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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.
About 40 per cent of day school candidates meet the general entry requirements for undergraduate courses. Photo: Karma Lo
Education in Hong Kong

How to help more non-Chinese-speaking students reach university in Hong Kong

Admission rate for NCS students sitting university entrance exam has remained persistently low over past five academic years.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Boy, 13, among 16 arrested as Hong Kong police tackle juvenile crime

Mental health

Letters | For better mental health, help students connect and build inclusive empathy

Hong Kong society

Youth membership in Hong Kong uniformed groups drops 8% over 5 years

Low birth rates contribute to decline despite steady government funding, prompting some lawmakers to call for KPIs to ensure prudent spending.

The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau currently grants recurrent subsidies to 11 uniformed youth groups. Photo: Eugene Lee
Good Schools Guide

How Hong Kong teens can be protected from appearance anxiety

Body image anxiety among young people is on the rise in the city and around the world – is social media solely to blame, and what can parents do?

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | What Hong Kong’s districts can learn from Sham Shui Po’s governance

Grass-roots political achievement should be judged by whether residents’ lives become measurably safer, healthier and more secure.

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Education in Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong classrooms must balance tech integration with safeguards

The city is taking the right approach by harnessing the power of AI and social media while actively protecting student well-being.

Hong Kong students use their phones outside the campus on May 6. Photo: Eugene Lee
Good Schools Guide

Are Hong Kong schools equipped to tackle deepfake sexual abuse?

Deepfake apps can produce sexualised fake images within minutes, and child-protection experts are urging schools and families to take this seriously.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong must add specialised services to tackle rising youth suicides, NGO says

David Cheng of the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong says uptick in youth suicide underscores need for regular risk screening.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Offer Hong Kong youth a mentor’s guidance, not more lesson plans

Readers discuss tapping a great resource in this city – its people, and how the science of longevity is bigger than biohacking.

Dozens of students and their mentors took part in a Cathay Pacific community flight programme on May 21, 2023. Mentoring could begin simply, by matching adults with students or young employees and giving them a quiet place to talk. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Good Schools Guide

Hong Kong schools are using micro-credentials to reward non-academic learning

Hong Kong’s international schools are recognising students’ extracurricular achievements, fostering skills, confidence and a sense of purpose.

Micro-credentials at Hong Kong schools recognise students’ skills and interests beyond academics. Photo: Nord Anglia International School
Good Schools Guide

Hong Kong schools harness art to boost students’ creativity and confidence

Creative programmes are transforming school education, giving students immersive art experiences and a deeper connection to the community.

Good Schools Guide

Hong Kong schools are using tech to reshape teen mental health support

Digital ‘third spaces’ are being tested to make mental health support feel more accessible for Gen Alpha – but what can and cannot be replaced by tech?

Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | Hong Kong’s AI education blueprint is a start – but schools need more

A pedagogical framework, case studies and genuine collaboration between the authorities, researchers, school leaders and teachers are vital.

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Primary schoolchildren interact with an AI robotic dog during an education and learning expo on December 11, 2024. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong

Editorial | Student of the Year Award winners set inspiring example for Hong Kong

The awards, which celebrate young people’s achievements, marked their 45th edition, with plans afoot to extend the scheme to the Greater Bay Area.

The Student of the Year award presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on July 11. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | To reduce waste, Hong Kong must connect lunch to learning

Readers discuss the need to incorporate sustainability goals at the curriculum level and how to set young entrepreneurs in conflict zones up for success.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | How Hong Kong can draw line under the 2019-20 protests and move forward

It is unacceptable for thousands of people to still not be charged, leaving their lives in legal limbo and affecting their families years later.

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Hong Kong society

Youth suicides in Hong Kong hit 10-year high: court report

Population expert warns of ‘virtual alienation’ trend among youth as cases rise for those aged 10 to 19 in 2025.

In 2025, 46 adolescents aged 10 to 19 were reported to have taken their own lives. Photo: Getty Images
Education in Hong Kong

Student of the Year Awards: past winners gather to celebrate decades of excellence

‘Every time I see the other winners of the Student of the Year Awards, I am surprised to see they have improved every time,’ 1985 winner Dr Chan Mui-tong says.

Education in Hong Kong

Student of the Year Awards: 40 pupils lauded as organiser reveals expansion plan

Starting next year, awards scheme to feature new AI literacy category and seek to recognise student excellence in places beyond Hong Kong.

Good Schools Guide

Uniform or no uniform: how Hong Kong schools decide on a dress code

When setting uniform policies, schools try to balance tradition and identity with practicality, sustainability and students’ self-expression.

Students at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong must resist turning DSE results day into a public spectacle

Readers discuss how schools’ promotional activities could affect student well-being, Hong Kong’s economic prospects, and the basis for Japan-Malaysia cooperation.

Students wait to receive their DSE results in 2019. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Social media

Letters | As global bans tighten, Hong Kong must act against social media harm

Readers discuss the growing awareness of the risks teenagers face, the arrest of a lawmaker for drink-driving, and the heatwave in Europe.

Education in Hong Kong

14 of 27 top IB scorers from English Schools Foundation plan to study medicine

Some ESF students attribute their success to discipline, miso soup and using a Nokia phone.

Education in Hong Kong

Joy and tears as Hong Kong students receive secondary school allocations

Some admitted to their first-choice institutions already dreaming up plans for university while others consider pathways to studying abroad.

Primary Six students at Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) hold up their secondary school allocation results. Photo: Sam Tsang
Education in Hong Kong

Crushed it: AI and healthy habits help Hong Kong students ace IB

Pupils from Diocesan Boys’ School, Victoria Shanghai Academy and Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School share insights on how they excelled in the IB exam.

Top scorer Carrinna Tong is all smiles after receiving her IB result. Photo: Sun Yeung
Education in Hong Kong

74% of Hong Kong pupils get first-choice secondary school, matching 2025 record

High satisfaction rate reflects sensible choices and strategies by well-informed parents, school council representative says.

Jobs

Letters | Society must act to save youth careers amid the AI cull

Readers discuss the consequences of a shrinking graduate jobs market, the disputes in Japan over Muslim mosques and cemeteries, and hygiene in Hong Kong’s SoHo district.

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