Interesting alternative news sites:

http://www.chinaview.cn
http://time-blog.com/china_blog
http://www.asiasentinel.com
http://www.opendemocracy.net
http://www.chinadialogue.net
http://www.tol.cz
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org

Interview: Janice Hui on Kwun Tong Redevelopment Project

Janice in class. 

In the interview, Janice talked about her project on the redevelopment of Kwun Tong District.

As a residence of Kwun Tong, Janice does not only concern about the changes that will occur to her home, she is more curious about how the redevelopment will benefit the poor – who are the majority of this Eastern Kowloon area.

The bus terminals at Yan Oi Court will be demolished under the redevelopment plan.

After changing her topic from “The impact of online forum to Hong Kong’s freedom of speech” to “Youth poverty in Hong Kong” to “Kwun Tong redevelopment plan”, Janice has narrowed down her topic to a more local issue. Let’s hear what she has to say about it.

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Hikikomori – a social trend or cultural trend?

The hikikomori phenomenon in Japan shows that young adults feel overwhelmed by modern commercial society, unable to fulfill their expected social roles as an adult. Is Hong Kong going to follow its path?

Hong Kong’s busy lives and compact urban design are in some way promoting seclusion.

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Hikikomori refuses to leave their parents’ house and isolate themselves away from society and family in a single room for a period for years, or in rare cases, decades.

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The younger generation in Hong Kong has been under Japanese influence for a long time.

Online chat rooms such as the 2CHANNERU is known to be a popular cyberspace for the Japanese hikikomori community.