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52% of Hong Kong’s underprivileged children spend over 2 hours a day on devices

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52% of Hong Kong’s underprivileged children spend over 2 hours a day on devices

More than half of Hong Kong’s underprivileged children spend over two hours a day on electronic devices, often turning to screens for cheap entertainment despite problems with their eyesight, attention, sleep and addiction, a survey has found.

The Society for Community Organisation (SoCO), which released the findings on Sunday, urged authorities to keep students on campus for longer, introduce full-day kindergartens and subsidise more extracurricular activities for underprivileged pupils.

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