks
to the Trade and Industry Department, B2A
Management Consulting Ltd, MingPao and
JUMP as supporting organizations.
Workshops and seminars on entrepreneurship are being
run between late April and October. Visit
http://www.shell-livewire.com.hk
or
tel 3113 7999, Miranda Ho, Youth Employment Network,
for more info.
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HKFYG Pull for Charity
60 teams in fundraising tug-of-war
We are excited to announce
that we now have 60 teams and many kind sponsors
in Pull for Charity, the Federation's first-ever
tug-of-war. It takes place on 20 May at Shek Kip Mei
Park Sports
Centre. Click
here for a list
of sponsors. This event will be run in collaboration
with the Hong
Kong Tug of War Association and funds raised
will support programmes for disadvantaged youth. Visit www.u21.hk or
call 2123 9598 and ask Bonnie Cheng or Ada Cheng for
more details.
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Parent seminar on youth employment/further
studies
Sponsored by the Youth
Sustainable Development and Engagement Fund of
the
Education and Manpower Bureau, the
Federation will organize 5 seminars for parents in
the 5 districts
of Kowloon City, Tsuen Wan, Northern District, Sai
Kung and Kwai Tsing from 12 May till 8 June. Each seminar
for about 50 parents will address youth employment
opportunities for young school leavers and non-engaged
youths and analyse the latest youth job market trends
for students in Form 3 or above. Representatives from
the Vocational Training Council will be invited to
share views and offer advice on training opportunities.
Click here for details. Please
contact Crystal Lau, Youth Employment Unit, tel 3113
7999 to make reservations or obtain further information.
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Hong Kong Aviation Club offers
free visits to youngsters
The Hong Kong
Aviation Club has kindly invited Federation youth members for
three guided tours of the club at Kai Tak between July
and August. 150 young people will have the chance to
learn about the art and the history of flying light
aircraft. They will see fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters
and we are very grateful to the Hong Kong Aviation
Club for giving our young people such a valuable
opportunity.
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Wing On Department Stores supports
our donation box programme
Wing On Department
Stores (HK) Ltd have offered their support
by accepting five donation boxes to be placed at
cashiers' desks
in Sheung Wan, Taikoo Shing, Nathan Road, Tsim Sha
Tsui East and Discovery Bay throughout the month of
May. Funds collected will be used for the continued
development of the Federation's youth services. Thanks
again to Wing On for helping the Federation
reach thousands of their customers.
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New discounts for u21.youthnet
members
HKFYG's u21.youthnet now
has over 220,000 members and more than 75 companies
give them special privileges. Recently, Parsons
Music Ltd, Organic Land Co Ltd, Fairtrade.hk and Yandy
Mays Culture Ltd have offered shopping discounts while Baron
School of Music has offered discounts for members who
enroll for their music courses. Super Star
Group and
萬家燒餅皇 have also joined our membership benefit system
by providing food and beverage discounts and we would
like to thank Mingpao for offering exclusive summer
subscription discounts to encourage young people to
read local and world news. We warmly welcome any other
stores or companies who would like to offer benefits. Please contact the membership unit, tel 3579 4560,
to discuss the possibilities or click here for more
details:
http://www.u21.org.hk/youthnet/
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New
Publications
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Listening to youth:
hotline skills and case studies
你有心事 我用心聽" 青少年熱線輔導－理解與介入 now available.
Contact Youthline at 2788 3433 with enquiries. |
Journal
of Youth Studies Volume 10 A Closer
Look at Youth Violence 從玩樂中透視暴力文化
now available.
Contact the Youth Research Team,
tel 2575 6666, with enquiries.
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| Celebrations:
a leadership project and a new book series |
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With this one hundredth issue of our e-newsletter
we are celebrating the imminent second birthday of the Federation's Hong
Kong 200 Leadership Project and the launch of our
first series of books, Youth & Leadership.
Hong Kong 200 is a ten-year leadership project for students
with a serious commitment to serve Hong Kong. The book series
parallels the effort and is dedicated to the young people we
serve, striving to develop their leadership potential and skills.
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Leadership training is one of our
core services. It nurtures a sense of social responsibility
intrinsic to the contribution young people can make to their
city. We hope that both the books and the training project
will help them to generate the strength they need to tackle
future challenges. A launch ceremony for both events will be
held on 19 May. See Upcoming Events for details
and Feature Story for some feedback from our young leaders.
With sincere thanks to the principal sponsor of Hong
Kong 200, Dr Raymond Chan, DBA, JP. |
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Story |
HK200's 1st anniversary: local
youth leaders talk about priorities
Participants in the Federation's 2006 leadership training programme, Hong Kong
200, talked about current policy issues as they prepare to be group leaders for
the Hong Kong 200 Network. Joling, in Form 7 at St Francis Canossian College,
said she felt rather proud of recent developments in HK, especially the increased
awareness of topical issues:
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'I feel quite optimistic about Hong Kong's future.
I think the economy will continue improving slowly
even though it is not possible to have universal suffrage
quickly.'
Four out of the five students we talked to thought
it was too soon for universal suffrage to be introduced:
'We are going in the right direction', said
Samuel who is doing Biology at HKU, 'but the
most important thing is that universal suffrage is
part of a pattern of stable development which is
really beneficial to Hong Kong.'
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When asked to comment on priority issues in general,
Fiona who is in Form 7 at St Rose of Lima's College
in Shatin, was also analytical about the need for democracy:
'Universal suffrage represents a crucial stepping
stone for Hong Kong people. Only when the issue has
been fully addressed will people here be able to
show their confidence in Mainland policy and truly
believe in what communist China is capable of.' |
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For Joling, pollution is the top priority as it is for Mavis,
another Form 7 student:
'We really must do something,' she said. 'Promoting
the 'Blue Sky' theme is not enough.'
George who is doing law at Chinese U was upbeat about
Hong Kong's potential role in this respect:
'Hong Kong has the chance to pioneer the reduction
of waste products and promote cleaner energy sources
as a cooperative effort with Guangdong province.'
He was also confident that 'one man vote' would become
a reality in the near future:
'Mr Tsang has made a promise to solve the problem
of universal suffrage during his term of office so
this should certainly be a focus for the coming government.' |
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The relationship between Hong Kong and the Mainland has naturally
been at the forefront of the minds of participants in Hong
Kong 200. Their training has included segments in both regions
and the curriculum covers the Basic Law as well as foreign and
social policy in China.
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'It is very important for us to get a rounded
perspective on the current scene and how it has developed,' said
Fiona. For Mavis and Joling, meeting policymakers and
community leaders was the highlight. Both mentioned
the meeting with Peter Wong of HSBC:
'He gave us such practical suggestions for dealing
with everyday problems as well as talking about the
banking sector,' commented Mavis.
The launch of the
2007 Hong Kong 200 programme takes place next
week and the Hong Kong 200 alumni network will then begin
its work in earnest. These five students are all group
leaders who will act as coordinators next year so they
need to feel well prepared:
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'We need to co-ordinate efforts by HK200 members so that
they care about the community and understand how important
it is to tackle social issues,' said Joling.
'Sharing attitudes and values about Hong Kong's development
is essential,' said Samuel. 'We can be active in
promoting discussion of hot topics in order to raise awareness.'
For the majority, the most important aspects of leadership
are integrity and commitment to goals. Listening well also
comes high on the list. These priorities will stand them in
good stead in the year to come and bode well for the Hong
Kong 200 Network in future.
For more information about Hong Kong 200 contact
Miranda, tel 2169 0255
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| Upcoming
events |
Report-back
on Hang Seng Bank sponsored Beijing trip「從奧運看中國」
for 50 disadvantaged youth
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Date Thursday 10
May 2007
Time 4-5pm
Venue Rm 603, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
Centre
Guest of Honour Mr Raymond
Or, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank |
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| Charity
Wine and Dine |
Date Monday 14 May
2007
Venue Restaurant Petrus, Island Shangri-La
Guest of Honour The Honourable Stephen Ip,
GBS, JP
Secretary
for Economic Development and Labour
Funds raised will support youth services and headquarters redevelopment. More
info from Bonnie Cheng or Ada Cheng, tel. 2123 9598. |
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| Commissioning
Ceremony for OMP 2007 World Finals |
Date Friday 18 May
2007
Time 4-5pm
Venue Rm 401, 4/F Hong Kong
Exhibition Centre, Low Block, China Resources Building, 26
Harbor Road, Wanchai |
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| Hong
Kong 200 Leadership Project 2007 Inaugural Ceremony & Launch
of Youth & Leadership Series |
Date Saturday
19 May 2007
Time 10:00-11:40am
Venue Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
Guests of Honour
The Hon Henry Fan Hung-ling, SBS, JP
Non-official Member of the Executive Council
Mr Wang Zhi-min, Deputy Secretary General, Director General of Youth Department,
Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR
Mr Raymond Wong, JP, Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower
For more details, please visit http://www.leadership21.org/news.htm or
call Leadership 21 at 2169 0255
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| Pull
for Charity |
Date Sunday 20 May
Time 9am-5pm
Venue Shek Kip Mei Park Sports Centre
Call 2123 9598 and ask Bonnie Cheng or Ada Cheng for more details. |
| Facts & Figures |
| HKFYG poll: youth
leaders on policy issues |
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HKFYG's Leadership 21 youth research
centre interviewed 330 secondary school students occupying
positions of leadership in March this year about their expectations
of the newly re-appointed Chief Executive.* The top 5 jobs
they wanted him to deal with were solving the gap between the
rich and the poor (43.9%) followed closely by improvement of
air quality (43.3%), implementing universal suffrage (41.2%),
education reform (34.5%) and economic development (26.4%). |
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Youth leaders interviewed
in the HKFYG poll said the most important tasks for the CE
to tackle where youth affairs were concerned, were increased
spending to improve the quality of teaching and learning
(25%), a solution to youth unemployment and an increase in
youth employment opportunities (20%), followed by encouragement
for youth leaders to participate in social affairs (16%).
When asked how the CE could best achieve such encouragement
nearly 30% said the CE should 'increase their knowledge of
Hong Kong society and China's affairs by organizing activities'
or opening up more channels through which young people could
express views and participate in social services (27%). Just
over 10% said that frequent communication between government
officials and youth organizations should be promoted.
An earlier survey **of 3,322 15-30 year-olds found that
over 76% would have liked to see universal suffrage implemented
in time for the election of the CE this year although many
considered Hong Kong too immature for full democracy. Increased
civic awareness was the top priority in this poll and over
50% thought that quality of governance would improve if the
CE was democratically elected.
In the advent of the 10th anniversary of the HKSAR, a poll
of Hongkongers' views of the 'one country, two systems' shows
a surge in confidence in Beijing*** although there has been
a recent drop in the popularity ratings of the CE. Nevertheless,
trust in the HK government in general has risen to 63%, the
highest figure for the last 12 months.
* (link to press release c.27/3/07)
** Boys & Girls' Clubs Association survey, 10-31 July
2006 reported in South China Morning Post 14 August 2006
*** University of Hong Kong public opinion survey reported
in South China Morning Post 27 April 2007 |
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