HKFYG September 2021∣Youth Hong Kong
Hub for the Future at M21 T
his new departure at M21 is bringing together talented young change makers, equipping them with competencies for the future and supporting their collective power to contribute to society. Members of the Hub for the Future Sammi Wong Lok-lam is majoring in Knitwear Design and Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and will do her master’s at Imperial College London. Determined to invent a new business model for the post-pandemic era, she hopes to impact her society with creative artwork combined with, mindset and business skills. Richard Choi Wai-chak is a Year 4 medical student from the University of Hong Kong whose projects range from clinical medicine to public health. He believes in multi-disciplinary innovation through meetings with leaders and innovators, especially beyond the field of medicine,
HKFYG believes in the importance of young people developing skills needed in future and with generous support from HSBC, it deployed its HSBC Future Skills Development Project in 2019. The launch of M21’s “Hub for the Future” furthers this aim, creating an ecosystem that cultivates sustainability, builds social capital, and develops the skills of its members. The hub’s three main components are engagement, skills learning, and social innovation. It provides young people with a series of systematic action-based engagements that connect future skills and enhance employability while building social capital through digital transformation.
Jonathan Ching King-him is a co-founder of Gravitons, a creative company that combines technology and marketing. To strengthen social communities, he created the Gööp social media mobile app which aims to build a sense of belonging and redefine today’s social networking landscape. Peter Chan Kin-yan is a psychologist who wants to serve Hong Kong by focusing on high-impact advocacy work in leadership excellence, resilience and mindfulness. Founder and managing director of TreeholeHK Limited, he has given over 100 public classes, spoken on the TEDx stage and delivered corporate training to over 2,000 Hongkongers. Yvette Leung Yuk-tin is the Executive Director of the NGO, Character Education Foundation. Her vision of Hong Kong is of a city that recognizes, values and promotes character education and strengths such as gratitude, kindness and hope. Jasper Leung Ka-chai is a final year dental student at the University of Hong Kong. His special interests are dento-alveolar surgery and aesthetic and digital dentistry. He hopes to develop healthrelated skills essential for Hong Kong people.
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Who can join? Recipients of HSBC Scholarships and participants in HSBC’s flagship projects Enquiries Secretariat of the Hub for the Future Email alumnihub@hkfyg.org.hk Tel 3979 0000
Address HKFYG Jockey Club M21, Unit No.
2, LG2/F, Shek Pai Wan Shopping Centre, Shek Pai Wan Estate, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Hub for the Future A signature programme of 40th Anniversary of the Hongkong Bank Foundation
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