WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1990
"IT REMAINS OUR SOCIETY'S DUTY TO EDUCATE THEM, TRAIN THEM GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES OR ADVANCEMENT, BUT EVENTUALLY IT MUST BE YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES WHO MUST SHOW THEIR WORTH.
"TO ENABLE THEM TO DO SO, WE MUST GIVE THEM THE TRUST CONFIDENCE WHICH THEY DESERVE.
"IN THIS REGARD, I PERSONALLY HAVE NO DOUBT THAT LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS, SHE SAID.
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18-YEAR-OLDS ARE MATURE ENOUGH
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ENOUGH ΤΟ CHE-HUNG SAID IN THE
THE 18-YEAR-OLDS ARE PHYSICALLY AND SOCIALLY MATURE
THE HON LEONG TAKE UP RESPONSIBILITIES, DR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE LAW REFORM (LEGAL
THAT THE VOTING
BILL 1989, DR LEONG ALSO ADVOCATED LOWERED TO 18.
EFFECTS OF AGE)
AGE SHOULD
BE
ESTABLISHED IT MUST BE ONLY BE GIVEN IN THE FACE MATURITY, HE NOTED.
THAT
RESPONSIBILITIES WHILST
OF
MATURITY, RESPONSIBILITIES
SHOULD CULTIVATED
DR
LEONG SAID
ONE COULD
DISPUTE NOT
THE FACT THAT THE THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LAST YEAR IN THE TERRITORY HAD VIVIDLY SHOWED
PEOPLE AND CONCERN OF YOUNG HIGH LEVEL OF POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OVER THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND THAT OF CHINA.
DEFINITELY A MEANS AND
HE ADDED THAT LOWERING THE VOTING AGE WAS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE FACE OF THE EXODUS OF PROFESSIONALS BUSINESSMEN WHO CHOSE TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET.
A POLITICAL
HE SAID, "OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SYSTEM NEW TO HONG KONG WILL COME INTO BEING. AMONG ITS FEATURES IS A HIGH DEGREE OF MASS PARTICIPATION."
YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE ENCOURAGED AND ALLOWED TO SHAPE THEIR DESTINY, HE CONCLUDED.
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