Hong Kong youth delegates are spreading goodwill and Chinese culture on an exchange visit abroad.
An eight-member delegation, under the auspices of the Commission on Youth's International Youth Exchange Programme, will return on Saturday after spending three weeks in Britain.
Another group of 15 is in Singapore, and returns on August 10.
Commission chairman Eric Li Ka-cheung said the young people were acting as ambassadors for Hong Kong.
'We expect them to extend our goodwill overseas and in return learn more about British and Singaporean cultures and way of life.' The 23 youngsters, aged between 18 and 24, were chosen from more than 160 candidates from secondary schools, tertiary institutes, youth organisations and government departments.
All have an excellent academic background, are fluent in English, and understand Chinese culture and have a good grasp of Hong Kong affairs. Young Post spoke to some of the ambassadors before they left.
Wendy Fung Shuk-mun, a final- year Travel and Tourism Management student at Hong Kong Technical College, was excited.
