This document summarizes a Hong Kong student's independent enquiry study report on teenagers' participation in socio-political activities. The student conducted primary research through questionnaires and interviews, as well as reviewed secondary sources. Key findings include: 1) teenagers' dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong government correlates with increased political participation, 2) such participation enhances self-esteem and social cohesion but may not impact economic or interpersonal relationships, and 3) personal achievement and civic identity encourage ongoing teenage socio-political involvement. The student concludes by recommending the government address public concerns while encouraging critical, multi-dimensional thinking among participating youth.

1. Hong Kong Examinations and
Assessment Authority
Liberal Studies
Independent Enquiry Study Report
Martin Wong 6D 19

2. Introduction
 Teenagers take part in socio-political
activities have become a controversial
issue in Hong Kong
 The causes and effects are worth
investigating so as to mitigate the
current tension

3. Objectives
1. To find out the correlation between
government and teenagers with respect
to socio-political participation
2. To explore and analyze the effects on
the youth development of adolescents
3. To explore and analyze the effects on
the Hong Kong society
4. To predict specific trend for the increase
in socio-political participation

4. Focus Questions
1. Why there are more and more students paying
attention to the society about the political aspect
over time?
2. How the socio-political activities in Hong Kong
affect the students in other countries or around the
globe?
3. What is/are the factor(s) lead to socio-political
participation?
4. Will the socio-political activities make good or bad
effect on the quality of life in Hong Kong?
5. What do the teenagers want to achieve through
participating socio-political activities?
6. Will the communication between government and
teenagers or students or the public help to mitigate
the deep-rooted conflicts?

5. Methodology
Primary Source Secondary Source
Quantitative
1. Questionnaire 3. Report/ Statistics
Qualitative
2. Interview/ Field Trip
4. Reference Book/
Video/ News Article

6. Reason for adoption
 Questionnaire: Collect data and
information efficiently
 Referencing material: Enhance the
relevancy
 Statistics: Data is updated
 Interview/ Field trip: Gather more in-
depth response

7. Limitation
 Confusion on Proper Noun (Rule by Law,
Utilitarianism)
 Explain to the interviewee beforehand
 Error made due to misunderstanding
 Rephrase their ideas and see if they match
their thoughts
 Credibility of the source of data
 Search for the Authors’ reputations and
determine its reliability

8. Literature Review
1. “The blood and tears, reading notes on
the 1989 socio-political activities” (Book)
 Students fight against corruption, autocracy,
feudalism through take part in socio-political
activities.
2. “environments and the characteristics of
political participation of teenage political
participation” (Case Study)
 Flow of information under Globalization would
encourage adolescents involve in socio-political
activities.

9. 3. “The Future of Democracy: Developing the
Next Generation of American Citizens” (Book)
 Socio-political participation promotes teenagers’
ethical commitment  improve teenagers’ sense
of mission
4. “Social Attitudes of the Youth Population in
Hong Kong Report” (Report)
 Dissention from adolescents to HK Government is
relevant to their National Identity
 The decline on Government Credibility for building
White Elephants raises teenagers’ socio-political
participation

10. 5. Hong Kong Review 2014 (Video)
 White Paper damages High Autonomy in
Hong Kong and raised teenagers’ socio-
political participation

11. Findings and Analysis
1. Correlation between government
and teenagers
2. Effects on the youth development of
teenagers
3. Effects on the Hong Kong society
4. Prediction of trend for the increase
in socio-political participation

12. Background information
Male
57%
Female
43%
5%
3%
92%
0%0%
12 or below 13-15 16-25
26-34 35 or above

13. Correlation between
government and teenagers
16%
53%
26%
5% 0%
To what extent do you satisfy with the
performance of the current Hong Kong
government?
Least satisfying
Less satisfying
Neutral
Quite
Most satisying

14. 73%
11%
16%
Do you think the teenagers participate in
socio-political activities because they
have/ do not have critical thinking?
Have
Do not Have
Neutral

15. Effects on the youth
development of teenagers
41%
43%
16%
Do you think Hong Kong adolescents'
socio-political participation would
increase the difficulty of their time
management?
Yes
No
Neutral

16. 11%
27%
35%
24%
3%
Do you think Hong Kong adolescents's socio-
political participation would help their
interpersonal relationship?(e.g. peer, student-
teacher, family)
Would not help
Not quite help
Neutral
Quite help
Would help

17. 11%
16%
30%
40%
3%
Do you think Hong Kong adolescents'
socio-political participation would
improve their self-esteem?
Would not improve
Not quite improve
Neutral
Quite improve
Would improve

18. Effects on the Hong Kong
society
8%
27%
19%
32%
14%
In the Political aspect, do you think Hong
Kong adolescents' socio-political
participation would help to improve the
scheme of the Universal Suffrage reform?
Would not help
Not quite help
Neutral
Quite help
Would help

19. 11%
21%
19%
38%
11%
In the Social aspect, do you think Hong
Kong adolescents' socio-political
participation would bring positive effect to
the deep-rooted conflicts in the society?
Would not
Quite not
Neutral
May
Would

20. 13%
19%
22%
27%
19%
In the Social aspect, do you think Hong
Kong adolescents' socio-political
participation would help to improve the
social cohesion?
Would not help
Not quite help
Neutral
Quite help
Would help

21. 22%
32%
22%
19%
5%
In the Economic aspect, do you think Hong Kong
adolescents' socio-political participation would
bring positive impact to the Economy?
Would not bring
May not bring
Neutral
May bring
Would bring

22. Prediction of trend for the
increase in socio-political
participation
24
7
27
25
29
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Patch up the defects in the
government policies
Get a thorough understanding of
oneself
Help Hong Kong to be more
democratic
Improve the Quality of Life in
Hong Kong
Express their opinions
What would the teenagers achieve through
joining socio-political activities?

23. 6%
5%
11%
62%
16%
Do you think the Hong Kong adolescents'
socio-political participation would help them to
establish their rational value?
Would not help
May not help
Neutral
May help
Would help

24. Conclusion
1. The correlation between government and
teenagers with regard to socio-political
participation does exist
 The more unsatisfactory performance of Hong
Kong Government  more teenagers’ socio-
political participation
2. Socio-political participation will enhance
teenagers’ self-esteem and won’t worsen
their time management
 It will not help their interpersonal relationship

25. 3. Adolescents’ socio-political participation
will generally benefit the society except
the economic aspect in terms of Quality
of Life in Hong Kong
4. Personal Achievement and Contribution
to the Society due to identities as Hong
Kong citizens will encourage teenagers
to take part in socio-political activities

26. Government :
 should reflect their problems on different
aspects
 should setup remedying measures for their
previous blunders
Teenagers:
 should have critical and multi-dimensional
thinking
 should not take part in socio-political activities
without deep thinking
 should treasure the knowledge and attitudes
they learnt in these activities
 The long term benefits outweigh the short term
significant drawbacks
Suggestion

27. Thank you