【港孩體驗】執半日玻璃鋁罐 賣到幾多錢？ Date posted: 23/07/2016 一班多數來自中產家庭的名校生，上次體驗完傷殘人士的生活後，又再有其他搞作，根據官方數字，香港共有132萬貧窮人口，貧窮率為19.6%，其實社會上有不少人都是依賴拾荒，賺取微薄的收入維生，今次一於要這班學生體驗貧窮生活。一大清早，他們就去到灣仔集合，準備到區內的後巷執拾玻璃樽及鋁罐拿去變賣，以換取當日的午飯錢。大熱天時三十幾度，要在區內東奔西跑找「獵物」，到底他們捱唔捱得住呢？加上組內有很多女孩子，又能否接受後巷惡劣的環境呢？最後又執到幾多「戰利品」，賣得幾錢呢？ 記者：黃子配 攝影：潘志恆

< Back Social Service Series - "Voyage Beyond" Successfully Held! Date posted: 23/12/21, 10:00 pm Last updated: 30/5/22, 1:43 pm The Voyage Beyond Social Service Series, a collaboration with the Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association, has ended on a high note. Read on for a joyous recap! Group photo taken during Session 3: Fun Day The " Voyage Beyond " Social Service Series, organised jointly by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students’ Association and Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association, was successfully held from November to December 2021. Targeting young children from low-income families, the activities aimed to pique their interest in English through interactive methods and increase their confidence in speaking English in the long run. Volunteers' Training Workshops A series of activities were designed by volunteers from different secondary schools and the our ExCo members over the period. Training workshops were held November by our ExCo members to brief volunteers on the programme and equip them with the necessary event management and communication skills. Service Sessions 1 & 2: Storytelling The service sessions kickstarted in December. A dozen of young participants listened to tales from around the world in engaging storytelling sessions and played group games that consolidated their newly acquired knowledge. Tales told in the sessions include " Momotaro" from Japan and "The Empty Pot" from ancient China. The activities exposed our participants to different cultures and taught them to embrace the diversity across borders. Service Session 3: Fun Day Towards the end of the programme, participants had a fun time making kibi dango , a snack which appeared in the Japanese story. The social service series concluded with a taste-testing session of the snacks prepared and a group photo session. A Very Merry Christmas Overall, responses from both the volunteers and children are positive as evidenced by their active participation in the programme and post-event evaluation. Designed to be different from the usual classroom setting, the highly interactive Voyage Beyond social service series made English more approachable for young learners, and gave them a taste of travelling abroad at the time when outbound travel became difficult. As our vision goes, we will continue to make unremitting efforts to “synergise and serve” different disadvantaged groups. Previous Next

Published materials in 2019-2020 and activites organised by the 33rd ExCo. < Back 2019-2020 33rd ExCo Year Last Updated: 11 Sept 2024 Tags: Study Tips Sharing, Oxbridge Admissions Bootcamp, Mock Interviews #1 In Dialogue with the Future “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt Ten years ago, we were still astonished by the advent of mobile devices; yet, a couple of scrolls and a few seconds of idling already brought us to a splendid variety of edge-cutting tech products nowadays. Isn’t it just too exciting to imagine what it’s gonna be like ten years from now? How about, may we just take several steps ahead of the crowd, foreseeing what will it have all become after a couple of decades? Heated debates are seen over way too many social issues, from diversified sexuality to the prospective dominance of artificial intelligence over our society. In our upcoming workshops, not only is there a platform where you can discuss with students from other schools about all these controversial topics, but also an excursion series to various sites for you to interact with, needless to say, experts in each field - EXCLUSIVELY, JUST FOR YOU. I can see you already got something on your mind - why hesitate? COVID-19 UPDATE: Despite the cancellation of face-to-face activities, a knowledge-sharing series has been prepared on the Association's Instagram page to share information on the focus topics. Focus topics - LGBTQ+ - Artificial Intelligence - Low Carbon Development - Digital Preservation of Culture and Traditions Programme objectives - To enable participants through led discussions, excursions and sharing by guest speakers. - To inspire participants to think more about how our future society will be like in a multitude of aspects. - To aspire participants to come up with their unique solutions regarding their focus topics. #2 Study Tips Sharing In light of Covid-19, we believe that many of the 2020 candidates have been seriously affected. Therefore, we will be uploading some study tips for both DSE and IB students starting from the 11 March 2020. All tips are written by top scorers in those subjects, and we hope these tips are of some use to all of you! Disclaimer: Tips may not be applicable to all students as different students have their own strategies to study/ cope with the exam Please view all posts of this sharing series on our Instagram. #3 Mock interviews Medicine (CUHK) HKOSA is organising a Mock Interview to prepare senior secondary school students for university interviews. The first one on 25-26/5 would be for CUHK medicine, whereas details of that for other subjects and other universities would be announced later. Details of the 25-26/5 interview are as follow:⁣ ⁣ Date: 25 May 2020 (Monday) or 26 May 2020 (Tuesday)⁣ Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Participants will be notified of the interview time slot via email.)⁣ Format: Webinar via ZOOM (A mock interview session with feedback)⁣ Eligibility: Secondary 5-6 Jupas Secondary School Students⁣ Quota: 40 (first come, first served)⁣ ⁣ Each participant will have a mock interview in the format of a panel interview of CUHK, with mock interviewers giving you individual comments and advice to best prepare yourself for the real university interview. ⁣ ⁣ This is certainly an exclusive opportunity that you shouldn’t miss to best prepare yourself for university interviews and to display the best version of yourself in the real interview! ⁣ Students interested in university streams other than medicine, please stay tuned. We will update the details of another mock interview soon! ⁣ If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to direct message us or contact at info@osa.org.hk.⁣ ⁣ Meanwhile, we wish you all the best in your future studies!⁣ ⁣ Note: Please note that this mock interview is organised by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students' Association, and does not represent the Chinese University of Hong Kong, nor its Faculty of Medicine. Opinions only reflect the interviewers' (current MBChB students) personal experiences. Non-medicine Date: 6 June 2020 (Saturday)⁣ Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Participants will be notified of the interview time slot via email.)⁣⁣ Format: Webinar via ZOOM (A mock interview session with feedback)⁣⁣ Eligibility: Secondary 5-6 Jupas Secondary School Students⁣⁣ Quota: 30 (first come, first served)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Depending on the discipline you choose, we will try our best to simulate the real interview format with mock interviewers giving you individual comments and advice to best prepare yourself for the real university interview. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This is certainly an opportunity not to miss in order to equip yourself well for university interviews and to showcase your best self in the real interview! ⁣⁣ If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to direct message us or contact us at info@osa.org.hk.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Good luck with your university application and future studies!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Note: Please note that this mock interview is organised by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students' Association, and does not represent any universities, nor their respective faculties. Opinions only reflect the interviewers' (current undergraduate students) personal experiences. Medicine (HKU) HKOSA presents HKU Medicine Webinar, a chance for senior secondary students to understand more about HKU Medicine. Current students from HKU Medicine will be sharing their MBBS experience, including “U-life,” the new curriculum, study experience, enrichment year choices, PBL, interview experience, etc. The sharing will be followed by a Q&A session, where students can interact with current medical students and enquire about HKU MBBS! 💭 Date: 18th July 2020 (Saturday) Format: Webinar via ZOOM (Sharing + Q&A) Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Audience: Secondary 4-6 Secondary School Students⁣ If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to direct message us or contact at info@osa.org.hk.⁣ ⁣ Meanwhile, we wish you all the best in your future studies!⁣ ⁣ Note: Please note that this webinar is organised by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students' Association, and does not represent the University of Hong Kong, nor the LKS Faculty of Medicine. Opinions only reflect the speakers' (current MBBS students) personal experiences. #4 Oxbridge Admissions Bootcamp The PAHK Oxbridge Admissions Bootcamp 2020 is now open for application! For all interested F.4-5 students studying in local secondary schools, here is your chance to learn more about Oxbridge admissions process, student life in UK and explore your own academic interests. To enjoy all of this completely for free, sign up today! *To prevent the spread of Coronavirus, Bootcamp activities will be restricted to 50 participants (including organisers), while other preventive measures will be put in place. We ask for your consideration and co-operation. Date 8,15,22 Aug Time 10:00 - 17:30 Venue Chinese University of Hong Kong Fee Free of Charge⠀ --------------------------------------------------- Project Access Hong Kong⠀ Website: https://www.projectaccesshk.com/⠀ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ProjectAccessHK/ Previous Year Next Year

Councillors 2024/25 The council plays an overseeing and advisory role on safeguarding the operation of the Association. Councillors are nominated from the Executive Committees of previous sessions and meet regularly with current ExCo members to discuss matters concerning administration and finances. *In ascending order of OSAr number

< Back Coffee Chat Series 2022: Climb 'Atop the Mountains' with Professional Advice! Date posted: 30/5/22, 12:00 pm Last updated: 30/5/22, 1:46 pm The first session of Coffee Chat Series, themed as 'Atop the Mountains', offers a valuable opportunity for business students and future entrepreneurs to broaden their network through an afternoon chat with industry professionals. After the DSE exam or a long semester, what are your plans for this summer? If you’re interested in business-related fields, then Coffee Chat Series 2022 is the event for you! Themed as ‘Atop the Mountains’, this Coffee Chat session is a wonderful networking opportunity for you to meet industry professionals so you can stand taller and see further. We know that it's important for students to develop their professional network, so three guest speakers with experience in the general business world, entrepreneurship, and technology will be invited to share their insights with you. Don’t fret as this is a relatively casual event - so sign up, come grab a free coffee and snacks, and rotate through the three groups to enjoy a light-hearted but insightful chat with each of our guests (and there are other drinks too if you don’t like coffee!). We welcome everyone who wants to pursue a career in business, entrepreneurship and the tech field. The details are as follows: 【Event Details】 Date: 26/6/2022 (Sunday) Time: 15:00-17:10 Venue: To be announced Eligibility: Secondary 6 - University Year 2 students Fee: $100 (including venue rental, snacks and drink; see application form for payment methods) Quota: 24 Application form: https://forms.gle/hJJnr4TB4LuWrm1Z9 As a non-profit, the HKOSA will be refunding excess payments (if any) to participants after the event. Apply now at the link in our Instagram bio or on our website ( hkosa.org ). Application deadline is 15/6 . More information will be announced soon, so stay tuned! Previous Next

Published materials in 2021-2022 and activites organised by the 35th ExCo. < Back 2021-2022 35th ExCo Year Last Updated: 11 Sept 2024 Tags: Social Service Series, Youth Summit, Coffee Chat, Study Abroad Series #1 Voyage Beyond: Social Service Series The " Voyage Beyond " Social Service Series, organised jointly by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students’ Association and Aberdeen Kai-fong Welfare Association, was successfully held from November to December 2021. Targeting young children from low-income families, the activities aimed to pique their interest in English through interactive methods and increase their confidence in speaking English in the long run. Volunteers' Training Workshops A series of activities were designed by volunteers from different secondary schools and the our ExCo members over the period. Training workshops were held November by our ExCo members to brief volunteers on the programme and equip them with the necessary event management and communication skills. Service Sessions 1 & 2: Storytelling The service sessions kickstarted in December. A dozen of young participants listened to tales from around the world in engaging storytelling sessions and played group games that consolidated their newly acquired knowledge. Tales told in the sessions include " Momotaro" from Japan and "The Empty Pot" from ancient China. The activities exposed our participants to different cultures and taught them to embrace the diversity across borders. Service Session 3: Fun Day Towards the end of the programme, participants had a fun time making kibi dango , a snack which appeared in the Japanese story. The social service series concluded with a taste-testing session of the snacks prepared and a group photo session. A Very Merry Christmas Overall, responses from both the volunteers and children are positive as evidenced by their active participation in the programme and post-event evaluation. Designed to be different from the usual classroom setting, the highly interactive Voyage Beyond social service series made English more approachable for young learners, and gave them a taste of travelling abroad at the time when outbound travel became difficult. As our vision goes, we will continue to make unremitting efforts to “synergise and serve” different disadvantaged groups. #2 Uni Hub (Postponed due to the Pandemic) Every year, plenty of our members embark on their journeys at university, where they might encounter different adversities and uncertainties. UniHub was aimed at providing a platform for senior OSArs to give guidance and support to freshmen OSArs of the same university, accompanying them during ups and downs in the new environment. Unfortunately, due to the 5th wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was postponed. #3 Hong Kong Youth Summit 2022 The Hong Kong Youth Summit 2022: “ Anti-Apocalypse ” was successfully held from April 12 - 14. In the three-day virtual event, our guest speakers: Mr. Jason Yip, Prof. Jonathan Choi, and Ms. Benita Chick gave inspiring and informative keynote speeches as participants drew inspiration from their talks and explored pressing global issues threatening humanity. The speeches were interspersed with group activities , such as a friendly debate, a trivia, and a session for participants to design their future planet. On the last day of the event, participants gave creative presentations followed by a Q&A session on a wide range of topics that were chosen based on their interests, including the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, the impact of artificial intelligence on social media, and plastic pollution. Each group also proposed solutions to tackle the challenges, responding to the theme “ Anti-Apocalypse ” of the event. While humanity faces many challenges in these uncertain times, the Hong Kong Youth Summit 2022 is a reminder that the world is not beyond saving and highlights the importance of engaging the youth in addressing global problems . Snapshots from HKYS 2022- With Mr Jason Yip With Prof Jonathan Choi With Ms Benita Chick The ExCo team <3 #4 Coffee Chat Series 2022 The Coffee Chat Series was sucessfully held on 26/6/2022 and 24/7/2022. Through this career planning event, OSArs and non-members alike who were interested in business, entreprenership, and technology had the oportunity to develop their professional network In total, 2 sessions were organized: Session 1: Atop the Mountains Session 2: The Intersection We were honoured to invite Session 1: Mr. Alex Lau (Chief of Staff at Dah Sing Bank) Ms. Mena Liu (Morgan Stanley Equity Derivatives Associate Developer) Mystery Speaker (Stock Analyst) Session 2: Mr. William YC Chan (Internet and Software Technologist, Ex-Googler) Ms. Kathy Chau (Manager at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority) Mr. William CH Chan (Co-Founder of Agent of Change Foundation LTD) Participants enjoyed a leisurrely but fruitful afternoon chat with industry experts and leaders at the event! Here are some highlights from the event: #5 Orientation Day for the 37th OSArs HKOSA welcomed 40 new members and the Orientation Day for the 37th OSArs was held sucessfully in 2022 July. #6 Study Abroad Series HKOSA co-organized a study aborad festival with Access Abroad Hong Kong (AAHK). This information session was open to all F3-5 students in which OSArs who are currently studying abroad would share their journey and provide insights to aspiring international students. Previous Year Next Year

39th Executive Committee "Cultivating Confidence, Celebrating Competencies, Catalysing Change” OUR THEME "Cultivating Confidence, Celebrating Competencies, Catalysing Change" Since its establishment in 1987, the Association has flourished by striving to create a long-lasting, sustainable impact on the communities it serves. With over 1500 members this year, through various initiatives, the 38th Executive Committee (ExCo) hopes to engage a collective effort to achieve its vision: breaking barriers by overcoming challenges and adversities with resilience, building bridges by connecting self, others and the community, and bolstering brilliance by igniting hope and shaping a brighter future for Hong Kong. The 39th Executive Committee, in office since August 2025, comprises of: Click to view messages from our ExCos Click to view past ExCos' name lists

Published materials in 2018-2019 and activites organised by the 32nd ExCo. < Back 2018-2019 32nd ExCo Year Last Updated: 11 Sept 2024 Tags: Social Service Series, Mock Interviews, Summer Camp #1 VolunTEENs 2019 “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” —Mahatma Gandhi Ever wanted to serve others but didn't have an opportunity? Or do you want to know more about different parties in our society? VolunTEENs 2019 is the BEST choice for you! In VolunTEENs 2019 (VTS19), we hope to inspire students to be actively concerned about the current social issues and prompt evaluation on current assistance for the under-resourced groups, and most importantly, to guide YOU to devise a service project to give back to society. Orientation Day It is the part in which participants could strengthen the relationship with one another. There would be various ice-breaking games prepared for participants. They would also have the opportunity to understand the daily difficulties of their service targets with several specific tasks or games. In order to promote our Association to students, the Executive Committee would also introduce the background of HKOSA and the rationale of this service programme. The programme is expected to initiate reflection in students. As a contrary at the end of this programme, each participant would be invited to share their first impression towards their assigned target group. The video taking would be followed by a training workshop including guest sharing session. Professional social workers or representatives from NGOs would be invited as host this session. Communication skills and proper strategies would be introduced to participants. It is anticipated that the skills taught could be useful in building a harmonious atmosphere with the service target. Excursion Series In this part, different experience sessions would be arranged to participants for them to gain deeper understandings toward their target groups. They would be given the opportunity to visit different organisations according to their own group. Moreover, there would also be sharing sessions conducted by senior OSArs or experienced volunteers to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills on social service. Experiencing sessions like social service organised by Executive Committee would also be provided. Self-initiated project: After empowering participants with the basic skills required in social service, the Association would like participants to actualise their learnings by devising a mini-scale service project targeting at their assigned service partners. Before carrying out the project, participants are required to prepare detailed proposals to be examined by the Executive Committee and the Organising Committee. They would be assigned to serve different groups for twice during weekends, allowing them to evaluate the first visit before the final visit. Participants should, at the same time, film video of 5-10 minutes to arouse public awareness regarding different target groups. Closing Ceremony Participants would be given the stage to present their service projects and learnings from the programme, they would also show their video filmed to other participants and guests. A panel of judges would choose one group as the best performing team according certain criteria. The winning team may have the opportunity to join an overseas service trip. Target groups - The Elderly - The Underprivileged - The Disabled - The Mentally Disabled Programme objectives - To inspire students to be actively concerned about current social issues - To aspire students to regularly serve our community. - To enable participants to understand their social obligations. Tentative timeline - Orientation Day Date: 2nd February, 2019 (Saturday) Venue: Sheung Wan Time: 09:30 – 17:00 - Excursion Series Date: 3rd February - 23rd February (varies from different groups) Venue: (varies from different groups) Time: (varies from different groups) - Self-Initiated Project Date: 24th February - early April (varies from different groups) Venue: (varies from different groups) Time: (varies from different groups) - Closing Ceremony Date: 13th April, 2019 Venue: The University of Hong Kong Time: 10:00 – 17:00 Don’t hesitate to join us! #2 Mock interviews This programme would offer talks and sharing sessions, provided by professors from local universities and members of the Association to equip students with essential interview skills. In addition to enabling participants to understand their preference in tertiary education, this programme would also provide mock interview sessions to allow students to gain first-hand experience. In order to accommodate the needs of students more specifically, the event will be tailor-made for several university programmes including medicine, law, and business to equip them with the essential knowledge required for the interviews of these programmes. In the Mock Interview, we are delighted to have seniors to share their experiences on their studies and their university lives. You can raise any question to them and acquire insights before re-arranging your JUPAS choices. Each participant would have a chance to familiarise themselves with the interview practices with individual comments from our mock interviewers.✨✨ . This is certainly an exclusive opportunity that you shouldn’t miss to best prepare yourself for university interviews and to display the best version of yourself in the real interview! 🚨 #3 Summer Camp: Explore Thyself Introduction Leading lives of hustle and bustle, students nowadays have hardly any time to slow down their pace of living and reflect on themselves. Their schedules are filled with supplementary classes, tutorial courses, ECA activities, you name it. Some of them, if not most, study merely due to obligations but not realising their goals and aspirations. With the theme of "Explore Thyself", this year's summer camp intends to act as a platform where participants could slow down, learn about themselves, and devise an embryonic idea of their own aspirations. For those who are not sure about their future, we hope they can gain some more ideas about their careers; For those who have already found their aspirations, we hope they can reconfirm their choice or know more about the chosen career. We understand that it is not possible for the participants clearly identify what their goals are but we still hope that the programme could provide them the chance to explore multifarious options available. Programme Details Summer Camp "Explore Thyself" comprises a series of training activities and events which can help the participants explore multifarious career pathways and have a chance to zoom out from their hectic lives and ponder on their future. We have four sub-themes for the programme and we would have a different sub-themes for each day of the programme. Sub-themes 1. Understanding yourself 2. Priorities 3. University goals 4. Career Orientation Day (the first sub-theme): On the Orientation Day, participants would be divided into different groups. There would be a series of ice-breaking games to help participants understand one another and mingle with other group-mates, Organising Committee and Executive Committee. There would also be sharing by Ms. Ava LAU, School Development Officer, CLAP for Youth@JC to help participants deepen their reflection on how their difference in personality varies their career choices.. Experiencing Camp: With the first touch of their group mates and elevated understanding of themselves on the Orientation Day, the participants would further delve into learning more about their priorities and goals. Simultaneously, by indulging themselves in the entertaining yet inspiring activities, they could unwind despite the hectic study lives. Highlights of the camp Night performance cum guest sharing: Not only do we want to help our participants reflect on themselves, but we also hope to help them relax from their hectic lives. Therefore, a night performance would be held to create a relaxing atmosphere. Performance may include live band, singing and dancing. City Hunt A city hunt programme serving as entertaining and ice-breaking purposes would be held on the first day of the camp for the participants to cooperate with their group mates to plan a route starting from a secondary school on HK Island to the campsite in Sai Kung. It is hoped that after this activity participants could build rapport with each other and have a chance to rediscover the landmarks of HK. Opportunity Cost Participants would choose 10 things out of 15 things in a list we provided to do in their Post-DSE life, then explain the rationale behind their choices, repeating this process until the most important thing is left in the list. They would then realise their priorities in life when making decisions. Sims Society game will be included in this session. Participants could play the life monopoly with respect to the academic level, job occupation and happy index during the limited time. By performing this game, participants are expected to reflect their daily life and future plan with a series of choices and opportunities given. Field based outing During that period, participants are free to choose their interested field for their outing. Fields may include medicine, law, business and humanities. For example, in a medicine outing, participants may have the chance to attend a medical seminar in a university or to visit the medical school of HKU or CUHK. A business outing may be a one day job shadowing of senior OSArs working in business field. Closing assembly (Final Production): After the orientation day and the experiencing camp, participants are required to come up with a Final Production. The purpose of the Final Production is for participants to consolidate their experience in the programme. Students are encouraged to explore different forms and styles, such as writing of different genres, drama, short film, or performance. Participants would finish their Final Production under the guidance of Organising Committee. We hope students can conclude and reinforce what they have learnt and reflected during the programme through the Final Production. Previous Year Next Year

年幼八度自殺 重生社企高層︰聆聽 擁抱 鼓勵救絕望孩子 Date posted: 09/03/2016 「我仲有妹妹，我唔可以死！」近月多宗學生自殺事件令社企「加油香港」創辦人兼營運總裁周佩波感觸良多。周幼年因父母離異被同學恥笑，加上成績差劣曾八次尋死，包括跳河自殺，生死一線間他擔心親妹無人照顧拼命掙扎，幸被好心人救上岸重過新生。周作為過來人，稱明白自殺學童的絕望，促家長以聆聽、擁抱及鼓勵三招救救瀕崩潰的孩子。 老師妹妹支持考上科大 「自殺？我試過，真係試過。」落着淚寫出往事的周佩波，曾是年薪過百萬的商界高層，但鮮有人知道他幼時曾八次企圖自殺。周小時候居於廣西，6、7歲時父母離婚，如人球般被踢來踢去，「當時我發噩夢被魔鬼分屍」，僅八歲的他精神受創，同學恥笑他是有父有母的孤兒及乞丐，更因語文及數學科加起來才30多分而被老師判了死刑：「周佩波，你永遠不會有前途！」 周年幼時抽煙飲酒，更曾跳山跳樹8次企圖自殺，最接近死亡的一次是跳河被急流沖走。當時他飲了不少泥水，卻突想起小他2、3年的妹妹還要他照顧，終拼命掙扎遇到好心村民被救起。他獲救後把三支燃煙頭烙在大腿，用痛苦令自己清醒及重生。他12歲時與妹妹來港，遇到啟蒙老師「波Sir」教他中文及做人，加上妹妹鼓勵，努力讀書，終考上科大展開新人生。他明白學童自殺往往是因情緒無出路兼無人支援，故促各界勿再說「點解有勇氣死，冇勇氣活下去」這類傷人說話。 賽馬會防止自殺研究中心總監葉兆輝指2010至2014年平均每年23名學生自殺，今年數目較高，值得各界警惕。他指學生自殺原因非由單一因素，如學生沉迷虛擬網絡世界不懂求助、家庭支援少、社會環境欠缺希望等，憂學童自殺出現模仿效應，建議學校多關心學生。

Published materials in 2015-2016 and activites organised by the 29th ExCo. < Back 2015-2016 29th ExCo Year Last Updated: 11 Sept 2024 Tags: SiMlife, Youth Summit #1 SiMlife 2016 (Formerly Youth Summit) “Explore Hong Kong, Explore Yourself” Introduction SiMlife aims to allow participants to explore the beauty of Hong Kong and at the same time the inner beauty of oneself. Thus, it is not simply a hiking activity. We will introduce participants to the most historical and authentic side of Hong Kong, facilitating them to appreciate this city’s beauty and charisma from different perspectives. A series of organized activities will help the participants discover their full potential and guide them to re-evaluate their life goals. At the same time, students are required to investigate one specific social issue when they visit each of the designated location. There will be discussions and opportunities to share individual experiences as to enhance the students’ understanding towards the issues. SiMlife is an adventurous camp that will be held from 25th to 28th March, 2016. Participants are invited to visit three secluded places in Hong Kong, which have yet to be explored by the general public. The main theme of SiMlife is “Explore Hong Kong, Explore Yourself”. We aim to encourage students to find a balance between their study and leisure. We believe that this program will greatly develop participants’ attitude, intelligence, leadership, adversity quotient and fitness. At the same time, we will bring up social issues when visiting different places to achieve our aim of exploring Hong Kong. During the trip, students are able to observe the chosen spot and have a discussion about an issue. Students can also share their learning outcomes at the end of this programme. From this project, participants can develop their skills of thinking outside the box when planning their future. We are sure that this is a valuable opportunity for students to challenge oneself, as well as to overcome various obstacles. SiMlife is a fun activity to participate in. Students will definitely form new friendships and gain rich experiences in our intensive program and close interaction with one another. All in all, our ultimate goal is to allow students to reflect on their lives. *The quota of SiMlife is very limited, we have got quality group leaders and organising committees. Please do not hesitate to join this meaningful program, which could be life-changing! The application is due 5/3! Interview will be arranged afterwards. Remember, the quota is very limited! Please join as soon as possible! Orientation Day Date: 19th March 2016 (Saturday) Venue: The University of Hong Kong Time: 14:00 – 18:00 Day One Date: 25th March 2016 (Friday) Venue: Tai Mo Shan Time: 09:00 – 18:00 Day Two Date: 26th March 2016 (Saturday) Venue: Ling Fung Stream, Tai O Time: 10:00 – 18:00 Day Two Plus – Sleepover Date: 26th March 2016 (Saturday) – 27th March 2016 (Sunday) Venue: Tong Fuk Time: 18:00 – 15:00 (the following day) Day Three Date: 27th March 2016 (Sunday) – 28th March 2016 (Monday) Venue: Sai Wan, Sai Kung Time: 15:00 – 10:00 (the following day) Closing Ceremony Date: 28th March 2016 (Monday) Venue: TBC Time: 19:00 – 22:00 Application Eligibility & Selection Criteria All students from Form 3 to Form 5 (Year 9 – Year 12) are welcome to apply. The participants should: Have a positive personality; Have a great passion for life; Be able to adapt in new environments and willing to accept challenges; Be able to think critically; Be able to work well with others. Selection criteria: It is very diverse. We encourage people from different backgrounds to join this program. Academic performance will not be taken into our consideration! Please join us for fun! Fitness level is not our main concern. We evaluate participants' attitude and personality, which will outweigh other values. #2 Explorez 2016 (Formerly named Youth Summit) “Behind the prosperity, we CARE!” Introduction “Explorez 2016” is a project which aims to enhance students’ understanding toward social issues. It is a social experiencing project that will be held in July. The main objectives of “Explorez 2016” are to provide a platform for students to understand current social conditions and try to showcase their learning outcomes through different social platforms. As the future leader of Hong Kong, the youth generation is responsible to overcome current social problems like social inequality and unhappiness of Hong Kong people. Thus, our association would like to organize this project to achieve those objectives mentioned.As the well-known youth organization in Hong Kong, we would like to lead other youths to explore more about the society and provide a platform to practice their learning. Also, as the organization which gathers countless student elites, one of our main objectives is to learn from real-life experiences and contribute to the community as much as our capabilities support. In this project, we will try to investigate different stakeholders of the society. This project acts as the learning process of these issues and our participants will be able to get the first-hand information. It does not only facilitate students to understand the issue better, but it will also stimulate students to think more about these issues. Afterwards, we hope they can use their knowledge to share with others to raise awareness. We believe that this program can act as a milestone for students to become change-makers, ultimately creating positive impacts to society. The project will be divided to three different parts. Firstly, an experiencing camp which lasts for four days from 11th July to 14th July. Students will have a fundamental understanding towards the four focus group, namely the disabled, the impoverished, the ethnic minorities and the new immigrants. Each group will have their specific role according to the theme on different days of the activity and they will have to experience the real living situation of the four focus groups. Furthermore, our designed activities with different tasks and missions of “social demonstration” will also be provided in an attempt to enrich participants’ experience. In light of this, we expect our participants to experience the difficulties that our target groups faced and eventually derive feasible solutions to address the social issues. Afterwards, students are required to experience an exploring session and they may need to visit different organizations and do some researches towards their focus groups. Finally, they will need to finish a “micro-film” and present their learning in the closing ceremony. Orientation Day Date: 2 July 2016 (Saturday) Venue: The University of Hong Kong Time: 14:00 – 18:00 Experiencing Camp Date: 11th - 14th July 2016 (Monday to Thursday) Venue: Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp & Outing Time: All day Closing Ceremony Date: 24th July 2016 (Sunday) Venue: TBC Time: 14:00 – 18:00 Application Eligibility & Selection Criteria All students from Form 3 to Form 6 (Year 9 – Year 13) are welcome to apply. The participants should: Have a positive personality; Have a great passion for life; Be able to adapt in new environments and willing to accept challenges; Be able to think critically; Be able to work well with others. Selection criteria: It is very diverse. 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Published materials in 2000-2001 and activites organised by the 14th ExCo. < Back 2000-2001 14th ExCo Year Last Updated: 11 Sept 2024 Tags: IT Campaign, Leadership Training Seminar, Future Young Leader's Forum, Christmas Gathering, 飛躍人生 #1 IT Campaign --- i.SPORt Competition 2001 What is IT Campaign? This must sound unfamiliar even to many OSArs, since this is a new activity organized in session 2000-2001. In recent years, in view of the application of information technology in various aspects and to prepare our teenagers to adapt to this change, the Hong Kong government has been actively involved in a series of plans that advocate the use of IT in learning. This enables students to master many new computing skills. In session 2000-2001, for the first time in our history, we joined hands with a computer magazine in organizing this “i.SPORt Competition 2001”. Our objective is to promote quality education, to let competitors use IT in day to day’s learning and in the process of cooperating with others. We hope to raise the public’s awareness to recreational sports and healthy lifestyle. The competition is divided into secondary and primary category, tertiary category and open section. Competing teams are required to produce a short video clip or animation on a topic related to sports. The judging panel comprises distinguished representatives from the fields of sports and IT. #2 Leadership Training Seminar 2000 – Resilience The Leadership Training Seminar was launched since 198?, and has been held with a special theme every year to promote the qualities of a leader among Hong Kong students. This year, our theme was ‘Resilience’, which means the ability to recover under adverse situations. Two seminars on related topics were held. In addition, participants from various schools were involved in games, debates, group discussions and presentations. This provided them with the chance to share their own thoughts with each other so as to broaden their horizons. They also enjoyed themselves through cooperation and teamwork. #3 Future Young Leader’s Forum The Outstanding Young Persons’ Association and the Education Department jointly organized the “Future Young Leaders’ Forum” on 25th and 26th September 2000 for over two thousand senior secondary school students. Representatives of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students’ Association were invited to be reporting secretaries on the second day. We presented a summary on the content of the six group discussion sessions on the second day. The Outstanding Young Person speakers had also opened our eyes to invaluable insights and personal experience regarding how to become a capable leader. #4 Best Improved Students Award Presentation Ceremony The Best Improved Students Award was set up in 1990 to encourage students to improved both on character building and academic fronts. As we believe the eagerness to improve is the foundation to success, HKOSA has been showing our appreciation towards all awardees by assisting the Lion and Globe Educational Trust to organize the ceremony every year. Distinguished guests such as Education Department officials would deliver their words of encouragement. Pop singers who had shown progress in the year would invited to perform. Our members have been involved in performances and other kinds of jobs. #5 Christmas Gathering On the 22nd December 2000, we had our annual Christmas Gathering at the Police Sports and Recreation Club in Mongkok. We had barbecue there in the warm atmosphere in spite of the old weather. OSArs enjoyed the lucky draw and the Christmas cake very much. We all had a great time that night, bring fond memories home after the gathering. #6 Computer Animation and Fashion Design Competition on Environmental Protection The finals and prize presentation ceremony of the Computer Animation and Fashion Design Competition on Environmental Protection, jointly organized by the Summer Youth Programme Committee and the HKOSA was held successfully at the Academic Hall on 17th February 2001 from 7pm to 9pm. The objective of the Computer Animation Design Competition was to promote multi-media presentation skills and animation design, giving students an opportunity o explore their creativity and ideas. The completion was divided into secondary section and open section. Competitors were requested to submit a CDR with an animation clip of less than 90 seconds recorded on it. The aim of the Fashion Design Competition was to encourage teenagers to be more aware of the natural environment and to improve students’ creativity, art sense and team spirit. According to the drafts’ creativity, aesthetic quality, cost-effectiveness and theme, fourteen teams were selected into the finals. #7 「飛躍人生」講座 日期: 二○○○年十一月二十日（星期一） 時間： 晚上七時三十分至九時三十分 地點： 銅鑼灣素捍甫大球場徑一號體育大樓二樓賽馬會演講廳 傑出青年嘉賓:楊學明牧師 莫儉榮先生 鍾惠玲博士 劉德華先生 是次講座由青少年暑期活動委員會及傑出青年協會合辦，傑生會會員獲邀出席是次活動。當日，約三百名中、小學生於賽馬會演講廳內聆聽四位傑出青年分享他們成功的過程，及他們在人生道路上遇到的各種經歷、挫折。 楊學明牧師說述了他從一個過著流浪生活的街童變成傑青的經過。莫儉榮先生則將少時活潑好動的他克服視力障礙，走出黑暗深谷的過程帶給各位參加者。鍾惠玲博士向觀眾講出了她和各種病魔搏鬥，奮勇戰勝病魔, 活出她的生命中的彩虹的經歷。劉德華先生則和參加者分享了他的成長路、他人生中的高低起跌和目標，各參加者皆聽得非常投入，津津樂道。 Previous Year Next Year