As the Security Bureau Youth Uniformed Group Leaders Forum held its annual review today, youth members from Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau reflected on their experiences and learning outcomes over the past year and gave presentations on various research topics.
 
Addressing the audience, Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan underscored that the leaders forum had organised nearly 30 diversified events in the last year, covering areas including patriotic education, national security, technology, culture and career exploration.
 
He noted that as this year marks the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the leaders forum also arranged for youth members to visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, enabling them to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of safeguarding national sovereignty and security.
 
Furthermore, Mr Cheung said he was glad to see that the leaders forum strives to further deepen regional co-operation.
 
Apart from continuing to maintain close collaboration with Shenzhen University, he added that the leaders forum also partnered with the Academy of Public Security Forces of Macau for the first time, with a view to jointly promoting interaction and exchanges among young people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau.
 
Concluding the event, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung highlighted the significant achievements of the members of the leaders forum last year.
 
These included four members representing Hong Kong youth to attend the military parade in commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing; a member, as the youth representative of Hong Kong, China, taking part in the Voices of the Future programme organised by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Peru in 2024; and seven members being awarded the stars of self-improvement of Chinese college students, an award presented to only 20 students in Hong Kong.
 
Mr Tang pointed out that 42 members did summer internships in renowned enterprises or organisations in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau, and 10 students from Shenzhen University came to Hong Kong for training in different enterprises.
 
He explained that in order to strengthen the core objectives of co-operation in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), the bureau will assign five Administrative Officers, together with five teachers from Shenzhen University, to serve as mentors for the new cohort of members, guiding new members to complete thematic research projects related to GBA collaboration.
 

Mr Tang also stated that the alumni of the leaders forum are actively preparing for the establishment of an alumni association, in the hope of bringing the sense of social responsibility and collaborative spirit they have learnt to more social service activities, becoming a group that can contribute to Hong Kong and the country.