https://www.scmp.com/rss/313995/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com While most people spend at least some of their teen years thinking about what they want to be when they grow up, a small proportion are already working hard to get there. DC Labour Rights, a human rights campaign group, is made up of a dozen Discovery Bay College students who manage to balance schoolwork with activism. In 2012, inspired by humanities teacher Bruce Taylor, the group, originally all girls, chose their first battle: electronics manufacturer VTech. In June that year, the Institute... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1845532/rise-hong-kong-student-activist-group-dc-labour-rights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1845532/rise-hong-kong-student-activist-group-dc-labour-rights?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Aug 2015 13:00:30 +0000 Debating the merits of travel, co-educational over single-sex schools and how much the fast food industry is to blame for obesity is a rite of passage for secondary school students. However, for some, debating means more than a shot at high school glory. Since 2003, the Shanghai-Hong Kong Cultural Exchange and Debating Competition, organised and funded by schools from the two centres, has used the event to bring students from these closely tied, yet ideologically disparate, cities closer... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1843377/hong-kong-shanghai-school-debating-contest-breaks-down-barriers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/1843377/hong-kong-shanghai-school-debating-contest-breaks-down-barriers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:30:45 +0000