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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1990

YOUNG GENERATION FACES PRESSURE FROM MANY SIDES

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) A SURVEY HAD SHOWN THAT YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS GENERATION FACED PRESSURE FROM MANY SIDES.

ADDRESSING THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION EVENT OF THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING AT SHA TIN TOWN HALL,

BY MRS WONG SAID THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY HAD BEEN JOINTLY RELEASED THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

"IN LIGHT OF THIS, YOUTH WORK TODAY SHOULD AIM NOT ONLY ΤΟ ASSIST IN THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF BODY AND MIND, BUT ALSO TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FULLY EQUIP THEMSELVES TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE GROWTH PROCESS 50 THAT THEY CAN LOOK ΤΟ THE FUTURE WITH CONVICTION, SHE SAID.

"TO ACHIEVE THESE

AIMS, CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES SHOULD STRESS, IN THEIR SERVICES, THE CULTIVATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S TO THINK INDEPENDENTLY AND TO DISCERN RIGHT FROM WRONG, SO THAT MAY FORM A PROPER SENSE OF VALUE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.

ABILITY THEY

THEIR

"THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES, THE CENTRES SHOULD ALSO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO GET ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND DEVELOP POTENTIAL..

"MOREOVER, THE CENTRES SHOULD SEEK TO PROMOTE THROUGH FAMILY

YOUNG LIFE EDUCATION BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN

PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDY."

MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, TREMENDOUS PLACE IN HONG ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS HAD TAKEN KONG.

"YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE OF COURSE SHARED THE FRUITS OF THESE

HOWEVER, WITH DEVELOPMENTS.

PROSPERITY AND GROWTH ALSO COME COMPETITION AND MATERIAL TEMPTATION, SHE SAID.

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"FACED WITH STRESS AND CONFUSION, AN AMBIVALENT SENSE OF OFTEN FIND AND ALIENATION FROM OTHERS, THE YOUNGER GENERATION PROCESS OF GROWTH FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS.

VALUE

THEIR

KINDS

MRS WONG SAID SHE WAS PLEASED THAT THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING ALL

OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

OVER THE YEARS.

HAD

ACTIVITIES

AND BROADEN THEIR VISION,

"ALL THESE HAVE ENABLED YOUNG PROPLE ΤΟ

FACILITATING

THEREBY

WIDEN THEIR HORIZON WORLD-WIDE CULTURAL

*

EXCHANGE, SHE SAID.

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