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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1989
REGIONAL SECRETARY SPEAKS ON YOUTH PARTICIPATION
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
THE INTRODUCTION OF PROVIDES YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORY.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WHEN HE MET THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL, MR ISFAHANI SAMEEN, AND THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MISS JUNIA HO, TODAY (THURSDAY),
MR LAN TOLD THE
VISITORS THAT THE DISTRICT BOARDS ENABLED YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN MATTERS THAT AFFECTED THEIR IMMEDIATE
ENVIRONMENT.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE 1988 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, 59 PER CENT OF THE ELECTED DB MEMBERS WERE BETWEEN 21 AND 40 YEARS OF AGE AS COMPARED WITH 34 PER CENT IN THE 1982 ELECTIONS.
"THIS IS A GOOD INDICATION THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TAKING AN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE INTEREST IN THEIR COMMUNITY," HE NOTED.
OUTLINING SOME OF THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY, MR LAN STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD IN FACT LONG ACCORDED PRIORITY ΤΟ PROVIDING A FOCAL POINT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES.
THE SETTING UP OF YOUTH CENTRES, THE LAUNCHING OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AND THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE SCHEME DEMONSTRATED THE RECOGNITION OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
ON A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE WAS TO EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO ENABLE THEM TO PLAY A POSITIVE ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
MR LAN NOTED THAT JAYCEES ALL OVER THE WORLD HAD MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS CULTIVATING A GENERATION OF WELL-EDUCATED, WELL-MOTIVATED, AND CIVIC-MINDED YOUNG PEOPLE.
PARENTS,
"IT MUST BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT BY ALL CONCERNED TEACHERS, EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THE GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.
AND
LEADERSHIP, A
INTRODUCTION OF THE OUTSTANDING
HE ALSO PRAISED THE LOCAL JAYCEES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE'S POTENTIAL AND NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF WHICH BEING THE YOUNG PEOPLE AWARD.
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