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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1985
+ IT MAY NOW BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THE CHILDREN OF OUR SOCIETY YESTERDAY, THE YOUTHS OF OUR SOCIETY TODAY, THE PILLARS OF OUR SOCIETY TOMORROW'.+
DR IP SAID JUST AS SHE STRESSED THE RIGHTS AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, LIKEWISE SHE SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETING THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF YOUTHS.
WE MUST NURTURE YOUTHS TO GROW UP INTO MATURE, CARING AND RESPONSIBLE ADULTS WHO HAD A BALANCED APPROACH TOWARDS WORK AND LEISURE.
THEY NEEDED TO BE KEPT NOT JUST HEALTHY, BUT PHYSICALLY FIT WITH PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS SO AS TO WITHSTAND THE STRESSES OF A MODERN SOCIETY- THEY NEEDED TO BE EDUCATED TO THE EXTENT OF BEING INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE, SHE SAID.
THEY MUST BE CONVINCED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO AN ADEQUATE FAMILY AND A HEALTHY SEX RELATIONSHIP.
WE MUST LEAD THEM TOWARDS GOALS IN LIFE, WHICH NOT ONLY BENEFITED THEMSELVES BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVED, SO THAT IN FUTURE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE FOR US AN EVEN BETTER HONG KONG.
+ IT IS INDEED REASSURING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR AND THE THEMES, PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE, NO DOUBT WILL MEET OUR OBJECTIVES IN FULFILLING OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR YOUTHS, + DR IP SAID.
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THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES THANKED MRS CHOW FOR MOVING, DR IP FOR SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION ON HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
HE SAID MRS CHOW HAD +QUITE RIGHTLY+ UNDERLINED THE SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY OF CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR WITH ITS MESSAGE OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.
HE SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE CHARACTERISTIC ENTHUSIASM AND DEDICATION WITH WHICH HONG KONG AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS WERE TAKING UP THE CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY THE CONCEPT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
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+WE SHALL GAIN MUCH BY THIS INVOLVEMENT AND IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE WITH THESE EFFORTS WITH THE SAME VIGOUR IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.
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