The URA has partnered with the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) for the third Young Leaders Programme. The scope of the Programme this year was further expanded with the participating TWGHs schools increased from six to seven, including the newly joined TWGHs S. C. Gaw Memorial College and schools participated in last year’s Programme, namely TWGHs Chang Ming Thien College, TWGHs Chen Zao Men College, TWGHs Lee Ching Dea Memorial College, TWGHs Lui Yun Choy Memorial College, TWGHs Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College and TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College. The number of participating students also raised from 87 to 105, allowing more youngsters to expose to leadership training and learning opportunity.
This year’s Programme required the participating students to study the URA’s preservation and revitalisation project “7 Mallory Street” in the Wan Chai old district to understand the characteristics of this historic building and its surrounding communal environment. Backed up by the study, the students of each school submitted one proposal to promote community connectivity and cross-generation integration, thereby fostering a harmonious and close-knit community.
During the Programme, the URA organised a variety of activities including docent tours in old districts, leadership training workshop and sharing session that enabled the students to familiarise with the subject of urban renewal from multiple perspectives while arousing their curiosity in exploring the community. Throughout the course of the activities, the Programme also nurtured the youngsters’ competencies in leadership, problem-solving, interpersonal communication, teamwork as well as project management skills.
The Presentation Day of the Programme was taken place on 27 August 2020 in the form of a web conference, facilitating the Outstanding Young Leaders from the seven participating schools to remotely introduce the proposals of the respective teams with the aid of information technology. The Adjudication Panel formed by TWGHs Chief Executive Mr Albert SU and URA Managing Director Ir WAI Chi-sing selected the winner for the “Community Connections Award” based on the perspectives of effectiveness in enhancing community connectivity, cross generation integration and creativity of the proposal.
The TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College’s proposal with a series of community events including handicraft fair and workshop, nostalgia cinema and storyteller forum was awarded the “Community Connections Award”.
