Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak today officiated at the Dunhuang Youth Internship Programme 2024 inauguration ceremony in Dunhuang.

Twenty Hong Kong young people will receive training and undertake internships at the Dunhuang Academy. After passing an assessment, they will become guide trainees of the Mogao Caves, gaining valuable work experience from offering guided service for tourists and promoting Dunhuang culture.

Miss Mak said: “Dunhuang culture holds a prestigious position across different fields in the country and the world. Upon completion of the training, the youth interns will serve as guide trainees, explaining Dunhuang culture to tourists, which will foster their sense of mission to preserve Dunhuang culture.”

After the inauguration ceremony, Miss Mak exchanged views with the interns and expressed hope that the students would seize the opportunity to learn the “Mogao Spirit”.

The youth affairs chief visited facilities in the Dunhuang Academy yesterday, including the Mogao Caves digital exhibition centre, the Multi-Field Coupling Environmental Laboratory of Immovable Heritage, the monitoring centre of the conservation research institute, and the Dunhuang grottoes cultural relics conservation research and exhibition centre.

She also observed the interns’ cave-learning activities and received a briefing on the internship work.

Miss Mak will begin her visit to Chengdu tonight.