SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986
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EMPHASIS ON YOUTH NEEDED IN FUTURE PLANS
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NO SOCIETY WHICH PLANS WISELY FOR ITS FUTURE WOULD NEGLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, HAD ESTABLISHED A CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH TO CO-ORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF ASSOCIATIONS SO THAT EACH MIGHT CONTRIBUTE ITS OWN SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE IDEALS OF CITIZENSHIP TO ITS MEMBERS.
SPEAKING AT THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE ASSOCIATION'S 30 000 MEMBERS SERVED AS A TESTIMONY OF THE CONTINUING POPULARITY OF THE GUIDE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG.
+IN THE LAST 70 YEARS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND RAPID MODERNISATION HAS PRODUCED A NEW LIFESTYLE.
+GUIDING HAS RESPONDED POSITIVELY AND WITH UP-TO-DATE AND INTERESTING TRAINING TO MEET PRESENT NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS WHILE, AT THE SAME TIME, KEEPING THE TRADITIONAL MORAL VALUES AND THE SPECIAL GUIDING SPIRIT ALIVE,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
HE CONGRATULATED THE ASSOCIATION AND THANKED ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED IT TO ACHIEVE SO MUCH.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF SIR DAVID'S SPEECH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE GIS NEWSROOM.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COURSES FOR WORKERS ORGANISED *****
MORE FREE TRAINING COURSES IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR WORKERS IN THE COMING YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE HALF-YEARLY TRAINING PROGRAMME JUST RELEASED BY THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
UNDER THE PROGRAMME 185 BASIC AND ADVANCED COURSES, LASTING FROM HALF A DAY TO FIVE DAYS, WILL BE ORGANISED BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE TO PROMOTE SAFETY.
/A DEPARTMENT