Youth

Ingredients of violence still a risk at junior soccer tournaments

26 Apr 2013

It has been a year since Hong Kong's infamous head-kick incident when a 10-year-old boy kicked his opponent in the face. Its YouTube video went viral - amassing around two and a half million views...

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Personal best: Organised youth sport - then and now

2 Apr 2013

As I watched a 10-year-old boy come off the rugby field in tears, I couldn't help reflect how children's sport had changed since I was a child. The entire pitch was lined with parents, some...

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Help Hong Kong's hidden youths come out of their shell

28 Mar 2013

The recent murder cases involving Hong Kong youths have undoubtedly left people shaken and caused many to question just what has gone wrong with our society. Discussions have primarily been about...

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Darker dangers ignored in Hong Kong's youth drug abuse figures

28 Mar 2013

Last week, Narcotics Commissioner Erika Hui Lam Yin-ming relayed the results from the Central Registry of Drug Abuse survey of local and international school students. Rather predictably, the...

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Helping parents curb teen drug abuse

25 Mar 2013

Life Education Activity Programme (LEAP) wholly endorses the statement by Winnie Kwan in advocating that education is the key to ensuring that more young people are fully aware of the dangers...

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One third of young mentally ill stuck in cycle of home-idling

25 Mar 2013

More than one-third of mentally-disturbed young people are trapped in a cycle of idling at home, with nearly a quarter of these suffering from internet addiction, researchers claim.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Former Hong Kong skipper Stuart Krohn leads US kids on education mission

Stuart Krohn was pleased to be back on his "home" turf this weekend. And while the Sevens is a chance to revive friendships and renew vows over the love, honour and worship of rugby, for Krohn it...

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Saved by the game

As Hong Kong head coach Dai Rees tells it, "There is no off season in Hong Kong, rugby is a 365-day-a-year commitment."

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Teen drinkers to be targeted at Hong Kong Sevens

Hong Kong Sevens organisers are once again working with a leading youth charity to combat teenage binge drinking at the event, after the success of last year's initial project.

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Youth fear losing the city's culture

Two out of five of the city's people born in the 1990s want economic but not cultural integration with the mainland, a survey has found.

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Suicide prevention starts with stronger community bonds

Suicide is still a sensitive topic in Asian countries. Since 1997, Hong Kong has experienced one of the most drastic changes in suicide rates. From a rate of 12.5 per 100,000 in 1997, it hit a...

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On Second Thought: Government ignores protest movement at its peril

In his election campaign, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying bandied about his election motto of "change in stability".

At the time, he could hardly have imagined this proposition would be...

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