2017 ASPAC was successfully held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 8 June to 11 June. Over 3,500 delegates from all over the world took part in ASPAC Mongolia this year. 230 JCI Hong Kong delegates enjoyed this fantastic conference and had a great time experiencing the Mongolian culture.
Empowerment is the focus of Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection 2017 (TOYP).The underlying concept is that being awarded as a TOYP awardee heralds a new beginning for one to share one's achievement, inspire and motivate more young people to unleash their potentials for a better society, rather than simply an ultimate recognition of one's success
It sounds like the homelessness problem in Melbourne is perhaps different to that in Hong Kong. In Melbourne, only 5% of the homeless population lives on the streets, and the other 95% of homeless Melbournians live in crisis accommodation, boarding / rooming houses, on relatives’ or friends’ couches, in cars and in backpacker houses
JCI Hong Kong's Inaugural Ceremony 2017 was successfully held at the AsiaWorld-Expo on 7 January 2017, with over 450 attendees
An interview conducted with newly on-board JCI President, Dawn Hetzel, and JCI Vice President, Kongjoo Kim during their short stay attending JCI Hong Kong Inaugural Ceremony on 7 January 2017.
The number of people sleeping rough on streets was on the rise in the past few years. Some of them had once successfully left the street but returned due to high rent. What makes the situation even more worrying is – among them, one third were in their 30s or 40s
Mr Chan Cheuk Ming, known as Ming Gor (Brother Ming), has been serving the homeless and low income elders in Sham Shui Po district by regularly donating free meal boxes to them every week. He turned his restaurant “Pei Ho Counterparts” into a social enterprise last year and launched a Pei Ho Counterparts pop-up store in Lan Kwai Fong from November to December 2016 to raise funds for his Pei Ho (Ming Gor) Charity Foundation and aim to sell at least 40,000 meal vouchers
According to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), the number of working poor households - using a definition identical to the new poverty line - rose by 6,000 last year, bringing the total to 191,000. That means 644,000 people are living in working poor households
Three Combo Power Workshops covering six different topics were successfully held in JCIHK Office. We would like to express our appreciation to our trainers of each session as follow
This was our greatest honor to have 2011 JCI President Kentaro Harada to be the head trainer for International President’s Forum on 26 February 2017. Over 80 participants from different chapters were given the opportunities to have a chance to understand JCI Mission and JCI Vision in a different aspect and to be inspired by past JCI President’s invaluable sharing
his is the second annual JCI Kanazawa Conference since the adoption of Kanazawa Declaration in 2015, building on the achievements of its first year of implementation and promoting the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) further. Delegates were expected to return to their National and Local Organizations to define and prioritize the most relevant goals and take actions to achieve these goals
