Foundation seeks to equip Hong Kong’s youth with tech skills to tap job opportunities in Greater Bay Area

The foundation’s aim is to help Hong Kong’s youth identify opportunities in the Greater Bay Area and equip them with the necessary skills to turn their potential into reality, says chairman Daryl Ng

The charity has so far raised HK$100 million from local enterprises and businessmen to help Hong Kong’s youth

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A Hong Kong-based charitable organisation is helping to equip the city’s youth with tech skills to advance their careers in Greater Bay Area cities like Guangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

Published: 6:22pm, 25 Jan 2021Updated: 4:12pm, 26 Jan 2021

A charitable organisation, created by one of Hong Kong’s top developers, aims to equip the city’s youth with the necessary tech skills and help them identify business and job opportunities in the Greater Bay Area to “jump-start their careers”.

“Young people hold the key to our future, and technology holds the key to the future for our young people, especially when it comes to the Greater Bay Area,” Daryl Ng Win-kong, chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post.

Founded in September 2019, the foundation, which is supported by many leading businessmen from Hong Kong, provides education and training to the city’s youth, with the aim of helping them gain a better understanding of the region’s business environment and culture that is conducive to their personal and professional growth.

“If we provide our youth with exposure to digital technology, and help them jump-start their careers, it will give them the crucial first-mover advantage to fly high in the global arena,” said Ng, the deputy chairman of Sino Land.

Daryl Ng Win-kong, chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation. Photo: Handout

Beijing plans to turn the Greater Bay Area into a sprawling economic region reminiscent of Tokyo or San Francisco, integrating special zones Macau and Hong Kong more intimately with nine other mainland cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhongshan.