20th Issue

HK Government policy address with CKY students
On 3 rd September, 2021, a group of year 11 and year 12 students gathered in the conference room to
attend a zoom meeting with Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam and 16 other Po Leung Kuk schools as part of
the 2021 Policy Address Public Consultation. Throughout the hour-long session, students from different schools had
the opportunity to voice their opinions or suggestions on various social issues, such as elderly care, sports
development, technological innovation and more. The Chief Executive then gave detailed responses, elaborating on
the current schemes or potential policies to be implemented.
12E Jeff Lam and I were chosen as representatives for our school to raise a question regarding support for
student athletes. Prior to the consultation session, we worked to refine the question’s structure and vocabulary, as
well as practicing our presentation with the help of Dr. Lau, Head Principal Chong, and Principal Lam. We spoke up
about the struggles of students who aspire to be professional athletes whilst facing the burden of academics. This
was especially relevant considering the Hong Kong team achieved brilliant results in this year’s Olympics, and that
some of our seniors had in fact chosen to give up their studies to become full-time athletes. The Chief Executive
answered our question with reference to current facilities and schemes like the Hong Kong Sports Institute and
advanced university offers for athletes. She mentioned that she hopes students will be able to develop in both
aspects of academic and sports with support from the government.
The policy address consultation was a wonderful opportunity for us as students to gain deeper insight into the
future prospects of Hong Kong and what we can do to equip ourselves with a variety of skills and pursue our
dreams. Through listening to the questions and responses, we were able to raise our level of awareness regarding
current issues in society, inspiring us to tackle the societal challenges we may face in the future.
Charis Hung 12D
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