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Friday, November 17, 1972
COMMUNICATING WITH THE YOUNG
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The Information Secretary, Mr. Jack Cater, believes his most
exacting task will be to communicate with "Young Hong Kong in whose hands
the future of our great city belongs".
Mr. Cater, who was speaking at a Lions Club of Hong Kong luncheon
today, said another major task would be to ensure, as far as is practicable
and reasonable, that there is improved confidence between the Government
and the media, and that "any gaps which may exist are narrowed, if not
completely eliminated".
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He said a great deal was heard these days about the gap between
the generation, "but in Hong Kong this is especially important, for the
great majority of us, those under 25, were either born here or came
here at a very early age".
"These young people look upon Hong Kong as their home, and quite
naturally have different views and attitudes from those other and older
generations," Mr. Cater said.
Communicating with the young was part of his job of "collecting,
collating and assessing community information - the promotion of a two-way
flow of information between the government and the people.
Mr. Cater said that many government departments had extensive
day-to-day contacts with the public and he believed that this was a source of
valuable but raw material "which if properly and painstakingly assessed, will
be of inestimable help, and an important factor in the decision-taking
processes of the Government",
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