A PEER SUPPORT GROUP FOR HK-FILIPINO YOUTHS

Survey: Filipino Youth's Experience of Hong Kong Education System

Section Juan is currently conducting a survey to gather your thoughts about the Hong Kong education system, examination and students’ learning experience. We're inviting Filipinos who were born and/or raised in Hong Kong and have gone through certain levels in the local education system to participate.

It was being part of a past in the present as a Hong Kong Filipino. This cultural identity quest was in tandem with my inkling conviction: I am proud of being a Filipino, but what am I proud of exactly?

Celebrating the Filipino Christmas by Matthew Mateo

For 20 years thinking Christmas was just all about gathering your loved ones for a huge feast at home and exchanging gifts, getting myself to the traditional Filipino Christmas, which I’ve never experienced back in the Philippines, was one-of-a-kind...

Quenched by Janina Celine Vitto

There is this feeling where you want to do something, in which you keep saying you will do it BUT never actually find the time to do it. I have – HAD – this feeling and finally it’s off my list. Here’s the deal: I’ve been living in Hong Kong for 11 years and in this course of time, despite the advancement of technology i.e. having the Internet as basically the new form of encyclopedia, I did not really use the said time to learn more about Philippine history even if I wanted to/needed to because of feeling ashamed of not knowing more....

A Walk to Remember by Florenz Anthony

Last 28th December, I joined a heritage walk activity, dubbed  “Rizal Day Activity: Walk with Juan”.

It was organized by Section Juan, a pioneer peer support group for Filipino youths in Hong Kong, in cooperation with Lakbay Dangal.

To young Filipinos born in Hong Kong like me and rarely go to the Philippines, or some, never, you may wonder what “Rizal Day” is....