Youth Hong Kong June 2024 Volume 16
Number 2
YOUTH HONG KONG
published quarterly by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
EDITORIAL BOARD
Hsu Siu-man
Lakshmi Jacota
William Chung
Ada Chau
Christa Cheung
Winky Ang
Bryan Tsui
Miranda Ho
Mia Yao
INTERVIEWS
Mia Yao, Lakshmi Jacota, Ada Chau, Stella Chen
CIRCULATION (unaudited)
9,000 in Hong Kong, throughout the region and overseas
VIEWS EXPRESSED are the authors’ and interviewees’, may come from official sources, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board or publisher
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SECTIONS & TRANSLATION
Mia Yao, Ada Chau, Stella Chen, Ellie Chan and CPS team
PHOTOGRAPHS
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OVERVIEW INTERVIEWS YOUTH WATCH YOUTH
EDUCATORS SPEAK HISTORY PERSPECTIVES FICTION MENTAL HEALTH GREEN
BOOKS ALUMNI WITH ALL OUR MIGHT EVENTS RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 4 Future Ready 6 Professor Paul Cheung: The “Operator Trap” 9 Professor Helen Meng: Getting Ahead of the Curve 12 Tommie Lo: The Mindset Shift 14 The Next Big Thing in Education? 18 What Young People Think 20 What Educators Think 22 From Ancient Greece to ChatGPT 26 Pili Hu: Pushing Boundaries with Data 28 Ray LC: Empowered to Create 30 Mike Fung: Future Robotic Carers 32 The VR Headset Winter Chiu 34 Hear Me Out Matteo Suárez 36 I Survived Going Vegan Oscar Cheung 38 How Will You Live? Anson Yu 40 Step by Step: The Making of a Director 42 Maintain the Edge of Hong Kong Tourism 44 Unveiling the Secrets of Huafu 45 Aqau GO! Water Sports Gala 2024 50 InnoTech Education and AI Summer 46 Supporting Wellness of Young People Transitioning into Work 48 Our New Book: Special Needs Poems THEME SECTION YOUTH SPACE HKFYG HIGHTLIGHTS 2
SPEAK
LIVING
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OVERVIEW 4
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INTERVIEW 1 : PROFESSOR CHEUNG 6
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INTERVIEW 1 : PROFESSOR CHEUNG 8
INTERVIEW 2 : PROFESSOR MENG | June 2024 | Youth Hong Kong 9
INTERVIEW 2 : PROFESSOR MENG 10
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INTERVIEW 3 : TOMMIE LO 12
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YOUTH WATCH 14
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YOUTH WATCH 16
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YOUTH SPEAK 18
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EDUCATORS SPEAK 20
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HISTORY 22
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HISTORY 24
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For references please visit: cps.hkfyg.org.hk/yhk-issues
PERSPECTIVES:RUNNING AI 26
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PERSPECTIVES:ART 28
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PERSPECTIVES:HEALTHCARE 30
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YOUTH SPACE:FICTION 32
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YOUTH SPACE:MENTAL HEALTH 34
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YOUTH SPACE:GREEN LIVING 36
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YOUTH SPACE:BOOKS 38
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HKFYG HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:ALUMNI 40
Lawrence Kan is a Hong Kong director whose short film won M21’s short film competition held in 2011. His major works include The Stairway, When C Goes with G7 and In Broad Daylight
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HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:WITH ALL OUR MIGHT 42
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HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:EVENTS 44
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HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:RESEARCH 46
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HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:PUBLICATIONS 48
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HKFYG HIGHLIGHTS:FUTURE SKILLS 50
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