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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1996

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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR REPORTS PUBLISHED

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HONG KONG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (IYY) WERE SUMMED UP IN TWO SEPARATE REPORTS RELEASED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE TWO REPORTS GAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS ORGANISED IN THE PAST YEAR BY THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY) AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. AND THE CONFERENCE ON YOUTH POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE.

ADDRESSING THE CONFERENCE ON THE REVIEW. OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF CCCIYY, MRS SELINA CHOW, EXPRESSED HER APPRECIATION TO ALL WHO HAD HELPED IN PROMOTING THE SPIRIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.

FIVE LARGE-SCALE EVENTS ON A TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS WERE ORGANISED, WITH THE AIM OF BRINGING OUT THE THEME OF 1YY: PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE.

EXPENDITURE FOR THESE EVENTS WERE IN THE REGION OF $1.5 MILLION. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL COST WAS UNDER $250 000, AS THE REMAINDER OF THE COST WERE MET BY SPONSORSHIP FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.

REPORTING ON THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTIVITIES SUB-COMMITTEE, MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID EVENTS INCLUDED AN OPENING CEREMONY WHICH ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, A CONFERENCE ON YOUTH POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE+ TO PROBE INTO THE SERVICES AND POLICIES FOR YOUTH A +CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+ TO PROMOTE CIVIC-MINDEDNESS; AND A +PEACE RALLY+ AND +PEACE HI-TOUCH EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE PEACE.

IN A SEPARATE REPORT, THE GIST OF BOTH STAGES OF THE CONFERENCE ON YOUTH POLICIES IN PERSPECTIVE+, TOGETHER WITH THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS WERE COMPILED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

THE PRIME RECOMMENDATION WAS TO SET UP A CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS TO EXAMINE EXISTING YOUTH POLICIES AND PROVISIONS FOR YOUTH, AS WELL AS THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH, WITH A VIEW TO FORMULATING AN INTEGRATED YOUTH POLICY.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIAISON SUB-COMMITTEE, MRS PAMELA CHAN, POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM THE EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE CCCIYY, A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ALSO HELPED SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR,

STATISTICS COMPILED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT OUT EARLIER BY THE LIAISON SUB-COMMITTEE SHOWED THAT SOME 200 ORGANISATIONS CONTRIBUTED IN ORGANISING MORE THAN 4 300 EVENTS OF DIFFERENT NATURE, WHICH WERE PARTICIPATED BY MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE.

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