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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1985

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CENTRAL YOUTH BODY ENDORSED BY CONFERENCE

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PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR CONFERENCE ON +YOUTH POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE+ PASSED A RESOLUTION AT THE CONCLUDING SESSION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A CENTRAL PLANNING AND COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS SHOULD BE SET UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MR LO KING-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTIVITIES SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY), SAID IN HIS CLOSING REMARKS THAT IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT IF AND WHEN SUCH A CENTRAL COORDINATING BODY WAS FORMED, ITS MEMBERSHIP SHOULD INCLUDE FRONTLINE YOUTH WORKERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES AS MEMBERS.

+THE FORMATION OF SUCH A BODY WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY YOUTH PROBLEMS, TO DETERMINE THE RATIONALE OF A YOUTH POLICY, AND TO FORMULATÉ A FLEXIBLE YOUTH POLICY THROUGH CONSTANT REVIEW, HE SAID.

MR LO SAID THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE SHOULD ALSO LOOK INTO THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES.

EARLIER, MR HUI YIN-FAT, DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES, SPOKE IN FAVOUR OF THE IDEA AT THIS MORNING'S SESSION ON YOUTH SERVICES.

+HONG KONG HAS ALREADY HAD A QUITE COMPREHENSIVE VARIETY OF YOUTH SERVICES, HE SAID, +UNFORTUNATELY, THESE SERVICES ARE NOT PROPERLY COORDINATED, THUS FAILING TO REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIALS AND MAXIMUM RESULTS.

+WHAT WE NEED NOW IS A COORDINATED APPROACH TO THE PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF SUCH SERVICES, HE SAID.

MR HUI SAID THE CENTRAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE OF A PERMANENT NATURE SO AS TO SERVE, IN A CONSISTENT MANNER, THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF YOUTH IN SOCIETY AND SHOULD BE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE GOVERNMENT MACHINERY.

DISCUSSANTS AT TODAY'S CONFERENCE WERE: DR AGNES NG, SENIOR LECTURER OF SOCIAL WORK, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG? MR YIP MANG-SAU, COUNSELLOR AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXECUTIVE, BREAKTHROUGH MAGAZINE AND MRS RITA FAN, HEAD OF STUDENT AFFAIRS UNIT, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,

A PRELIMINARY REPORT SUMMARISING THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WILL BE COMPILED AND WILL SERVE AS THE GROUNDWORK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS YOUTH BODIES, SCHOOLS, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN JULY.

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