WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1990
HK YOUNGSTERS URGED TO DEVELOP AN INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
LOCAL YOUNGSTERS ARE URGED TO DEVELOP AWARENESS AND TO ACQUIRE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF IN A FAST CHANGING WORLD.
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INTERNATIONAL THEIR OWN PLACE
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, TODAY {WEDNESDAY) MADE THE PLEA WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH VILLAGE ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION YOUTH GROUPS AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
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"THE 1990'S WILL BE A PERIOD OF TRANSITION FOR HONG KONG, MR CARTLAND SAID.
HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT THE PROCESS WAS NOT INTENDED TO ALTER THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS, IN PARTICULAR HER OPEN AND EXTERNALLY ORIENTED CHARACTER.
**IT IS INCREASING IMPORTANT THEREFORE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ΤΟ DEVELOP AN INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS, TO LEARN ΤΟ RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND CUSTOMS, IDEALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OTHERS AND TO ACQUIRE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR OWN PLACE IN A FAST CHANGING WORLD, MR CARTLAND ADDED.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE THAT THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS SHOULD BE OFFERING, THROUGH THE YOUTH VILLAGE PROJECT, TO SOME LOCAL YOUNGSTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, EXCHANGE VIEWS AND SHARE COMMON EXPERIENCES WITH SOME OF THEIR OVERSEAS COUNTERPARTS.
"CONTACTS AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES CAN HELP то BUILD TOWARDS THE CONSENSUS THAT IS INTERNATIONALLY ESSENTIAL.
"AT WHAT BETTER LEVEL CAN THESE EXCHANGES TAKE PLACE THAN AMONGST THE YOUNGER GENERATION?" MR CARTLAND ASKED.
IN CONCLUSION, MR CARTLAND COMMENDED THE ORGANISER FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND CO-OPERATION AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
ABOUT 180 YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING 60 OVERSEAS
PART IN THE PROJECT.
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