“Young people are somehow captured by the headlines of hot issues. And those items may not necessarily have long-term impact.”
- Dr Vivian Zhan Jing, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK
“The Octopus scandal serves as a warning signal for the protection of personal data as different organisations ought to keep the data confidential.”
- Dr Ludwig Chang Man-kit, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, HKBU
“There is an absence of economic news which is probably due to young people’s low interest in it.”
- Dr Benson Wong Wai-kwok, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU
“The rare unity of Hong Kong’s media in their one-sided reports on the Philippine hostage incident showed the power of media.”
- Ms Ester Man Cheung-lai, Department of Journalism and Communication, HKSYU
“Liu Xiaobo’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize raised concerns about the democracy and human rights situaton of China again.”
- Ms Belle Law Sau-ying, Department of Journalism, HKBU
“A minimum wage of $28 per hour does not matter to us. I earned much more by giving tutorial classes.”
- Mr Rab Tai Tsz-chun, Department of Journalism and Communication, HKSYU
Further reading:
Do our future journalists have the right news judgement?
by Mak Yin-ting on page 20
REPORTED BY GOOSIE CHAN, JACKIE YIN, SAI AUNG THEIN & PEARLIE YIU
EDITED BY ALAN KWOK & MINNIE LI