​Following the inaugural Greater Bay Area Experience Exchange Tour for young rehabilitated persons held in February this year, the Correctional Services Department (CSD) organised another three-day Greater Bay Area Experience Exchange Tour from June 26 to today (June 28), taking young rehabilitated persons to visit various enterprises and places in Shenzhen to learn about the latest developments in innovation and technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, as well as the local history and culture.
      
     Participants of the tour were mainly young female rehabilitated persons who had been involved in the "black-clad violence". The 14 participants included young rehabilitated persons both under supervision and beyond the supervision period.
      
     On the initial day (June 26) of the tour, participants first visited a technology company in Shenzhen to learn about the research, development and application of robots in the area of healthcare. They also toured the former headquarters of the Dongjiang Column and the Tuyang martyrs memorial park to gain an understanding of the history of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and to pay tribute to martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the nation, thereby enhancing their affection for and sense of belonging to the country. On the following day (June 27), the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Wong Kwok-hing, led participants to visit Dajiang Innovations Technology Company Limited to learn about the company's development of unmanned aircraft systems.
      
     Today, participants visited the Shenzhen Space Museum, where they gained first-hand knowledge of the nation's achievements in aerospace technology development through immersive experiences. They then visited the "Futian Wings" Pengcheng Low-Altitude UAV Exhibition Center and the Huaqiangbei Global AI Application Scenarios Center to learn about the nation's developments in the low-altitude economy and AI.
      
     A rehabilitated person, Ah Yan (pseudonym), who has completed her supervision said that she previously held misconceptions about the nation and was incited and misled by newspapers to commit rioting, for which she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment. Upon learning about the CSD's Greater Bay Area Experience Exchange Tour for rehabilitated persons, she took the initiative to enrol. This exchange tour allowed her to witness the rapid technological advancement of the nation and to gain a renewed understanding of the motherland. She is determined to turn over a new leaf and actively reintegrate into society. She expressed hope that she could contribute to the nation's development in the future.
      
     The Greater Bay Area Experience Exchange Tour is one of the key initiatives under the Project PATH, which aims to enable participants to learn about Chinese history and witness the nation's prosperity and progress through visits, thereby fostering a sense of belonging to the country and national identity. The Department will continue to organise similar activities to help rehabilitated persons get back on the right track. Rehabilitated persons who are interested in participating after release may visit the relevant webpage: https://www.csd.gov.hk/english/reh/reh_community/reh_community_ppplus/ppplus.html.

Ends/Sunday, June 28, 2026
Issued at HKT 20:55

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