Parents’ Talks offer advice for fostering young people with a positive outlook for challenges ahead
At the first talk on 11 March (Saturday), Joseph TSANG from the Hong Kong Association of Career Masters and Guidance Masters will present “DSE Parenting Tips”, examining the multiple academic progression pathways available to help parents chart future plans with their children. The second talk scheduled for 25 March (Saturday) will be delivered by Blanche TANG, a parenting expert, under the title “Exploring Youth Potential”. It will provide tips for parents to unleash their children’s potential in different areas to help them attain a bright future. Then on Saturday 8 April, Specialist in Psychiatry Dr HUI Lung-kit and Hong Kong National Football Team Captain YAPP Hung-fai will speak on the theme “Developing Resilience”, utilising their professional knowledge and life experiences to explain how to develop an optimistic mindset, braving all challenges that arise.
Admission to the talks is free. Interested parents can register online at www.vtc.edu.hk/ero/talk or call 2836 1907 for enquiries.
Established in 1982, the Vocational Training Council（VTC）is the largest vocational and professional education and training provider in Hong Kong with some 250,000 students and trainees each year. The mission of VTC is to provide a valued choice to school leavers and working people to acquire the values, knowledge and skills for lifelong learning and enhanced employability, and also to provide support to industries for their manpower development. VTC has 13 member institutions, namely the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) , the Institute of Professional Education And Knowledge (PEAK) , the School for Higher and Professional Education (SHAPE) , the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) , the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) , Hotel and Tourism Institute (HTI) , Chinese Cuisine Institute (CCI) , International Culinary Institute (ICI) , Maritime Services Training Institute (MSTI) , Youth College , Pro-Act by VTC , Integrated Vocational Development Centre (IVDC) and Shine Skills Centre.
VTC web site: www.vtc.edu.hk
Media enquiries: 2836 1047
Annex: Details of the Parents’ Programme 2017 are as follows:
1st Talk: “DSE Parenting Tips”
| Date: | 11 March (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 to 4:30pm |
| Venue: |
Hall, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Haking Wong) 702 Lai Chi Kok Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon |
| Guest Speaker |
Joseph TSANG, Hong Kong Association of Career Masters and Guidance Masters |
2nd Talk: “Exploring Youth Potential”
| Date: | 25 March (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 to 4:30pm |
| Venue: |
ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School 52 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Guest Speaker | Blanche TANG, parenting expert |
3rd Talk: “Developing Resilience”
| Date: | 8 April (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 to 4:30pm |
| Venue: |
Mei Foo Community Hall 1/F-2/F, Mei Foo Government Complex, No. 33 Mei Lai Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon |
| Guest Speaker |
Dr HUI Lung-kit, Specialist in Psychiatry YAPP Hung-fai, Captain of Hong Kong National Football Team |
