MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1986
NEED FOR YOUTH POLICY BEING STUDIED
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PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH (CCY) TO EXAMINE THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH POLICY IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE CCY, MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID A WORKING PARTY UNDER THE COMMITTEE HAD AGREED TO THE FRAMEWORK AND TIMEFRAME OF A STUDY WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF YOUTH POLICIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
A STUDY DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE COMPLETED IN JULY OR AUGUST NEXT YEAR, SHE SAID.
+ AFTER THE COMPILATION OF THE STUDY DOCUMENT THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF CONSULTATION SO THAT VIEWS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY BE CONSIDERED AND COMPILED BEFORE A FINAL SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNMENT, SHE ADDED.
IN ADDITION, THE CCY WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET OF $300 000 AND FUNDS WERE BEING SOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
THREE COMMITTEES AND A WORKING PARTY HAVE BEEN SET UP UNDER THE CCY TO LOOK INTO RELATED MATTERS. THEY ARE THE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE: YOUTH ACTIVITIES PROMOTION COMMITTEE ; SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE AND WORKING PARTY ON YOUTH POLICY.
CHAIRMAN OF THE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE,
DR CHOI YUEN-WAN, SAID THE COMMITTEE WOULD COMPILE A SUMMARY SHEET AND INDEX ON THE EXISTING RANGE OF YOUTH RELATED SERVICES PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXISTING PUBLICATIONS ON YOUTH MATTERS.
ALSO IN HAND WERE PLANS TO CONDUCT TWO OPINION SURVEYS ON +ATTITUDE OF TODAY'S YOUTH+ AND +COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS OF TODAY'S YOUTH+, HE SAID.
THE TARGET GROUP OF THE FIRST SURVEY WOULD BE YOUTHS AGED 10 TO 25 AND THE LATTER ONE RESPONDENTS AGED 24 TO 64.
THE CCY HAD ALSO TAKEN OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME (SYP) FROM THE FORMER SYP POLICY COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME COMMITTEE, MR PETER LEE SHUNG-TAK SAID.
BUT THE THREE-TIER MACHINERY OF THE SCHEME WHICH WAS FOUND TO HAVE WORKED EFFECTIVELY IN THE PAST WAS ADOPTED BY THE CCY AND AN SYP COMMITTEE HAD BEEN SET UP TO REPLACE THE FORMER SYP CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WHILE THE DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WOULD REMAIN.
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