President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the swearing-in ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, July 1, 2022. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

About 60 professionals and high school students in Hong Kong attended on Sunday a seminar held by over a dozen youth and professional groups to study the important speech that President Xi Jinping made in the city on July 1.

The symposium in Wan Chai, one of the many similar events in the city held by different groups from various sectors after President Xi’s inspection tour of the city, aimed at boosting youngsters’ understanding of Xi’s speech and enabling the community to listen more to their voices

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The symposium in Wan Chai, one of the many similar events in the city held by different groups from various sectors after Xi’s inspection tour of the city, aimed at boosting youngsters’ understanding of Xi’s speech and enabling the community to listen more to their voices.

Leung Ping-kin, from the New Home Association, which provides support for new arrivals in the city and ethnic minorities, said the government and society must value youth development, adding that the seminar can help listen to their voices and incorporate their views in future activities, services, and government policies.

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Calling on youth to seek development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Jacky Ko Chung-kit, secretary-general of local youth group the Y Elites Association, said that Xi’s coming to Hong Kong by high-speed rail demonstrated the efficiency and convenience of the “one-hour living circle” in the GBA.