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PRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984

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+ AFTER COMPLETING THE IR STUDIES THEY WOULD START SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE SAME ZEAL SO THAT THE CYC SPIRIT WOULD CONTINUE TO FLOURISH, MR LEUNG SAID.

THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE DESIGNATED 1985 TO BE THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR AND ITS THEME IS +DEVELOPMENT, PARTICIPATION AND PEACE+.

+ I HOPE THIS SIGNIFICANT YEAR WILL BRING ABOUT IN HONG KONG DEEPER CONCERN AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE WELFARE OF YOUTH, +

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FRANK, SINCERE, ENTHUSIASTIC AND ENERGETIC BUT THEIR LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN LIFE MIGHT RENDER THEM VULNERABLE TO SOCIAL EVILS.

+CYC, THROUGH ITS ACTIVITIES BLESSED WITH UNFAILING SUPPORT FROM HEADS OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS, SETS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE TOWARDS THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH, + MR LEUNG SAID.

TRUST IS KEY TO LABOUR RELATIONS

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MUTUAL TRUST IS THE KEY TO A BETTER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE LABOUR- MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON LABOUR- MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL, MR BRIDGE SAID

IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT MANAGEMENT SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO EXPLAIN TO EMPLOYEES ITS POLICIES.

MANAGEMENT SHOULD ALSO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JOBS MEANT TO EACH AND EVERY EMPLOYEE AND TO SOLICIT THEIR OPINIONS, HE SAID,

MR BRIDGE SAID THE ACTIVE RESPONSE TO THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT SHOWED THAT BOTH MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR WERE KEEN TO IMPROVE THEIR RELATIONS,

MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THE SYMPOSIUM WHICH FEATURED TALKS BY EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS MANAGERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE TO THE SYMPOSIUM, MORE SUCH SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES WOULD BE HELD IN THE FUTURE.

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