What’s the Greater Bay Area plan? Hong Kong’s young people don’t know either, with half having never heard of it
Think tank and youth group warn that city must get clued up on grand plan for regional development in Pearl River Delta, or risk being left behind
More than half of Hong Kong’s young people have never heard of the “Greater Bay Area” development plan, and continued ignorance will mean the city missing out on opportunities, a local think tank and youth group have warned.
Proactive Think Tank and the Hong Kong Guangdong Youth Association on Thursday released the findings of a study that found 55.2 per cent of 833 young people aged between 15 and 34 had never heard of the concept.
The grand plan is the Chinese government’s vision for an interconnected Pearl River Delta region in southern China, linking Hong Kong, Macau and nine other cities in Guangdong province into an integrated economic and business hub.
The two organisations also revealed that 59.7 per cent of the 321 Hong Kong youths surveyed who were studying or working on the mainland had also never heard of the plan.
The average score recorded in response to the statement: “I pay attention to recent news and discussion about the Greater Bay Area plan” was just 2.01 out of 5, meaning respondents “strongly disagreed”.
