ACCESS HONG KONG
Access Hong Kong (Access HK) was set up in the summer of year 2001 by a group of Hong Kong students at leading UK and US universities who felt strongly about equal opportunities and were dedicated to improving the lives and education of children in Hong Kong.
Latest News
Recruitment for 2024/25 Summer Programme Executive Committee - Deadline 22 Nov 2024
How to Apply? Please fill in the application form (link in the Summer Programme page) by 22 November 2024. If you have any questions, please direct these to us at recruitment@accesshk.org. Interviews will be held in December.
AccessHK & ICQ
Did you know that Access was set up by a group of Hong Kong students studying at various leading overseas universities and that their first meetings were held on the internet using a chatroom called ICQ?
Poverty Line
Did you know that 10.2% of people in Hong Kong (excluding foreign domestic helpers) earned less than HK$6,000 per month?
Source: The 2011 Hong Kong Population Census by the HKSAR Government
Photo courtesy: http://hongwrong.com/subdivided-flats-hong-kong/
Poverty in Hong Kong
Did you know that there are 1.3 million people in Hong Kong living below the poverty line, earning less than half of the city's median income after adjusting for taxes and social welfare?
AccessHK in the news!
Check it out: 高院聽審世紀大案 助孩子建構公平概念
文匯:模擬文憑試 基層英文「肥佬」多
機構分析去年底近3,000名學生於模擬文憑試中的表現，發現基層考生在4個核心科目不合格的比率高於非基層考生，反映基層學生支援不足。
蘋果:起跑線的錯窮家子不敢奢望升大學
中大PISA香港中心進行的「香港青少年追蹤研究計劃」，就家境不同的學生對升學及就業期望進行分析。結果顯示，家庭社經地位對香港學生的教育及職業期望影響十分嚴重。來自最上階層（社經地位為最高10%）的學生有81%期望升讀大學，而來自草根階層（社經地位為最低10%）的只有35%。
