5 Opportunities
1. Students from Hong Kong's poorer families get a helping hand from outstanding university undergraduates - A handful of top university graduates are going back to school to lend underprivileged pupils a helping hand
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A761CCD88F79C0?p=AWNB
There are a number of students in Hong Kong from low income families that may not be able to get as many learning resources as others. This may hinder their study progress and academic performance in general.
2. The problems
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A1C81646460888?p=AWNB
Hong Kong does not have Chinese as a second language curriculum, making it hard for ethnic minority children to catch up to local standards of Chinese. Inadequate translation services means ethnic minorities often find it hard to get the help they need in schools, hospitals and social welfare services.
3. Hong Kong home prices may not bottom for two to three years, analyst says - Overhang of new homes will peak in two years as projects near completion, setting up what could be some bad years for the city's property prices
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A761CC26EDE1A0?p=AWNB
The supply overhang of new homes will peak in two years as projects launched in recent years mature to completion, lining up what could be a bad string of years for Hong Kong property prices
The problem is that there are too many people applying for public housing but there are too few supply for it. Many Hong Kong citizens cannot afford to buy a flat because the price of housing is way too high for an average income family.
4. Hong Kong's street sleepers need help, not unnecessary distress
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A8090719AC9220?p=AWNB
The homeless population is an all-time high in Hong Kong. During this winter, though Social Welfare Department provides blankets and warm clothing to them, many of their personal belongings were thrown away by the cleaner of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. They may feel sad and live without dignity as they lost their personal belongings. Also, there are still many of them suffer because of the cold weather.
5. Hong Kong leader reveals details of the city's game plan for One Belt, One Road strategy - Special office will be set up in city to coordinate trade and tourism efforts as Hong Kong gets aboard Beijing's global strategy of 'One Belt, One Road'
http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A5BB6B698A4700?p=AWNB
While Hong Kong is planning to follow the one belt one road policy, it seems that the resources put on education on local student is insufficient to train them to have a more diversified overseas profile. Hong Kong students need to have more experience in adopting to cultural diversity in order to become competitive in the future job market.
I found your choice of local opportunities very interesting. It make sense from some of these problems like housing and academics, to occur. What I found interesting, was the homeless population is an all-time high in Hong Kong. I can’t imagine being homeless in that city because of the air pollution. It’s bad enough that they’re having pollution problems, but now housing too?
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read about issues in a country different than my own. So many of the same issues are plaguing each of our countries, with no easy solutions in sight. The high amount of homeless, and the treatment they receive, is quite shocking! If you would like to see my ideas, go to my blog Seeking Experiences.
ReplyDeleteI honestly did not realize the problems people were facing in Hong Kong. The schools definitely need to start teaching the students Chinese so they can prosper later in life. This may be one of the reasons why people in Hong Kong are facing these issues. I can’t even imagine the amount of homeless people that are out on the street sleeping!
ReplyDeleteGo and check the opportunities I found, http://ufrob.blogspot.com/2016/01/rob-identifying-local-opportunities.html