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YETP and Radio 2 of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) have jointly produced "Life Taking a Turn" including three videos which are about the touching stories of three ex-trainees of YETP who have turned their life from misty to shining ones. The three characters are Chen Zhou, a Line Maintenance Professional in an aircraft engineering company; Winky Chan Wing-yin, an Assistant Housekeeping Supervisor in a local hotel and Freddy Lee Chun-ho, an Unit Manager of an insurance company.
The three youngsters found their career path through the on-the-job training and special employment projects of YETP. In addition to the encouragement and guidance of the employers and training bodies, their efforts and perseverance to overcome challenges at work enabled them
to achieve a bright future. Let us share how their
lives changed so dramatically!
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Zhou moved from Fujian to Hong Kong in August 2009 and was admitted to a school as a F.5 student. He sat for HKCEE and passed all subjects except English Language. As a school dropout who failed to secure a job, Zhou began to follow the footsteps of his family and became a worker of interior renovation. He was later enlightened by the words of his fellow worker and aspired to advancement. When taking Light Rail, Zhou coincidentally saw an advertisement promoting "Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman Trainee" Training Project of YETP. He was very interested in this project and joined YETP. After a year of training, Zhou found his career goal and direction.
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In 2005, Winky's HKCEE results were not satisfactory and she has no interest in study. She could only do odd jobs after graduation due to her lack of work experience. Winky on one occasion saw an advertisement of YETP and realised that the programme could assist youngsters lacking work experience in securing employment. Without any hesitation, Winky signed up for the programme. Being encouraged by a relative working in the hotel industry, Winky determined to start her career in this industry. Winky started her 1-month workplace attachment training in a hotel in March 2006 through this programme. Upon completion of her training, a further 6-month on-the-job training for the position of Room Attendant Trainee was offered to Winky. She cannot image that she has worked there for 8 years when sometimes she wanted to give up, however……
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Freddy was the only child in his family. His parents doted on him since his birth. When Freddy was in Form 2, his mother died of lung cancer. Owing to his close relationship with mother, the death of his mother caused a great impact on him. From then on, he became taciturn and seldom communicated with his father. Freddy turned rebellious in Form 5. He did not want to continue his studies and got acquainted with some bad friends, lingered in game centres everyday. He sat for HKCEE twice, but only got one mark. Because of his poor academic result, Freddy could only engage in odd jobs like construction labourer and food delivery. At last, he became one of the "unengaged youth". In 2003, he joined the "Airport Ambassador Programme" through a training body and became an Airport Ambassador. Afterward he worked in various organizations and turned over a new leaf in his life………..
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