Youth exchanges set to rise as cross-border ties deepen

In January, the Hong Kong government signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, close to the border with the Chinese mainland, to jointly develop the Lok Ma Chau Loop as part of the fledgling Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park.

At 87 hectares, the park will be four times larger than the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, and is expected to be the largest in Asia - a Silicon Valley of the future.

Entrepreneurship in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong's Pearl River Delta has flourished in the past year. For Johnny Ng, chairman of the Hong Kong United Youth Association, Hong Kong is now experiencing a golden period, and it's an opportunity that the younger generation should seize.