Hong Kong Olympic medal winners to act as tutors to pupils in subdivided flats under new scheme to fight cross-generational poverty
- City’s No 2 official announces scheme roll-out under high-level anti-poverty task force set up by Chief Executive John Lee
- Start-up sum of HK$5,000 will be handed out to 2,000 students, who will also be paired with life-planning mentors
Four Hong Kong Olympic medallists have been invited to act as tutors to junior secondary school pupils living in subdivided flats under a new scheme to tackle cross-generational poverty, the city’s No 2 official has announced.
Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki, who is leading a new high-level anti-poverty task force, on Monday said the pilot “Strive and Rise Programme” aimed to help 2,000 underprivileged students with financial and career planning, enhance their communication skills and expand their social network.
“These star tutors will increase the attractiveness of the scheme, so that grass-roots students will no longer feel that their development will be restricted by their network,” he said.
“Some may ask why only 2,000 students will benefit. This is a trial programme. We will expand it to cover more students after an ongoing review.”
The scheme is set to launch in October and expected to last a year.
