The Social Groups in My City
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:11 am
There is a special social group in my City, Hong Kong. The group is composed of young people aged between 15 and 25 and they have two common problems i.e. school-less and jobless. We call them or even label them as 'Double Loss' in Chinese. They are mostly secondary school graduates while some of them are University graduates holding a Bachelor Degree or a Master Degree! They failed to find a job after their graduation so they bacome penniless. They could only rely on their parents to meet their basic expenditure. They repeatedly failed the job interview and become hopeless. They isolate themselves by hiding in the bedroom. They play TV games, online games all the time and they sleep round the clock. They refuse social assistance and their self-esteem drops to the bottom. Recently, the situation has improved because the economy growth. The employment rate increases gradually while the number of 'Double Loss' decreases.