'I want to go to university to study medicine. I want to become a doctor so I can help people; not because I want to be rich, I want to help poor people and cure them if they are sick. I'm about to go to secondary school, but I don't know which one I'll get into yet. I hope to go to La Salle College.

'I was too young to remember the handover, but I think the biggest difference has been the education reform. I think the schools system is a lot better now than it used to be.

'I think that in 10 years' time, science and technology will have advanced a lot in Hong Kong. Technology will be a lot more common and computers will be much smaller. They will have taken over lots of the boring parts of people's jobs, leaving us more time to do meaningful things.

'I hope we will have universal suffrage soon. It would be much fairer if people could choose their own leaders. If the central government refuses to give Hong Kong universal suffrage, they would need to give a good reason why they didn't support it.

'But if I could vote today, I would still choose Donald Tsang Yam-kuen as chief executive, as I think he is doing a good job. He has not introduced many changes.'

Gloria Wu Ka-yee

Primary Six pupil aged 15, at Fresh Fish Traders' School in Tai Kok Tsui.

'By 2017, I want to have a robot to do the housework for me. I hate doing housework.

'Hong Kong is already a very international city, and I think that is going to continue to increase over the next 10 years. More places overseas will recognise Hong Kong as a good place to do business, and that will help trade.

'I am going to study law at university because I want to be a lawyer when I grow up. There are so many people in society who need someone to fight for their rights and for what they deserve. I want to be a government lawyer, to protect the interests of weakest members of society. We should definitely have full democracy by 2017. I am very much in favour of universal suffrage because people will have a lot more support for leaders they have chosen themselves. At the moment, a lot of people feel that they are biased.'

Tim Lai Siu-kwan

Primary Six pupil aged 12, at Fresh Fish Traders' School in Tai Kok Tsui.

'I plan to study science so that I can invent some devices that will make people's lives easier and more convenient.

'The invention of computers has had such a huge effect on society, for example. When they were first used in the 1960s, they were so big and very expensive. These days they are much smaller and everywhere. This is the power of scientific progress.

'I think the biggest change since the handover in 1997 has been the opening of the border to individual travellers from the mainland. This has increased the number of visitors to Hong Kong, which has boosted the economy. I think the tourism industry is going to continue to grow over the next 10 years.

'I think Hong Kong should have universal suffrage by 2017, but I won't go out and protest if we don't. At the end of the day it is the government's responsibility to give us democracy, and I believe they will do sooner or later.'

Coco Cheung Hiu-tung

Primary Six pupil aged 12, at Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road).

'I want to stay in Hong Kong for university, rather than go overseas. I was born here and I am familiar with life here so I think it would make studying easier. But I would still like to experience life overseas if I had the chance of going on an exchange trip, particularly in Australia.

'I want to see Hong Kong having universal suffrage, to be more democratic than the current system. Hong Kong people have high expectations of the government, and I think the government should not disappoint us.

'I hope the economy is doing better in 10 years' time. It is quite hard for people to find jobs now, and if I had difficulty looking for a job after I finished university I think I would be very worried.

'But I am certain that the economy will be doing well. I believe Hong Kong people have the ability to succeed. I hope that in future, the education system can improve to be better to students. I also hope the medical system treats sick people better.'

Jenna Yip Ga-wai

Primary Six student aged 11, at Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School.

'I want to study medicine, as my dad is a doctor and my mum is a nurse, and I like the idea of being able to help sick people. I want to go to the University of Hong Kong, if I can, because it's the best.

'I imagine that when I am 21 I will be travelling overseas on exchanges and learning about different cultures. I want to see how big the world really is.

'By 2017, I think Hong Kong will be a lot more technologically advanced. But most importantly, I think Hong Kong should have more freedom to govern our own affairs by then. It is better now that we are no longer controlled by Britain.

'If we had universal suffrage we could believe the government was being fair. I think people these days have a little suspicion that the government isn't really fair.

'We should be able to choose the candidate that we believe is best for the job.

'I would definitely be disappointed if we did not have universal suffrage by 2017. We should have it by 2012.'

Ellen Cheung Tsz-hei

Primary Six pupil aged 12, at Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School.

'I would quite like to become a lawyer, but I really haven't thought that far ahead. Ten years is a very long time.

'I don't have any memories of Hong Kong before the handover because I was very small, but my teachers have told us about it. When we were under British rule, Hong Kong people didn't really have any control over their own affairs, so I think the handover was a good thing.

'I believe Hong Kong will have grown in importance as a financial centre in 10 years' time. A lot of people overseas have a lot of respect for Hong Kong as a financial centre, and I think that will improve.

'I am confident we will have universal suffrage soon. The central government has already started discussing with us about increasing democracy, so we should definitely have it by 2017 - if not by 2012.

'I hope that society will be more peaceful in 10 years' time, so that people will have less need to demonstrate or take part in protests to have their voices heard. '