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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988
SHE SAID THAT 1997 SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPACT AND CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM A CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL FUTURE WERE NOT THE ONLY FACTORS INVOLVED WHEN IT CAME TO THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
"HENCE, THE COMMITTEE, IN DRAFTING THE REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY, HAD TRIED ITS BEST NOT TO PLAY DOWN OR EXAGGERATE THE 1997 FACTOR WITH A VIEW TO FINDING A PROPER COURSE AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE OBJECTIVE, SHE ADDED.
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YOUTH MUST BE ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR FUTURE
FULL SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE WORKING PARTY YOUTH THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FORMULATE A YOUTH POLICY AND SET A COMMISSION ON YOUTH WAS GIVEN BY THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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SPEAKING DURING THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY, MR CHEONG SAID THE DEBATE WAS TIMELY BECAUSE IT HELPED TO REFOCUS ATTENTION ON AN ISSUE THAT HAD A CRUCIAL BEARING ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG THE FUTURE OF YOUTH.
"ET DAUNTS ME THAT IF OUR YOUTHS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO MEET FUTURE CHALLENGES WE WILL NOT HAVE A FUTURE, HE SAID.
THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF THE COMMUNITY COUPLED WITH SOME HONG KONG HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY AFFLUENT.
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CHILDREN NOW HAD A MUCH COZIER ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO GROW UP, AND THEY WERE GENERALLY MORE PAMPERED THAN THEIR FOREFATHERS.
AT SCHOOL, THEY WERE ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF THE SYSTEM WHICH RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY WORKED ON THE ASSUMPTION LESS COMPETITIVE PRESSURE THERE WAS ON CHILDREN THE BETTER.
FURTHER, ADVANCEMENT IN MASS MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES HAD CHILDREN WITH MORE DISTRACTIONS FROM THEIR LEARNING PROCESS.
A COMBINATION OF ALL THESE FACTORS HAD HELPED TO TAME THE HARD WORKING SPIRIT OF YOUTH, HE SAID.
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/MR CHEONG