Media Centre

Press Briefing

February 1, 2021

To Stay or To Leave? A Critical Question for Good Governance

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “To Stay or To Leave? A Critical Question for Good Governance”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “To Stay or To Leave? A Critical Question for Good Governance”.   A survey on 525 Hong Kong youth aged 18-34 showed that 150 respondents would consider emigrating overseas. This accounted for 29% (28.6%) of the total. Of them, the three most mentioned social reasons were the enactment of the National Security Law in Hong Kong(50.7%), the disappointing performance of the SAR Government(49.3%), and the […]
January 11, 2021

Public Health Lessons Learnt from COVID-19

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Public Health Lessons Learnt from COVID-19”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Public Health Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19’”.   A survey on 806 local citizens aged 18 to 65 showed that majority of local citizens were generally not satisfied with HK government’s measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, scoring 4.82 out of 10 (scale of 0 to 10, with 10 representing very satisfied). The measures were thought to be too laxed by 43.7% of the respondents.   The survey also found […]
November 30, 2020

Enriching Students’ Internship Experiences in the Next Normal

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Enriching Students’ Internship Experiences in the Next Normal”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Enriching Students’ Internship Experiences in the Next Normal”.   For the surveyed 877 Hong Kong university students who intended to join internship this year, near half of them cannot work as intern as planned, 20.7% of their internship being cancelled or postponed, 27.3% failed to find an internship.   Survey result showed that, for those 457 students who secure an intern opportunity during the pandemic, 54.3% of them […]
November 2, 2020

Opportunities for Youth Employment Amid the Pandemic

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Opportunities for Youth Employment Amid the Pandemic”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Opportunities for Youth Employment Amid the Pandemic”.   Data gathered from 600 Hong Kong youth aged 18-34 who have left school showed that 55.0% of them have encounter employment problems such as “failed to find jobs” (22.0%), “reduced working hours” (17.8%), “had been put on furlough” (17.5%) and “took a pay cut” (13.7%). As for the post-pandemic situation, 39.7% thought it could be worse than before.   A graduate […]
September 29, 2020

Maximizing the Advantages of Flexible Working Arrangements

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Maximizing the Advantages of Flexible Working Arrangements”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Maximizing the Advantages of Flexible Working Arrangements”.   A survey on 521 Hong Kong youth aged 20-39 and working full time showed that 43.4% of respondents hoped that their employers would implement flexible working hours. The majority agreed, with an average score of 6.89 out of 10, that flexible working arrangements could enable employees to achieve a work-life balance. 69.4% agreed that flexible working arrangements allow them to have […]
September 15, 2020

Improving Operations of Advisory Bodies to Better Facilitate Youth Engagement

The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on “Improving Operations of Advisory Bodies to Better Facilitate Youth Engagement”     The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Improving Operations of Advisory Bodies to Better Facilitate Youth Engagement”.   A survey on 524 Hong Kong youth aged 18-35 showed that 72.9% of respondents believed that young people could bring changes through participation. 27.1% showed interests in nominating themselves as members under the Member Self-recommendation Scheme for Youth, mainly because they wanted to reflect youth voices directly(55.6%), or have influences on polices(54.2%).   Respondents were […]