Rainbow Yan

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Facilitating Young People’s Access to Financial Services through Virtual Banking”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Facilitating Young People’s Access to Financial Services through Virtual Banking”.   Data gathered from 525 Hong Kong youth aged 18-39 showed that 73.0% of them have heard about “Virtual Bank”. Most respondents thought that the benefit of virtual banking is “fast” (63.6%), followed by “24-hour service” (35.0%) and “unrestricted by location” (24.6%). However, they did not have enough confidence in virtual banks. Nearly half of them […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Improving Governance by Maximising Effectiveness of Social Media”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Improving Governance by Maximising Effectiveness of Social Media”.   An online survey conducted between February and March, 2020, on 1,028 young people aged 15 – 34 noted that an overwhelming majority (952 respondents) had found the Hong Kong SAR Government (HKSARG) information via social media.   Of the 952 respondents, low ratings were given by this group for the performances of the HKSARG on explaining policies, grasping public […]

Journal of Youth Studies July 2018 Volume 21 ． Issue No. 2 Serial No. 42   The promulgation of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area signified a new milestone in the development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA). With the advantages under the “one country, two systems” principle of the country, Hong Kong plays a crucial and momentous role in the GBA Development. The young generation of Hong Kong could consider the GBA as an option when they are planning their personal development in future. Nevertheless, as there are three markedly different political, administrative and economic […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Enriching the Experiences of Working Youth through Overseas Exposures”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Enriching the Experiences of Working Youth through Overseas Exposures”.   Data gathered from 520 Hong Kong working youth aged 18-34 showed that 51.0% of them are interested in overseas short-term employment. Most of them agreed that overseas employment is helpful in developing international perspective (88.3%), improving language ability (82.5%), improving interpersonal communications (80.2%) and enhancing problem-solving ability (80.2%).   Some young people who had worked overseas said […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Improving Financial Education for Young People”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Improving Financial Education for Young People   A total of 1,034 students aged 14 to 24 were surveyed during the period from July to August through an online questionnaire. The results showed that, the majority of respondents agreed to the statement ‘being capable in managing personal finance is very important’ (82.8%).   The study also found that, young people were quite alert to protect themselves from financial problems, as only very few of them chose to […]