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Hands-on approach to mental illness

With the aim of combatting the fear and misconceptions surrounding mental illness, Castle Peak Hospital’s Mind Space museum enables visitors to experience hallucinations, similar to the sensory experiences mentally ill patients encounter, by way of rooms that utilise virtual reality (VR) technology.   A group of secondary students recently embarked on a journey through Mind Space after registering and receiving patient wristbands. This unique mental health experience museum provided them with a comprehensive understanding of the development of psychiatric services in Hong Kong.   Displays in the museum showcase intriguing relics, including the evolution of restraints and handwritten patient records. Additionally, the students were given the opportunity to explore a mock protection room designed to provide a calming environment for patients.   Furthermore, students could learn about the scientific aspects behind the causes of mental illness at the Brain Tour zone. One of the

Youth commission meets

Chief Secretary John Lee today chaired the Youth Development Commission's ninth meeting where members welcomed the new youth development initiatives and the direction of reorganising the Government structure to foster and support youth development in the 2021 Policy Address.   The commission will actively follow up on the Chief Executive’s invitation to explore the introduction of a new funding scheme to subsidise eligible non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to organise projects that are conducive to nurturing young people's positive thinking.   It will roll out a new thematic funding scheme on outdoor adventure training activities for more NGOs to provide systematic and quality outdoor adventure training activities for young people.   Members were also briefed on the latest progress of the Funding Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme, as well as the details of relevant Policy Address initiatives on education and nurturing innovation and technology talents.   Mr Lee said the Policy Address responds to young people's needs in education, career pursuit and home ownership, as well as participation in politics and public policy discussion and debate.   Looking ahead, he said the commission will promote young people's positive thinking and put more emphasis on their diversified development through different initiatives.   It will also deepen schemes for youth exchange, internship, entrepreneurship and employment to facilitate young people to better grasp the opportunities brought about by the National 14th Five-Year Plan and development of the bay area, he added.   Members were also briefed on the youth development work of the Security Bureau together with its six disciplined services and two auxiliary services departments.   They noted the progress of youth development projects under the commission, including the Youth Start-up Internship Programme launched by the Home Affairs Bureau and the Cyberport Management Company on a pilot basis.
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