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Hang Seng
Bank sponsors Beijing trips for disadvantaged youth
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Hong Kong
Aquarium Plaza & YWETS Shop Assistant Trainee Programme
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Federation's
u21 website helps young people read more English
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Social
enterprises: contributing to well-being |
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Empowerment of young members of the community
is our goal and the concept of social enterprise (SE)*, now
encouraged by governments in many parts of the world, fits
well with our mission. SE is all about providing additional
opportunities for employment and participation through the
active engagement of government, businesses and the Third
Sector all working together.
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The question of how best to implement
social enterprise projects within the existing framework
of the welfare state presents a challenge. The SE model usually
involves integration with corporate social responsibility
programmes or support from government seed funding but the
key issue here is co-operative effort. Experience overseas
has shown that SEs can nurture social capital by developing
a culture of self-reliance. This is a culture that we in
Hong Kong identify with strongly. Let’s pull together to
make it work.
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Feature
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Making
parenting easier: experience at kindergartens
School social workers arrange workshops and sharing sessions
for kindergarten parents. They come to learn about child
development, how best to take care of their young family
and avoid conflict. We found out how it works... read
on...
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Upcoming
events |
Leaders
to Leaders Lecture Series 2006/07
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Speaker Mr
Chan King-cheung, Chief Editor, Hong Kong Economic Journal
Topic Pursuing the Truth
Date Tuesday 6 March 2007
Time 6-8.30pm
Venue Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Participants: 300 nominated student leaders
and university students
More details at: http://www.leadership21.org/courses/ltl/guestinfo.doc
and http://www.u21.org.hk/partnership/issue92_jan2007/images/LTL.jpg
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Hong
Kong FLL Local Robotics Tournament 2006/07 |
Date Saturday
3 March 2007
Time 9am – 5.30pm
Guest of Honour Legislative Councillor, The
Hon Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS, JP
Venue Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Banquet
Hall, Student Hall of Residence
About 44 teams of 5-10 students aged 9-14 compete in the local
tournament. It involves hands-on, interactive robotics projects with guidance
from coaches. The result is robots which can complete designated tasks.
Visit http://ye.hkfyg.org.hk for
full details
Enquiries Becky Poon tel 2561 6149 |
New
Publication
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Journal
of Youth Studies Volume
9 (2) 2006, series number 18 |
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Features: The changing dynamics of family
relationships
Pan Chinese Societies Exchange: Changes
and trends in studying abroad
Copies from HKFYG Youth Research Centre, Unit 6-7, G/F, The Center, 99, Queen's
Road Central, Hong Kong, tel 2575 6666, email: yr@hkfyg.org.hk
(circulation is approximately 1800)
Theme of the next issue: A closer look at youth violence. expected
early 2007 |
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