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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

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EARLY ACTION ON YOUTH COMMISSION URGED

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET UP AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE A ON YOUTH TO FORMULATE, REVIEW AND UPDATE A YOUTH POLICY.

THIS

COMMISSION

IP HENRIETTA WAS MADE

THE HON CALL

BY DR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DURING THE DEBATE ON THE ON YOUTH POLICY.

IN

THE

REPORT

THE MORAL ATTITUDES OF

COULD EDUCATION

BB

DR IP ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A STUDY OF

MORAL AND THAT BE PEOPLE

CONDUCTED STRENGTHENED WITHIN THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL.

YOUNG

RISK FACTORS GIVING SHE SAID A STUDY SHOULD BE MADE INTO THE

AN EARLY IDENTIFICATION SO THAT RISE TO YOUTH PROBLEMS

AVOID THE COULD COUNSELLING PROBLEMS AND INTENSIVE PROSECUTION AND REHABILITATION.

OF THESE NEED FOR

STANDARDS DR IP SAID THE NORMAL

FOR

ASSESSING

PHYSICAL AND

MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS IN HONG KONG WERE LACKING.

SHOULD UNIVERSITY

BE

GIVEN SUPPORT "THE CHINESE ATTEMPTS TO APPLY FOR A RESEARCH GRANT TO STUDY THE SAME,

THEIR IN SHE SAID.

INTO AS

FURTHERMORE, WITH THE INCREASING ADMISSION OF ADOLESCENTS HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S WARDS, ADOLESCENT MEDICINE SHOULD BE DEVELOPED A SPECIALTY UNDER PAEDIATRICS, SHE SUGGESTED.

SHE SAID THAT PHYSICAL RECREATION IN THE VITAL FOR YOUTH AND SHOULD BE ACTIVELY PROMOTED.

FORM OF SPORTS WAS

USEFUL CHANNEL

"NOT ONLY DOES IT BENEFIT HEALTH, IT IS ALSO A FOR DIVERTING EXCESS ENERGY, SO ABUNDANT IN YOUTH, TO A USEFUL CAUSE," SHE SAID.

YOUTH HAD GROWN UP IN A SHE ADDED THAT PARENTS OF TODAY'S

DEMANDS FACED SIMPLER ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THE BY MODERN YOUTH.

ΤΟ EDUCATE ADOLESCENT

"A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP SHOULD BE ORGANISED PARENTS AND WORKERS WITH YOUTH ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF

" SHE SAID. DEVELOPMENT, THEIR NEEDS, PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENT,

KONG CHILD HEALTH DR IP NOTED THAT THE HONG PROVISIONALLY SCHEDULED TO DO THIS IN NOVEMBER.

FOUNDATION

HAD

EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE SHE ADDED THAT IT WAS OFTEN THOSE LESS

POOR THEIR

AND

FAMILIES, BROKEN

AND WHO, COUPLED WITH NEGLECT BY

CRIME SEEING LITTLE FUTURE AHEAD FOR THEMSELVES, ENTERED THE WORLD OF AND PROSTITUTION TO SATISFY THEIR OWN MATERIAL NEEDS.

IT WAS THIS GROUP OF YOUTH FOR WHICH SPECIAL EFFORTS SHOULD

VOCATIONAL, WITH OFFER THEM A BRIGHT FUTURE MADE, TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP.

BE

TECHNICAL

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