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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

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QUALITIES YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD POSSESS

HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO WILL BE

THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE TERRITORY, SHOULD HAVE BROAD KNOWLEDGE, DARE то SPEAK UP, BE WILLING TO WORK HARD AND HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT, THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

POLICY.

MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING DURING THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON YOUTH

HE SAID THAT ONLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN FUTURE HAD THE CLARITY OF MIND, HAD THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH RIGHT FROM WRONG AND HAD A HIGH LEVEL OF CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS COULD THERE BE HOPE THAT THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WOULD ENSURE TRUE DEMOCRACY FOR THE PEOPLE.

HE SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG INTELLECTUALS, WERE THE BACKBONE AND THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY DID AND WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED WOULD HAVE A FAR-REACHING AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE TERRITORY.

MR YEUNG SUGGESTED THAT TO IMPROVE SOCIETY A START MUST BE MADE WITH EDUCATION.

"WE SHOULD PROVIDE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN EDUCATION THAT CAN DEVELOP THEIR PERSONAL ABILITIES AS WELL AS FOSTER A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY," HE SAID.

IT SHOULD BE AN EDUCATION AIMED AT MAKING THE STUDENTS REALISE WHAT PROBLEMS THE COMMUNITY WAS CONFRONTING AND CULTIVATING AMONG THEM A RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE IN DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS.

WIDER PERSPECTIVE IN EDUCATION SYSTEM ADVOCATED

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A WIDER PERSPECTIVE, AND AIM TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH NOT ONLY IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CULTIVATION OF MORAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES.

THE HON EDWARD HO SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DURING THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY.

/MR HO