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MR CHEONG ALSO NOTED THAT ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY WOULD BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TOGETHER. AS A RESULT, HONG KONG WOULD FACE MUCH STRONGER COMPETITION FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD IN THE QUEST FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT.
HE SAID THAT HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE THE OF THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE BLUNT COMPETITION.
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT INDEED TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF HARD WORK.
PILLARS OF THAT
WELL-BEING
THEY
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN THE KIND OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO, THEY WOULD NEED TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR HANDLING TOUGH AND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
MUCH DEPENDENT
"OUR FUTURE ECONOMIC SUCCESS WILL BE VERY UPON THE ABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE AND ACCEPT THE VALUE OF HARD WORK, HE SAID.
WITH
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MR CHEONG SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD THEREFORE BE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM APPRECIATE THE BENEFITS OF HARD WORK, TEAM WORK AND COLLECTIVE WISDOM.
THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE PROGRAMMES SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MOST MEANINGFUL, HE ADDED.
TV PRODUCTIONS FAIL IN KEY FUNCTIONS
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THOSE
A GREAT DEAL MADE BY THE UP TO THE TWO KEY
THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG STAND TO LOSE BECUASE LOCAL TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, EXCEPT GOVERNMENT, HAVE FAILED MISERABLY IN LIVING FUNCTIONS OF TO INFORM AND TO EDUCATE.
SELINA CHOW TODAY
THIS CRITICISM WAS MADE BY THE HON {WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY.
SHE NOTED THAT PRODUCERS ARGUED THAT ART HAD ΤΟ REFLECT REAL LIFE, SO IF IN REAL LIFE YOUNG PEOPLE BEHAVED IMMORALLY, TALKED BADLY, ACTED AND REACTED VIOLENTLY AND SO ON, ALL THESE WERE TRUTHFULLY AND REALISTICALLY PORTRAYED EVERY DAY ON TELEVISION.
/"PARADOXICALLY, DRAMATIC