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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987

WE ASPIRATIONS,

SHOULD PAY MORE YOUTHS AND DEMONSTRATE OUR

"TO PREPARE THEM FOR THESE ATTENTION TO THE CIVIC EDUCATION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUNG, SHE SAID.

...

SHE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE

STRENGTHENING DETER JUVENILE CRIMES BY

ITS EFFORTS ΤΟ WORK AMONG PROBLEMS IN

PERSONAL SOCIAL

THE MANY

YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH WOULD HELP THEM COPE WITH GROWING UP AND PREVENT THEM FROM GOING ASTRAY.

SHE ALSO SUGGESTED

THAT

THE

GOVERNMENT

AREA BOARDS,

APPOINT

YOUNG MORE COMMITTEES AND OTHER AND

PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BODIES SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE MORE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AS WELL AS THEIR COMMITMENTS.

FINALLY, SHE PRAISED THE

SOCIAL

WELFARE

DEPARTMENT FOR THE THE YEAR TOWARDS PROMOTING

EFFORTS ['' HAD MADE THROUGHOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTANDING WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

0

SPECIAL TEAM ON BN(0) PASSPORT SUGGESTED

TEAM THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH A SPECIAL

TO ASSIST IN

INDIVIDUALS AND THE ENQUIRIES BY

TRAVEL TRADE IN CASES WHERE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE BN(0) PASSPORT ARISES, THE HON SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

SAID

A KEY ISSUE IN CONFIDENCE IN REMAIN HONG

SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE, MRS CHOW SAID

INSPIRED THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION WHICH HAD OUR FUTURE WAS THE GUARANTEE THAT THE DOORS OF HONG KONG WOULD OPEN, NOT ONLY FOR OUTSIDERS TO COME IN, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, FOR KONG PROPLE TO TRAVEL, AS THEY WERE ABLE TO TODAY.

SHE SAID CHINA HAD BEEN PRAGMATIC ENOUGH TO ARRANGEMENT ON THE RN(0) PASSPORT BEYOND 1997.

ACCEPT

THE

OF THE HOWEVER, SHE SAID WHAT HAD HAPPENED SINCE THE ISSUANCE

UNFORTUNATE, AND HAD NOT BEEN PASSPORT IN JULY THIS YEAR HAD BEEN HELPFUL IN BUILDING UP PROPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN THIS NEW TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

"ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY GOVERNMENT THAT UNFAILING DOCUMENT, AND IN EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE FOR THIS

ARE SPITE OF THE FACT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES

UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO NECESSARY IN THE EYES OF THE ENDORSE IT, NOR IS SUCH ENDORSEMENT

POSITIVE AND PUBLIC BRITISH GOVERNMENT, TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,

BY ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCEPTANCE BY FRIENDLY NATIONS SUCH AS THOSE GIVEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

ZEALAND, NEW CANADA, AUSTRALIA,

LONG WAY IN ESTABLISHING SWITZERLAND AND OTHER STATES, HAVE GONE A CONFIDENCE IN THE BN(0) PASSPORT, SHE SAID.

■

/MRS CHOW