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Cathay
Pacific International Wilderness Experience 2005 is coming
Young
people from around the Asia Pacific region will learn about
environmental protection by joining this educational safari
in South Africa. The programme, generously sponsored by Cathay
Pacific Airways, has been a great success in past
years and so the Federation, in partnership with Cathay,
will organize the 11th event in the series between July
and August 2005.click
here to read more...
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Gala
Premiere: Star Wars Episode III 17 May
The
Federation is proud to announce the Gala Premiere of Star
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, on the evening of
Tuesday 17 May 2005. We are grateful to Kentac Investments
Limited for the privilege of allowing this premiere
2 days in advance of the general release of the film worldwide.click
to read more…
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Many
thanks to Power Logistics for supporting the Young
Ambassadors
The
Hong Kong Young Ambassador Scheme, jointly organized by
the Tourism Commission and the Federation,
receives very encouraging feedback every year. The Federation
would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Power
Logistics who have offered generous sponsorship
for the printing of promotional material for the programme
in 2005 and 2006.click
here to read more...
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Series
of activities for HK Advanced Level students
The
Federation works with MingPao to organize
a series of activities in May to meet the education and employment
needs of students who will have finished the Hong Kong Advanced
Level Examinations by that time.click
here to read more...
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Creativity for Learning and for Life
Creativity
is so important today, both in education and for daily life.
It is the vital turning point of development and self-esteem.
It is about making unexpected connections and pushing at the
limits of learning. Today's children need to be encouraged
to be creative, to make the imaginative leap that allows them
to solve problems without the fear of criticism. The potential
for creativity in a 5 year old is 98%. It drops to 30% by the
age of 10 and is down to 2% by the time we are adults.* That
is why we must help them meet this challenge while they are
young.
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Federation
programmes like The Hong Kong Odyssey of the Mind Programme (OMP)
do precisely that. OMP
encourages students to use divergent thinking to solve problems.
It involves hands-on, practical work to put imaginative ideas into
practice. The integration of theoretical and applied skills learnt
in the classroom with creative brainstorming by the teams gives
the students pleasure in learning and self-confidence from having
worked things out for themselves.
OMP began in
Hong Kong with just four schools 8 years ago. Since then, 20,000
young
people have taken part and this year 140 schools
and youth centres enrolled. The Education & Manpower Bureau
and The Hong Kong Institute of Education support us in this endeavour
and we are fortunate to have sponsorship from the Hong Kong Jockey
Club Charities Trust and Northwest Airlines.
Over the
years, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has supported
many youth projects. The Odyssey of the Mind Programme
is one of the Trust sponsored programmes which offers opportunities
for our young people to express themselves creatively. I am pleased
to see more and more teams from different schools and youth centres
take part in this programme to develop their lateral thinking and
innovative problem-solving skills. I believe, the more enlightened
the young minds are, the brighter the future will be for Hong Kong.
Mr William Yiu, Executive Director, Charities, The Hong Kong Jockey
Club
*from Toward the Creative Society. Next Generation Forum, January
2000.
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Congratulations
to Lung Hang Youth S.P.O.T.
WExplorer,
the Lung Hang Youth S.P.O.T. youth members'
production team, represented the Federation
in the "Anti-Crime 90 second short clips Competition",
which is jointly organized by Kowloon West
Regional Crime Prevention Office and Kowloon
West Youth-Care Committee. The team won two
prizes, namely Champion and 2nd runner-up,
making good use of their creativity and their
high quality video-shooting techniques to produce
clips that spread the important message of
how to fight crime.
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Reopening
of modernized Jockey Club Jat Min Youth S.P.O.T.
The
Federation is proud to announce the reopening of
our modernized and newly renovated Jockey Club
Jat Min Youth S.P.O.T. It now offers better-equipped
facilities
and the required resources for quality youth services.
A housewarming event will be held on 30 April 2005
and we have invited several guests of honours to
celebrate with us on that day.
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Felix
Wong Youth Improvement Award Ceremony in July
Schools and school social workers have been invited to send in nominations
for The Felix Wong Youth Improvement Award. The awards ceremony will take
place on 16 July 2005 at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. It gives formal
recognition to local secondary school students who have made great efforts
to overcome hardships or misfortunes. This year, approximately 20 students
will be selected for the award which includes scholarships to pursue personal
development. For inquiries, please contact Miss Lam at 2395-0161. |
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Mind
games to hands-on: a creativecombination
The Odyssey of the Mind Programme (OMP) is about imagination, practical
problem solving, team spirit and fun, sheer fun. That's what one
of the champion teams and their coach showed us by talking about
this year's local competitions. The more they talked the clearer
it became that what they had enjoyed most was the preparation,
the learning curve and the teamwork. Click
here to read about it
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What
gets kids talking?
What news items are most likely to attract students' attention? Stories on school
bullying. It does not stop after school either. The practice is disturbingly
common in Hong Kong tertiary institutions as well, especially during orientation.
At that level, it gets a new name:'hazing'. No wonder that young people fear
it and want to read about it. Click
to read more...
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Mobile
menace or marvel
Ownership of
mobile phones in schoolchildren is higher in Hong Kong than anywhere
else in Asia according to two recent surveys. Early in the year
the latest mobile phone scare hit the press with news of heightened
risk of ear and brain tumours. Use of mobiles by the under 8s
was especially targeted. In Hong Kong, the number of cases of
brain cancer has tripled in the last 10 years and doctors are
pointing the finger at mobiles….Click
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Fathers,
TV and the family
A recent survey*
of 511 parents in Hong Kong with at least one child of primary-school
age showed that most mothers spend more than eight hours with the
children whereas fathers spend less than 3 1/2 hours per day with
them. Fathers prefer to watch TV or read the paper, which does
not really
come as much of a surprise, although 10% say they look after the
children…Read
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Young people's views on job seeking process
The Federation's Youth
Employment Network has recently released survey results on young
people's views on job seeking. 15.4% of those
interviewed indicated that transport costs were the largest item
of expenditure during the job seeking process. Few considered doing
much serious preparation such as mock interviews…Click
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