The Home & Youth Affairs Bureau today approved a youth hostel project located in the Regal Oriental Hotel in Kowloon City, with a total of 80 rooms that will provide up to 160 hostel places.

Named YOT Hub, the project is the fifth one under the Subsidy Scheme for Using Hotels & Guesthouses as Youth Hostels. 

The project will be launched by the Yan Oi Tong company and the Regal Hotels Group.

One of the features of the project is to help youth tenants enrich their understanding of the national development opportunities through trainings, and exchange and internship programmes.

It will also provide young people with self-enhancement and support services in different aspects, such as financial management courses, career development workshops and mental health seminars.

In addition, Yan Oi Tong will form a youth service team and invite young people to collaborate in organising community activities.

It also plans to arrange volunteer services regularly to encourage young people to contribute to the community and establish their sense of belonging to society and responsibility.

The bureau said that YOT Hub is well connected by public transport with comprehensive community facilities in the vicinity.

It highlighted that the project not only provides young people with a comfortable living environment but also enables them to broaden their horizons and achieve their personal development goals through various self-enhancement activities. 

The bureau expressed that it is delighted that the subsidy scheme continues to gain support from hotel and guesthouse operators to provide youth with an enabling environment and hope for the future.

It added that it intends to continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders who share its vision to take forward youth hostel projects.