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THURSDAY, OCTOBER

1923

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+THUS, IF AND WHEN OFFICIALS FROM EITHER SIDE, NO MATTER HOW HIGH RANKING THEY MAY BE, WERE QUIZZED ON ISSES WHICH HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON THEIR RESPECTIVE NEGOTIATING POSITIONS, THE IR ANSWERS, IN THE FORM OF PRONOUNCEMENTS IN THEEDIA, WOULD NECESSARILY REFLECT ONLY A REITERATION OF WHATEVER STANCE THAT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC.+

HE WARNED THAT IT WOULD THEREFORE BE DANGEROUS TO TRY TO READ TOO MUCH INTO ANYTHING OTHER THAN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

+ IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO JUMP, EITHER PESSIMISTICALLY OR OPTIMISTICALLY, INTO PREMATURE CONCLUSIONS.+

HE URGED THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, NOT TO LOSE HEART+.

+FOR IF WE, AS A FREE AND HARD WORKING COMMUNITY LOSE CONF IDENCE, THE BASIC PROPOSITION OF PRESERVING OUR STABILITY AND FOSTERING OUR PROSPERITY WILL FALL AWAY,+ HE ADDED.

'STRATEGY FOR YOUTH' SUGGESTED ****

A CALL FOR A CO-ORDINATED STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE WAS MADE BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SHOULD BE TO REBUILD IN YOUNG PEOPLE A PROPER VALUE SYSTEM, MORAL JUDGEMENT, A SENSE OF PURPOSE, CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY, SHE SAID.

AND THIS SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT NOT ONLY BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, BUT ALSO BY PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEMS, SHE SAID.

MRS CHOW SAID THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PROBLEM AREAS OF LAW AND ORDER INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG CRIMINALS, NEW ADDICTS AND CORRUPT YOUTHS.

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A CO-ORDINATED STRATEGY WOULD ENSURE THAT +EFFORTS ARE COMPLEMENTARY AND NOT WASTED THROUGH UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION, SHE ADDED.

CITING VARIETY SHOWS AS ONE POPULAR WAY OF PROMOTING PUBLICITY, SHE SAID IT MIGHT BE +REVEALING TO STUDY THOSE THAT HAD BEEN HELD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS TO FIND OUT HOW COST-EFFECTIVE THEY WERE.

+WE NEED MORE IDEAS WHICH WOULD CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF THE YOUNG. WE NEED TO OFFER THEM MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION AND ORGANISATION WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY INVOLVE THEM MORE BUT WOULD HOPEFULLY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL,+ SHE SAID.

SHE SAID