WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988
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OBJECTIVES OF YOUTH POLICY OUTLINED
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY ENHANCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY, OF HELPING INDIVIDUALS TO DEVELOP AS HON ROSANNA TAM SAID
LEGISLATIVE
BUT HAS THE INTRINSIC VALUE
THE BEINGS, SOCIAL COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN THE
OF THE MRS TAM WAS MOVING A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE NOTE
ON COMMITTEE
YOUTH COMPILED BY THE CENTRAL REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY
-
OF WHICH SHE WAS CHAIRMAN.
NOTED THAT YOUTH IN LEADING OFF THE DEBATE, SHE
AS HONG KONG HAD BECOME A SUBJECT OF WIDESPREAD CONCERN MAINTAIN STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997.
IN THIS
DEVELOPMENT STROVE TO
A
OBJECTIVE MEANS OR
SHE SAID THAT, VIEWED
PERSPECTIVE AS AN NECESSITY, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COULD BE SEEN AS WAS SIMPLY TACTIC TO SOME SOCIAL OR POLITICAL ENDS.
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT
TO
FAILS
GIVE "WHEN IT HAPPENS THAT
THE IT IS FOUND DESIRED RESULTS IN ATTAINING ITS INTENDED GOAL, OR WHEN
MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE THAT SOME OTHER MEANS WERE
YOUTH PURPOSE, HAS LOST ITS PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT WILL LOSE ITS FOCUS BECAUSE IT VALUE, SHE SAID.
THUS, EFFORTS IN
YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD
BE PROMOTED
CONTINUALLY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
HAD PAST THE GOVERNMENT
MADE CERTAIN EFFORTS AND IN THE
A PROGRESS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, BUT YOUTH SERVICES HAD SUFFERED FROM
MORE EMPHASIS LACK OF POSITIVE PLANNING AND DEFINITE DIRECTION, WITH PLACED ON THE PREVENTION OF YOUTH PROBLEMS THAN ON THE DEVELOPMENT YOUNG PEOPLE'S POTENTIAL.
OF
FURTHERMORE, SHE SAID
DEPARTMENTS
ORGANISATIONS VOLUNTARY AND
OR OVERLAPPING PROVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
POOR CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT
HAD RESULTED
THE BEING SHORTSIGHTED AND
IN
MRS
'FAM
SAID THAT THE
AFFIRMED THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD EXPECTATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
REPORT
YOUTH POLICY ON HAVE AN EXPLICIT STAND
BASICALLY
ON
THE
MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY
ITS COMMITMENT TOWARDS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT,
TO SPELL OUT IN PROVIDING A DIRECTION THAT THESE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AND OBJECTIVES FOR OVERALL YOUTH SERVICES AND IN ENSURING OBJECTIVES COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH BETTER AND BETTER CO-ORDINATION.
SHE SAID