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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1984
YOUTHS VITAL FUTURE ROLE STRESSED ******
HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE THE ONES TO DECIDE THE LINES ALONG WHICH THE TERRITORY'S SOCIETY WILL DEVELOP, AND THE FORM HONG KONG'S CULTURAL IDENTITY WILL TAKE, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY.
+IT IS IN THEIR HANDS THAT THE SUCCESS OF OUR EVOLVING SYSTEMS WILL RESIDE, HE SAID AT THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC GRADUATION DAY.
MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT ALTHOUGH PEOPLE HAD RECENTLY BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT HAD GONE A LONG WAY TOWARDS +CLEARING AWAY THE CLOUDS OF UNCERTAINTY+.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WOULD BE ABSORBED INTO THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF THE NEW ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
+THE CONSERVATORY, IN ITS NEW GUISE IN THE ACADEMY, HAS A FUTURE, THE STUDENTS HAVE A FUTURE, AND THE GRADUATES HAVE A FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
+ INDEED, I BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT OUR MUSIC GRADUATES, ALONGSIDE THE IR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER PROFESSIONAL FIELDS OF LAW, MEDICINE, ACCOUNTING AND SO ON, ARE A VITAL PART OF HONG KONG, BOTH NOW AND IN THE YEARS TO COME,+ MR WIGGHAM SAID.
AFTER THE ADDRESS, MR WIGGHAM REPEATED HIS SPEECH IN PUTONGHUA FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOME STUDENTS FROM CHINA WHO ARE STUDYING IN THE CONSERVATORY.
YOUTHS URGED TO TAKE PART IN DECISION-MAKING
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED TO FACE CHALLENGES WITH COURAGE AND TAKE ACTIVE PART IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THAT CONCERNS THE IR FUTURE.
ADDRESSING A PRESS LUNCHEON AT THE PACIFIC CLUB, MRS SELINA CHOW, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, SAID, THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (I.Y.Y.) HAS A SPECIAL MEANING FOR HONG KONG WHICH IS NOW UNDERGOING A CRUCIAL PERIOD IN HER HISTORY.+
THE YOUNG GENERATION SHOULD NOT BE APATHETIC TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION REFORMS BEING INTRODUCED, AND THE FURTHER
EVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, FOR INSTANCE, DEPENDED VERY MUCH ON THEIR SUPPORT, SHE SAID.
/+THEY SHOULD