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+PRIMARILY, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION CAN START AT COMMUNITY LEVEL, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO DISTRICT ACTIVITIES ALONE,+ MR FUNG ADDED.
+MORE OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CENTRAL STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT MACHINERY.+
MR FUNG REITERATED THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON YOUTH POLICIES AND AFFAIRS IS URGENTLY NEEDED AND SUCH A COMMITTEE WOULD HELP TO PROMOTE, CO-ORDINATE AND SUPPORT POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT WAS SUGGESTED AT THE SEMINAR THAT MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE UNOFFICIALS, EXPERTS IN YOUTH AFFAIRS, REPRESENTATIVES OF DISTRICT CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS, AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
+ IN FORMULATING AN INTEGRATED YOUTH POLICY, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BODIES CONCERNED SHOULD CONSIDER THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY AND ESPECIALLY ITS SITUATION AFTER 1997, + MR FUNG SAID.
HE CONCLUDED THAT THE YOUTH CONFERENCE SHOULD NOT SIMPLY BE AN EVENT TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR. SIMILAR MEETINGS SHOULD BE HELD REGULARLY TO LET YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.+
THE SEMINAR, ATTENDED BY ABOUT 200 YOUNG PEOPLE, WAS ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS.
SIX MORE TAI PO ESTATE SITES GRANTED
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A FURTHER 5.6 HECTARES OF LAND IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HAVE BEEN LEASED TO SIX COMPANIES, THREE OF THEM EXISTING GRANTEES, THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THIS NOW MEANS THAT 85 PER CENT OF LAND IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HAS BEEN LEASED.
AMONG THE NEW LEASE-HOLDERS IS LEE KUM KEE CO, LTD, A PIONEER IN THE LOCAL FOOD INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS GRANTED A SITE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OYSTER AND OTHER SAUCES, AND SOUP.
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