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The Age of the Slasher!
This is the age of the Slash worker or 'Slasher', people, particularly young people, who look to diversify their income and experiences away from a single profession and single employer. Instead, they look at building up a range of career opportunities based on their interests and skills.
It is easy to dream, but not always easy to turn dreams into reality. And so, this alternative path to professional success requires know-how and balance to make it work.
Supported by The Community Chest, the HKFYG Youth Employment Network has launched SLASH POINT, a one-stop platform for young people who are interested in looking to become a slasher. By joining the SLASH POINT, they will learn about what they need to know, as they receive multi-dimensional employment support from the Federation and partners. All this helps them improve their opportunities as they construct valid career plans and get ready for pursuing them.
SLASH POINT consists of four main components, entitled Slash-semble, Slash Level-up, Slash Internship and Slash Expo. A series of hybrid events will be offered where participants will be given opportunities to build their career portfolio and business networks. Slash-semble is a personal branding workshop that allows young people to enhance their professional and personal characteristics. Participants can also attend Slash Level-up training classes for useful tips on financial planning, taxation and IT applications among other business necessities. For those who are interested in becoming slashers, they can attend the Slash Internship for hands-on work experience to learn from real world cases. Finally, slashers will be able to sign up for Slash Expos to demonstrate their talents and build networks with potential employers.
We welcome all partners and institutions to join us, working together to support young people achieving career success.
More details yen.hkfyg.org.hk/slash/
Organized by HKFYG Youth Employment Network
Enquiries Katy Lok/ Leona Law 3113 7999
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Spread Love in the City: Hong Kong Olympic Athletes Dialogue with Hong Kong Students
Aims to encourage young people to stay positive and learn about the importance of sportsmanship
Activities include athletes' sharing on their sports journey and how they overcame the hardships
Guest speakers
● Sarah Lee Wai-sze, BBS, MH, Tokyo Olympic Medal Winner
● Michael Cheung Chun-leung, Tokyo Olympic Windsurfing Athlete
Participants 40 secondary students from North District
Funded by ICBC (Asia) Charitable Foundation
Organized by HKFYG Community Team Sports Office
Visit Facebook for more event highlight
Enquiries Lily Tse 3611 6670
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Learn with Fun Programme: Let Kids Learn STEAM and Future Skills through Interesting Workshops
Aims to support children in need with a happy learning environment and equip them with STEAM and future skills
Activities include more than 90 game-based workshops, computer coding, science, art, and mathematics classes
Beneficiaries up to 2,700 children from 11 community centers in Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun, Kwun Tong and Sha Tin
Funded by Genki Sushi Hong Kong Ltd.
Organized by HKFYG Youth S.P.O.Ts
Visit Facebook to learn more
Enquiries Gigi Wong 2467 7933
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Co-living on the Rise: Youth SPOT magazine No. 69
This issue will feature stories of young people living at PH2, a co-living space of HKFYG and demonstrate the synergy of co-living
Find the latest issue at all the HKFYG outlets
Read online click here
Enquiries Tiffany Lam 3755 7091
SPORTS: Youth Hong Kong magazine No. 13.4 December 2021
In this issue, there are interviews with professional athletes and coaches on topics about positive coaching, features on sports industry and its development in Hong Kong
Read online at youthhongkong.hkfyg.org.hk
Advertising, requests and enquiries Ada Chau 3755 7108
email youthhongkong@hkfyg.org.hk
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Sustaining Sports Development by Strengthening its Industry: Youth I.D.E.A.S. think tank latest report No. 66
Key findings
● Respondents gave the prospects of sports development, working in the sports industry and being a professional athlete only 5.32, 5.55 and 5.46 points respectively out of 10
● 28.8% of the respondents did not exercise at all in the past six months, while 41% exercised at least once per week but only 9.2% exercised everyday
● Only 3.7% of those who have watched sports events said they mainly watch local events
● 53.8% have never learnt any sports skill and 48.25% have never spent in doing exercise
● Expert interviews pointed out under-development in the areas of sports facilities, human resources and sports events
Recommendations
● The government should incorporate the sports industry into the Qualifications Framework and recognize the professional qualifications of the practitioners in the industry with the Recognition of Prior Learning Mechanism
● It may introduce sports vouchers to drive the demand for sports services and products
● Market resources can be used to combine sports and related products to generate synergy effect that benefits sports and economic development
On-site survey period
20 to 26 October 2021
Respondents 520 Hong Kong residents aged between 15 and 64
Full results and recommendations click here
Enquiries Amy Yuen 3755 7037
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