The Citi Youth Investment Education Program is jointly
organized by Citi, the School Economic Times and the Learning Society, co-organized by the HKSAR Education Bureau, and sponsored by the Citi Foundation. Now in its third year, the program underscores Citi's ongoing commitment to financial education by helping Hong Kong students in F.4-F.7 (aged 16-19) improve their understanding of investment concepts and allowing them to try out their investment skills in a safe environment.

The Citi Youth Investment Education Program 2009 is divided into three stages. First, students will be introduced to investment concepts and good practices at the Citi Youth Investment Education Seminar on April 18. The guest speakers - Arthur Shek, Associate Publisher of the Hong Kong Economic Times and Catherine Cheung, Head of Investment Strategy & Research, Citibank Global Consumer Group - will discuss the fundamentals of financial management, financial markets and stock analysis.

During the second stage of the program, students will participate in a series of online Citi Youth Investment education workshops. These will engage students with real-world case studies highlighting investment research methods and analytical skills. Concurrently with their training, students will be given the opportunity to put their learning into practice through an eight-week online trading game, which simulates trading the Hang Seng Index (HSI) and China Enterprises Index (CEI) stocks, Hang Sang H shares Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) (2828) and Tracker Fund (2800).

The third stage of the program, to be held in July 2009, is a Financial Quotient (FQ) event that will measure students' financial knowledge and their ability to apply what they have learnt to real situations. It will be hosted by financial management experts who will share their investment experiences. The FQ workshop will close with an awards ceremony acknowledging winners of the online trading game. Prizes will be presented to teams with the best overall performance as well as teams with the highest closing account balance. Awards will also be given to schools with the highest participation rate and to students who create the best investment slogans.