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Charity
Ride to bid farewell to the Edinburgh Place “Star”
Ferry Pier
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Hong
Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and Innovation and
Technology Commission sponsor LEAD
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Pompidou
Centre Masterpieces: free visits for young people
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New
publications from
Youth Business Hong Kong |
The
Federation has recently released two titles in the
Youth Entrepreneurship Series:
Legal Guide for Business Starters
The guide was prepared with help and sponsorship from
DLA Piper and offers practical advice on legal matters
for young businesspeople. It includes company incorporation,
employment contracts and negotiating leases as well
as protecting intellectual property.
Enquiries: Ms Louisa Lau of YBHK, tel 3113 7999.
Cases of Entrepreneurship
This contains details of 15 entrepreneurial projects
set up by young people with help from YBHK. We hope
these accounts will give inspiration and encouragement
to other potential start-ups.To obtain free copies,
please contact Ms Louisa Lau of YBHK, tel 3113 7999.
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The
spirit of free enterprise
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The first steps in taking
on a new business enterprise are daunting. They require firm
resolve, buoyant optimism and, in Hong Kong, a sheer will to
survive in the face of competition. All Hong Kong youngsters
who make the decision to take those steps need as much help
and encouragement as possible and deserve every recognition
for their success. Success means they have been innovative,
have personal and financial integrity and have shown that special
flair required to identify and occupy a niche in the market.
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The Federation
believes that the rewards for such success are not only material.
They can be emotionally uplifting as well, as this week's
Feature Story about an award-winning young Kenyan businessman
shows. Some entrepreneurial success stories involve fighting
against extraordinary odds. Winning against these odds requires
community support, the involvement of members of the business
sector as guides and that remarkable dedication and determination
needed to make an imaginative dream come true.
*Hong Kong young entrepreneurs will
be in contention for future awards like this. They are
supported by HKFYG's Youth
Business Hong Kong (YBHK) programme. For more on YBHK please
click here or see issue 86 of this e-newsletter or contact
Louisa, tel 3113
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Feature
Story |
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Waste
not, want not, a young Kenyan's story.
The first ever Entrepreneur of the Year Award was made
last week by Youth Business International (YBI), with nominations
from India, Sri Lanka, Barbados, Kenya, Argentina, Scotland
and Canada. It was part of the YBI Global Conference, hosted
by the Federation. The award went to Zablon Karingi Muthaka,
a resourceful 26-year-old Kenyan who runs an environmentally
aware waste collection business in Nairobi, where the lack
of a systematic municipal garbage collection service means
piles of rubbish on every street corner. Read
on to find out more...
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Upcoming
events |
Farewell
to Star Ferry's Central Pier-A snapshot for charity
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Date: Saturday 11 November 2006
Time: 10am-10pm
Venue: Star Ferry's Central Pier
Simply donate HK$20 or more to the Federation and you'll get
a photo to keep as a memento of the closing of the original
pier. Choose any of our pre-set frames and your photo will
be ready within
a
few
minutes. Do come and support us. See you there!
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Heart
to Heart Project 2006-07 |
Organizer: HKFYG's
Youth Volunteer Network (YVN)
Aims:
- to link schools with corporate bodies in volunteer work
- to
foster youth volunteerism in Hong Kong
- to give public
recognition to supporting schools and companies
Enrollment from schools and companies is now welcome.
For more information on applications and deadlines, contact
the Youth Volunteer Network, tel 2169 0032 or click here to learn more about the Project. |
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