Summer holidays mean summer temptations Statistics collected by HKFYG's community-based Project Shine, run by our outreach teams in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing Districts, show that most young people have their first experience of drugs when they are 13-16 years old. Over 50% of these youngsters claim to have friends with triad connections, and for over 30% the experience takes place during the summer holidays. With the end of term imminent, concern is mounting. The HKFYG Community Anti-drug Teams urge parents to pay close attention to their children and be well aware of the risks. They give the example of 17 year-old Ka-pik, who left school and became addicted to drugs two years ago. Her weight dropped from 45kg to 37kg. "Family quarrels have been frequent ever since. My brother even gave up his job to help me." The Federation's anti-drug services took care of her with tailor-made, multi-disciplinary counselling and group therapy education. Now she is determined to stay away from drugs. Contact Leo Man, Worker in-charge of Project Shine, tel 2487 6151 to find out more about Project Shine. Events World Cup @ HKFYG Youth SPOTs From 11 June till 11 July, about 4,000 young people are taking part in this football-focused project at all the Youth SPOTs. There is an "I @ football" video competition, a youth football match, a football commentator course, a World Cup Quiz, and two World Cup watching parties. Staff from the 21Youth SPOTs were with the young participants for the World Cup opening ceremony on 11 June and will be with them again for the finals on 11 July. Together, the aim is to build a social network for celebrating the World Cup together while encouraging a healthy attitude to sports culture. Tel Kenneth, 23377189, for more information of visit the Facebook page, 世界盃踢入青年空間. Charity Raffle winners welcome now to collect prizes Thank you to all donors who gave generously in aid of our fundraising drive for the charity raffle. Please click here to see the results of the raffle ticket draw http://www.u21.hk/partnership/raffle2010/result.html. We look forward to meeting the lucky prizewinners in the Partnership Office. Please make your collection by 15 July. News Shanghai World Expo Train trip launch with Commissioning Ceremony On 29 June at 8.30am, a ceremony celebrating the train trip to take 500 students to the Shanghai World Expo will take place outside the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hunghom. The ceremony will be officiated by the Chief Secretary the Hon Henry Tang and Mr. Wang Zhimin, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government. Three Hang Seng Bank Leaders to Leaders Lectures: on Freedom of Information, Climate Change and Self-made Creations Mr Yau Lop-poon, Editor-in-Chief of Asia Weekly, will speak on the topic of freedom of information on 3 July. Chartered Meteorologist, Mr Lam Chiu-ying, SBS, will talk about the phenomenon of climate change on 10 July and Mr Leung Man-tao, Cultural Critic will speak on 'Self-made Creation' on 14 July. A group of about 300 young people will be attending each of these lectures in the Rayson Huang Theatre at the University of Hong Kong at 10.30am on 3 July and 10 July, and at 6.30pm on 14 July. Contact Rita, for full details, tel 21690255.   Many thanks to partners Apprentices from youth outreach scheme get taste of cooking with Towngas This partnership, with Towngas and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, will offer one-year apprenticeships from 1 July onwards to a group of young people aged 15-24. Their background is with HKFYG's youth outreach unit and they have faced major challenges in relationships with family and friends. Some have also faced the temptation of drugs or alcohol. The scheme will be a fresh, hopeful start for them, providing a monthly allowance of HK$6,200-6,500. The pioneer scheme brings them together with Star Chefs from top Hong Kong hotels and restaurants providing passion and commitment. Contact Wilson or Lokman, tel 2487 6151, for more information. Sino Group donation of 1,800 calculator notebooks Over 1,800 digital calculator notebooks have been generously donated by the Sino Group for youth members and service users in various programmes, including the Shanghai World Expo Train, World Cup@ Youth SPOT and the CCST summer camp. Contact Brenda for information, tel 3755 7102. EduTechnic Ltd donates LEGO sets to LEAD centre The HKFYG Jockey Club LEAD Centre will be the thankful recipient of a donation up to 30 sets of LEGO this month. The LEGO sets are suitable for Primary and F.1-F.3 students and so they are ideal for the LEAD programme, based in Cyberport. Contact Joanna, tel 3106 0600 for more details. Hopewell Holdings donates 750 copies of travel and adventure book "1 Man, 2 Feet, 5,000 Years of Adventure" was written by a young traveller called James Hong who has written in Chinese about his experience in 18 different countries. Hopewell Holdings Ltd has donated 750 copies for HKFYG's Shanghai World Expo Train participants and other students. For more details please contact Bonnie, tel 3755 7101. World Cup@ Langham Place 3 groups of 80 youth members of the Federation will attend this event on 26 June, 2 & 3 July. They will watch 3 matches of World Cup together at the shopping mall which will be decorated as a football field with arena seating and broadcast the matches on a 103" plasma TV. Free shuttle bus will also be provided. Contact Bonnie for information, tel 3755 7101. Just published Youth Hong Kong June 2010 The Pearl River Delta: a window of opportunity The latest issue of the HKFYG English quarterly puts the spotlight on young people's attitudes and aspirations, challenges and hurdles in the Pearl River Delta. It carries interviews with Henry Tang, Chief Secretary for Administration; Anthony Wu of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, Wong Siu-lun from the University of Hong Kong, Alex Fong, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and Cliff Sun Federation of Hong Kong Industries. There are views and reports from young people in their twenties, a survey and opinion poll about work and study in the PRD, plus a rundown of HKFYG's Summer Youth Programme. email youthhongkong@hkfyg.org.hk to get a copy New readers please register online at youthhongkong.hkfyg.org.hk