Hong Kong - Five out of 10 young people in Hong Kong have admitted to bullying peers at school, a survey published Monday found. The Playgrounds Association said half the 883 young people aged 6 to 24 questioned in the survey confessed to bullying with 45 per cent of these saying it involved verbal threats and teasing.
Twenty-four per cent said the bullying took the form of social isolation of the victims while 22 per cent said they had resorted to physical violence.
The survey also found that nine out of 10 young people said they had witnessed bullying at school with one-third of those choosing not to seek help for the victim.
