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Children in Hong Kong spend much of their time acquiring knowledge and practical skills  at school and in a variety of  extra-curricular classes. 
There is often little opportunity for them to develop their sense of independence, personal awareness and level of self-confidence.  
The YMCA of Hong Kong is running courses on personal growth  during the summer holidays.
'Our  workshops provide students with new experiences that they wouldn't have access to at school, including   confidence-building activities, developing leadership skills, enhancing creativity, developing critical thinking skills and academic training,' says  Joyce Wong, from the social services, outreach activities and leisure education section of the YMCA of Hong Kong (www.ymca hk.org.hk).  
The YMCA will run two whole-day courses (9.30am to 5.30pm) called Leadership Training and Little Ironman. 
Leadership Training is open to children aged five to nine. They will learn about accepting responsibility, developing self-confidence, being an effective team member and the value of controlling emotions. 
For those aged five to six,  the course will take place next month, and for the seven- to nine-year-olds, it will be held  in August. Little Ironman  focuses on developing physical skills. The workshop will be run next month. Both courses cost HK$2,700 for members and HK$2,950 for non-members, including lunch, and will be conducted in Cantonese.
There is also a half-day course on developing critical thinking and creativity called the Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats, which aims to develop  thinking skills that will help children  with their writing and project work  at school.
This course will be run twice next month, with a morning class (9.30am to 1pm) running from July 11 to 15 and  an afternoon class (2pm to 5.30pm)  from July 18 to 22. The cost is HK$2,800 for members and HK$2,950 for  non-members.
 A self-care training course, the Be Strong Training Workshop, culminates in an overnight camp that requires  participants to put skills they have learned into practice. The whole-day course (9.30am to 5.30pm) will  take place from August 1 to 5, and costs HK$2,700 for members and HK$2,950 for non-members and will be conducted in Cantonese.



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