SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 19:
YOUTH'S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY GROWING SIR DAVID
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THOUGH YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG GROW UP IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD AND WITH THESE CHANGES HAS COME AN INCREASE IN MATERIAL PROSPERITY IN WHICH THERE IS FREEDOM OF CHOICE, THIS HAS NOT MEANT IN HONG KONG, IN CONTRAST TO MANY PLACES, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG RED CROSS YOUTH PARADE 1985, SIR DAVID SAID DURING THE PAST 30 YEARS, WE HAD SEEN THE AMAZING GROWTH OF ORGANISATIONS TO CARE FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
+1 AM GLAD TO NOTE THAT THIS CONCERN IS GROWING, FOR THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT, AS A COMMUNITY, WE WILL HAVE TO DO MORE FOR THE SICK, AND MORE FOR THE DISABLED, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO DO NOT ENJOY THE SUPPORT AND CARE OF A FAMILY, HE NOTED.
SIR DAVID SAID OVER A PERIOD OF NEARLY 30 YEARS, THE RED CROSS YOUTH HAD HELPED A GREAT MANY THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD-WIDE HUMANITARIAN WORK OF THE RED CROSS AND HAD LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE IR OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
THIS YEAR, 7 300 MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS YOUTH HAD SHARED IN THE WORK, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT DURING THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, THE +RED CROSS YOUTH HONG KONG ONE TWO THREE+ AND YOUTH HEALTH DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN HAD SUPPORTED THE THEME OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+, THUS EXTENDING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE IDEAS AMONG OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
PAC OPEN HEARINGS START TOMORROW
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THE FIRST SESSION OF THIS YEAR'S OPEN HEARINGS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WILL START AT 9.15 AM TOMORROW (MONDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO ANSWER POINTS RAISED IN THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S ANNUAL REPORT WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
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