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Music: an ideal platform for youthful creativity |
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| All young people need an outlet for their creativity and energy and one way in |
which the Federation provides this is by supporting music in all its forms: singing, playing and dancing. Music is a platform for expressing ideas and passions, and as one performer from HKFYG says, "Dancing builds my self-confidence and gives me energy so all my worries disappear."
The Federation shares these musical projects with sound and video on multimedia channels and the u21 website. Project Dance Summer Showcase, organized by HKFYG's Farm Road Youth SPOT, and Dance for All, sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, are examples. Others are Pendular, HKFYG's Youth Band, and a cappella events with the Hong Kong Melody Makers.
Click here http://csu.hkfyg.org.hk/chi/Dance_for_All.html for more information on Dance for All.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-mrCnK-Clc&feature =youtu.be to watch a video of Project Dance. |
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HKFYG Jockey Club LEAD Centre sets new Guinness World Record Title |
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| LEAD (Learning through Engineering, Art and Design) Centre has established a brand new record category. It has just |
been confirmed that on 21 May this year, Scratch Day Hong Kong 2011, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 301 students set the record for the largest game design lesson.
Well done LEAD! Contact May, tel 3106 0600, for more info.
Another triumph for Pendular: the HKFYG Youth Band
Pendular, HKFYG's youth band, came 2nd at this month's Hong Kong Heat of the Asian Beat pop music contest. They also won the award for Best Drummer. Asian Beat is one of the biggest amateur band contests in the region. At the finals there will be participating amateur bands from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico, India. Visit http://asianbeat-yamaha.typepad.com/ or contact Michelle, tel 2395 5753, for more details. |
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Time to Shine: a cappella with the Hong Kong Melody Makers sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
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| On 12 October from 8-9.30 pm in the Auditorium of The Hong Kong Polytechnic |
University, several a cappella groups, including the HKFYG Hong Kong Melody Makers, will proudly present a night of musical entertainment. The event is called Time to Shine: Choral Music in All Dimensions and is being sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Contact Michelle, tel 2395 5753, for reservations and further details.
Southern Film Co Ltd partners continuing Chinese film season at HKFYG
Courtesy of distributors, Southern Film Co Ltd, on Saturday 17 September there will be a showing of the movie Chongqing Negotiations [重慶談判] in the HKFYG Building 7/F Theatre. Dr James Wong of the Hong Kong Starfire Network Association is the guest speaker. A week later, on 24 September, Road to Dawn [夜明] will be shown and there will be a talk by Prof Ho Pui-yin, Director, Lee Woo Sing HK History Resource Centre, CUHK. Contact Rex or Sophia, tel 3755 7021, for further details and reservations for either of these films. |
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HKFYG Journal of Youth Studies 28 Volume 14 (no. 2) July 2011
Economically Disadvantaged Young People - What is the Way Out? |
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The HKFYG's Journal of Youth Studies, serial no. 28, discusses ways out of
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poverty for disadvantaged young people. These include engagement in the community, serving remote area families through an integrated approach, promoting mutual acceptance and understanding among different cultures, improving the social and economic situation of single-parent families, and enhancing their competitiveness in the job market. Experts and front-line workers from Macao, Taiwan, mainland China, and Hong Kong also contribute articles on drug prevention strategy for at-risk youth in this issue. Read the abstracts at http://yrc.hkfyg.org.hk/eng/jys28.html or contact Amy, tel 3755 7037 for further details.
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Youth Hong Kong September 2011
When does a bad habit become an addiction? Which are the top concerns in Hong Kong where addiction is concerned? What makes young people become addicted? Who can help them? How can rehabilitation be encouraged and relapse prevented? These are some of the key questions addressed in this issue of Youth Hong Kong which puts the highlight on HKFYG's new Youth Wellness Centre.
Email youthhongkong@hkfyg.org.hk to sign up now for a free copy.
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Dance for All Project sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Nothing separates people when it comes to dance. Everyone can dance regardless of age and ability. Dance for All is a project of Hong Kong Youth Dance, the HKFYG dance troupe. It brings the joys of dancing to those who might otherwise feel deprived. Two examples of the project in action are on 18 September, from 7-9 pm at the Kwai Shing Community Centre with the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, and on 5 October from 3-5 pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza C, with St James' Settlement. Similar events will be coming up again closer to Christmas. Sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Contact Michelle, tel 2395 5753, for more details.
Funding for Project Dance Studio from Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme at HKFYG Jockey Club Farm Road Youth SPOT.
A new HKFYG social enterprise called Project Dance Studio will offer Kowloon City residents training in various dance genres, including hip-hop, jazz, popping, break-dance, and jazz funk. The project will run from 2011-2014 with funding of HK$760,000 from the Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership.
Contact Stanley or Terrence, tel 2715 0424, for further information.
Project for Supporting Mainland Women Immigrants at the HKFYG Parent-child Mediation Centre partnered by Bank of China
Families from the mainland may have difficulty adjusting when they arrive in Hong Kong. Women, in particular, feel the burden but could be the bedrock of domestic harmony with adequate support. Till August 2013, this new project in Kowloon East, funded with HK$1.5m by the Bank of China, is encouraging 460 mainland women to develop latent talent and strengthen their skills. Contact Constance, tel 2402 9230 for more details.
Key to Life: promoting positive values at HKFYG Jockey Club Shaukiwan Youth SPOT with Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries support
The Jockey Club Shaukiwan Youth SPOT will be running a project from October this year till June 2012, called Key to Life. It promotes positive values about life, encouraging the young to engage with their community by volunteering with about 50 elderly people in the community and about 800 pupils at local schools. A donation of over HK$80,000 from the Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries has made this possible. For more details, call Mandy, tel 2885 9353. |
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