SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1985
BETWEEN MAY 12 AND 20, MR HO WILL BE IN EUROPE, SPENDING A FEW DAYS EACH IN BRUSSELS, BONN, PARIS, AND THE HAGUE FOR MEETINGS WITH SENIOR TRADE OFFICIALS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE MFA AND TO EXPRESS HONG KONG'S CONCERN OVER GROWING PROTECTIONISM IN WORLD TRADE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ THE OPPORTUNITY WILL ALSO BE TAKEN TO DISCUSS BILATERAL ISSUE OF COMMON INTEREST, HE SAID.
MR HO'S EUROPEAN TOUR FOLLOWS THE RECENT MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING IN MEXICO CITY OF 21 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD. THE MEETING WAS MAINLY ASSIGNED TO COORDINATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA.
DURING MR HO'S ABSENCE, MR JOHN YAXLEY, DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, WILL ACT AS SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN ADDITION TO HIS NORMAL DUTIES,
YOUTH CIVIC EFFORT URGED
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SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE AIM OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT.
+IT WILL ALSO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOCIETY AND POLITICS, WHICH WILL GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE AN IDEA ON HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY IN FUTURE, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT TODAY'S YOUTH DELEGATE DAY, WHICH MARKS THE OPENING OF THE SAI KUNG YOUTH DELEGATE SCHEME, MR HO SAID: +TAKING PART IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
+THE FACT THAT ABOUT 12 PER CENT OF THE CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WERE AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 30, ILLUSTRATES THE INCREASING ROLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
+ I HOPE EACH OF THE 10 000 YOUTHS IN THE 15 TO 25 YEAR OLD AGED GROUP IN SAI KUNG WILL ADOPT AN ACTIVE ATTITUDE AND WORK FOR THE PROSPERITY OF THE DISTRICT,+ HE SAID.
MR HO SAID HONG KONG'S REPUTATION AS A FAST DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE, HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF WISDOM AND STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.
+HOWEVER, THE FUTURE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF A NEW GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TC BE FULL OF VITALITY, EUTHUSIAM, IDEALS AND NEW TALENTS,+ HE SAID.