> Over half of Hong Kong’s15-24 year olds (51%) look towards
Japan as the source of inspiration for trends (highest in Asia).
Only 4% of the same age group look towards the USA for inspiration
(lowest in Asia).
> There is strong mutual respect between parents and their
children in China with 74% of Chinese youngsters admitting that
they have discussed problems or sought advice from their parents
in the past 30 days (highest in the region). Parents also hold
their children in high regard as two thirds of the youth surveyed
said that their parents had sought advice from them too (also the
region's highest).
> Young Thais between the ages of 15 to 24 are the most talkative
in Asia, spending an average of 2.2 hours a day talking on their mobile
phones.
> 46% of young Indonesians between the ages 15 to 24 selected
religion (the highest in Asia) as being the most important thing
to them, followed by 32% choosing family. Love, friends and
appearance were the least likely to be nominated as the most
important things, each selected by only one percent of young
Indonesians.
