Skilling for the Future (2020 Update)

A total of 24 young competitors represented Hong Kong in 22 categories of the WorldSkills Competition in August 2019 returning home with Medallions for Excellence in 11 trades, the highest-ever number, including Cooking, Electrical Installations, Graphic Design Technology, Hairdressing, Jewellery, Mechatronics, Mobile Robotics, Pâtisserie and Confectionery, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Visual Merchandising, and Web Technologies. Among the winning trades, Hairdressing, Mechatronics and Visual Merchandising made it for the third time. The team also garnered the 2019 Sustainable Practice Award (1st Winner) for the Car Painting Trade, which recognised the competitor’s environmental awareness in professional operation. The Hong Kong Team demonstrated that their skill levels were on par with world standards. Grooming the Next Generation Workforce 81