⺠主思路—⾹港政治及⾏政學苑研究專論第七號 PoD-HKAPP Occasional Paper No. 7 「⻘年宿舍」研究及建議 Study and Policy Recommendations of

The first part of the report is an introduction, outlining the content and purpose of the report. [...] Recommendations The government should significantly increase the number of hostel spaces to break the vicious circle of "limited supply, low application success rate, and low application numbers." Even after a decade of the program's existence, the supply of hostel spaces (totaling 1,760 by the end of 2022) falls far short of the government's promised quota of 3,000 spaces. [...] 3.4 How to Raise Public Awareness on Youth Hostels One participant mentioned that at the time of writing, they only learned about the upcoming opening of the youth hostel in Yuen Long and the conversion of a certain hotel in Causeway Bay into a youth hostel through traditional media reports. [...] The policy evaluation of the "Youth Hostel" program primarily examines whether the number of hostel beds or rooms and the level of rents meet the expected policy objectives. [...] Particularly noteworthy is the redefinition of the "Youth Hostel" policy in the sixth section of the report.