Children lack opportunities for upward mobility and are difficult to get out of poverty. Concern groups advocate vocational education to help career planning

There is a huge disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong. The failure of parents to get rid of poverty also affects the chances of upward mobility of children, forming a vicious circle of intergenerational poverty.

Chan Kung Wai-ying, chairman of the "Child Development Matching Fund" and "Youth Development Enterprise Alliance", said in a radio program today (11th) that the current "exam-oriented" education system fails to tap the potential and interests of young people, and parents do not have the money to provide other High-quality educational resources and connections make grassroots children lack opportunities for upward mobility when they grow up.

She mentioned that the workplace education program launched by the organization she leads has provided thousands of grassroots young people with the opportunity to enter the workplace and try their hand at making new cuts in the workplace, allowing them to plan their lives as early as possible.

She hopes that after the new government takes office, it can implement the policy of solving the problem of poverty alleviation across generations as soon as possible, and prescribe the right medicine for the youth at the grassroots level to get rid of poverty.

Chan Kung Wai Ying, Chairman of the "Child Development Matching Fund" and "Youth Development Enterprise Alliance".

(File photo/Photo by Wen Xueping)

Chen Gongweiying said in the Hong Kong TV program "Hong Kong Family Letter" that according to the poverty report in Hong Kong the previous year, the number of poor children has been increasing, and before the government's policy intervention, it was as high as 270,000, that is, every 4 children under the age of 18. , one is a poor child, and Hong Kong's Gini coefficient continues to rise, which also shows that the problem of the disparity between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong is still serious.

She believes that due to parental and family factors, young people at the grassroots level lack high-quality educational resources and opportunities for upward mobility, forming a vicious circle of intergenerational poverty.

▼District poverty rate in Hong Kong in 2020 (before government policy intervention)▼

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Regarding the social tendency to use financial support to help the grassroots get rid of poverty, she mentioned that she has served as the chairman of the "Child Development Matching Fund" for many years, and believes that the key to solving the problem of poverty alleviation across generations is to help these grassroots young people to move upward, that is, to equip them well The ability to move upwards and open up related opportunities.

In order to find the right medicine, she mentioned that the “Youth Development Enterprise Alliance” she leads has launched the “Y-WE Youth Work Experience” pilot program 8 years ago, targeting low-level middle school students as a priority, providing them with comprehensive and systematic workplace education, inspiring Students’ interests and potential will be linked with the government, schools, social welfare and business sectors, providing ample opportunities for grassroots students, so that they can have the opportunity to have practical workplace experience as early as secondary school, learn about the society, get in touch with the business sector, Build personal connections and exercise soft power in the workplace to enhance your understanding of your potential and interests.

Chen Gongweiying continued that the program has helped more than 1,300 young people at the grassroots level, emphasizing that "I have never met a young person with no ability or potential, only young people with low self-confidence or undiscovered talents."

She hopes that after the new government takes office, it can implement policies to solve cross-generational poverty alleviation as soon as possible, including rethinking the nature of education, and attaching importance to workplace education alongside academic education, so as to help young people achieve upward mobility, so as to achieve get rid of poverty.

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