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The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Enhancing Career Opportunities for Higher Educated Youth with SEN or Disabilities     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Enhancing Career Opportunities for Higher Educated Youth with SEN or Disabilities”.   Data gathered from 520 Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above showed that 26.0% of them are not willing to work a youth with SEN. The reasons were “it would increase my workload” (60.7%), “I didn’t know how to work with them” (43.7%) and “they could be dangerous or harmful” (27.4%).   Lack […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Improving Incentives for Women’s Employment     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Improving Incentives for Women’s Employment”.   Data gathered from 520 Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above showed that 83.1% support improvement in women’s employment but they only gave an average rate of 4.11 (0-10 scale) on the work of the HKSAR government in this area.   Some women said that they experience tension as a result of both employment and child care. Employers’ representatives said women are welcome to return […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Living with Innovative Technologies and Building a Smart City     The research project conducted from July to August, consists of a 520-participants onsite survey and 20 individual youth talks, found that youths’ understanding towards ‘Innovative technologies, IT’ was unclear, when some of the interviewed referred ‘R&D’ to be their first thought towards the subject. Besides, a mean score of 6.28 on a 10-point scale indicated youths’ passive attitude towards adopting IT in life.   Most participants (92.3%) chose ‘bringing convenience to life’ to be a crucial motivational factor in adopting IT. […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Nurturing Talent for Governance   An onsite survey conducted from June to July on 520 young people aged 18 – 34 noted that a significant proportion (77.1%) of respondents recognized the need for greater governance talent in the city. Close to 69% (68.5%) felt a lack of talent was a major hindrance to effective governance of the HKSAR Government. Thirty-eight percent (37.9%) considered that commitment to Hong Kong society the most important character that a talent for governance in Hong Kong should have.   Thirty percent (30.2%) of respondents showed interests in […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Boosting Birth Rate in Hong Kong   An onsite survey on 520 young people aged 20 – 39 found that the average intended parity was 1.41, less than the ideal parity of 1.84. Although only 5.8% of respondents indicated an ideal family size should be childless, near one in five (18.5%) intended to be childless in the future.   The major reasons of the surveyed youth to give birth were “the desire for a complete family” (71.1%), “the enhancement in family life” (68.5%) and “the love of kids” (66.8%). However, “financial burden […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Encouraging Young-Olds Employment     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study Encouraging Young-Olds Employment”.   Data gathered from 520 young people aged 18-34 showed that 71.7% support young-olds employment while 28.1% think that there should not be any upper limit on working age. In general, they are not worried that the employment of young-olds would affect the promotion and employment opportunities of young people.   Some young-olds revealed that employment can provide them with goals and social life. But they are facing with the problems […]

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Improving Liberal Studies in Senior Secondary Education     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Improving Liberal Studies in Senior Secondary Education”.   The Study noted that the value for the New Senior Secondary Liberal Studies (NSSLS) subject was generally upheld by teachers and youth polled in the two separated surveys. An overwhelming majority (94.4%) of teachers believed that the subject can help nurture students’ thinking ability with multiple perspectives. A considerable proportion (83.3%) of youth took the same view.   Around 60 – […]

  Youth I.D.E.A.S 29 Governance and Constitutional Development Enhancing e-Government in the HKSAR 26 April, 2018     An online survey last month on 648 young people aged 18 – 34 noted that more than 70% (71.1%) of respondents had used online Government services during the past 12 months. Of them, “for convenience” (76.4%) and “time saving” (13.0%) were the two major reasons for using these services.   Among the users, close to 47% (46.8%) said the services were satisfactory. A similar percentage (45.8%) said the services were fair. 30% (30.1%) of them were discontented with the insufficient linkage of […]

Journal of Youth Studies July 2017 Volume 20 ． Issue No. 2 Serial No. 40 Youth is the pillar for the society in the future. In the past two decades, young people grow with Hong Kong, where their home is. Hong Kong is recently facing diverse challenges, such as study, work and housing, while they have different point of views regarding diverse social issues. To enhance the sense of belongings among Hong Kong teenagers, the government should connect with the young people and let them contribute to Hong Kong.   The theme of this issue is “Youth Development in the Past […]