Screen-time limit for students pushed

Experts have called for a screen-time limit for students and taxes on addictive games as a survey shows over 60 percent of primary and secondary students in Hong Kong use electronic devices for entertainment for at least two hours per day.

Director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention of the University of Hong Kong, Paul Yip Siu-fai, explained that increased screen time could lead to online bullying and exposure to inappropriate content as well as game addiction, negatively impacting children's physical and mental development.

Yip cited measures in the mainland that limit game playing time for young players as a model for Hong Kong. Additionally, Yip proposed that if the technology companies intentionally produce addictive games, the government should impose taxes on them as compensation.

PHOEBE POON