<p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">每逢喜慶日子，朋友生日，我們都祝福他們「快樂」，我們辛苦賺錢，除了要照顧基本的生活之外，都會去買一些自己喜歡的東西，又或者選購禮物送給自己喜愛的人，是要令自己及別人快樂。當然，我們平時的娛樂活動、興趣愛好等都是想尋求快樂。可見快樂對人類生活而言，是不能失去的最重要部分。如果沒有快樂，生活可能已經失去意義。但是，根據美國民調機構蓋洛普（Gallup）公布，2014年全球最快樂國家及地區調查發現，香港人不足四成覺得生活快樂，世界排名「尾四」。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">香港人這樣不快樂，究竟是什麼原因？其實大家心裏都很明白，只是大家一直逃避，不肯面對。港府政策傾斜向金融地產，缺乏長遠眼光，除了倚賴內地經濟刺激，而呈現樓股齊鳴的現象外，工業早已沒有了，漁農業式微了，科技發展早已經被深圳趕過頭！商業活動除了炒股炒地皮，炒樓外，已經沒有什麼好做了！內地開放自由行，雖為本港旅遊及零售業帶來刺激，但只屬短暫而過渡性的利益，而且已經因文化差異，而製造了社會矛盾。香港經濟其實早呈現外強中乾的局面。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">蓋普洛調查共針對65個國家和地區，訪問了64002人，雖然展望新一年，全球有53%人樂觀認為，2015年比2014年前景向好，但香港只有28%人認為「明天會更好」， 而且有高達四成港人預期今年比去年差。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">青年苦無出路</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">無可否認，新一代香港人生活愈來愈困難，通脹持續，樓價暴升，但薪金水平卻10年來停留在一個中低水平，試想想，一位大學生剛畢業，找工作已不容易，就算有工作，起薪點只在1萬至1.2萬元之間，面對着物價及消費指數的急升，加上租金樓價的失控狂飆，他們連照顧自己現在生活也捉襟見肘，又怎去計劃將來？一個人活在沒有未來的日子，又怎麼會快樂呢？</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">曾幾何時，香港是一個充滿機會，朝氣蓬勃的地方，人人鬥志高昂，發展迅速。今天，這些東西都好像漸漸失去，取而代之的卻是無數的怨氣、憤怒和批評。我們一直引以自豪的獅子山下精神，只留下優美的歌聲。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">港人快樂指數一直偏低，尤其是青年人，他們在競爭激烈的職場中苦無出路，生活壓力大，又缺乏向上流動機會，對前景憂慮重重！本港一個青年商會去年的研究指出，有逾五成的港青並不快樂，而在10個亞洲地區青年中，台灣和寧夏的青年最快樂，香港卻排名在尾三。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">這是一個不可忽視的數字，我們常常都說，青年是社會的未來主人翁，若他們超過一半不快樂，社會還有什麼希望？</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">79天的佔領行動，一方面反映年輕人在政治上的訴求，而更實際的是他們對種種現實問題不滿而發出的咆哮，所以，協助青少年進修、就業，向上流動等工作刻不容緩。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">事實上，香港近年趨向政治化，社會問題被炒作成政治議題，引發無數的爭論。政府施政，屢遭批評，舉步維艱，令人無奈！</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">政改方案討論了20個月，最後無法通過，令香港政制發展受到嚴重打擊。不過，青年工作及大堆民生問題，更迫在眉睫。而政府及各政黨，都有共識先去解決這些問題。我真高興朝野能有此共識，也希望它能真正地實踐。只要大家全心全意全方位，朝同一目標出發，一定會得到支持。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">民生問題得以解決，市民生活壓力減少， 快樂指數自會提高。我想，香港市民不會拒絕享有快樂的生活，人人都希望有一個快樂的香港。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; "> </p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">（作者為</span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">滙溋基金會主席</span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;">）</span></p>