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Saturday, October 21, 1972

GETTING GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE ACROSS TO YOUTH

One of Greatest Challenges Of His New Job

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Mr. Jack Cater

The Secretary for Information, Mr. Jack Cater, said today he considered

getting the government's message across to the youth of Hong Kong to be one of

the greatest challenges of his new job.

Mr. Cater was officially opening a new $123,000 extension to the

Salvation Army's Home for boys at Shaukiwan.

He said: "As Secretary for Information, it is my task to see that

the people of Hong Kong are kept informed of the government's policies and

achievements.

"As so much of our population is young, obviously we are going to be

spending much of our time talking to youth.

"I regard this question of getting the government's message across

to the youth of Hong Kong as one of the greatest challenges of my new job.

"After all," he said, "the discontent of youth is often aimed at the

Establishment, so it would be surprising if the government did not attract a

great deal of it."

In his speech Mr. Cater stressed the importance which he felt should

be placed on dealing with Hong Kong's youth.

"In Hong Kong, more possibly than in any other place in the world, the

future is in the hands of our youth, for Hong Kong is a city of young people.

"Sixty per cent of our population in under 30 years of age. Even more

startling is the fact that now almost half the population is teenage or younger

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