The Hong Kong Jockey Club Financial Education Programme Seminar: Virtual Assets - Opportunity or Risk?
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Financial Education Programme (HKJCFEP) Seminar, created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and hosted by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), was held at InnoCentre MICE in Kowloon Tong on 20 June. With the theme "Virtual Assets - Opportunity or Risk?", the seminar was attended by principals, teachers and people from different social sectors to explore the field of financial education in the era of digital finance.
Ms Winnie Ying, Head of Charities (Youth Development & Poverty Alleviation; and Talent & Sector Development) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, delivered the opening speech, highlighting the importance of financial education. She emphasised that instilling basic financial concepts in students from primary school, cultivating a healthy attitude towards money at an early age, could help nurture responsible financial behaviour, empowering them to thrive in an increasingly dynamic future.
Mr Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, served as the keynote speaker. Beginning with the topic of virtual assets, he explained the latest financial trends and related challenges in an accessible way, encouraging teachers to cultivate students' awareness of digital financial risks and value judgment ability from an early age.
The seminar featured two panel discussions:
- Empowering Educators: Enhancing Financial Knowledge to Meet Future Challenges
Moderated by Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, former President of EdUHK and an advisor to the HKJCFEP. The key discussion points included the roles of teachers in the digital finance era, how to effectively improve teachers' understanding and application of financial knowledge, and how schools can promote relevant teaching strategies. - Teacher Sharing: The Transformative Impact of Comprehensive Financial Education
Moderated by Professor Christina Yu Wai-mui, chief researcher of HKJCFEP from EdUHK. The discussion covered interdisciplinary teaching practices and the sharing of real-world teaching cases, with a particular emphasis on how to promote students' financial literacy and values education through the humanities.
Highlights of the seminar included in-depth discussions among policymakers, scholars and front-line educators, and the presentation of innovative teaching strategies and real-world teaching cases. This encouraged the education community to come together and build a forward-looking financial education ecosystem. The on-site discussions at the event were lively, and participants actively exchanged ideas.
Professor Stephen Cheung said in his closing speech that the programme was committed to promoting sustainable financial education while helping teachers and schools to implement relevant teaching to cope with future financial challenges.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Financial Education Programme aims to nurture financial capability in young students to prepare them for the future. The programme works with schools, educators and parents to instill financial knowledge, values and mindsets, and promote financially capable and responsible behaviour in students. The programme is created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and partnered with The Education University of Hong Kong, The University of Chicago Financial Education Initiative, Hong Kong Family Welfare Society, CoCoon Foundation and Solomon Learning Group. It is expected to benefit about 17,800 students and train 240 teachers from 70 primary schools. Additionally, 1,500 parents will also be engaged through parent-child workshops and talks. For more information on the programme, please visit: www.hkjcfep.com.
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