Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 157/2022
From : Secretary for Education To: Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools
Ref. : EDB(EID/ITE)/IT/PRO/189 Date : 1 September 2022
Healthy Use of the Internet
“Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign Summary
The purpose of this circular memorandum is to inform heads of primary and secondary schools of the Healthy Use of the Internet: “Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign.
Details
2. The EDB has commissioned the Hong Kong Playground Association (HKPA) to provide support services on promoting e-safety to teachers, students and parents of all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. HKPA will launch a one-stop telephone / online support and counselling services to facilitate the tackling of problems arisen from the use of the Internet, such as Internet addiction, cyber-bullying and Internet traps. A series of student and parent activities themed “Connect with the e-Generation” will also be conducted to promote e-safety. For details, please refer to the Appendix and the relevant website (https://esafety.hkpa.hk).
3. Relevant posters and materials will be distributed to schools. Schools are advised to display the posters at prominent places of the school premises for promoting the Campaign.
Request for more relevant materials could be made by returning the completed reply slip to the HKPA (Email: [email protected] or Fax: 2838 0417).
Enquiry
4. For enquiries, please contact Mr. CHEUK Chi Hang of the HKPA at 2730 6695.
P W YAN
for Secretary for Education
c.c. Heads of Sections – for information
Appendix
Dear Principal,
c.c. Guidance and Counselling Master/Mistress, IT Subject Panel, Teacher-In-Charge of Parent-Teacher Association and School Social Worker.
Healthy Use of the Internet
“Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign
In this school year, the Education Bureau (EDB) has commissioned the Hong Kong Playground Association (HKPA) to provide support services on promoting e-safety to teachers, students and parents of all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. HKPA will provide a one-stop telephone/online support and conduct a series of activities under the “Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign including:
a) One-stop telephone/online support and counselling services:
Target: Teachers, students and parents of all primary and secondary schools
Content: Through telephone and online support services, hotline workers and social workers of HKPA provide teachers, students and parents with consultation and counselling services regarding doubts, difficulties and risks arisen from the use of the Internet, such as Internet addiction, cyber-bullying, Internet traps, etc.
Hotline:
WhatsApp and Wechat:
3698 3605 6617 6613
Date: Mondays to Saturdays (except public holidays)
Time: 9:30 am to 9:30 pm
b) Student services and activities:
Target: Students of all primary and secondary schools
Content: Starting from November 2022, HKPA registered social workers will provide schools with the services of setting up mobile enquiry stations to directly answer students' queries on e-safety.
Schools are welcome to fill in the enclosed reply slip for application.
To cultivate students’ awareness on e-safety, a series of related student activities will be rolled out. HKPA will disseminate related information to schools through letters and website.
c) Parent activities:
Target: Parents of all primary and secondary schools
Content: To let parents recognise the skills to effectively manage children’s habit on surfing the Internet and to enhance their understanding of the popular Internet culture among youngsters, so as to help them identity and handle the possible risks when their children get online, different parental activities will be rolled out. HKPA will disseminate related information to schools through letters and website.
d) Useful information released regularly at https://esafety.hkpa.hk.
Understanding that students’ online behaviour has been a major concern for schools and great effort has been dedicated to promoting e-safety, we hereby appeal for your support in the
“Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign and dissemination of relevant materials to parents.
We look forward to collaborating with you.
For details of the one-stop telephone and online support and counselling services, please refer to the attached documents. Schools will receive:
Annex 1 Promotion poster: To post at prominent places of school premises for promoting the Campaign
Annex 2 Promotion card: To promote the services to parents through PTA and school social worker
Annex 3 Self-referral form: To distribute the Referral form and send the e-Referral form link and QR code to parents for contacting the HKPA
Should you have further enquiries, please contact our social worker Mr. CHEUK Chi Hang at 2730 6695.
Best regards, Ms. CHAU Wai-ha, Edith Head of Social Work Division Hong Kong Playground Association
Healthy Use of the Internet
“Connect with the e-Generation” Campaign
Reply Slip
To: Hong Kong Playground Association Tel: 2730 6695 Fax: 2838 0417 Address: 2/ F, Island Place, 53 Tanner Road, North Point, Hong Kong E-mail: [email protected]
Our school would like to apply for the set-up of on-site enquiry station:
Topics: (Please put one or more in the boxes if appropriate)
□ Services Introduction
□ Internet Addiction
□ Cyber-bullying
□ Internet traps
□ Online Safety
□ Making Online Friends
□ Online Infringement
Remarks:
___________________________________
___________________________________
Proposed date and time of setting up the on-site enquiry station:
_________________________________
Our school would like to have the following quantity of materials from the HKPA:
Item Qty. Date of collection
□ Promotion poster (Annex 1)
□ Promotion card (Annex 2)
□ Referral form (Annex 3)
□ Cyber Risks Exhibition Board Topics
(Please put one or more in the boxes if appropriate)
□ Services Introduction
□ Internet Addiction
□ Cyber-bullying
□ Internet Traps
□ Online Safety
□ Making Online Friends
□ Online Infringement Remarks:
_________________________________
Date of collection:
Date of return:
Method of collection: □ Collect at the centre □ Paid delivery by school Contact person:
Post:
Tel:
Fax:
Email address:
Name of school:
Address of school:
Date:
* Application Note: Upon receiving this application, the HKPA will reply within 7 working days to confirm the application. The application is considered successful only after receiving a confirmation letter.
(Annex 1)
(Annex 2)
(Annex 3) Referral form:
- - - To: Hong Kong Playground Association Tel: 2730 6695 Fax: 2838 0417
Address: Address: 2/F, Island Place, 53 Tanner Road, North Point, Hong Kong E-mail: [email protected]
Hong Kong Playground Association Healthy Use of the Internet Application/ Referral form
The EDB has commissioned the HKPA to provide the support services in the 2022/23 school year. Teachers, students and parents may contact through telephone (Tel: 3698 3605) and WhatsApp/WeChat (Tel: 6617 6613) for support and counselling services and visit the website (https://esafety.hkpa.hk) for useful information.
If you would like our hotline counsellors or social workers to contact you, please leave your contact information and indicate the area(s) of enquiries. Thank you!
Please “” Areas of enquiries
□ Understanding the Internet culture: new IT trend, surfing habits, popular online culture or apps, etc.
□ Contracting on Internet use: communication skills, making contracts, etc.
□ Understanding e-Safety: beware of the leakage of self-privacy, protecting yourself online, etc.
□ Healthy Internet resources: online learning resources, protection software, eye care
& protection of backbone information, etc.
□ Respond to cyber risks: handling cyber-bullying, Internet traps, obscene materials, making online friends, etc.
□ Others (please specify):
1. Format of Application/Referral
□ Personal Application (Please fill in 2. Personal application below）
□ Referral from School/Institution（Please fill in 3. Referral from School／Institution below）
2. Personal Application
The applicant is: □ Parent or □ Student
Student’s name: _______________ Class: ______ School Name: ___________________
Contact number/ Other contact method: ________________
Parent’s name: ________________ Contact number/ Other contact method: __________________
Date: _________________
Preferred timeslot of contact（one or more boxes if appropriate）：
Monday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□ anytime
Tuesday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Wednesday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Thursday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Friday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Saturday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Remarks： ____________________________________
3. Referral from School／Institution
Name of the client_____________________ Class: _______________________
School name: _________________________
Name of the referrer: ____________________
School/Institution of referrer: _______________________________
Relationship between referrer and the client：_________________________________________
Contact number /Other contact method of referrer：__________________________________
Preferred timeslot(s) of contact（one or more boxes if appropriate）：
Monday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□ anytime
Tuesday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Wednesday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Thursday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Friday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Saturday
□ 09:30–13:00
□ 13:00–18:00
□ 18:00–21:30
□anytime
Remarks： ____________________________________
The personal information collected in this form serves only for the purpose of providing services by the HKPA.
The information will be handled in accordance with Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
e-Referral form:
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Link: https://forms.office.com/r/V9kWn3urUA
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