Paediatricians are most aware of the common disparity between the physical,
mental, psychological, emotional and academic development during adolescence. Often
it is the psychological and emotional development which lags behind.
Problems often
arise when significant disparity exist between the different facets of development.
For example, an adolescent with heightened sexual needs may not have the mature mentality
emotions to accept its consequences.
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Sir, physical recreation in the form of sports is vital for our youth and should
be actively promoted for this age group. Not only does it benefit health, it is also
divert a useful channel to
excess energy, so abundant in youth, for useful cause.
have
Parents of our young has gone through youth in a simpler environment and often
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fail to understand the demands faced by youth today. A multidisciplinary workshop
should be organized to educate parents workers with youth on the different aspects
of adolescent development, their needs, problems and management. I believe the Hong
Kong Childhealth Foundation has provisionally scheduled to do this in November this
year.
Last but not least, Sir, it is often those less educated who, coupled with
neglect by their poor and broken families and seeing little future ahead for
themselves, enter the world of crime and prostitution to satisfy their own material
needs. It is this
It is this group of youth that special efforts should be made to offer them
a bright future with vocational, technical training and the apprenticeship scheme.
They should be given better opportunities and facilities, so that they too should be
made to feel contributory to Hong Kong.
Commission to of Youth,
Sir, I conclude with a request to the early formation of a youth Commission to
to formulate
Review and
impoate
a
Youth policy
demarks,
support
the motion.
in Hong Kong. Sir, with these
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