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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9,
1990
YOUTH INVOLVEMENT CRUCIAL TO TERRITORY'S FUTURE
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HONG KONG
LARGE POOL OF A BETTER
IS ANTICIPATED IF ITS
INTO MORE ACTIVE COMMUNITY TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE CHANNELLED
KOWLOON, MR DAVID INVOLVEMENT, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND LAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE WORLD
MR LAN MADE THIS REMARK WHEN MEETING THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR JORGE SUNCAR, WHO IS HONG KONG ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
REASON,
MR
LAN SAID,
THE
PRESIDENT OF CURRENTLY IN
GOVERNMENT'S
IMMEDIATE
FOR THIS CONCERN WAS TO ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE VOTERS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES, TO ENROLL.
GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTES
WILL OFFICIALS
WHERE YOUNG HE SAID, ADDING THAT
VISIT PEOPLE
MORE
"AND, IN THIS CONNECTION, PLACES SUCH AS LIBRARIES AND EVENING ARE PREDOMINANT TO ENCOURAGE REGISTRATION, EMPHASIS WOULD BE PLACED ON CIVIC EDUCATION FOR YOUTHS.
EARLIER THE
PART
HAD EMPHASIS
OF EMPHASIS BEEN
THE
THAT IN MR LAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CAMPAIGN CONDUCTED FROM MID-AUGUST TO THE END OF LAST MONTH, HAD BEEN PLACED ON HOUSE VISITS BUT CHANGED TOWARDS OTHER DIRECTIONS.
NOW, THE
THE HONG KONG JUNIOR THE REGIONAL SECRETARY WENT ON TO URGE
SOON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO RALLY THEIR MEMBERS TO GO AND REGISTER AS AS POSSIBLE.
PER CENT
OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION TURNING TO CRITICISMS ON THE LACK OF LOCAL YOUTHS, MR LAN SAID THIS WAS NOT AT ALL FAIR AS 32 OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE AGED 40 OR BELOW.
HOWEVER, HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 25.
THE
LACK OF
A 12 PER CENT . THE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE IN 1987 SHOWS
COMPARED WITH A TERRITORIAL REGISTRATION RATE FOR THIS AGE OVERALL OF 44 PER CENT.
GROUP,
PERFECT.
ARE ALWAYS LOOKING
HE SAID,
FOR
WE "OF COURSE, NOTHING IS PLACES WHERE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE,
MR LAN NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD MUCH JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ITS IDEAL, THAT IS, THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTS.
WHILE APPRECIATING
TO SHARE WITH THE DEVELOPING ONESELF
THE JAYCEE'S EFFORTS TO
AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO PLAY A GREATER ROLE IN WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE GOOD WORK IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
ENCOURAGE YOUNG
HE HOPED
THEY
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