The Hong Kong Award for Young People
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The Hong Kong Award for Young People, formerly known as The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, is one of the active members of the International Award Association. The Hong Kong Award was incepted in 1961. 2006 is the 45th Anniversary year of The Hong Kong Award for Young People.
The HKAYP, with its unique international principals, cultivates youngsters with perseverance and the spirit of self-challenge. The Award aims at encouraging and motivating youth aged between 14 and 25 to undertake a variety of voluntary and challenging activities. There are three levels of Award: Bronze, Silver and Gold. And five section activities: services, skills, physical recreation, expedition and residential project (Gold Level only).
At present, there are around 50,000 youth participants, 5,000 volunteers and 450 different schools, universities, uniform group youth organizations and community centers are running the Award Scheme in Hong Kong. Gold Award and Sliver Award of The Hong Kong Award for Young People rank number 3rd and 4th respectively under the Self Recommendation Scheme of the Joint University Programmes Admissions System. Since the inception of the Self Recommendation Scheme in 1999, there are 24 Gold and Sliver Award holders admitted to the Chinese University of Hong Kong through the Self Recommendation Scheme.
The Patron of HKAYP is The Hon. Donald Tsang Yam Kuen, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In Hong Kong, before the re-unification with the Mainland China, HKAYP was honoured to have the Governors to present the Gold Awards. Since 1997, we also have the Chief Executive of HKSAR to officiate at our Gold Award Presentations at Government House. The governing body of the Hong Kong Award for Young People is the Award Council, with all its members appointed by the Chief Executive. Our present Chairman is Mr. Paul Fan, BBS, JP.
