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Integrity is key to helping young people prepare themselves for challenges ahead, Independent Commission Against Corruption Commissioner Dr Timothy Tong says.
Launching district-based integrity-promotion activities today, he said integrity serves as the foundation for people-to-people relationships and is key to a well-functioning society.
According to the commission's annual survey conducted last year, Hong Kong young people are highly intolerant of corruption.
About 90% of young people aged below 24 expressed their willingness to report corruption, the poll showed, representing a 6% increase over the previous year.
"Only very few youngsters committed corruption offences. From 2006 to 2008, the ICAC prosecuted 55 young offenders, aged between 18 and 25, mostly working youth and some university students," Dr Tong said.
He said the commission would stage three major youth events in the coming few months. There will be a seminar on moral education in November and a youth summit for university students in March. There will also be an announcement in the public interest competition involving youth on the Mainland and in Hong Kong.
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