After the cancellation of the mask order, Financial Secretary Chen Maobo visited the Hong Kong Design Institute yesterday (4th) "without masks" to learn about his continuous increase in resources invested in vocational education in recent years.
Together with his classmates, he drew paper patterns and "car shirts", and appeared on the stage as the "Twelve Young Boys" in Tang suits, and tried riding a rickshaw through the streets in ancient costumes in the virtual scene.
He launched a two-year pilot project in the new Budget, starting from the 2023/24 school year, for secondary school students to simultaneously study vocational education-related courses under the framework of the HKDSE. Plan”, and another 500 million yuan will be injected.
He believes that the plans related to the budget to cultivate local talents can provide young people with more opportunities for continuous value-added.
Chen Maobo published a blog titled "Multiple Ways Out, Unlimited Creativity" today (5th), mentioning that in order to accelerate the development of Hong Kong's economy, the SAR government, while trying its best to attract talents, also attaches great importance to the cultivation of local talents.
Emphasis on local talent training
He visited the Hong Kong Design Institute under the Vocational Training Council yesterday to learn about the learning situation of the students.
They are majoring in different majors such as fashion design, art technology, make-up and modeling respectively. In addition to the traditional classroom learning mode, they have more experimental workshop experience to stimulate more thinking and creation at different levels, making the learning process more interactive.
Hong Kong has canceled the mask order since March. In the photos and videos uploaded on Chen Maobo’s blog, he interacted with his classmates. Except for the classmates who made up for him, the teachers and students who were mainly “in the mirror” did not wear masks. He also told the students They spoke words of encouragement, and personally drew patterns, cut and sewed garments and other garment-making processes.
Chen Maobo, teachers and students did not wear masks
He also experienced the process of shooting in a virtual scene. Students who are studying fashion design, make-up modeling and art technology respectively took care of the entire production process.
Chen Maobo put on what looked like a Tang suit from the front, but turned out to be just a costume tied with knots on the back, and then got on a rickshaw and took a photo with the synthetic street scene of ancient costumes.
He praised his students for their majors, and believed that they would succeed in their studies.
In the next academic year, DSE candidates will simultaneously take vocational courses
He specifically mentioned that in the past few years, the SAR government has continued to increase resources invested in vocational education. In the new budget, a two-year pilot program was launched, starting from the 2023/24 school year for secondary school students to study simultaneously under the framework of the HKDSE. Study vocational education-related courses and obtain a HKDSE certificate and a Qualifications Framework Level 3 Diploma in Vocational Education at the same time after completing the courses, so that they can follow their personal interests and explore more paths for personal future development.
Chen also said that the SAR government has always been committed to promoting the development of cultural and creative industries. Since the launch of the "CreativeSmart Initiative" in 2009, as of the end of September last year, it has allocated nearly 2.3 billion yuan to subsidize the creative industry to organize about 650 cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong and overseas. About 13,000 small and medium-sized enterprises benefited from the project, creating nearly 30,000 jobs and more than 80,000 cultivation opportunities.
▼On February 22, Chen Maobo announced the key points of the budget▼
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"CreativeSmart Initiative" adds 500 million yuan
After more than ten years of development, he believes that this program has successfully cultivated many new talents for the local creative industry, and has been recognized internationally. For example, the "Animation Support Program" has provided funds and technical guidance to more than 200 local start-up companies, allowing them to Its original animations were shown to buyers from all over the world in film and television, and some of its productions even won awards in Japanese competitions.
In this year's budget, he will inject another 500 million yuan into the "CreativeSmart Initiative" to encourage more cross-sector and cross-field creative and cultural cooperation projects, and support local TV stations to jointly produce variety TV programs with mainland or Asian teams. Enhance the influence of Hong Kong pop culture.
Various programs allocate resources to provide value-added opportunities for young people
Chen Maobo also listed a number of plans to increase resources in the budget, saying that it will provide young people with more opportunities for continuous value-added, so that they can better grasp the opportunities in Hong Kong's high-quality development, and contribute to the construction and growth of the "eight centers" in Hong Kong The local talent pool also provides the necessary human resources for the development of Hong Kong, including injecting 200 million yuan into the "Maritime and Air Transport Talent Training Fund" to strengthen talent training in the logistics industry, promote the industry's high-quality development, and launch the "Post-secondary Student Fintech Internship Program” allows students to cultivate their interest in Fintech earlier.
Budget｜Policy Lazy Package: Consumer Coupons, Tax Rebates, Tobacco Tax, Stamp Duty, Innovation and Technology Talents Budget｜Supporting Cross-border Internships for College Students in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area to Cultivate Fintech Talents Budget｜Shipping will be promoted in the middle of the year , Air transport talent training program to attract young people into the industry
