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Hong Kong youth

Hong Kong youth
Latest news, features and analysis on Hong Kong youth, with a focus on education, young people’s sense of identity and role in anti-government protests.
The Hong Kong government’s proposal to address obesity among the city’s children includes a controversial plan for school weigh-ins. Photo: Shutterstock
Good Schools Guide

Will the Hong Kong government weight-management plan really help kids?

The proposed action plan includes the Education Bureau’s suggestion of school weigh-ins, which has sparked concern among dietitians, psychologists and NGOs.

Hong Kong society

Letters | How Hong Kong can better support its Nepali youth

Good Schools Guide

Influences that can unlock children’s abilities in the classroom

Hong Kong society

Letters | To protect children, professionals could also watch family dynamics

Readers discuss how to better implement child protection, and the financial meaning of lai see.

Kindergarten pupils and teachers pass Kowloon Park on December 17. Photo: Jelly Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Will allowing more Hong Kong schools to use English be too testing for pupils?

After decades of debate, authorities and schools sector say time is right to adjust the language policy but some argue move is mainly political.

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Good Schools Guide

The Hong Kong schools and young artists nurturing creativity in the age of AI

Brothers Andrew Mok, aka YaLocalOffgod, and Tate Mok are behind the artistic duo, whose fans include Pharrell Williams and Takashi Murakami.

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Mental health

Letters | Student wellbeing is not a problem easily solved with AI

Readers discuss strengthening human relationships in schools, domestic helpers’ day off, and public hospital fees.

Students go to school on a chilly morning in Hung Hom on January 7. Photo: Karma Lo
Good Schools Guide

For Hong Kong students, their career paths’ first steps start at university

Choosing a course is a delicate balance of passion, parental expectations and the prospects of a fulfilling career.

Education in Hong Kong

AI mental health app helps Hong Kong students accentuate the positive

EmoCare, powered by artificial intelligence, began trial run last month, serving around 700 primary, secondary and university students.

Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong needs a centralised AI curriculum for its students

The city has proactively adopted artificial intelligence in the school system, but courses still fall short on guiding proper use.

Children study with the help of AI. Photo: Kelly Le
Hong Kong society

Hope for youth hostel tenants after Hong Kong landlord ‘postpones handover’

Residents of BeLIVING Youth Hub in Causeway Bay were earlier told they had to move out by the end of February.

More than 100 young tenants at BeLIVING Youth Hub in Causeway Bay were told to vacate the hostel by February 28. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Letters | What Hong Kong’s abuse reporting law means for child-facing professionals

Readers discuss the implications of the new law, and support for sexual minority rights.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong professionals brace for tough calls under new child abuse law

Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance takes effect on Tuesday, covering over 100,000 people across 25 professions.

Hong Kong housing

Editorial | Hong Kong must tackle the ‘demoralising impact’ of unaffordable housing

With a new study underlining how much harder it has become for young people to afford a flat in the private market, the search for solutions should be stepped up.

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Tsui Ping (South) Estate in Kwun Tong with Lion Rock in the background on September 15, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Education in Hong Kong

40 Hong Kong semi-private schools eye more non-locals in education hub push

Direct Subsidy Scheme schools will be able to admit non-local students on a self-financing basis under new initiative.

Local student admissions are not affected by the new scheme. Photo: Sam Tsang
Good Schools Guide

Technology set to play a bigger role in SEN assessment and intervention

Improved awareness and early detection have seen a rise in special education needs diagnoses, and while the stigma is fading, challenges remain.

Hong Kong society

Smart money: how Hong Kong charity makes finance lessons fun for pupils

Hong Kong charity Talents Foundation, an Operation Santa Claus beneficiary, aims to teach young people how to manage their finances.

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Hong Kong

Video | 13-year-old arrested after New Year brawl in Hong Kong

Suspect allegedly kicked and slapped girl, 15, repeatedly at Kwun Tong Promenade for ‘spreading false rumours’ on multiple occasions, police say.

Police arrest 13-year-old girl over fight with teen during New Year countdown at Kwun Tong Promenade.
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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s new legislators must strengthen child protection laws

The city’s children need better legal protection from cruelty, sexual grooming and internet advances.

Social media

Letters | To kick our social media habit, let’s start with the adults

Readers discuss the missing link in efforts to restrict screen time for children, concern over the Jimmy Lai trial and verdict, and rampant illegal parking in Hong Kong.

Good Schools Guide

How outdoor classrooms are shaping young minds, from Denmark to Hong Kong

Malvern College and International College believe in the power of outdoor learning and growing in nature’s classroom to build curiosity and resilience.

Forest schools such as International College Hong Kong Hong Lok Yuen (ICHKHLY) offer manifold educational and mental benefits. Photo: Handout
Social media

Editorial | Curbs on children’s social media use and screen time must strike a balance

The digital world is part of young people’s lives; there is a need to limit risks without depriving children of the benefits of being online.

A schoolboy looks at his phone in Melbourne on November 27, 2024. Australia will ban young teenagers from social media on December 10, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Photo: AFP
Mental health

Opinion | Why Hong Kong’s youth must be key part of city’s mental health support

When young people are involved in designing interventions, those interventions are more culturally relevant, better used and more sustainable.

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Hong Kong society

Letters | A kinder, gentler Hong Kong forged in shared pain

Readers praise Hongkongers’ empathetic response to the Tai Po fire tragedy, clarify the workings of the Observatory’s chatbot, and call on Hong Kong to consider a social media ban for adolescents.

Hong Kong fires and safety

Letters | Hong Kong fire must force rethink on use of bamboo scaffolding

Readers discuss the massive fire at a housing estate in Tai Po, and how a clumsy response to sexual abuse can result in re-traumatisation.

Fire burns the bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, on November 26. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Letters | Academic theories deserve rigorous scrutiny, not public shaming

Readers discuss the controversy over a Malaysian academic’s hypothesis about Roman shipbuilding, the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute, and cutting back Hong Kong children’s screen time.

Dr Solehah’s theory – that Romans may have learned shipbuilding techniques from Malay seafarers – deserved rigorous academic scrutiny. Photo: YouTube/Prof Dr Solehah
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Rebound in Hong Kong pupils’ English proficiency is encouraging

Record high scores a sign of teachers’ enhanced post-pandemic support and bode well for the city’s competitiveness.

Good Schools Guide

Do faith-based school curricula contribute to academic excellence?

Nurturing compassionate individuals is a key tenet of such schools, from Anfield to Carmel Hong Kong – but how well do they prepare students for life beyond the classroom?

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