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A New Low in Youth #Happiness: 20% of Youths Want to Leave Hong Kong; Over 50% Discontent about the Government

The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong conducted a survey entitled "Sense of Hope and Happiness in 2021".

The findings reveal that the level of happiness in youths in Hong Kong has fallen through the warning score of 7, and out of the "happiness interval".

The latest index score is 6.94, a new low in 4 years.

The youths surveyed have generally given low scores in the city's political climate, society, economy, and future.

Other than finding a new low in happiness levels, the survey also found that more than half of respondents (50.9%) are dissatisfied with the government as a whole.

For long-term life goals, 20% of youths chose "emigrate to a foreign country", a higher percentage than "marriage/raising children".

The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association is a charity funded mainly by the government; its work focuses on promoting the rights and welfare of youths in the city.

At the survey's press conference on April 17, 2021, the association arranged three students to answer reporters' questions. When asked about the government's performance, all three fell silent.

One of them eventually answered hesitantly that the government had not been able to look after everyone during the pandemic, and that she "only focuses on schoolwork now." The others said they agreed with her.

Source: In-Media HK #Apr21
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1082086

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