MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1989
BEFORE CONCLUDING HES VISIT, THE GOVERNOR MEMBERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY PERSONALITIES
STANLEY
VILLAGE
MET DISTRICT BOARD
AT A TEA RECEPTION IN THE
WHITCH NOW HOUSES
ROAD
IN HISTORIC BUILDING STANLEY SUB-OFFICE OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE
ON THE VISIT BY THE SOUTHERN CHAIRMAN,
REGIONAL DISTRICT
MR
HUI
THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN: OFFICER,
DISTRICT BOARD AND YUNG-CHUNG.
MRS
MAUREEN
CHAN:
HR WANTS RIGHT ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP YOUTH POTENTIAL; CS
OUT
THEY THE CHIEF
CAN
HONG KONG WANTS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO BRING
NEXT GENERATION OF THE BEST IN ITS
YOUNGSTERS
THAT SO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
WHEN SPEAKING
"THIS IS AN ON-GOING CHALLENGE." SIR DAVID SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOUTH.
4
COUNCIL AS ITS
OF SOCIAL THEME. AND
THE
CHALLENGES
THE CONFERENCE. ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG
HAS SERVICE
A CARING COMMUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'
IN VIEW OF SIR DAVID CALLED THIS TIMELY AND RELEVANT, FACED IN BRINGING UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNGSTERS.
WAS ABOUT ALL YOUTH
REPOSITORY,
YOUTH
THE CHIE SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT ADVISE ON TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON YOUTH WHICH WOULD MATTERS,
BUILD INITIATE RESEARCH FO
AN INFORMAT LON AND ACT AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR LIAISON WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.
TAKEN STAFF TO
L
INITIATIVES THAT WERE BEING BUT HE SAID THAT ALL THE WOULD DEPEND ON WELL. MOTIVATED, HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE.
"IT IS A MATTER OF CONCERN THAT SO LEAVING HONG KONG TO START LITE ELSEWHERE.
་་
MANY OF SUCH
PEOPLE
ARE
THAT
WE
CAN TO ENSURE "WE MUST DO ALL WE
NOT ONLY TRAIN ALSO SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO FILL THE GAPS CREATED BY THOSE LEAVING BUT
OF PAY AND CONDITIONS WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT CAREER STRUCTURE •
HE SAID. TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WE DO TRAIN TO STAY IN HONG KONG,
SERVICE
FACED
SIR DAVID SAID THAT THOUGH COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA PROBLEMS WHICH WERE RATHER DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE DEVELOPED WEST,
THE NEXT GENERATION OF ALL FACED THE SAME CHALLENGE OF BRINGING UP YOUNGSTERS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES TO WHICH THEY BELONGED.
PURPOSE AND BE
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