While over 60% of Hong Kong people suffer from poor mental well-being, with 1 in every seven people developing a common mental disorder in their lifetime, it is surprising that the community still does not have enough resources to support the stressed one until one is under severe stress and would like to commit suicide. Four students from the APSS (Ms. Chan Shu Lam Phoebe;Ms. Ip Ping Yan Ice, Ms. Lo Mei Wing Candy, and Ms. Wong Tsz Shan Maggie) formed a team to develop an innovative social solution, ‘Stress OK’, an impactful measure that employs karaoke – audiovisual media to reduce the stress of everyone and eventually improve the mental health of the community. They investigated the possible methods of stress-releasing through street interviews and suggested ‘Stress OK’ as a meaningful and practical measure to deal with a stressed society and bring more smiley faces to the community.
