Want to know what it’s like to run Hong Kong? Now the city’s students are going to get the chance
Summer holidays programme will see select few shadow ministers as they go about daily business of running the city
Hong Kong students who dream of running the city one day can get a taste what it is like to be in power this summer.
A new government programme will allow a select few a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to shadow ministers as they go about the daily task of keeping the island functioning.
Applications for the programme, called ‘Be a Government Official for a Day’, open on Monday, with officials hoping to attract secondary four and five students who are, “self-motivated, interested in public affairs, with good analytical and communication skills, and getting recommended by schools”.
The criteria the students will have to meet was laid out by Chief Secretary Matthew Kin-chung in a piece posted on his official blog on Sunday, where he also revealed that he, plus 13 bureau chiefs, as well as Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah would be taking part.
“We shall share with the students about our experience in learning and our careers, as well as personal growth,” wrote Cheung in his blog piece, promising it would be “a once-in-a-lifetime memorable experience” for the students.
