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SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1988

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON YOUTH POLICY REPORT EXTENDED

THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PERIOD ON ITS REPORT ON YOUTH POLICY BY TWO MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 24.

DISCLOSING THIS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MRS ROSANNA TAM, POINTED OUT THAT IN REACHING THE DECISION, THE COMMITTEE HAD TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:

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CALLS BY VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR EXTENSION OF THE CONSULTATION PERIOD;

ENTHUSIASTIC

ORGANISATIONS;

RESPONSE BY THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY

ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE REPORT WERE ONLY AVAILABLE IN JUNE;

AND

THE EARLY PART OF THE CURRENT CONSULTATION PERIOD HAPPENED TO CLASH WITH THAT OF LOCAL PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

'NOW WITH THE EXAMINATIONS OVER AND MORE COPIES OF THE REPORT AVAILABLE, IT IS HOPED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS WILL HAVE TIME TO STUDY THE REPORT AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, SHE NOTED.

MRS TAM FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE PARTICULARLY WELCOMED COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

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WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR A YOUTH POLICY IN HONG KONG;

THE BROAD PRINCIPLES PERTAINING TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED IN THE REPORT; AND

* WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR A COMM1881ON ON YOUTH AS

RECOMMENDED IN THE REPORT.

COMMENTS ON THE REPORT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE '8 SECRETARY, C/O CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 7 CANTON ROAD, 13TH FLOOR, TSIM SHA TSUI.

COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE NOW STILL AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON YOUTH'S SECRETARIAT.

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