FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1984
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S ROLE STRESSED
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THE SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT PROVIDES A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD THE FUTURE, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
IN A SPEECH TO THE 19TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HE SAID +HONG KONG HAS NO RESOURCES BUT ITS PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE THREE MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORY.+
DETAILED PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK WITH IN WHICH HONG KONG'S SOCIAL SYSTEM CAN DEVELOP IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
+WE ARE A YOUNG COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE ALSO A STRONG COMMUNITY AND ARE STRENGTHENING THE BONDS WHICH UNITE US,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
HONG KONG, HE SAID, IS AN ARTICULATE COMMUNITY WHICH IS DEVELOPING AVENUES OF EXPRESSION THROUGH THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM WITH AN EDUCATED POPULATION MAKING IMMENSE EFFORTS TO BECOME MORE HIGHLY TRAINED AND EXPERT,
MR AKERS-JONES DESCRIBED HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOREVER STRETCHING OUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND WELCOMING EXTRA MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO OUR SHORES.+
+WE ARE ALSO A CULTURAL CROSS ROADS AND THE GROWING ARTISTIC LIFE OF HONG KONG HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OF RECENT YEARS.
+WE HAVE A LIVELY AND RESPONSIVE ECONOMY WHICH HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS RESILIENCE AND ADAPTABILITY AT A TESTING TIME FOR ECONOMIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
+WITH RESOLUTION AND POSITIVE COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE CREATED THIS DYNAMIC SOCIETY, THE WORK OF BUILDING THIS REMARKABLE PLACE WILL CONTINUE,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
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