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2005
World Children's Choir Festival
The
Federation is helping to recruit and train volunteers for
the World Children's Choir Festival in Hong Kong in July
2005. The Festival will be co-presented by HKFYG
and The Hong Kong Treble Choirs' Association,
the International
Federation for Choral Music and the Music
Education Professional Committee of the China Society of
Education. Our sponsor is the Leisure
and Cultural Services Department. One of the highlights
will be the Grand Songbridge Gala Concert on 12 July...click
here to read about it...
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Thanks
to all donors-in-kind for Charity Premiere support
On
17 May 2005, 700 guests had the treat of watching the Hong
Kong premiere of the long-awaited Episode III of Star Wars,
Revenge of the Sith. As the organizer of the event, the Federation
is very proud to say that it was a great success with very
encouraging feedback from the public. A big thank you to
our sponsors in-kind namely 零食物語, Kellogg's, Baleno, Pak
Fah Yeow International Ltd, Canon and Toys”R”Us...click
to read more…
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Hong Kong Reading Month 2005
The
Hong Kong Reading Month 2005 is being jointly organized
by the Federation, Hong Kong Publishing Federation
Limited,
the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong
Kong Education City, Radio Television
Hong Kong, and the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. It is sponsored by the Fok
Ying Tung Foundation Ltd, Qin Jia Yuan
Media Services Company Ltd and Jiaduobao
Holdings Ltd. The programme features
a wide range of activities between 23 April to 31 July
2005 designed to cultivate the habit of reading..read
more...
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Youth Video
Competition
Between
May and September 2005, the Federation, The Art School
of the Hong Kong Arts Centre and YTV@RTHK are
organizing a Youth Video Competition. The Competition receives
sponsorship from
the Convoy Financial Group, East
Asia Professional, Senico-Masslink
Technology Ltd and Suncolor Printing Company
Ltd. It invites
young people to express their opinions in a 5-minute video
clip in DV format on issues that concern them most...click
here to read more...
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Come
Create - GO LEAD:
a new world of hands-on creative technology learning
this weekend Saturday 28 May at Cyberport
Seminar: 9:30 am
Guest of Honour The Hon John Tsang, JP (Secretary for
Commerce, Industry & Technology)
Showcase 11:30 am
Guest of Honour The Hon. Professor Arthur
Li, GBS, JP (Secretary for Education & Manpower)
Seminar speakers
Prof Mitchel Resnick (MIT Media Laboratory)
Mr Francis Ho (Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Industry & Technology)
Mr Taku Tamara (CSK Corp. Japan)
For more info: contact the LEAD Secretariat www.u21.org.hk/lead email lead@hkfyg.org.hk
The heart of giving
A caring community has cooperation, sympathy and generosity as its foundation.
So much can be achieved this way and the trend in social services today
is to build strategic partnerships that strengthen and support such co-operative
spirit. This is the very heart of giving and we at the Federation are
very grateful for the help and support we receive from our donors.
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from left to
right: Dr. Rosanna Wong, Prof Mitchel Resnick (MIT Media Laboratory)
and Mr Anthony Wong
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Last
week's Charity Premiere of the latest episode of Star Wars was
a good example. The event was so well received, with many donations
from private individuals and the generous sponsorship of The
Bank of East Asia and other corporate donors. Hong Kong is a
unique place, with its tightly packed, responsive business sector
and socially aware philanthropic community. Thank you to all
who have helped.
"The
youth of Hong Kong represent our future. The Hong Kong
Federation of Youth Groups plays a key role in guiding
our young people, and we at The Bank of East Asia are pleased
to support the HKFYG in its mission. Events such as this
show what we can accomplish by working together for the
good of our community."
Mr. Joseph Pang Yuk-wing,
JP
Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive of The Bank of East Asia,
Ltd
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700
volunteers needed
HKFYG's Youth Volunteer Network (YVN) seeks 700
volunteers
June to August for:
Jockey Club summer programmes
World Children's Choir Festival
88th Lion Club International Convention
Contact 2169 0032 or visit www.u21.org.hk/yvn
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Hong
Kong Young Ambassador Scheme 2005
Joint organizers: Tourism
Commission & HKFYG
Eligibility: students 16+
Training: intensive programme
16 July - 5 August 2005
Application deadline: 10 June
2005
Click here for further information: www.yas.org.hk or
tel 2561 6149 |
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Youthline: first resort for teens
The Federation's Youthline is a first resort for young people with
problems. Anyone aged 6-35 can call the team of professionally
trained counsellors, ask for help and find a sympathetic ear. At
peak periods in May and August, extra volunteers are trained to
back up the professionals, coping especially with students who
are anxious about the public exams. We asked Siu Man, who has been
in charge of the hotline since 1997, how the service works and
how it has grown over the years since its inception over a decade
ago…
"The
big difference about this service is that a telephone hotline
is easy to use,
convenient and - above all it's anonymous."…Click
here to read more
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Class-size:
the big debate
What is the ideal number of pupils in a class? Pressure from teachers and parents
to reduce class sizes prompted the Education & Manpower Bureau to run a pilot
project this year in 37 primary schools where some classes have been reduced
to 25. What is the best number and do numbers actually make any difference? A
recent University of Hong Kong conference discussed the issue…Click
to read more...
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Plagiarism
by Hong Kong university students is on the rise Recently, there
has been some concern over whether plagiarism
is a common phenomenon among Hong Kong university students. The
HKSAR
Government
reported
that there were 33 cases of plagiarism in the 2001-02 academic
year in the nine tertiary institutions and the figure doubled
to 66 in 2003-04. Software is now available which is specifically
designed to hunt for and identify material downloaded and reproduced
wholesale from the Internet...Click
to learn more… |
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Practice
your English for confidence There will
always be disagreement about standards of English in Hong Kong.
Many more people can communicate adequately in English now than
before
but it is difficult to measure standards across the board. Nevertheless,
confidence in speaking English does seem less than it used to
be. A recent survey confirms this. What can be done about it?...Click
to learn more… |
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