Governing Youth in post-WWII Hong Kong, 1945-1970s
Tracy Leung‘s research examines how the colonial government’s strategy in the management of youth changed in relation to the evolving threat of communism in Asia and the global trend towards anti-colonialism in post-WWII Hong Kong. It will explain the staggering change in the government’s attitude towards youth welfare policies, looking into how the colonial state linked up with voluntary youth organizations to deal with the problems of ‘juvenile delinquency’ and regulated youth leisure.
It also engages the broader imperial context by examining how the post- war youth policy in Hong Kong compared with Britain itself and other British colonies, addressing to what extent it was an influential model in and of itself.
