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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1994
SEMINAR ON SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS
ABOUT 150 PARENTS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND ATTENDED A SEMINAR TODAY (SATURDAY) TO EXCHANGE VIEWS SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS.
PEOPLE
YOUNG ON SUPPORTIVE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MR ERIC LI KA-CHEUNG, SAID THE EVENT AIMED TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY ON SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM FOR YOUTHS.
HE SAID: "THE STUDY WAS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND UNDERSTAND THE AGENTS WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD TURN TO WHEN THEY FACE CHANGES AND PROBLEMS SO THAT RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW BEST TO ENHANCE SUPPORTIVE NETWORK FOR YOUTH COULD BE DRAWN UP.
THE
"IT ALSO HOPED TO IDENTIFY THE EFFECTIVE AGENTS THROUGH WHICH POSITIVE MESSAGES COULD BE CONVEYED TO YOUNG PEOPLE."
MARCH ΤΟ A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FROM
JUNE THIS HONG YEAR BY THE SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KONG
BEEN AND A RESEARCHER HAS
APPOINTED ΤΟ CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE DATA COLLECTED.
THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WERE RELEASED IN AUGUST AND A FULL REPORT ON THE SURVEY HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.
HOPED THE
MR LI SAID HE
DISCUSSIONS TODAY COULD HELP THE COMMISSION DRAW UP RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ISSUE.
THE SEMINAR COMPRISED PANEL DISCUSSION, GROUP DISCUSSION AND A REPORT BACK SESSION.
THE INCLUDED
OF CHAIRMAN
PANEL SPEAKERS
THE COMMITTEE ON
BOYS' HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION, MR TIK CHI-YUEN; THE DIRECTOR OF THE
LEUNG; AND A AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MRS JUSTINA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE HONG KONG PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, MR JAMES LAI.
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