TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1985
YOUTHS URGED TO HELP BUILD GOOD COMMUNITY
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IT SHOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT TO CREATE A SOCIETY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A FULL AND REWARDING LIFE FOR ALL ITS PEOPLE AND WHICH WOULD CARE FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE, THE SICK AND THE OLD, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
+ IT MUST BE A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO PROGRESS, TO STABILITY, AND TO THE PEACEFUL SOLUTION OF ITS PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (YY) FOR HONG KONG AT THE COLISEUM.
IN DESIGNATING 1985 AS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CHOSEN THE THEMES OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.
+THERE COULD BE NO BETTER WORDS THAN THESE TO DEFINE THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THE FUTURE,+ SIR EDWARD ADDED.
HE SAID THE FUTURE WOULD BE LARGELY IN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE'S HANDS.
+THE WAY IN WHICH YOU MEET THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WHICH LIE BEFORE YOU WILL HELP TO DETERMINE THE PROSPECTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, HE SAID TO THE YOUNG AUDIENCE,
SIR EDWARD SAID TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS A FITTING WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND TO WHOLEHEARTED PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES WHICH MARKED THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR IN HONG KONG.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CENTRAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN ORGANISING THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE MANY EVENTS TO BE HELD IN THE COMING YEAR THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
IN HER SPEECH, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CENTRAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE, MRS SELINA CHOW, SAID HONG KONG HAD NOW REACHED 'THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENT IN ITS HISTORY.
YOUNG PEOPLE, SHE ADDED, SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL REFORMS.
+IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT DURING THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, YOUNG PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES MIGHT BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY #INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RELATIONS FROM PERSONAL
EVEL TO INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, SO AS TO PROMOTE THE IR MUTUAL 'NDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION AND TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF 'PEACE' SHE SAID.
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