Wealth Blog | Discovery Bay teenage drinking and drug taking – communication the key

Yesterday we heard from a Discovery Bay school principal, today is the turn of DB teenagers and the NGO educational KELY Support Group.

Last week I covered the concerns of Discovery Bay parents and residents published in the DB magazine "Around DB” about teenage drug and alcohol use in the Lantau community.

KELY Support Group, which helps with education and prevention, asked some DB teenagers what they thought of the SCMP.com blog. One teenage girl said that although she lived on DB, she never hung out there, but she agreed there were young people who use alcohol “a lot, especially because it appears that their parents don't really mind what time they come and go and what they do, so it’s not surprising.”

Another teenager said they were not surprised about what was written in the SCMP. "I think when people run out of things to do; they just try to find other things to do that are "fun" or "exciting". Another agreed that Hong Kong should build more facilities to engage young people instead of flats.

Generally, most thought that it was a bit exaggerated and made it seem like a "bigger thing" than what it probably really is,” said a KELY spokesman.
 

KELY’s view