< Back IB/DSE Study Talk 2022 Date posted: 26/11/22, 4:00 am Last updated: 5/4/23, 4:07 am Join us on Zoom with three Top Scorers from IB/DSE exams and learn more about the university application process, study skills, and life at university in HK and abroad! ​ If you have set your heart on a specific university program, if you are devising university application strategies, if you would like to talk to the top students in HK, sign up for our DSE/IB Study Talk! On 26 Nov 2022, join us on zoom and learn more about the university application process, study skills needed for public exams, and life at universities in Hong Kong and abroad. Led by DSE 超級狀元 (achieving 8 5**s each) and IB 45 scorers, this is your chance to find out more from those with first-hand experience and directly ask them any burning questions you may have. 🖐Sign-ups are now open via link in bio! 🎯Registration deadline: 25 Nov 2022 See you there! Previous Next

< 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

< Back Youth Summit 2022: Organising Committee recruitment Date posted: 21/2/22, 10:00 pm Last updated: 30/5/22, 1:43 pm We are now recruiting members for the Organising Committee of our flagship event, Youth Summit: Anti-Apocalypse. Form 5 - Year 2 students are welcome! ​ Youth Summit is the flagship event of the Hong Kong Outstanding Students’ Association in which students have the opportunity to express their views on important social issues. As one of the largest events organised by the HKOSA, we are now recruiting 10-15 organising committee members to help run the programme. The theme of Youth Summit 2022 is “Anti-Apocalypse” , and participants will have the precious opportunity to interact with distinguished scientists, industry leaders and professors about the existential risks that humanity faces, namely climate change and nuclear warfare . Organising committee members will have the opportunity to come up with several themed activities that enrich our guest speakers’ keynote speeches, as well as to hold different group discussions during the Youth Summit. Time spent preparing for the event also counts towards your OLE hours, if applicable. DETAILS Date: 12 - 14/4 (Tue - Thu) Time: 09:00 - 13:00 (Day 1 will end at 13:30) Eligibility: F.3 to F.6 students, or equivalent Mode: Online Application Deadline: 31/3 Fee: FREE! If you always find yourself dreaming up solutions that may potentially save the world , or if you are just eager to organise activities and make new friends, join us as an OC member for Youth Summit 2022 now! Sign up with the Google form via the link here . We are thankful for every bit of your help! Previous Next

< Back Hong Kong Youth Summit 2022 - "Anti-Apocalypse" concluded on a high note! Date posted: 18/4/22, 4:00 pm Last updated: 30/5/22, 1:44 pm The 35th Executive Committee would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our guest speakers, judges, Organising Committee members, and participants. Thank you for making HKYS 2022 possible! ExCos and OCs - we definitely made a brilliant team! 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 📢📢 We are glad to announce that all participants will be awarded a certificate and a set of souvenirs, and the winning groups can receive more gifts - so please stay tuned to our further announcements! #AntiApocalypse#YouthSummit#hkosa#末世啟示 Previous Next

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【港孩體驗】坐輪椅遊社區 來回西貢黃大仙要四個鐘？ Date posted: 23/07/2016 根據政府統計處最新數字，香港有57.8萬名傷殘人士，大約佔整體人口8.1%，當中4.5%，即32萬人，都是身體活動能力受限制，日常需依靠輪椅或其他輔助器材出入。香港傑出學生協會早前就舉辦了一個體驗營，要一班來自中產家庭、平日嬌生慣養的名校中學生，扮演社會上不同的弱勢社群，例如傷殘人士、拾荒者及露宿者等，體驗他們日常生活面對的困難。協會會長林惠龍稱，發覺學生近幾年接收的資訊較被動，書本告訴他們貧窮是怎樣，他們就以為真的是這樣，希望可透過該體驗活動給予學生機會，用自己角度，探索多些有關這個社會的事情。 他們第一個考驗是要扮演傷殘人士，兩名分別為聾啞及需要坐輪椅出入的組員，需要一同從西貢出發，用自己的方式，用最便宜的方法去到黃大仙交一份傷殘津貼申請表，路程不算遙遠卻來回用了四個小時，但卻波折重重，到底他們在途中遇到甚麼困難考驗，與無障礙設施又有沒有關係呢？ 記者：黃子配 攝影：伍慶泉

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。

【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

【港孩體驗】執紙皮瞓街 有不速之客趕？ Date posted: 23/07/2016 香港樓價貴租金貴，越來越多人負擔不起，有人被迫露宿街頭，以天橋底、行人隧道為家，根據非正式統計，香港現時約有1,600名露宿者，一班嬌生慣養的中學生，繼扮演傷殘人士及拾荒者後，決定再體驗露宿者苦況，一嘗瞓街滋味。 雖然他們今次瞓街的地點並非人流相對複雜的深水埗及油麻地等地，而是較少人流的西貢，但一樣有很多古怪及意想不到的體驗，期間甚至被不速之客驅趕，平日習慣高床軟枕的年青人，又會如何渡過這一夜呢？ ​ 記者：黃子配 攝影：潘志恆、林栢鈞