公共政策對話系列｜能否給年輕人一個希望？

The ‘Policy Dialogue Series’ has entered its fifth annual series. This year, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, Professor Lui Tai-lok and other speakers will continue to explore critical issues and public policy challenges facing Hong Kong.

In the coming sessioins, entitled ‘Giving Hope to Young People: What matters and how?’, the speakers will share their insights into the youth development policy in Hong Kong.

In the 2022 Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee echoes the point made by President Xi Jinping that "Hong Kong will prosper only when its young people theive" （青年興則香港興）. The government aims to assist young people in overcoming hurdles in education, employment, entrepreneurship, and home ownership. It will also encourage youth participation. Yet, according to a survey conducted by the Youth I.D.E.A.S think tank of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Group (report, July 2022), only 27.9% of the youth respondents are optimistic about their own prospects and 46.9% are pessimistic about the future development of Hong Kong. Does the government have a good grasp of what our young people care and are worried about? How can we give hope to them so that they have something to strive for?

The dialogue series is co-organised by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) and the Academy of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), and the Division of Public Policy (PPOL) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Speakers:

• Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung（張炳良教授）
  • Adjunct Research Chair Professor of Public Administration, APS, EdUHK
  • Adjunct Professor of HKUST
  • Former President (2008-12), EdUHK (before retitling)
  • Former Secretary for Transport and Housing (2012-17), HKSARG

• Professor Lui Tai-lok （呂大樂教授）
  • Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies, EdUHK
  • Director, Academy of Hong Kong Studies and Centre for Greater China Studies, EdUHK

• Mr Brian Wong （黃裕舜先生）
  • DPhil candidate in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford University
  • Hong Kong’s 2022 Rhodes Scholars
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Political Review