The Integrated Children and Youth Service has been allocated $100,000 from the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. The money is currently used to launch ‘A Healthy Internet for A New Generation’ program. The aim is to promote the healthy use of the internet and to help youths with internet addiction tendencies to regain self-control.

The scheme takes place from November 2005 to September 2006. We hope to promote the message of healthy internet use through a series of lectures and large-scale activities. Our target audience will be youths and the general public. The scheme includes working with primary and secondary schools in the area of counseling. A series of assistance programs will be provided to youths with internet addiction tendencies. These include computer lessons, challenging activities and volunteers training and servicing. The goal is to elevatethe youth's sense of accomplishment and to re-orientate their motivation, so that they can regain their sense of self-control in the end.

For enquiries concerning‘A Healthy Internet for A New Generation’, you are welcome to call the project coordinator, Miss Yip Wing Sze at 2561 0363.